02-Aug-2018 By Emily Hawkins
A community in Herefordshire has banded together in a bid to save their only village pub as it is put up for auction by the Ei Group.
21-Feb-2018 By Georgina Townshend
A community group in Cheshire is committed to purchase the last remaining pub in the village but needs to raise a minimum of £250,000 to do it.
28-Jun-2017 By Fred A'Court
What is believed to be the longest running community-owned pub in the UK celebrates its 20th anniversary on Saturday (1 July).
MA Property
11-Nov-2016 By Liam Coleman
The last remaining pub in Rempstone, Nottinghamshire, has been bought by a group of local residents.
Football
11-May-2016 By Nikkie Sutton
Brian Priest who runs the Chequers pub in Swinford made a passing comment that if Leicester won the league, he would paint the pub in the Foxes’ colours.
28-Apr-2016 By Daniel Woolfson
Roaring fires, hearty food, thriving trade…what exactly is it that makes a pub ‘heartwarming’? The PMA meets the licensees who have just won £20,000 for their dedication to the local community
Funding
09-Nov-2015 By James Evison
Funding for diversifying pub businesses can help turn local village life around.
02-Apr-2014 By Ellie Bothwell
A Derbyshire pub has become "a tourist destination" after its tenants installed a large vending machine, stocking a host of household essentials, in its car park.
31-Jan-2014 By Karen Errington
Allowing yourself to be drawn into an emotional exchange on a public forum is something to be avoided at all costs as it can never result in a positive outcome, argues Karen Errington.
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
23-Sep-2013 By Ellie Bothwell
The Red Lion in Sidbury, east Devon, is the latest pub to be listed as an Asset of Community Value.
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.
11-Mar-2013 By Michelle Perrett
A Pubs Advice Line was launched today by Community Pubs Minister Brandon Lewis which will help advise locals on how to take over their community pubs.
18-Jan-2013 By Gurjit Degun
A community group in Oxfordshire that has bought its local pub — the Seven Stars in Marsh Baldon — is looking for a tenant to run the venue.
13-Jun-2011 By Adam Pescod
More pubs could be set to add library services to their roster under radical proposals currently being considered by ministers. The Future Library...
13-Dec-2010 By Ewan Turney
Communities are set to get the right to buy their pub and other community assets under new plans to shift power back to local communities. Groups of...
22-Jul-2010 By Robyn Black
Lucy Agnew, licensee of the Horse & Hound tells Robyn Black why coming out of retirement to rejuvenate a community pub was the right move.
When the locals buy the local...
07-Jun-2010 By Hamish Champ
There can be few sadder sights in the on-trade than a once-cherished traditional village pub being allowed to decline, wither and then close its...
New law will give communities chance to buy last pub
19-May-2010 By James Wilmore
Prime Minister David Cameron has said the government will introduce a law to give communities the chance to buy the last pub in their town or...
The Guv'nor
29-May-2008 By Alan Glover
A neighbour first, a business second Going back to the '70s, the focal point of community life was the village store, the post office and of course...
Pub plays host to Citizens Advice Bureau
16-Apr-2008
Pubs could become venues for Citizens Advice Bureau (CAB) clinics if a pilot scheme proves popular.The information service is holding drop-in...
Post offices in rural pubs on the rise
24-Jan-2008
More licensees are opening shops and taking on post-office services in an attempt to bolster declining business in rural village pubs. Rural...
Property prices put pressure on pubs
23-Aug-2007 By Tony Halstead THals22851@aol.com
Soaring property prices are posing a new threat to village community pubs, according to BBC's The One Show in a special investigation into the...
Pubs "totally invaluable", says Prince Charles
09-Mar-2007 By James Wilmore
Prince Charles has highlighted the vital role of community pubs during a speech to pub trade representatives at his official residence Clarence...
Fact file on the Hack & Spade
31-Jan-2007
Licensees: Anne and Alastair Dowson-ParkLocation: the Hack & Spade is in Whashton, a small village deep inside James Herriott country four miles...
East Anglia
11-Jan-2007
Red Lion Preston, Hertfordshire The Red Lion claims to be the first pub bought by village power. In 1982, residents of the small village of Preston...
Pubs offered a day with top chef
12-Jun-2006
Award winning pub chef John Rudden is offering his services as the prize in a new rural pub competition.John will spend a day with the pub which wins...
Village pub becomes computer hub
21-Feb-2006
A Bovey Tracey pub has become the technical hub of the village, by taking part in a project designed to allow the whole community to log on to the...
Increase in struggling pubs seeking Pub is the Hub lifeline:
02-Jun-2005
An increasing number of enquiries to Pub is the Hub are from people fighting to save their pub from closure and conversion into new usage. The...
Home Counties: Red Lion
13-Jan-2005
Coleshill, Buckinghamshire John Ullman doesn't mince his words. "I feel very privileged to live in the village and run this pub." It seems the...
Charles shows he's on the ball at village local
04-Mar-2004
Prince Charles amazed regulars at the Old Crown, in Hesket Newmarket, in Cumbria, with his relaxed, chatty manner over his 40-minute stay last week....
Prince launches guide on saving local pubs
26-Feb-2004
by Tony Halstead Prince Charles has launched a new guide to saving local pubs with a visit to the Old Crown, at Hesket Newmarket in Cumbria. The...
Save British boozers think-tank demands
18-Dec-2003
by John Harrington The closure of traditional pubs is helping to create "ghost town Britain", with urban streets left deserted and village...
Reach for a Pint
26-Jun-2003
The Dyke's End, Reach,East Cambridge As a result of declining trade the owner of the Dyke's End first tried to sell the pub, then gain planning...
Couple set to cut loose from Nelson's
19-Jun-2003
After owning and operating Nelson's Restaurant in the idyllic Cornish fishing village of Polperro, near Looe, for 30 years, Peter and Betty Nelson...
Local community to profit from computers in pubs
11-Jun-2003
A new project, Locals Online, which aims to give rural communities better access to broadband internet, has been officially launched.Five pubs in...
Prince Charles steps up rural fight
29-May-2003
Pub operators need to forge better links with local authorities to help save struggling village communities.That was the message from the Prince of...
Are customers spending less in your pub?
07-Nov-2002
Mike Collins Riverside Inn, Chelmsford, Essex (winner of Young's Best Pub Garden- again!) Yes they are! We're in a town where it's all about pricing...
That little bit extra - how rural pubs can benefit in 2002
17-Jan-2002
2001 was a tough year for rural pubs. Jackie Annett looks at how licensees can make the most of their location this year by offering additional...
