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The Rural Services Network (RSN) is thrilled to announce the National Rural Conference 2024, taking place from 16th to 19th September. This virtual event, accessible via Zoom, is the premier gathering for senior officers, members, policymakers, and rural service professionals.
Further information and booking details can be found here
A new report from the independent, not-for-profit think tank, Localis reveals the true social and economic value pubs bring to communities across England.
Inn-valuable has looked at both first-hand evidence and a range of literature to make the case for supporting the pub trade in Britain as a matter of sound social, economic and political rationale.
The report says that:
“in rural areas, pubs often act as de facto village halls, the locus of village life….Asking British adults if pubs have a positive or negative effect in a community, 75 percent felt the impact is positive. When asked if pubs are important in bringing people together, 81 percent of British adults said that they are.”
The key themes which were highlighted amongst all the case studies were:
Furthermore, the report highlights that the impact of pubs in strictly economic terms is also considerable. It says:
“in addition to the direct impacts of employment from pubs to the breweries that support them, there are indirect effects amassed along the supply chain as well as induced effects caused by the expenditure of the wages paid across the beer and pub sector. All this activity across the economy totals, through direct and indirect impacts, to a Gross Value Added of around £26bn.”
It goes onto say that pubs are:
“disproportionately economically important in deprived areas as employers and local businesses. This is in addition to the increased importance of pubs as social infrastructure in deprived areas, where a lack of social capital assets is also linked to poorer economic outcomes.”
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RSN Chief Executive, Kerry Booth, supported the research. She said:
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The report makes 4 recommendations which aim to secure the future of British pubs:
Read the full report on the Localis website here.
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