Village Shops & Pubs

Introduction

Some of the services we provide are:

• Direct support and advice for village shops and public houses
• Quarterly Newsletter dedicated to the needs of village shops
• Advice and information with regard to grants and qualifying criteria for both village shops and pubs
• Advice and information on local and national organisations offering support to rural enterprises
• Advise and support for communities looking to set up a community village shop or pub

Some of the key concerns facing shops, which we can help with, are:

• external and internal appearance
• goods and services
• licensing
• Disability Discrimination Act
• health & safety
• employment issues

There are now more and more communities who, faced with losing their village shop, decide to take matters into their own hands by looking at the feasibility of funding and running their own community shop and of course we are very happy to be involved from concept to fruition!

Useful websites

	www.beerandpub.com
	www.bitc.org.uk
	www.countryside.gov.uk
	www.rural-shops-alliance.co.uk