Leading UK pub company Punch have invested over £1.2 million into pubs in the Scarborough and Whitby area since August 2015.
The Dolphin Hotel in the centre of Whitby and the Dickens Bar & Inn in Scarborough town represent £650,000 of investment in their local communities.
Dickens Bar and Inn (previously known as the Pickwick), in Scarborough, was one of Punch’s most recent investments. A huge £450,000 spend transformed the popular town centre pub. replacing and redecorating everything from floors, walls and ceilings alongside new lighting and fixtures and fittings.
These investments are part of Punch’s £45 million investment in their pubs throughout the UK. Punch have already spent nearly £800,000 this year alone in the Highlands and a further £1.2 million in Derbyshire, Leicestershire and Nottinghamshire respectively. Punch plan to continue to invest throughout the UK in the next financial year.