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Hawthorn acquires 11 JDW pubs

04-Apr-2016 By MCA, James Wallin

Hawthorn Leisure, the Avenue Capital-backed pub operator, has acquired 11 pubs from JD Wetherspoon, which will be its first fully manged sites.

Co-Op to build stores on 63 ex-Marston’s sites

23-Sep-2014 By John Harrington, M&C Report

The Co-Operative Group has agreed a deal to build 63 Co-Op stores on ex-Marston’s pub sites.

Cornish villagers launch community share offer

16-Dec-2013 By Michelle Perrett

Cornish villagers have launched a community share offer with support from the Co-operative Enterprise Hub to buy the Halfway House Inn, Polbathic.

Residents to raise £130k to save Fox and Goose pub in Hebden Bridge

24-Jun-2013 By Ellie Bothwell

Hebden Bridge community have united in a bid to raise £130,000 to save a the Fox and Goose pub.

Residents come together to reopen the Bevy in Brighton

05-Dec-2012 By Gurjit Degun

A group of residents in East Sussex is looking to raise £200,000 to re-open a pub that has been closed for two years, by asking locals to buy shares in the site.

Community bids to save York pub under Cooperative Enterprise Hub scheme

04-Jul-2012 By Gurjit Degun

The Golden Ball in York is the latest pub to be saved from closure as part of the Co-operative Enterprise Hub, which aims to help communities form a co-operative to save local businesses.

Community pubs under threat receive £6m Cooperative Group funding boost

28-Mar-2012 By Gurjit Degun

Community pubs threatened with closure have received a boost with the news that the Co-operative Group has put up a further £6m to help save them.

Co-op Enterprise Hub helps save pubs

15-Apr-2011 By Gurjit Degun

Saving local pubs from closure received a boost this week, as an organisation run by the Co-operative Group went nationwide. The Co-operative...

Wiliam Hague declares co-op pub open

25-Jun-2010 By Hamish Champ

Not every pub opening ceremony can boast a government minister, so it helps if your local MP also happens to be the Foreign Secretary. William Hague,...

BII Nita winners announced

07-Dec-2006

Winners of the BII Nita awards were celebrating today at an exclusive event at the New Armouries at the Tower of London today. The NITAs, which are...