Community Building

Community Pub Business Support Programme

£3.62m fund will help communities take control of pubs

10-Mar-2016 By Oli Gross

Community groups looking to take control of their local pub can now benefit from a £3.62m support programme.

Award for community-run pub that goes 'above and beyond'

06-Jul-2015 By Emily Sutherland

A Derbyshire pub owned by the local community has won the Plunkett Foundation’s pioneer award for ‘going above and beyond’ in its efforts to help other co-operative pubs.

Last chance to enter! Win £1,000 to spend on your pub's next community project

03-Jun-2013 By Mike Berry

Pubs have until Friday to enter a competition for the chance to win £1,000 to spend on a community initiative of their choosing.

Government admits no plans to monitor number of pubs saved under Localism Act

01-May-2012 By Michelle Perrett

The Government has no plans to monitor the success or failure of local communities that appeal against the change of use of a pub under the Localism Act.

'Right to Buy may not stop pub closures'

09-May-2011 By Gurjit Degun

The Government's Community Right to Buy scheme will do little to save local services such as pubs from closure, warned the British Property Federation.

4 out of 10 would help save local pub

19-Jul-2010 By Ewan Turney

Four out of ten adults would be willing to join efforts to save their local pub if it was under threat, says CAMRA.