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 31^st July 2025 and will present 9 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

ENDS