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26 Apr 2023

Gwynedd pub diversifies with community garden to support local residents

The Tafarn y Plu, which is also known at the Feathers Inn, in Llanystumdwy, Gwynedd in North Wales, has diversified its pub’s offer by extending its community garden and allotment...

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27 Mar 2023

Pub is The Hub helps pubs to diversify and provide essential local services

Pub is The Hub is a not-for-profit organisation, which offers independent specialist advice to publicans on rural services diversification or the options for the community ownership of pubs, so they...

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02 Feb 2023

Pub is The Hub continues work to help reposition the role of the pub to support publicans and people in rural areas

As the pub industry faces another challenging year, Pub is The Hub has been continuing its work to encourage publicans to reposition the role of their pubs by diversifying to...

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26 Oct 2022

Harrogate-based Pub is The Hub chief executive presented with top accolade

John Longden, the chief executive of Harrogate-based Pub is The Hub, has been presented with an Industry Champion Award for the organisation’s work in helping pubs to diversify to support...

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24 Oct 2022

Pubs as creative hubs: Pub is The Hub backing new ‘Pubs Welcoming Creativity’ initiative with charity Creative Lives

Pub is The Hub, www.pubisthehub.org, is supporting a new national initiative from Creative Lives, an organisation that champions voluntary-led creative activity, to encourage publicans to welcome creative activities into their...

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12 Sep 2022

Norfolk pub opens community space in support of locals

The White Swan in Gressenhall, Norfolk, has opened a community space called The Stables to help support people living locally. An outbuilding has been refurbished to home the multifunctional space,...

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22 Aug 2022

New community café at Norfolk pub helps connect locals, tackle food poverty and rural isolation

The Blue Bell in Stoke Ferry, Norfolk, has opened a community café to provide a place for locals to meet up, socialise and help combat loneliness The pub, which reopened...

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27 Jul 2022

Pub is The Hub working with creative arts organisation to help encourage pubs to become local hubs for creativity

Pub is The Hub, www.pubisthehub.org.uk, teamed up with voluntary arts organisation Creative Lives, www.creative-lives.org, and CAMRA (The Campaign for Real Ale), for an online event to help give publicans insights on...

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04 Jul 2022

Pub numbers fall to lowest on record

BBC reports that the number of pubs in England and Wales has hits it lowest level on record, according to new research from real estate consultancy Altus Group According to...

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06 Jun 2022

Pub is the Hub – The Hubdate

The latest update has been provided by Pub is the Hub in the publication – The Hubdate Pub is the Hub are working to support pubs and publicans to create...

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