June 1: The Plough, Fadmoor is delighted to announce that it has been shortlisted as a finalist in the One to Watch category for Plunkett UK’s Rural Community Business Awards.
The winners will be announced at an awards ceremony held at the Royal Society of Chemistry in London on Thursday 2 July.
The ‘One to Watch’ category focuses on community businesses that are not yet open. In the written submission, The Plough showcased how the volunteer committee, were being inclusive to the community, local and further afield, through the range of events organised, such as pop-up bars, Beer Festival, Pumpkin Parade and Cycle Sportive; to the volunteers and Weekend Warriors helping with the build. Combined with the sponsorship of the Kirkbymoorside 10k; building our online community, as well as being the focus of the More4’s highly successful Our Yorkshire Pub Rescue with Jon Richardson. This category, is sponsored by David Cadwaller Co.
“Being shortlisted for this award, from a group of 9 equally deserving community businesses, is a great recognition of the effort everyone is putting in to bring this community pub back to life, having been closed for over 14 years,” said Peter Jones, Chairman of the Fadmoor Community Pub Limited. “Plunkett UK has been a really important part of our journey, helping us with support and advice as we battled to purchase the pub, set-up a share offer as well as guidance on numerous matters along the way. So, this awards ceremony is an important recognition for them too on how they support community businesses such as ourselves”.
Sarah Benn, Relationships Team Leader at Plunkett UK, says, “It has been inspiring to see so many people nominate their local community-owned businesses, truly emphasising the significant role they play in their communities. We celebrate the considerable impact each one is making in its local area and we are looking forward to next month’s awards event when the winners are announced.”
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