Local MP Hugo Swire officially opened a shop situated in a pub on 1st March 2014, restoring a vital community service to local residents. Pub licensees Jeff White and Kate Knight took the innovative step of setting up a shop in a disused room in…
The Bell ap-peals to the Royal couple
Their Royal Highnesses, The Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall joined Kirsten and Julian Webb at The Bell Inn at Purleigh in Essex this week to view their community room and cinema. The Royal couple arrived at lunchtime to meet staff and regulars…
Marston’s donates to Community Services Fund
Marston’s PLC, one of the UK’s leading independent and pub retailing business, has increased its community investment by providing a donation of £10,000 to the Community Services Fund. Established in April 2013 Pub is The Hub wants to help UK pubs to diversify into new services…
A book at beer time
Two rural pubs in Cornwall have teamed up with Cornwall Council’s library services in a unique scheme to provide community libraries for local residents. The Star Inn at Vogue, near Redruth and The Ship Inn at Lerryn near Lostwithiel have both just opened Community Libraries…
Pubs may be the answer for the adult social care crisis
The Director for Adult Wellbeing at Herefordshire Council this week backed the idea of pubs being the ideal places to provide some social care for elderly and vulnerable adults in the community and said: “If pubs aren’t the answer, then I don’t know what is.”…
Opening the shop saved our pub business
A rural Herefordshire pub would have gone out of business if it hadn’t opened a village shop and diversified its services. Jason and Lisa Hudson had purchased the freehold of The Bells Inn, Almeley near Leominster six years but five later with a falling turnover…
The Crown Inn brings essential local service back to Dorset village
A Dorset pub re-opened its village shop this week with the support of Pub is The Hub’s Community Services Fund launched in April this year. Puncknowle village has been without a shop since 2001 and the nearest shop is four miles away, so when licensees, Alex and…
Herefordshire Council teams up with Pub is The Hub
A scheme to help rural Herefordshire pubs to branch out into new services is to be launched in November in partnership with Herefordshire Council. Pub is The Hub will launch its Local Community Services Champions initiative, on 11th November from 10.30am at the Lady Emily Community…