In case you were wondering...

Thursday's ticket to a new horizon is in the bin

Thursday’s short-term lease expired. I left the spoils for someone else—I had no real intention of winning. What drew me in was the temporary lease on a horizon that hadn’t existed for me before.

And what would I have done? If...

Simple. Buy the local pub and have it run by the locals. Lottery fortunes are meant to be squandered.

Nick

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England’s rural hostelries have been closing their doors for years, however the trend is changing. Welcome to the wonderful world of Britain’s community-run pubs.

In 2010, there were just 14 of them. In 2022, thanks to a mix of legislation, grant schemes, and rural residents determined not to lose their alehouses, more than 150 pubs once earmarked for closure are now owned by their local community. Additionally, 250 struggling boozers are currently subject to such a potential transfer of ownership.

“It is absolutely a success story,” says James Alcock, chief executive of the Plunkett Foundation, an Oxfordshire-based charity supporting such ventures. “We’ve had decades where the narrative has been that these businesses are not sustainable but it’s clear, once they are redirected towards the needs of local people – rather than the need to make profit – they become the real heart of their area once more.” Link to the article below

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Links:
Cheers to that: inside the rise of Britain’s community-run pubs