Local residents of Stokesby near Great Yarmouth in Norfolk can skip the six-mile round trip to the nearby town for essential groceries since their local, The Ferry Inn, opened a permanent shop in the pub. Alison Brewster and her family who run the Adnams-owned waterside…
Marston community adds new café to their achievements
Not content with raising the money to buy, refurbish and re-open their much-loved village pub, residents at Marston in Lincolnshire have added a community café to their portfolio with help from Pub is The Hub. The Marston community re-opened The Thorold last November following a…
Pub’s new café serves up its sustainable credentials
A new café at The Stag pub at Maidwell in Northants is serving up hot drinks, tasty snacks and meals for its local community and visitors with a sustainable conscience. Furniture in the café and outside on the patio has been rescued from a skip…
Funding boost gives pubs good cheer
The Government’s Communities Secretary, Robert Jenrick, has announced renewed support for Pub is The Hub’s work with a £500,000 funding boost this weekend. This additional funding will enable a range of projects providing new, pub-based community services - from post offices and shops to libraries…
Dorset pub creates community cider
The Gaggle of Geese at Buckland Newton in Dorset is creating its own cider and apple juice in a village-wide community venture with support from rural pub champions, Pub is The Hub. Simon and Sarah Colquhoun who own and run the Gaggle of Geese pub…
Calling last orders for loneliness
Pub is The Hub has launched Join Inn – Last Orders for Loneliness to combat loneliness and isolation through services and activities provided by pubs in a £100,000 two-year pilot programme that is being funded by HEINEKEN UK. The initiative was inspired by the Jo…
White Horse gallops to the rescue
A new shop at the White Horse at Corton in Suffolk was officially opened by village resident and pub-goer, 91-year-old David Williams, returning an essential service to the community. The village lost its shop over 18 months ago so Beverley Cooper and her partner Chris…
We’re getting chatty
Pub is The Hub is supporting the Chatty Café scheme that asks venues to set aside a Chatter and Natter table where customers can sit if they are happy to talk to other customers and will pay the first year’s membership for pubs with cafes.…