by RVT Future
16 April 2018
This campaign update coincides with the first anniversary of the fighting fund campaign, so we’re treating you to a bumper edition. We are committed to complete transparency so this a longish sort of update. TL;DR: the RVT is still on the market so not safe yet, the Community Benefit Society rules and registration have been…
by Eyal Lavi
23 November 2017
Below you’ll find info on the campaign’s finances from May-October 2017. We’ll normally report every three months, so apologies for the lateness of this update. All future financial reports on our website rvt.community. Right now, we’re busy working with Dave Boyle of The Community Shares Company, getting our ducks in a row so that we can…
by Eyal Lavi
18 September 2017
Missed last week’s RVT Future event? Just for you, we videoed it! Catch up on the committee updates and Q&A now, and find out what’s next in our plans to bring the Tavern into community ownership:
by RVT Future
4 September 2017
Please join us at the Royal Vauxhall Tavern at 8.30pm on Wednesday 13th September for an update on the campaign plus a Q&A session. Join RVT Future for a drink, an update and news on the upcoming launch of our Community Benefit Society – which will allow YOU to buy a share in the…
by Mr Vauxhall
27 May 2017
Thank you again for your support and for those of you that made a donation to RVT Future’s Fighting Fund via JustGiving. It is already making a huge difference to our work as we gear up for Britain’s biggest community pub buy-out – with your help, we’ve hired a project manager to accelerate our work, appointed…
by Eyal Lavi
20 March 2017
It’s been a few weeks since we hit our fighting fund target (the donations transferred to our account last week), so here’s a quick update on what we’ve been up to behind the scenes: We’re working with lawyers to finalise our legal structure. We’re instructing consultants who are working on our share offer documentation. We’ve…
by Eyal Lavi
21 February 2017
THANK YOU. We have reached our Fighting Fund target of £30K – 12 days sooner than expected! We can now use that fighting fund to set up a Community Benefit Society, the vehicle we believe gives the best chance of securing community ownership of the RVT. The money you have donated so far will be…
by Eyal Lavi
17 February 2017
The Evening Standard has uncovered today that Steve Cox of Faucet Inn is in talks to buy the Royal Vauxhall Tavern. Time and again Faucet Inn, owned by Steve Cox, has tried to convert or close beloved community pubs in pursuit of maximum property profit. Their favoured strategy is to convert upper floors of pubs –…
by Eyal Lavi
10 February 2017
We want to make sure we’re listening to the whole LGBTQ+ community – which means anyone who might use a community-owned RVT. Answering just 20 questions will be invaluable in shaping our plans, identifying how many people would be interested in buying a share of the pub, and in volunteering to help us make…
by Mr Vauxhall
1 February 2017
The good news Sui Generis classification granted by Lambeth Council, confirming the Tavern as a combination of pub, nightclub and performance space. First and second floors defined as ancillary to the business needs of the pub – and thus protected against development into private accommodation. The bad news Christie & Co are currently marketing…
