A Community Pub with Sport, Entertainment and Function Space

The Pub

The Smiths Arms is a traditional pub located in Billingham, offering a strong opportunity to build on an established business with a loyal local following.

Recently refurbished, the pub combines traditional character with a fresh and well-presented customer environment. The business is drinks-focused, with live sport, entertainment and community activity forming an important part of the offer. Regular live music and sporting occasions help create a varied social calendar throughout the year.

The pub also benefits from a spacious function room, providing flexibility for private celebrations, community gatherings and local events. This creates additional opportunities for an operator looking to broaden the appeal of the business and drive trade across the week.

Outside, a large beer garden provides valuable extra trading space, creating opportunities for outdoor events, entertainment and social occasions during the warmer months.

Food currently complements the wider offer, with popular pub favourites and Sunday lunches helping to support the business.

Location

The Smiths Arms is situated in Billingham, a well-established town within the Stockton-on-Tees borough.

The area has a strong residential catchment and a proud local identity, providing a solid foundation for a community-focused pub. Its position within the town offers the opportunity to build a business centred around sport, entertainment, events and local engagement.

Ideal Publican

This opportunity will suit an energetic, community-minded publican who enjoys being at the centre of local life.

Someone who can build on the pub’s existing sports and entertainment offer while developing a strong programme of live music, events and community activity will do well here. Confidence using social media, promoting events and engaging with customers will be important in helping to grow the business.

A hands-on operator with strong standards, good leadership skills and a passion for hospitality will be well placed to build on the Smiths Arms’ reputation and maximise its potential.

Accommodation

The pub includes private accommodation comprising of two bedrooms, a bathroom and a kitchen.

Accommodation photos are available in the gallery.

About the Agreement

At Punch, we support talented, ambitious entrepreneurs who want to run brilliant pubs at the heart of their communities. That’s why our agreements are designed to be flexible, supportive and built around your vision.

Our Flexible Tenancy gives you the freedom to run your own pub with confidence. A tied agreement of up to five years, where you’ll benefit from the drink products available to Punch which also offers flexible notice periods. We offer flexible deposits, tie‑release options, and pricing structures to help you shape your business in a way that works for you.

Where living accommodation is included with the pub, a £1,500 accommodation deposit will be required, together with a £300 pet cleaning fee where applicable. Options to build up the accommodation deposit may be available and will be discussed on a case-by-case basis.

Why Choose Punch?

When you partner with Punch, you’ll have an entire support system behind you, including:

• A forward thinking pub company, recognised nationally with multiple industry awards including winners of the Publican Awards 2022 & 2024!
• Potential investment to unlock your pub’s full potential
• Industry leading training through our award winning Academy, complete with state of the art kitchens, bars and our immersive Progress with Punch training programme.
• Access to our powerful online platform, the Punch Buying Club, where you can order stock and find resources to help you run your pub successfully.
• Ongoing coaching from expert Operations Managers and specialist support teams.
• Innovative digital learning through THIRST, our gamified online training app, offering compliance training through to driving sales training.
• A commitment to “Doing Well, By Doing Good” by championing communities, wellbeing and sustainability at every step.

Curious about how this agreement could work for you? You will find our Partnering with Punch guide in the ‘Relevant Downloads’ section below.

Chat to a recruitment advisor now about this pub business opportunity.