The amazing fundraising community village pub, The Burston Crown in South Norfolk has been selected as overall winners of the South Norfolk Community Pub of the Year 2016. Chosen from a shortlist of five regional winners the winning pub near Diss is run by Steve…
Pub goers at the Royal Oak and Castle at Pevensey in East Sussex are just concluding a seven week computer course courtesy of the Barclays Digital Eagles Team. Running once a week for a 90-minute morning the free sessions covered how to get online; using…
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…
Three pubs that have recently diversified with the help of Pub is The Hub have picked up awards at this year’s Enterprise Inns Community Heroes Awards that took place earlier this month. The Bell at Wortwell was the regional winner for East Anglia, winning £3,000…
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…
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…
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…
Enterprise Inns has donated £25k to Pub is The Hub to provide direct support for pubs. Their donation supports the Community Services Fund which was set up by Pub is The Hub in 2013 as a nationally available resource for rural pubs who want to…
