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"This event will be great for everyone in the industry to showcase all that is good and great about the people who run our pubs and the role they play within their communities. It is vital that we promote to people that the great British pub is a significant part of any thriving community and offers a great social experience on their doorstep. A recent survey highlighted that we don't advertise and market what's great about our pubs, inspiring old customers to come back and new customers to come in. This event could be an ideal springboard."

Deborah Kemp, managing director,

Punch Taverns

"Through Pub is the Hub we aim to help and advise rural pub owners and licensees to make a posi-tive impact within their local communities. The Pub in the Park is an excellent initiative that will bring that impact to life, showcasing the many positives that happen day-in and day-out within our communities. Spreading the word about the important positive role pubs and their licensees play in making up the social fabric of our society and their support for local services is long overdue."

John Longden, director,

Pub is the Hub

"Creating an event that not only showcases everything that is great about pubs but also drives custom to pubs up and down the country is just what the industry needs right now. The format of the Pub in the Park event enables licensees to engage their customers locally with entertaining events and competitions and aims to celebrate on a national stage with them in 2009. The ALMR fully supports this initiative."

Nick Bish, chief executive,

Association of Licensed

Multiple Retailers

"The opportunity to show-case all that is great about the pub sector is long overdue. This initiative gives every operator the chance to engage with Pub in the Park and at the same time drive custom through the business. We will certainly be supporting the competitions and activities over the next year."

Ian Payne, chairman,

Bay Restaurant Group and

Town & City Pub Company

"Pub in the Park is a showcase for all the positives about the pub and bar sector. It will be a great platform to shout about the enormous contribution pubs make to enhancing Britain's social and community life. Just as important, it promises to be a fabulous experience for everyone who comes along — a national celebration for pubs and people."

Rob Hayward OBE, CEO, chief executive,

British Beer & Pub Association

"The British pub is part of our national heritage. It plays a key part in many people's lives. But it is now under threat. What better time to celebrate its virtues and importance to our culture and society."

Jonathan Neame, chief executive,

Shepherd Neame

"Thousands of our pubs, and the people who run them, are right at the heart of their local communities, providing a huge range of offers, facilities and ser-vices that support local community needs. Pub in the Park is a great vehicle with which to celebrate the diversity and importance of pubs, and remind everyone about the crucial role that pubs play in their communities. We are delighted to support Pub in the Park and will work in partnership with everyone who shares our passion for pubs to make this event a success."

Simon Townsend, chief operating officer,

Enterprise Inns

"We believe this is an exciting project for the BII and its members to be involved with. The fact that individual licen-sees can benefit from the host of competitions and events that will be run at a local level shows how diverse our industry is. The showcase event in 2009 should be one of the most spectacular events in the licensed trade calendar."

John McNamara, BA, FCIB, CMBII,

chief executive,

BII

"Fuller's pubs play an important part within their communities. To create an event where the industry unites to show the strength of the role pubs play would be a tremendous achievement of which we could all be proud. It is a great initiative and one we fully support."

Simon Emeny, managing director,

Fuller's Inns

"At Barracuda Group we encourage our staff, managers and team members to become an integral part of the community in which they operate. This often in-volves sponsorship of local teams and events and fundraising for local charities. The Pub in the Park event aims to capture the ethos of great community pubs and highlight the positive actions and contributions that they make. This initiative fits with the very core of our business."

Mark McQuater, chief executive,

Barracuda Group

"England Darts is pleased to be associated with this event and to show how darts fits into the social fabric that revolves around one of the great British institutions, the family pub. It will enable the future of our sport, the young contestants, to gain valuable experience at all levels, including the big stage, and a chance to mix with the senior players. We will also be doing our share of the raising of funds for charity during the event. We are proud to play our part this year and hopefully for years to come."

Colin Saunders,

commercial and contracts director,

England Darts Organisation

"Cains is delighted to support Pub in the Park. Pubs are a service industry, and they rely on hundreds of thousands of staff throughout the UK giving customers a great experience. Pub in the Park will high-light the very best in the industry, which will in turn raise the bar across the whole sector. We are more than happy to put our name against a venture that will raise standards across the board even more."

Ajmail Dusanj, chief operating officer,

Cains Beer Company

"We are very proud of our great British pubs and the hard-working, talented people who run them. The pub continues to play a key role in many people's lives, giving them a safe place to meet family and old and new friends for a chat, a drink, or a meal. The Pub in the Park events will help us to celebrate the heritage and happy traditions of our pubs and the importance of their contribution to communities across the country."

Mike Bramley, managing director,

Pubs & Bars,

Mitchells & Butlers

"Pub in the Park is a great idea to help spread the message that British pubs are essential to our way of life and worth supporting, celebrating, and most of all, using."

Mike Benner, chief executive,

Campaign for Real Ale

"The creation of an event that celebrates the fantastic contribution that pubs and bars make with-in our communities is long overdue. Pub in the Park will give us a platform to showcase the wealth of positive activity and innovation that enriches the lives of so many of us within the UK."

John Grogan MP, chairman,

All-Party Parliamentary Beer Group

"Our industry often gets a bad press and Pub in the Park is an opportunity for the trade to unite and celebrate the positive and beneficial contribution that pubs and bars make to their local communities. Admiral Taverns welcomes the opportunity to get involved and support Pub in the Park."

Lynne D'Arcy,

joint managing director,

Admiral Taverns

"Pub in the Park is promising to mark a new era for the great British pub, showcasing all that is positive about the cul-ture and community in-volvement with local pubs, not to mention the outstanding food that is on offer in so many pubs throughout the UK. I hope this event is a roaring success with many pubs taking part."

Stephen Goodyear, chief executive,

Young's

"We at the Morning Advertiser see this as a crucial initiative. It gives our trade the chance to get on the front foot and tell the world they should use this great British institution more regularly. So many industry initiatives are inwards facing and never connect with the public. Here's one that does. The positive messages of Pub in the Park will go a long way to dispelling years of negative publicity. If you believe in pubs, this is for you."

Andrew Pring, editor,

Morning Advertiser