Just been watching some episodes on Sky:
"Save Our Boozer" on 'Blighty', channel 524.
The premiss:
Find a defunct rural village pub thats been closed a while. Enter smart Pub saviour who's revitalised a small chain of pubs.
Form a local committee to renovate and staff the pub and try to make it a going concern.
Pretty good stuff to watch! Especially re. the financing (remember no wages for bar staff/kitchen staff/minimum re-furb costs)
Any one who was EVEN thinking of buying a derilict pub in Ireland should check out a few episodes
@Tub: This is for you!!
It is quite a watchable exercise in buisnness/marketing/PR/staff management etc. etc.
Sounds good !