Wenvoe manager sets sights on lease

Wenvoe Arms holding manager Dan O’Donoghue says he is considering offering to buy the lease from Brains Brewery. The former assistant manager of the Old Arcade in central Cardiff has made a big impact with regulars since taking charge at the village pub six weeks ago. And O’Donoghue is so determined to settle into the [...]

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Fox and Hounds dig deep for Macmillan

Customers of the Fox and Hounds in Llancarfan raised more than £1,100 for cancer charity Macmillan as part of the World’s Biggest Coffee Morning. The pub-restaurant in the village of Llancarfan, came out on top among places who serve Café du Monde coffee systems, a company that has supported Macmillan for five years raising over [...]

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We will survive

PUBS in rural Vale of Glamorgan have been resilient to the recession, but must innovate to survive, say industry campaigners. With almost 1,500 pubs in the UK having shut their doors in 2008 because of the economic climate and the smoking ban, fears that the Vale’s network of country drinking holes are on borrowed time [...]

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Long wait for Bush

THE boss of the Bush Inn, St Hilary, says it will be a year before the pub is open for business again after it was gutted by fire. The thatched roof of the Bush went up in smoke in September, and the damage quickly escalated despite the attentions of five fire engines. But Phil Thomas, [...]

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