A community pub at risk of closing doors is appealing to the community for donations. The Royal Oak in Collingham, which is a community-owned pub, leased from Co-Op, is aiming to raise £150,000 to buy the pub. The pub, reopened this month under the new management of Gemma Whitelock, who owns The Allotment Kitchen and Diner also in Collingham. The Gusto Group agreed to loan funds to the community pub last autumn as they were in debt and didn’t have funds to meet their end-of-month payments under the commitment that they would have to find a tenant to run the pub rather than continue to accumula…
