Community

Pubs 'three times harder to save' than village shops

27-Mar-2014 By Ellie Bothwell

It is three times harder to “save” a pub than a village shop, despite the fact that an increasing number of communities are willing and able to purchase and run their own local.

Community pubs included in £5.5m Government funding boost

31-Jan-2014 By Ellie Bothwell

Two community pubs will benefit from Government funding to help them re-open, after the Department of Communities and Local Government has announced a new £5.5m boost for community buildings.

MA300: 'Outside industries are causing pubs to fail'

04-Dec-2013 By Jessica Mason

Pub failure is due to "outside industries raping the industry for revenue" and a range of "challenges" rather than the offer not being right, according to InnBrighton.

Pubs cited as solution to adult social care 'crisis'

20-Nov-2013 By Michelle Perrett

Pubs may be the answer for the adult social care crisis, the director for adult wellbeing at Herefordshire Council this week claimed

Locals raise £100k plus to save Anglers Rest in Bamford, Derbyshire

13-Aug-2013 By Gurjit Degun

Locals have reeled in more than £100,000 in three weeks in a bid to buy the Anglers Rest pub in Bamford, Derbyshire.

Hugo Swire MP joins campaign to save Red Lion pub in Sidbury

16-Jul-2013 By Ellie Bothwell

Hugo Swire MP has become a patron for the Save the Red Lion campaign, dedicated to retaining the pub in Sidbury, east Devon.

First pubs launch new projects with Pub is the Hub Community Services Fund

12-Jul-2013 By Ellie Bothwell

Two village pubs in West Cornwall have launched projects for their local communities after being the first to receive grants from Pub is the Hub’s new Community Services Fund.

Greene King donates £15k to Pub is the Hub Community Services Fund

14-Jun-2013 By Gurjit Degun

Pub operator and brewer Greene King has donated £15,000 to Pub is the Hub’s Community Services Fund which aims to help UK pubs diversify.

Pub is the Hub signs off first community service grants

09-May-2013 By Gurjit Degun

Pub is the Hub has signed off its first community services grants for four projects based in Cornwall, Devon and Somerset.

Bath residents look for help to buy local pub the Bell Inn

13-Feb-2013 By Gurjit Degun

A group of Bath residents is looking for people to pitch in to buy the Bell Inn.

Pub is the Hub launches new fund to help pubs diversify

06-Dec-2012 By Michelle Perrett

Pub is the Hub has announced the launch of the New Community Services Fund to help UK pubs to diversify into new services for their own communities.

Chaplin’s and the Cellar Bar in Bournemouth named Best Bar None National Award Winner 2012

12-Oct-2012 By Adam Pescod

Chaplin’s and the Cellar Bar in Boscombe, Dorset has been named Best Bar None National Award Winner 2012 in recognition of its community work for one of the most deprived areas in the UK.

Two door supervisors sentenced for breaking security licence rules

28-May-2012

Two door supervisors have been sentenced for working without the necessary security licence and breaking the Security Industry Authority’s (SIA) licence conditions.

CAMRA welcomes 'pro-pub' planning framework

27-Mar-2012

The Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA) has welcomed the introduction of pro-pub policies in the new National Planning Policy Framework.

'Add pub planning laws to Localism Bill'

26-Jan-2011 By Ewan Turney

MPs on the Save the Pub Group have urged the Government to include new planning laws making it harder to demolish pubs in the Localism Bill.

Pub restrictive covenants under review

04-Jan-2011 By John Harrington

The Government is to consult next year on whether the use of restrictive covenants on pub sales, which force change of use, should be banned or...

Restrictive covenant consultation due by summer 2011

31-Dec-2010 By Hamish Champ

The coalition government plans to launch a public consultation over the issue of restrictive covenants on pubs by the summer of next year. The...

Pubs minister to act on restrictive covenants

17-Dec-2010 By John Harrington

Community pubs minister Bob Neill has given the clearest indication yet that the Government will let councils ban the sale of pubs with restrictive covenants. He was speaking at the ALMR Christmas luncheon.

Planning protection for pubs gains support

23-Nov-2010 By Ewan Turney

A bid to make it harder for "unscrupulous developers" to demolish pubs and community assets could be included in the Decentralism and Localism Bill.

New Bill could save pubs

30-Jun-2010 By Ewan Turney

A new bill could protect pubs from being demolished without planning permission or changed into cafes without community consent.

Election hopefuls are backing the pub

19-Apr-2010 By Matt Eley Matt

Ninety per cent of parliamentary candidates in winnable seats believe more should be done to support pubs. In a ComRes poll, commissioned by the...

Pubs in line for £3m TV lottery project

04-Jun-2009 By Tony Halstead

Pubs are urged to get involved in a £3m project that will see National Lottery cash granted for community projects. Rural regeneration group Pub is...

Village wins awards thanks to pub's generosity

06-Aug-2008

A pub has helped its village win an award after providing meals-on-wheels for the community's elderly residents.Gayna Barry, landlady of the Flying...

M&B rewards pubs at the heart of the community

01-Apr-2008 By Ewan Turney

The Anderton Arms in Fulwood, Lancashire has been crowned Mitchells & Butlers Heart of the Community Pub of the Year. The Ember Inns outlet...

Campaigners lobby to save rural pub

20-Mar-2008

Campaigners from a Yorkshire village met with councillors yesterday in a bid to save their local.The Save Our Burton Arms Exploitation Redevelopment...

Pub post office plan

23-May-2007 By Eleanor Goodman

Rural pubs could be set to reap the rewards of a new government scheme, which could see the Post Office setting up 500 new outlets in remote...

Cumbrian pubs in line for grants

30-Mar-2006 By John Harrington

Grants are being offered to help rural pubs in Cumbria provide new services for their communities, in a ground-breaking tie-in between the trade and...