WIN a pair of tickets to the premiere with Pub is The Hub on Tuesday 6th March in Manchester. A community gets together to save its local pub in a new feel-good British film opening in cinemas next Friday, 9 March. Walk Like A Panther…
Wiltshire pub re-opens a shop and bakery for the village
A new village shop and bakery has opened in the local pub at Dinton near Salisbury in South Wiltshire with support from the Community Services Fund. Margaret Tonson, the village’s long-serving ex-postmistress and shopkeeper officially opened the Village Shop and Bakery yesterday at The Penruddocke…
Pints and popcorn by special permission
The licensing specialist firm, Poppleston Allen, has provided Pub is The Hub with up-to-date guidance on running cinema events in pubs. The advice on running any kind of broadcast or recorded film can be complicated and yet can be a valuable lifeline for pubs in…
The Oyster’s new pearl
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…
Prince’s Countryside Fund awards £100k grant across four rural pubs
The Prince’s Countryside Fund has announced the award of four major grants to Pub is The Hub pub diversification projects in partnership with the People's Postcode Lottery. Each of the four pubs has been awarded £25,000 in direct grants to support major capital projects that…
Community play park created at Polbathic pub
The Halfway House pub in Polbathic has opened a new play park in the garden for local children and families with support from Pub is The Hub, the rural pub champions. The Polbathic Community Play Park is the brainchild of the pub’s landlords, Russ Matterson…
Pubs are in with the Inn Crowd
Thousands of rural pub customers in East Anglia and the South East are enjoying a chance to see live theatre courtesy of a unique project devised by Creative Arts East and Applause Touring Theatre Company, supported by Pub is The Hub. The Inn Crowd is…
Staffordshire pubs inspired to diversify
A scheme to help rural pubs in Staffordshire to branch out into new local services was launched by Pub is The Hub today in partnership with Staffordshire County Council. Pub is The Hub launched its Local Community Services Champions initiative to an audience of publicans,…