Rural Pubs

How one community local beat the big guns to win an award

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How one community local beat the big guns to win an award

By Emily Sutherland

Marketing can be tough for small or single-site operators, who often don’t have the budget to compete with multiple site operators or the big managed pub chains.  But one Yorkshire licensee has scooped a major marketing award and driven more trade to...

Steve Tredwell, Bill Downes, Richard Turner

Community liaison officer at Arkell's

By Adam Pescod

Arkells Brewery has introduced a "ground-breaking" initiative to help save its rural pubs that are under threat of closure. The Swindon-based...

LETTERs

LETTERs

Drink-drive law is hard on rural pubs I read your publication every week, and I have to say that I often find the views of Roger Protz to be rather...