HULL COMMUNITY PUB RELAUNCHES FOLLOWING OVER £260,000 MAKEOVER
The Crows Nest on Douglas Road in Hull officially relaunched on Thursday 24th July following a significant investment of more than £260,000. The pub is part of Proper Pubs, the award-winning community wet-led operator division of Admiral Taverns, which operates more than 200 pubs across England, Scotland and Wales.
Inside, the pub has been completely transformed to include brand new fittings, fixtures, flooring and furniture throughout as well as multiple flat screen televisions complete with Sky, TNT Sports and horse racing channels for customers to enjoy. In addition, it boasts a completely revamped bar, all new toilet facilities, a darts area and an updated function room available for community use.
Outside, the Crows Nest hosts brand new lighting, fencing and signage to greet customers and a refreshed, spacious beer garden seating more than 40 people at the back and 10 people at the front.
The pub officially relaunched on Thursday 24th July and celebrated with an exciting evening of live entertainment – including a performance from local singer, Donna Atkinson – plenty of games and a complimentary prosecco reception.
The Crows Nest offers a wide range of drinks promotions, including Wine Wednesday, where customers can get £2 off a bottle, Fizz Friday, offering customers a bottle of fizz for £10, along with cocktails, bottle and shot deals throughout the week.
Kiely Sharkett, operator of the Crows Nest, said: “I’ve loved every minute of my time at the Crows Nest so far and it’s been amazing watching the refurbishment come to life. The pub looks absolutely fantastic, and it was a joy to reopen and show off its brand-new look to the community. We’ve already had great feedback from customers so overall I’d say the reopening was a huge success and I can’t wait for what the future holds.
Once again, I’d like to thank Proper Pubs for all their support throughout this journey and I look forward to doing the team and the pub proud!”
On top of the fantastic drinks selection, Kiely will host a busy schedule of regular entertainment including live music every weekend and a Wednesday social club where visitors can play bingo and do karaoke amongst other fun games. She will also be introducing brand new men and women’s pool teams from mid-September, alongside the existing darts league, for those looking for a bit of friendly competition.
In addition, the operator is committed to supporting an array of important charities and local initiatives close to her heart including Mysterious Minds – which she and various members of the community did a charity walk in aid of on Sunday 20th July – and One Punch Hull. She will also be collecting food to donate to the local foodbank and raising money to have a lifesaving defibrillator installed at the pub.
Matthew Gurney, Operations Director for Proper Pubs, said: “It’s been a pleasure having Kiely at the helm of The Crows Nest and we are delighted that the opening night was a great success! On behalf of myself and the Proper Pubs team, we’d like to thank Kiely for all her hard work and we wish her the very best for the future!”
Proper Pubs is always looking for ways to support its communities through an annual schedule of events and fundraising initiatives and in March 2024, it was crowned Community Pub Operator at the Publican Awards. Most recently, the Group collected over 20,000 Easter Eggs to donate to communities in need and raised nearly £100,000 in just three months for various local charities across the UK. Last year, Proper Pubs also successfully donated enough food to local foodbanks across the UK to feed 1,300 people for a week and has also been recognised UK-wide defibrillator installation campaign which has already saved 11 lives.
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