What have we been up to?

Here's an update to let you know what the committee have been doing since we learned that the Rising Sun is on the Market.

We have informed the council that we intend to make a bid and I have had confirmation from the council that this has been received. This means that we have triggered the further moratorium allowed by the Asset of Community Value listing, so we have until April 17th, 2018 to make our bid. We had a committee meeting on 31st October and since then:

1. We have obtained an independent valuation of the pub and intend to get a second valuation.
2. We have contact Sidney Phillips the Estate agent selling the property to register our interest and recieved the full details.
3. We have contacted the parish council and some members of the committee will be speaking at the full parish council meeting this Weds at 7pm to outline our intentions and seek their support and to explore any funding they may be able to offer.
4. We have completed an application to the Plunkett Society of Co-operative pubs for free business support and a £2500 grant for consulting the community, deciding on the best business model and rolling out the sharesave scheme. I am delighted to say that our application has been Successful and we are being provided 2 days of free expertise from an advisor and are eligible to apply for the grant.
5. Once we have recieved this advice, we will do a large scale consultation of the community, finalise our business model and business plan and hold public meetings with full details.

To date, all 165 community pubs that have opened in the UK as still running successfully! Never underestimate the power of Community.
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