After an absence of over thirty years Butley village near Woodbridge in Suffolk is welcoming the launch of a new village shop at The Oyster Inn. Butley Village Store will be open during pub hours, from 12 midday to 3pm and then from 5 to…
A Clovenfords hotel saves the village shop
A Clovenfords hotel has opened a village shop and café on the premises to maintain the essential rural service and to save locals from having to make an eight-mile round trip to the nearest town of Galashiels. Roy and Theresa McIntosh of the award-winning Clovenfords…
When the School Boy met Dainty Doris
The School Boy Inn pub at Norton, near Doncaster officially opened their new café and gift shop at the weekend called ‘Dainty Doris’. With a grant of £3000 from the Pub is The Hub’s Community Services Fund, Andy and Kirsty, owners of the freehouse for the last five years, have converted…
OBE opens pub deli…and tearoom!
Philip Hall OBE officially opened the new tearoom and deli 'Foodie Bouquet' along with other essential community services at The Wheatsheaf at West Beckham in Norfolk. Pub is The Hub’s programme of funding for rural pubs has helped to bring Daniella and Stephen Moorby’s vision…
Stamfordham village pub opens a shop
The Swinburne Arms Village Shop was officially opened by Stamfordham locals this week creating an essential new service for over a thousand village residents and the wider community with support from Pub is The Hub. The shop, situated at the rear of the pub in…
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…
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…
The cock crows again for its community
Alex and Rebecca Bourne have re-opened the last remaining pub in the Suffolk village of Little Thurlow with a village shop and café to broaden the pub’s appeal. Closed since February 2016, the community had feared that they would lose their last village pub located…