A pub in St Agnes in South West Cornwall has set up a monthly country market in the pub car park with the help of Pub is The Hub. The landlord and landlady of the Peterville Inn at St Agnes, David and Ann Marie Napthine,…
Young Farmers challenge prince to cockerel racing
HRH The Prince of Wales delighted regulars at the New Inn in Llanddewi Brefi in Ceredigion last week by joining in with the Young Farmers’ cockerel racing in the pub car park - a game where a wooden cockerel is reeled in from behind on…
Planting community seeds for growth
A Derbyshire licensee is planting himself at the heart of his community with the installation of a community garden in his car park. Mark Gilliver and his wife Jo have been running the Enterprise Inns' Coach and Horses in Draycott village outside Derby for the…
Free BII membership for community groups
Pub is The Hub has teamed up with the BII to offer a bespoke membership package to community groups looking to buy or operate their own local pub. For the past four years, Pub is The Hub has been advising and supporting many community groups…
Enterprise Inns supports from the ground up
Enterprise Inns has donated £25k to Pub is The Hub to provide direct support for pubs. Their donation supports the Community Services Fund which was set up by Pub is The Hub in 2013 as a nationally available resource for rural pubs who want to…
Landlord uses his loaf with in-house bakery and shop
The New Inn at Tholthorpe will be offering much more than beer when it opened its brand new village shop, bakery and wood-fired pizza oven this week. Owners, Cameron and Dionne Reid have installed a village shop and bakery in the bar of their popular…
New skills and services on the agenda for East Sussex pubs
A scheme to help rural pubs in East Sussex to branch out into new local services was launched yesterday by Pub is The Hub in partnership with Wealden District Council and East Sussex County Council. John Longden from Pub is The Hub set out the…
Pubs with computer chips on the menu
The Old Inn pub at Mullion is offering chips, computer chips that is, on their menu in a ground-breaking digital inclusion strategy for Cornwall. The Digital Champion project funded by Cornwall Council and in partnership with Cornwall Rural Community Charity (CRCC) supports a range of…