Dear Member
Spring has arrived in Coverdale, lambs are in the fields, daffodils are flowering and the trees are in bud, even though we are still experiencing occasional snow and hailstones.
Since our last newsletter in March, we have been busy filtering applications and shortlisting applicants. We asked each of the shortlisted applicants to produce a business plan, which would include their overall vision and plans for the future of the Foresters Arms as a community owned pub. The first round of interviews were held on the 16th March. The panel completed interview assessment forms for each applicant which were then shared with the full Board.
The successful applicants from the initial interviews were invited to present their business plan to the full Board of Directors on the 5thApril. Prior to this final interview, references were requested from the applicant's referees. Following the interviews and detailed discussions about their business plans and vision for the Foresters Arms, we decided to offer the tenancy to a couple who between them have a wealth of experience in hospitality, which includes five years of successfully running a pub.
Diana Tudorache and Paul Mitehead have accepted our offer and are enthusiastically looking forward to becoming part of the Coverdale community and welcoming all to the Foresters Arms.
We now progress to formalising the tenancy agreement with Diana and Paul, after which the transition process between themselves and Keith and Lesley will commence.
We hope that you will join us in welcoming Diana and Paul to our community and to their new venture, as well as thanking Keith and Lesley for their custodianship of the Foresters Arms over the past seven years.
lf you have changed postal address, email address or telephone number please inform John Watson our membership secretary, his contact details are below.
Coverdale Community Pub
C/O John Watson, Membership Secretary
Fell View, West Scrafton,
Leyburn
North Yorkshire
DL8 4RU
Tel: 01969 640241
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