Present: Richard Walton (Chairman), Brian Druce, Judy & Mike Haines, James Hickman, Mary Mackenzie, Mike Taite and David Wilkes Apologies were received from Ray Haynes, Jane Moore and John Sharpe
1. The minutes of 5 May meeting were agreed as accurate
2. Actions arising
a. Press articles Richard thanked Brain and James for getting the articles into last [...]

Last Friday, I had a meeting with Clive Clinton, Operations Director for Admiral Taverns and Kate Powell, the local Business Development Manager.
We discussed the planned renovations and the business plan that I submitted. They told me that the previous interested party in the Queen Elizabeth was a TV celebrity chef, who had intended to run [...]

I have today finally submitted a full business plan to Kate Powell, the business development manager handling the pub for Admiral Taverns.
Having been through the process of preparing the plan I have discovered the commercial reality of running a village pub, and it certainly isn’t an easy way to make money! 
The only real option I can see [...]

If anybody actually knows what is happening with the proposed refurbishment of the Queen Elizabeth then please let us know so that we can replace the village rumours with some hard facts.
Latest rumours are:
“Axtell-Powell Developments Ltd have been awarded the contract for the refurbishment and will be starting work before the end of Janury.” - [...]