Proper Pubs Announces First Ever Awards Gala
- Guild Secretary
- Jun 25
- 3 min read
Proper Pubs, the award-winning community wet-led operator division of Admiral Taverns, has launched its first ever ‘Proper Pubs Awards Gala’, to celebrate the achievements of its pub operators across its estate of more than 200 pubs in England, Scotland and Wales.
The gala will take place in Chesterfield on Thursday 31st July 2025 and will present nine prestigious awards including:
Best New Proper Pub of the Year
Sports Pub of the Year
Marketing & Social Media Pub of the Year
Community Pub of the Year
Audit Pub of the Year
Sales Performance Pub of the Year
Entertainment Pub of the Year
Gaming Pub of the Year
Outstanding Achievement Award
Each category features a selection of finalists (listed below), who have been nominated by their Business Development Manager for going the extra mile in supporting the communities they serve. In addition, one of the pubs will be crowned the overall ‘Proper Pubs’ Pub of the Year’.
Mark Brooke, Managing Director - Proper Pubs, said: “Our pubs sit at the heart of their local communities and are constantly going above and beyond for customers and residents, from charity fundraising to hosting brilliant entertainment, so it’s only right that we acknowledge these incredible achievements.
“Our operators are the face of Proper Pubs and we are so proud of all the work they do day in and day out. I’d like to extend my thanks to all our pubs and to congratulate every single operator for all their incredible hard work.
“On behalf of myself and the whole team at Proper Pubs, I’d like to wish the very best of luck to all the finalists and I look forward to celebrating with them next month.”
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.
FINALISTS:
Best New Proper Pub of the Year
Wonder, Tividale
Britannia Inn, Brigg
Plungington, Preston
Crown Colliery, Boldon Colliery
Woodman, Waterlooville
Sports Pub of the Year
Reindeer Inn, Mansfield
Little Oak, Chester
Barley Mow, Leicester
Victoria Bar, Glasgow
Marketing & Social Media Pub of the Year
Fox & Elm Gloucester
New Inn, Clay Cross
Church Inn, Greater Manchester
Midland Hotel, Wakefield
White Swan, Huddersfield
Community Pub of the Year
New Inn, Clay Cross
Rhoden Inn, Oswaldtwistle
Horse Shoe Bar, Motherwell
Victoria Bar, Glasgow
Ashmore Inn, Wolverhampton
Old Millstone Hotel, Macclesfield
Audit Pub of the Year
Canal Turn, Leigh
Original Keys, Driffield
Railway, Pontefract
Chrystal Bell, Glasgow
Leopard, Burton upon Trent
Sales Performance Pub of the Year
New Inn, Clay Cross
Y Pentan, Mold
Miners Arms, Middlesborough
Chrystal Bell, Glasgow
Woodman, Waterlooville
Entertainment Pub of the Year
Albion Inn, Tewkesbury
Beehive, Sunderland
Pineapple Inn, Oldham
Town Hall Tavern, Greater Manchester
Chrystal Bell, Glasgow
Gaming Pub of the Year
Reindeer Inn, Mansfield
Gamull, Preston
Vic, Blackburn
Little Oak, Chester
Sovereign, Coventry
Outstanding Achievement Award
Keg & Thread, Bolton
Church Inn, Greater Manchester
Victoria Bar, Glasgow
Ashmore Inn, Wolverhampton
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Notes to Editors
Admiral Taverns (“Admiral”) is the UK’s number one community pub group. Headquartered in Chester; the Group operates a national estate of c.1,420 predominantly wet-led community pubs. Admiral’s unique operational approach has earnt industry recognition with the Group winning Best Community Pub Operator at the 2024 Publican Awards, whilst also being shortlisted for Best Partnership Pub Company (501+ Sites). In 2019, 2016 and 2013, Admiral Taverns won Best Leased and Tenanted Pub Company at the Publican Awards and ranked highly commended as Best Community Pub Operator in 2017. The Group has also been consistently highly rated by licensees in the industry’s independent annual Tenant Track survey, exceeding the scores of all its national peers.
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