Mike Downer, landlord of the Royal Oak in Laxfield near Woodbridge has just opened a new pop-up tea room, book exchange and IT Training space in his pub supported and part-funded by Pub is The Hub. Situated in the pub’s dining room, the pop-up tea…
Ploughing services back into the community
Sarah and Ted Williams at the Olde Plough Inn at Bere Ferrers in Devon have re-vamped an unloved and unused family room into a café and gift shop with the support of rural pub champions, Pub is The Hub. The café and shop caters for…
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…
Improving rural services in East Sussex
A scheme to help rural pubs in East Sussex to branch out into new local services is to be launched by Pub is The Hub in partnership with Wealden District Council and East Sussex County Council. Pub is The Hub will launch its Local Community…
The Bell rings for essential and life-saving services
Chris and Liz Shore’s vision for their rural pub was brought to life last week when Norfolk County Councillor Margaret Stone opened their new café and shop at The Bell at Wortwell. When they took over the running of nineteenth century pub in September 2014,…
Royally loyal at the White Horse community pub and shop
HRH The Prince of Wales became the proud recipient of a loyalty card for The White Horse at Upton in Norfolk this week entitling him to 10% off produce from their community shop. The Royal visit was organised to the rural community-owned pub and shop…
Norfolk pub delivers first class service to villagers
Villagers in the Norfolk village of Eaton can now visit their local pub for a pint – and to post parcels - at the Cellar House, in Eaton Street. It comes after residents voted overwhelmingly in support of the project, following news that their local postmaster…
Scottish pubs’ £30k funding boost
Pub is The Hub, the rural pubs champion yesterday launched its rural services projects initiative in partnership with Scottish Borders Council where it was announced that Scottish Government would also back the scheme with a £30,000 funding boost. Over 60 pub operators, suppliers and local…