We were delighted to see the great turnout at the Village Hall yesterday for the pop-up pub event. Many thanks to those completing around 20 questionnaire responses on the night, and we know a similar number have been taken away to complete at home (the return address is in the footer). It would be wonderful to get those back to us this week.

If you would like to print and complete your own paper questionnaire the PDF can be opened here, or you can complete it online using Google Forms.

We would like to express our thanks to Dave and Tim joining us from Save The Railway Arms Pub (STRAP) for answering many of the questions raised, and to the Village Hall Committee, for running the event.

A recap on what we’ve done so far:

• Taken advice from The Plunket Foundation, formed a CLG company and held the first directors meeting.
• Researched the ACV process and drafted a notice of community bidder
• Registered this website and started developing it, setup email and socials
• Spoken with the estate agent Tom, and visited the tenants lodgings
• Spoken with two regional pub-buying businesses (Cambscusine and Chestnut group; who have ruled out acquiring the pub, have outlined costs etc)
• Researched pub ownership models, fundraising and case studies of similar pubs
• Met with the Village Hall Committee to agree representation at the pop-up pub
• Discussed some outline sketches for improving the pub grounds, and reviewed historical planning applications
• Spoken with members of Littlebury Parish Council
• Started brainstorming a business plan
• Received responses to our questionnaire and started to look at the results.