Flying Scotsman

🎃Happy Halloween!🎃

The spooky season has been brewing across our pubs over the last few weeks with lots of tricks and treats for everyone to enjoy.

From fancy-dress competitions to quizzes and karaoke, howl will you be celebrating fright night? 🐺

And, if you’ve not yet found somewhere to celebrate, here’s a handful of Punch Pubs where you can be guaranteed a frighteningly good time👻

The Eagle Public House
Mill Tavern
The Goose
The Shakespeare Inn
Ye Olde Fleece Inn - Kendal
The Hest Bank
The George, Finchdean

Be scareful out there 🎃🎃

🔍💥 Calling creative marketeers! 💥🔍

Our exciting and progressive Marketing Department are on the lookout for an Assistant Marketing Manager to take our Locals Concept pub activations to the next level 🙌

🍍 Can you create, maintain and implement a marketing sales framework?
🍍 Do you have a passion for pubs, guests and experiences?
🍍 Fuelled with insights, are you ready to think big, innovatively and commercially ?

Sound like a bit of you? We want your ideas, disruption & positive solutions to really shake things up! Find out more and apply 👉 https://www.punchpubs.com/careers/working-for-punch/current-vacancies/assistant-marketing-manager-locals/ or email [email protected]

Nominations for the PubAid Community Pub Hero Awards 2025 are now open!

We need your support to celebrate our wonderful Publicans and Management Partners (MPs). We know that there are many heroes within our pubs, so we want to get as many nominated as possible!

This year, you can choose to nominate your pub:

🏆Community Support Hero
🏆Charity Fundraising Hero
🏆Community Regular Hero
🏆Community Sport Hero
🏆Community Sustainability Hero

Publicans and MPs can nominate themselves. Or their community members or local Members of Parliament can do so.

The process is digital and completely free. So, don’t delay!

Nominate your pub hero today: https://www.pubaid.co.uk/community-pub-hero-awards/

PubAid has launched the Positive PUBlicity Hub a new resource to spotlight the powerful role UK pubs play as lifelines in their communities.

From safe spaces for open conversations to grassroots sports support, pubs are continuing to make a huge difference!

On the Hub you’ll find:

🍻 Real-life stories that show pubs as essential mental health lifelines

🏆 Inspiration from Community Heroes

📈 Practical tips and ideas for publicans & management partners looking to expand their positive impact

And you can share your stories too! Join PubAid’s supporter community and start celebrating the impact of wonderful community champions across the UK 🍻

Check out the new Hub here 👉🏻 https://www.pubaid.co.uk/publicityhub/

As always, we’re here hosting the best Friday night out, fun filled with karaoke & party anthems, all the way through the night.

What song will you be performing tonight?
Let us know!

Proud to support such an amazing charity “MacMillan Cancer”.

We are hosting a fundraiser on Saturday 21st September.

Come along and support 💚

🥊 CALLING ALL BOXING FANS 🥊

We'll be showing the HUGE IBF World Title fight between Anthony Joshua and Daniel Dubois on Saturday 21st September!

The undercard action gets underway from 6pm and we'll be showing every minute on our screens!

Can AJ regain one of his former world titles? Join us next Saturday to find out!

Back by popular demand 🎯 🎯

Our darts area is now back and ready to use. So come on what you waiting for, come and throw some darts with us!

𝐋𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐤𝐞𝐧𝐝 🎵

Saturday 14th: Tony Bengtsson 21:00

“Vocally Strong West Coast and Modern”

🎉⭐️🎙️It’s rock and roll bingo tonight from 7:30pm. Only £1 cash per person per game. Win alcohol and money while having a sing along! 🎵 🎸 A few tables already booked in but still plenty of space! 👀

Drink deals all day 🤩

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Thank you to everyone who took a team supporting an amazing charity!

Winner is Oldham Athletic

Who fancies a game of poker? ♣️ ♥️

Every Tuesday from 7:30pm we host our poker night.

Everyone welcome to come along and join in the fun 🤩

‼️Staff Wanted‼️

We are recruiting for new bar staff. Applicants must:
- Be flexible
- enthusiastic and can work as a team
- Experience preferred but not essential
- part time role

If interested please drop us a message.

Good luck to everyone running the Great North Run🏃🏼🏃‍♀️🏃‍♂️

We are hosting a MacMillan charity event on Saturday 21st September.

We love the community to come out and support such an amazing charity.

💚💚💚💚💚

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England Vs Ireland 🇮🇪 5pm today shown here live on Multi large screens with surround sound ⚽️

Followed by live music from the amazing

⭐️ JUST SO ⭐️

It’s Friday which means it’s party night 🥳

Come and join us tonight for our famous karaoke night from 7:30pm, hosted by the one and only DJ Scmööze.

Live music every Saturday from 9pm

This Saturday 7th September we have the amazing ⭐️ JUST SO ⭐️

IT’S MATCH DAY ⚫️⚪️⚫️⚪️
We open from 11am ⏰

Rangers Vs Celtic 12:30pm
Newcastle Vs Tottenham 1:30pm
Man U Vs Liverpool 4pm

All showing on 10 large screens and 1 giant screen with surround sound.

‼️ The place to be to watch live sport ‼️

The sun is shining ☀️ ☀️
Come and enjoy your weekend with us…

⚽️ Arsenal Vs Brighton 12:30pm
⚽️ Scores 3pm
⚽️ West Ham Vs Man City 5:30pm
🐎 Live horse racing

Followed by live music from the amazing 5 piece band ⭐️ FAR CRY ⭐️

“FarCry are a 5 piece, female fronted rocking band. Playing hits from across the decades there is no doubt something for everyone. Genres from rock to pop to Motown and disco and everything in between. Featuring male and female vocals, harmonies, lots of fun classic singalong tunes and it's always a great time”

🔍💥 We’re on the lookout for a creative artworker💥🔍

Our exciting and progressive in-house studio are on the hunt for a confident Studio Artworker, with delectable ideas and fantastic attention to detail.

If you have…

🍍 An eye for beautiful visual messaging
🍍 A passion for design and the creative industry
🍍 A love for authentic pubs

…you might be the one for us.

Sound like a bit of you? Click here to find out more and apply 👉 https://www.punchpubs.com/careers/working-for-punch/current-vacancies/studio-artworker/ or get in touch with [email protected]

Exciting news for one of our epic Edinburgh pubs The Barony Bar, nominated in the Best Pub category at Edinburgh's 2024 Bar Awards! 👏

It's a massive achievement for our incredible Management Partner, Les, and the Barony team. We're so proud of their hard work, care and dedication that has secured them a spot in the top 15 pubs in the city! 🙌

Votes are now all in, and the excitement is building! Huge congratulations to all of you at The Barony Bar, and good luck with the awards this September 🍻

What a glorious day ☀️ ☀️

Come and enjoy our it in our beer garden 🪴 with a ice cold beverage 🍻

Outside TVs 📺 and music 🎵 playing

⚫️⚪️⚫️⚪️ 𝐓𝐨𝐨𝐧 𝐓𝐨𝐨𝐧 ⚫️⚪️⚫️⚪️

Watch all the action live here tonight….

Nottingham forest Vs Newcastle
11 big screen & surround sound

☀️ Bank Holiday Sunday ☀️
Spend your bank holiday Sunday with us…

⚽️ Bournemouth Vs Newcastle 2pm
(Showing on large screens with surround commentary)

Followed by DISCO & KARAOKE hosted by the one and only DJ Scmööze from 4pm 🕺

What a great day it’s going to be …..

𝟠𝟘𝕤 𝕗𝕒𝕟𝕤 𝕒𝕣𝕖 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕣𝕖𝕒𝕕𝕪 𝕥𝕠 𝕡𝕒𝕣𝕥𝕪? 🕺 💃

80s night tonight with the one and only “ Back To The 80s”

Get your dancing shoes on 🪩

⚽️ Man U Vs Brighton 12:30pm
⚽️ Scores 3pm
⚽️ Arsenal Vs Villa 5:30pm
🐎 All live horse racing shown

Followed by our bank holiday live music from the one and only …

⭐️ BACK TO THE 80s ⭐️

Last month, our Management Partners Olly and Louise reopened the doors of the fantastic The Havelock Arms following an investment with us🍻

Welcoming back the community with open arms, Olly and Louise are thrilled to be taking on their first pub business. They said: “We’re incredibly excited about this venture and couldn’t wait to welcome the community back through the doors.

“We are making it our priority to deliver excellent customer service and create an inclusive, safe and welcoming environment. We’ve been overwhelmed by the positive feedback we’ve received so far, and are looking forward to our future here.”🙌

You can read more about The Havelock Arms as well as other successful pub stories on our website 👉 https://www.punchpubs.com/the-havelock-arms-reopens-following-180k-investment/

📷 Steve @ Mission Studios

Bank Holiday weekend is coming and so are the good times!

On Friday 23rd August
Our famous karaoke night 7pm
start🎤

On Saturday 24th August
Live Music - Back to The 80s 9pm 🎵

On Sunday 25th August
join us for Bournemouth v Newcastle 2pm KO ⚽️
(shown on our giant screen, 8 large tv's and our outside tv)

followed by DJ Schmööze with disco karaoke from 4pm 🎶

Enjoy the Bank Holiday fun😀

We're only an hour away from tonight's live entertainment 🌟

Tonight, we are lucky to host one of the best upcoming talents in the northeast 😍

💫 Daniel Anti

Live from 9PM bringing the party 🎶

𝕊𝕌ℙ𝔼ℝ 𝕊𝔸𝕋𝕌ℝ𝔻𝔸𝕐 𝕀𝕊 𝔹𝔸ℂ𝕂!! ⚽️ ⚽️
Watch all the live sport with us

12:30pm Ipswich Vs Liverpool ⚽️
3:00pm Scores ⚽️
5:30pm West Ham Vs Villa ⚽️

The Premier League is back this weekend!

Come and join us!
This weeks Premier league live fixtures are…

Friday 16th August
Manchester United v Fulham 8pm

Saturday 17th August
Ipswich v Liverpool 12.30pm

West Ham v VIlla 5.30pm

Sunday 18th August
Brentford v Palace 2pm
Chelsea v Man City 4.30pm

We are delighted to announce that The Woodlands Hotel in Bradford has been announced as the Telegraph & Argus’ Best Pub 2024!

Our epic pub claimed the top spot over nine other finalists and an incredible 6,389 nominations 👏

This is an incredible achievement for our Publicans Lee & Tammy, whose passion for our epic pub and hospitality industry never goes a miss! In addition to this latest victory The Woodlands Hotel also holds the number one spot for The Best Restaurant & Places to Eat in Bradford on Trip Advisor 🙌

What a triumph! Huge congratulations to Lee, Tammy and the team at The Woodlands🍻

(Photo credit: Telegraph & Argus)

💻 Seeking a skilled Development & Support Analyst for our growing pub company 🔝

We're looking for a proactive individual to develop, implement, and support our business process applications.

🍍 Do you excel at providing first-class support?
🍍 Confident in scoping, developing, and delivering applications?
🍍 Eager to support and enhance new and existing systems?

If this sounds like you, we want to hear from you! 🤩

Learn more and apply online 👉 https://www.punchpubs.com/careers/working-for-punch/current-vacancies/development-support-analyst/ or get in touch with [email protected]