Concern for Pubs after Disastrous Summer Sales

Concern for Pubs after Disastrous Summer Sales

Fears are growing that the disastrous summer pub sales slump is causing a sharp increase in the number of licensees giving notice to quit.

Many pubs are suffering as a direct result of the poor summer weather and floods which have come in the wake of the smoking ban.

Add to that the rises in interest rates which not only push up their own borrowing costs but also reduce customers’ cash for leisure then it is easy to see why it’s been a tough few months for publicans.

Let’s all hope a sunny September can give a shot in the arm to our ailing pub community. To read more click on Concern for Pubs after Disastrous Summer Sales.

With the end of September also seeing the close of voting for The Nation’s Favourite Pub Walk, why not use the month to not only help our pubs but also to try some more pub walks and cast your votes?

Today's pub walk: The Hole in the Wall near Cambridge.

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Bank Holiday Pub Walks - Local Competitions

Bank Holiday Pub Walks - Local Competitions

The great thing about bank holidays is they give us chance to both get out in the fresh air and to indulge ourselves a little. Sounds to me like a pub walk is calling!

With a growing number of pubs participating in the Quest for the Nation's Favourite Pub Walk by organising local contests of their own, this is a great chance to maybe win a meal for two as well as one of the national prizes simply by submiting your favourite pub walk.

Even those who just vote can win prizes too. To find whether there is a participating pub near you, click on local competitions.

Today's participating pub: The Good Companions in Surrey.
Prizes offered: A bottle of champagne or top quality wine (3 winners).

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Make tracks for this special website

The word is spreading! It seems almost every day I find that a mention of the Quest for the Nation's Favourite Pub Walk appears somewhere else in the media. Today it featured in the Hampshire Chronicle under the headline "Make tracks for this special website" where they gave us a good write-up and renamed pub walks as "a pint and a plod"! I think I might use that myself...

Today's pint and plod: The White Hart in Campton, Bedfordshire.

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Posted: FRIDAY, APRIL 13, 2007

Entries for "The Nation's Favourite Pub Walk" start to arrive

Well the entries have started to come in and we are seeing pub walks being submitted across the nation with clusters already appearing in Hampshire, Suffolk and Cambridgeshire. We know of at least another 100 pub walks on the way too so keep watching for some near you, register as a voter, give them a try and tell us all what you think.

One I fancy trying is The Hole in the Wall walk on Little Wilbraham Fen. Not only does it feature a pub with a good local reputation but the walk takes in the truest remnant of the fens, as they were in Cambridge, and a traditional windmill. Click on Hole in the Wall for more details.

Why not enter one of your own favourite pub walks too, especially if you have one in an area not yet represented? For more details visit myfavouritepubwalks.com/competition.

Today's pub walk: The Hole in the Wall near Cambridge

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Blacks and Millets join the Quest

The Good Pub Guide, the Ramblers… and now Blacks and Millets have added their names to the list of supporters of MyFavouritePubWalks.com and our Quest for the Nation’s Favourite Pub Walk.

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Now Sponsored by The Good Pub Guide 2007 (Ebury Press)

First the Ramblers, then The Good Pub Guide – interest in supporting the Quest for the Nation’s Favourite Pub Walk is gathering pace! Ebury Press, editors of the Good Guides series, have given us 5 copies of their 25th Anniversary Special Edition of the Good Pub Guide for prizes.

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Ramblers Association adds its support

Following the launch of MyFavouritePubWalks.com on 29 March 2007, feedback has been very positive and the word is spreading. It's great to see that the Ramblers Association has added its support to the Quest for the Nation's Favourite Pub Walk by sponsoring some prizes. They are donating 10 copies of "The Walker's Companion", a light-hearted compendium of "facts, stats, quotes and notes of the greatest of British pastimes - walking". ). Keep a look out too for a mention of the quest in their magazine “Walk” which is distributed to their 140,000 members.

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Hop to it! The hunt is on ...

I was trying to come up with something really special to celebrate the launch of MyFavouritePubWalks.com on 29 March 2007. And I’ve got it - the first-ever quest to find The Nation's Favourite Pub Walk!

With prizes for contributors, publicans and voters this competition has something for everyone. So if you have a favourite, now is the time to put it on the map and share it with the rest of us.

And what is really exciting is that all entries will be made on-line so that everyone can freely download as many pub walks as they like and then try them out before casting their votes. At the same time they will be helping to create a national on-line database of pub walks that can be continually updated for everyone’s ongoing enjoyment.

Entries for the title of “The Nation’s Favourite Pub Walk” have to be submitted by 30 June 2007 and the walks can be given a star rating by voters any time after they are loaded until voting closes on 31 July 2007. There will also be regional and special category winners.

Registering as a voter, proposer of a pub walk or as a participating pub is free and further details may be obtained by visiting www.myfavouritepubwalks.com/competition.

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