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Goring Post Office to be refurbished
02/06/14
GORING post office will be closed for refurbishment from June 24 to 30. The service is being moved from a separate counter at the rear of McColl’s in High Street to the main tills in order to extend its opening hours. It will now open from 6am to ...
Refreshing decision
A HOTEL is set have a contract to serve refreshments on Red Lion Lawn extended by another year. The town council, which owns the site, is being recommended to approve the request by the Red Lion Hotel. In June last year, the hotel was granted a ...
Rural ale trail returns
23/06/14
BRAKSPEAR has launched its Country Ale Trail for a second year. The trail, which is designed to attract walkers and cyclists to the company’s rural pubs, was introduced last year following the success of the Henley Ale Trail. Customers ...
Creative industry student sponsor
30/06/14
THE Henley Business School has launched a scholarship in partnership with an international ticket agent. Students will be able to apply for the annual Ticketmaster Scholarship place on the MBA for the music and creative industries. ...
Pubs help save bees
04/08/14
PUBS in Henley are supporting Friends of the Earth’s Bee Cause campaign. They are planting bee-friendly flower beds designed to help save Britain’s declining bee population. Brakspear has provided 60 of its pubs with Bee Cause ...
Swiss chef buys inn
11/08/14
SWISS chef Michael Riemenschneider has bought the Black Boys Inn in Hurley. He says the business will complement Canvas, his restaurant in Marylebone. The Black Boys has a 50-cover restaurant and eight en-suite guest rooms. ...
Pub given makeover
A PUB in Kingwood Common has re-opened after a makeover. The Unicorn in Colemore Lane was closed for two weeks while it was refurbished and redecorated. The kitchen has been refitted and extended to twice its original size ...
Party at Cafe Rouge
20/10/14
Café Rouge is to hold a party on Wednesday, October 29 to mark its re-opening following refurbishment. The restaurant is in Hart Street, Henley.
Oratory withdraw public access to gym
25/10/14
THE gym at the Oratory School in Woodcote has been closed to the public. Members were told they could no longer use the facility after it moved to a new building in the school grounds on Thursday last week. In a circular ...
Pub back in business
01/09/14
A PUB in Sonning Common has re-opened with a new tenant. The Bird in Hand on the B481 Peppard Road has been bought by businessman Trevor Hunt and will be run by 25-year-old James Allen, who was previously duty manager ...
Pub still open
THE Sun pub in Whitchurch Hill was not closed by pub company Brakspear last year, as was reported in last week’s Henley Standard. In fact, the pub was sold to Richard Hazell and is now being run by Judith Butler and ...
Street closed after pub chimney fire drama
24/02/14
A CHIMNEY fire at a Henley pub led to a street being closed and inconvenience for customers at businesses nearby. The blaze at the Angel on the Bridge started at about 10.30am on Sunday shortly before the pub was ...
New look for pub
03/03/14
A HENLEY pub has been given a makeover. The Little Angel in Remenham Lane has been repainted and furnished with new artwork and had design features added. The refurbishment was carried out since the recent ...
Cleaners expanding
24/03/14
A COMMERCIAL cleaning company in Henley has expanded. Ecocleen Services, whose head office is in Newtown Road, has acquired PW (Lincs) Holdings. The purchase means the firm will now also offer pest ...
Brakspear record strong results for 2016
23/08/17
BRAKSPEAR has recorded a fall in profits due to investment in the business. J T Davies & Sons, the parent company of the Henley pub company and brewer, increased its turnover by almost 14 per cent ...
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