Pub is The Hub will be supporting diversification projects for Welsh pubs after receiving a grant of £25,000 from The Prince’s Countryside Fund. Pub is The Hub is a not-for-profit organisation which offers independent specialist advice to publicans on rural services diversification so they can…
Regulars and employees of two rural pubs in Wales now have reliable mobile coverage, thanks to a pilot by Vodafone, in partnership with Pub is The Hub. Both the regulars and the team at the Blue Bell in Halkyn, Flintshire, and the Royal Oak in…
Pub is The Hub has seen an unprecedented three Royal visits to pub diversification projects in Wales last week as part of Wales Week with Their Royal Highnesses The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall. On Tuesday Charles and Camilla visited The Raven Inn,…
A small business fund available from Ceredigion County Council has seen 10 out of the 70 projects in the scheme arising from pubs in the county following Pub is The Hub’s diversification model. Ceredigion County Council’s Micro Business Investment Fund* is a grant scheme that…
‘Game of Thrones’ and ‘Midsomer Murders’ actor, Owen Teale, launched the first pub heritage project of its kind at the Prince of Wales, Kenfig near Bridgend for his childhood friend and current landlord, Gareth Maund. Over 150 guests attended the launch event to celebrate the…
Six months into the £1.3m local services initiative for Welsh pubs launched in March 2012 and the response has been encouraging. 52 pubs have expressed an interest in diversification with 38 pubs having more than one visit to discuss ideas. This has led to a…
