Pub is The Hub may be able to offer grants of up to £6,000 to publicans in rural, remote, or deprived areas, who want to offer additional services and/or activities in their pubs to help local communities. These can include a range of services from community…
Locals in the village of Alpington and its surrounding villages can pop to the pub for all their essential food items after The Wheel of Fortune opened its village store in support of its local community. The Alpington Community Shop was officially opened by local…
Pub is The Hub will be helping and advising more pubs to diversify their local services and activities after receiving access to Government funding. Grants of up to £6,000 may be available to pubs in rural, remote or deprived areas, who meet the criteria,…
Publican Rhiannon Metters from The Halfway in Tal-y-Coed, Wales, visited 10 Downing Street this week talking with Prime Minister Kier Starmer to highlight the vital role that pubs play in supporting local communities. The Halfway joined five other artisan food producers and creative retailers for a Christmas market-style…
Pub is The Hub will be able to help more rural pubs to support their local communities after receiving new funding from the Government. The Department for Business and Trade (DBT) has committed £440,000 to help Pub is The Hub deliver over 40 projects including…
Pub is The Hub is again backing the search for two awards - Broadland Pub of the Year 2026 and South Norfolk Pub of the Year 2026. The two categories are open for public nomination which means that residents need to vote for their favourite…
The Lion at Ickleton, near Saffron Walden, Cambridgeshire, has opened a community café to provide a safe space to help people connect and socialise. The pub, which was reopened in June 2025 after members of the local community raised £440,000 for the purchase, puts…
British pubs and publicans have been at the heart of their local areas for centuries, meeting social needs and connecting communities, but new research has put a figure on just how much social value they bring. Groundbreaking research from Pub is The Hub, the not-for-profit…
