Rural Area

Pubs positively linked to economic value of rural areas

26-Feb-2020 By Emily Hawkins

There is a strong positive relationship between an increase in the number of pubs and an increase in house prices, according to research from Northumbria University, Newcastle.

‘Lifeline’ community pubs have 100% survival rate

16-Oct-2019 By Emily Hawkins

Community pubs have bucked national trends of pub closures and are booming, according to a report published by the Plunkett Foundation.

Pubs urged to unlock revenue potential of camping

09-Dec-2014 By Mike Berry

Pubs are being encouraged to turn unused land into campsites and unlock a potential new revenue stream.

Rural pubs worth up to £120k to community

13-Oct-2014 By James Wallin

The first scientific study of the impact of pubs on rural communities has proved they are “a vital service the countryside cannot afford to lose”.

One in three villages has seen a local pub or shop close in the past year

07-Jan-2013 By Mark Wingett

One in three villages has seen a local pub or shop close in the past year, according to new research.

BBPA: 'Government must act to save jobs’

22-Nov-2011 By Michelle Perrett

The Government needs to act to save thousands of jobs in the supply chain from farm to pub, according to a new initiative from the British Beer & Pub Association (BBPA) and the National Farmers Union (NFU).

High rural house prices fuel pub closures

22-Jun-2009 By Ewan Turney

A chronic shortage of affordable rural housing is helping to fuel the closure of hundreds of of country pubs and village shops. The National Housing...

MP: help our rural pubs

19-Jun-2008 By John Harrington john.harrington@william-reed.co.u

New report suggests assisting rural areas Country pubs could benefit from new proposals to revive rural economies. That's the view of All-Party...

Desperate hosts swamp Pub is the Hub website

14-Apr-2005

by Tony Halstead Desperate licensees are besieging Pub is the Hub with pleas for help in a bid to revitalise their businesses and stave off the...

Licensees are lemmings'

28-Nov-2002

Reading the Morning Advertiser of 14 November I can finally understand the collective psychology of lemmings. Spokesman after spokesman talked of the...

Rural licensees lobby government for foot-and-mouth compensation

26-Sep-2002

Thousands of rural publicans are lobbying the government for their share in £7bn compensation, after foot-and-mouth ripped their businesses...

Prince's rural scheme hits a hitch

24-Jan-2002

The Prince of Wales' new scheme to help licensees in rural areas has not been welcomed by everybody.A licensee in the parish of St Giles on the Heath...

To survive high closure rate rural pubs must diversify, says report

18-Dec-2001

More than half of all villages in England are now without a pub for the first time since the Norman Conquest.A new study, supported by HRH the Prince...