The Duke of Marlborough at Somersham, near Ipswich in Suffolk launched their new pop up café on Friday supported and part-funded by Pub is The Hub. Situated in the pub’s dining room, the pop-up tea room will be available each Thursday from 2.00 to 5.00pm…
UK’s longest-running community-owned pub celebrates
The UK’s longest running pub under community ownership is celebrating its twentieth anniversary on 1st July 2017 with a big village party. The Beauchamp Arms in Dymock, Gloucestershire was taken over by its local community in 1997 when the last remaining pub in the village…
Free BII membership for community groups
Pub is The Hub has teamed up with the BII to offer a bespoke membership package to community groups looking to buy or operate their own local pub. For the past four years, Pub is The Hub has been advising and supporting many community groups…
Six options for Community Ownership
Pub is The Hub has today announced the publication of a new information and advice pack about community ownership of pubs with a foreword from the new Pubs Minister, Kris Hopkins. The pack was researched and created for communities to use at the point at…
Here’s to HRH The Prince of Wales
The Telegraph newspaper featured a half page article about Pub is The Hub and its work with community-owned pubs on Tuesday 22nd January 2013 here. Delighted with the excellent coverage for our work, we were then inundated in the office by other media enquiries from all…
£18k boost for community ownership advice
Pub is The Hub is set to expand its activities promoting community pubs with the help of a donation from CAMRA in December last year. The Campaign has made a donation of £18,000 to the organisation which helps licensees diversify into new business building activities.…
Community ownership groups get together in North Wales
Pub is The Hub will host its first meeting for community-owned pubs on 24th January in North Wales at The Raven Inn, Llanarmon-yn-Ial in Denbighshire. Four groups that are already running their own pubs will join representatives from two community groups looking at the possibility of…
Greater powers for communities announced by Government
The Community Right to Bid is now a legal power for communities to use after gaining approval recently. Communities Minister Don Foster legally authorised new powers for communities to help prevent the rapid sell off of treasured community assets and buildings so they can be…