Tag Archives: pub

What’s in a Name?

Posted on July 5, 2011 by Matt Wood

I was talking today with a potential client of Lucas Hickman Smith, who leads a community group which (if all goes according to plan) will commission us to help them replace their worn-out village hall with a new community facility, … Continue reading →

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Is it a shub? Is it a pop? No, it’s…

Posted on September 24, 2010 by Matt Wood

…well, it’s a pub with a village shop in it, so it’s probably a ‘pop’…like this one in Somerset, or this one in Tacolneston, not far from where I live in Norfolk. OK; the second one’s actually a beer shop…but … Continue reading →

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The Heart of a Village

Posted on September 24, 2010 by Matt Wood

The British Beer and Pub Association reports (here) that 900 pubs closed in the last year. The village pub, school and shop/Post office between them form, if you will, a Holy Trinity of ‘village life’*. Both the Telegraph and Daily … Continue reading →

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How to CRTB #1 – Building a Consensus

Posted on September 23, 2010 by Matt Wood

Yesterday’s announcement from the Department for Communities and Local Government lowered the required majority of support for a Community Right to Build project from 90% to 75%. This is surely a move in the right direction for those keen to … Continue reading →

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