Useyourlocal.com News

UseYourLocal goes on Radio 5 Live!

Monday 3rd August 2009

As the number of pubs that have joined useyourlocal.com tops 500 Stuart Mills, Founder of useyourlocal.com went on "Wake Up To Money" on Radio 5 Live this morning to let the country know about this brilliant new service.

"It was pretty nerve racking, but great fun," said Stuart. "As the number of registered pubs continues to grow we are now able to move some focus towards letting the Great British public hear all about useyourlocal.com."

There's also been coverage today in The Sun, The Mirror, Metro and even a superb page 2 slot in Scotland's very own Daily Record!

With more radio and regional press activity planned it's going to be an exciting week.

UseYourLocal Gets Real!

Thursday 16th July 2009

We are delighted to announce that all 13 London pubs from the Realpubs group have become the latest registered outlets on useyourlocal.com.

Speaking about joining the growing list of registered outlets Malcolm Heap, Director for Real Pubs said, "We see this as a great opportunity to get more consumers into our outlets more often. We're always striving to make sure that we keep as relevant as possible to the needs of our customers and UseYourLocal is just a great opportunity that we couldn't miss."

Improved parcel service

Wednesday 10th June 2009

UseYourLocal today announced an improvement to its existing parcel service so that people can now order goods from retailers and get them sent directly to their local.

To use the service consumers just need to

• Register their parcel at useyourlocal.com
• Order it
• Collect it from the pub

Easy as that!

For more information just take a look at www.useyourlocal.com/how-it-works

Online Payment Goes Live

Wednesday 27th May 2009

UseYourLocal today announced that pubs and clubs can now join and pay online themselves using any major debit or credit card.

For just £50+VAT a year pubs & clubs can register themselves online and get:

• Their own website
• A Point of Sale kit to get consumers to join their outlet online
• The ability to email news & offers directly to their locals
• The option to let customers have parcels delivered to their outlet

Commenting on the new service Stuart Mills said, "We're always looking for ways to make it as easy as possible for pubs and clubs across the UK to join and benefit from being a member of UseYourLocal, and with more and more outlets joining every day this makes life easier for everyone."

If you're a licensee and want to join just go to www.useyourlocal.com/registermypub

Cheers!

We like PubAid!

Tuesday 26th May 2009

Recently launched, PubAid collates information provided by licensees about all the great charitable work that they do day in day out across the country. The PubAid team will then put together regular "good news" press releases and information bulletins, to counteract some of the negativity that the pub industry receives.

If you know of a pub that does great work for charity then please be sure to get them to let the PubAid team know about it at www.pubaid.com.

Pub is the Hub

Monday 23rd March 2009

UseYourLocal has today teamed up with Pub is the Hub to promote each other's business to the UK on-trade. Commenting on the tie-up, John Longden, Director of Pub is the Hub said, "With both organisations wholly focussed on how best to support pubs and clubs across the UK it is absolutely right, particularly in these testing times, that we should all be helping each other wherever possible." For more infomation just go to www.pubisthehub.org.uk

First Parcel Success!

Thursday 12th March 2009

This morning, the first ever parcel to be registered using useyourlocal.com was successfully collected by UseYourLocal's founder, Stuart Mills, from the Beresford Arms in Whalton. Ian Makepeace, the landlord of Whalton's village pub was over the moon. "It really couldn't have been any easier," he said. "To be able to offer a service that is of such real use to people and to get more customers coming into our pub more often is going to be fantastic. It really is a great idea."

On collecting the parcel Stuart was also thrilled, "It has taken us just over a year to get to this point and to see it actually working and to see how easy and useful it is for everyone is just great."

With more pubs & clubs across the UK planned to register over the next few months everyone is looking forward to making this accessible to more and more people across the country.

useyourlocal.com goes LIVE

Monday 9th March 2009

Today UseYourLocal's website has officially gone live. We're now open for business and asking UK consumers to join their favourite pubs and clubs online at www.useyourlocal.com so they can:

• Send parcels to people via other registered outlets
• Receive news, offers and updates directly from their favourite locals
• See other people who have joined their local online

Commenting on the launch, Stuart Mills, founder of UseYourLocal said, "This is a very exciting day in the history of our new business. Everything is now in place and we believe we have an exciting & innovative solution to help the UK's pubs & clubs get more people off their sofas and into their locals. We are now raring to go and the job of getting pubs, clubs and consumers alike to join can now really begin."

UseYourLocal supports Axe The Beer Tax campaign

Tuesday 1st January 2008

UseYourLocal today annnounced its support for the Axe The Beer Tax campaign recently launched by the British Beer & Pub Association. With its 5 clear aims we think they're bang on!

1. To stop plans to increase beer tax by up to a third.
2. To enforce existing laws - not create new ones - to deal firmly with irresponsible drinkers and premises.
3. To end the irresponsible promotion of alcohol in supermarkets, pubs and elsewhere.
4. To trust responsible adults to make informed choices about what they drink, not punish them for the actions of an irresponsible minority.
5. To support the British pub as a vital part of social life in local communities.

For more information and to sign up as a supporter why not visit www.axebeertax.co.uk and show your support.