CLG recently announced a 3 year, £3.3million package to make pubs more successful and help communities buy into struggling pubs to keep them running. "Beer ties" will be reduced, and a consultation is underway on proposals to cut the requirement for music licences in certain venues. Tailored business advice will be available through 'Pub is the Hub', and a three-year pilot programme will be run through the Plunkett Foundation to provide grant support to 50 community owned pubs to be matched by loans from third-sector organisations and a contribution from the communities themselves.

Councils will also be given new powers through the planning system to intervene before a pub is demolished, giving a pause in the system for the local community to have their say. Pubs will be able to diversify into new commercial ventures without planning permission, reducing expense and time of seeking approval. 

More information can be found on the CLG website.