As reported on here earlier, the Royal Oak has been taken over by new leaseholders. A warm thank you from all the regulars to Jemma, Den, Phil and all the rest of the staff. You ran a really welcoming and happy pub. You will be sadly missed.
Now I may not be the greatest businessman on the planet, but I would have thought that the new people in at the Oak would not close the place on day one for 'refurbishment'. I would have thought you would have considered staying open for a few weeks, getting to know some of your regulars, built up a residue of good will etc. Lets face it, from what I have been told, you have not even popped in to meet some of the regulars since the deal was on the table.
Now I am sure that you are experienced in the running of a pub, but I think maybe you missed a trick here. It takes a long time to build up a decent group of regulars but a very short time to lose them. It looks like the Royal Oak's loss is gonna be other pubs' gain
Well thats about it for now - more soon
Monday, 6 October 2008
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