Pub is The Hub is again backing the search for two awards - Broadland Pub of the Year 2026 and South Norfolk Pub of the Year 2026. The two categories are open for public nomination which means that residents need to vote for their favourite…
Creating connections: Cambridgeshire pub helps bring people together to overcome social isolation and loneliness
The Lion at Ickleton, near Saffron Walden, Cambridgeshire, has opened a community café to provide a safe space to help people connect and socialise. The pub, which was reopened in June 2025 after members of the local community raised £440,000 for the purchase, puts…
Pub is The Hub highlights its local services work to MPs at BBPA’s House of Commons event
Pub is The Hub’s chief executive John Longden and Reg Clarke and Roger Walker of PiTH’s advisory team attended the BBPA’s Lease and Tenanted Showcase at the House of Commons to help highlight the invaluable services and activities many publicans and their pubs offer local…
Winner unveiled for Broadland And South Norfolk Pubs Of The Year 2025
Two Norfolk pubs have been recognised for their business success and support of their local community in the ‘Pub of The Year’ categories at the Broadland and South Norfolk Business Awards 2025. South Norfolk Pub of The Year was won by The Wheel of Fortune…
Heart of the community: Pub helps to support local people to overcome loneliness and social isolation
Publicans Rhiannon Metters and Jason James are making it their mission to support people in the isolated farming community of Tal-y-coed, Monmouthshire. Their pub The Halfway is the hub of this rural community where many people including farmers, live and work alone, meaning they…
Gloucestershire pub becomes village hub to help tackle social isolation and loneliness
The George in Newnham on Severn has created a safe space for local people to come together to help overcome social isolation and feelings of loneliness. This friendly and welcoming mixed-use community hub in the Forest of Dean, which is run by a group…
Pubs can be the solution to rural challenges
Publicans and their pubs can be the solution to many of the problems faced in rural areas, Pub is The Hub chief executive John Longden OBE has said. The statement comes in response to the State of the Art Review on Rural Poverty in January…
Crafty project: Welsh pubs use craft boxes to support local people to get creative
Publicans in Wales have been helping local people to get creative through a community craft boxes initiative, supported by funding from The Royal Countryside Fund In another example of its great partnership working with other organisations to help support pubs to diversify their services and…