The pub is the hub
During national pubs week a new guide was launched for communities on how save a pub threatened with closure. The guide is produced jointly by CAMRA, Pub is the Hub, and Business in the Community. The guide Saving Your Local Pub encourages communities to organise themselves, and if necessary buy their own local. It aims to provide a toolkit for staffing a campaign, dealing with planning applications, preparing a business plan and securing finance. It includes case studies such as the Old Crown in Hesket Newmarket, and Dykes End in Reach, Cambridgeshire. The guide contains a foreword from the Prince of Wales and is available free of charge from CAMRA by telephoning 01727 867201. Or visit the new website www.pubisthehub.org.uk