Another interesting meeting with the board of The Holly Bush Seighford http://www.thehollybushinseighford.co.uk/ last night. Again an example of a community purchasing a pub themselves and making it a success. They had initially utilised the services of Titanic to manage the pub for them but after a few years, they had mutually agreed that the wet-led …
Report of Meeting with Sam Hughes From the Royal Oak Phil, Alan, Gary, Stave and myself met with Sam Hughes Chair of THE RUSHTON OAK COMMUNITY PUB LTD on Tuesday 15th March. They are a Co-operative Society for Community Benefit of about 150 members that have bought the Royal Oak, Rushton Spencer to “reverse its …
Last night 28 Feb 2022, we managed to visit The White Hart at Alton for another “How was it for you?” session. Phil, Alan, Simon Evans and myself met with Tom and John from Alton. It was clear that they had tried many different things and learned much. The key learning that they gave was:- …
As part of the factfinding and information gathering process, the Steering Committee visited The Auctioneers Arms at Caverswall. This is a community-owned pub that was threatened by demolition before it was taken into community ownership. This is so that we will be able to recommend an appropriate, long term, the business model for The Holly …