Category: Retail

Meet the team: Nicky Harris, Pub is The Hub’s Community Services Fund administrator

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  Nicky shares insights on the work and achievements of the Community Services Fund, including tips to publicans looking to diversify their pub’s services   Getting involved with PiTH: Our chief executive John Longden heard I  had a background in administration, having worked in independent …

Herefordshire publican reopens village store as a lifeline to local residents after it was destroyed by flooding

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In category: Community Services, Retail

Publican Adrian Shaw of the New Harp Inn in Hoarwithy, near Hereford, has reopened the pub’s village store to support local residents and tourists, after it was previously destroyed by flooding. The store, which provides part-time employment for two people, was severely damaged by Storm…

The Prince of Wales visits Ponthir publican who played a vital role in helping local residents during the Covid-19 pandemic

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In category: Community Services, Retail

The Prince of Wales has celebrated the finale of his tour of Wales by pulling a pint at Pub is The Hub project The Ponthir House Inn in Ponthir, in South Wales. Pub is The Hub is a not-for-profit organisation inspired by The Prince of…

Welsh publican comes to the aid of local residents by opening village store

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In category: Community Services, Retail

Publican Barrie Walden has opened a new village store in a log cabin at The Ponthir House Inn, in Ponthir near Newport in south Wales, to support local residents.   During the previous Covid-19 lockdowns Barrie opened a pop-up village store in the dining area…

Oxfordshire pub offers post-lockdown lifeline to locals with library and IT hub

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In category: Pub Is The Hub, Retail

Oxfordshire publican Dan Redfern is opening a library and IT hub at his pub The Cherry Tree Inn in Stoke Row to help support local residents as the country moves out of lockdown. Dan Redfern, who runs the Brakspear pub with his partner Natalie Redfern,…

Pub opens village shop in record time to help local community through second national lockdown and beyond

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In category: Pub Is The Hub, Retail

Enterprising husband and wife team Emma and John Hitchins have created a village store in only two weeks, opening in time for England’s second national lockdown. The shop opened with the support of Pub is The Hub, the not-for-profit organisation that helps pubs to diversify…