Following the successful live theatre productions in pubs in East Anglia earlier in the year the INN CROWD partnership between Applause Rural Touring and Creative Arts East has moved down the coast to East Sussex. This Friday (11th November) a specially adapted production of Paradise…
Fundraising heroes take the crown
The amazing fundraising community village pub, The Burston Crown in South Norfolk has been selected as overall winners of the South Norfolk Community Pub of the Year 2016. Chosen from a shortlist of five regional winners the winning pub near Diss is run by Steve…
Life enhancing digital skills – from the pub
Pub goers at the Royal Oak and Castle at Pevensey in East Sussex are just concluding a seven week computer course courtesy of the Barclays Digital Eagles Team. Running once a week for a 90-minute morning the free sessions covered how to get online; using…
Lincolnshire village pub opens a shop
The Royal Oak Village Shop was officially opened by Scopwick locals this week creating an essential new service for the local community and surrounding villages with support Pub is The Hub. The shop was opened by two of the youngest village residents, Evie Tomlinson (aged…
Enterprising heroes reap rewards
Three pubs that have recently diversified with the help of Pub is The Hub have picked up awards at this year’s Enterprise Inns Community Heroes Awards that took place earlier this month. The Bell at Wortwell was the regional winner for East Anglia, winning £3,000…
Yate village pub opens shop and post office in an old barn
Codrington Arms licensees, Jenna Hale and Paul Jefferies have re-opened Yate village shop and post office in an old barn at the back of their pub. The Old Barn Post Office and Shop was officially opened by local MP, Luke Hall last Saturday. Yate village in…
Pub finalists show their appreciation
Guests at the Morning Advertiser’s Great British Pub Awards this week raised a whopping £4,205 for the Community Services Fund. Following a short presentation by Chief Executive John Longden and a film showing the work of Pub is The Hub, the six hundred guests were…
Borders pub celebrates its famous heritage
A Borders pub is holding a two-day festival to celebrate the famous Scottish poet, Allan Ramsay, to mark the launch of a new cultural heritage resource centre dedicated to his life and works. In the first scheme of its kind in Scotland, Rosemary Brown and…