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BBC News
11-03-2025
- Business
- BBC News
Elm Tree Inn: Campaigners' offer to buy village pub accepted
Campaigners fighting to save a village pub say their offer to buy it has been in Langton Herring, Dorset, posted Gen Z-themed Tik Tok videos as part of their fundraising efforts to buy the Elm Tree Inn, which closed in November group has raised more than £500,000 and is still working to reach its £650,000 for prospective tenant landlords will be held in the coming weeks. A spokesperson said: "We are pleased to say that we have been able to make an offer for the freehold of the Elm Tree, and the current owner has accepted the offer, subject to contract."The campaign by Friends of the Elm Tree Inn earned worldwide support after its Gen Z-themed Tik Tok videos went videos saw residents adopt youth slang in a bid to get their message across to younger one clip, villager Hilary Warren urges viewers to "be an Elm Tree stan and help these boomers save their pub".The videos have clocked up millions of views and generated support and donations from as far afield as Brazil, Singapore, Australia and South Africa. You can follow BBC Dorset on Facebook, X (Twitter), or Instagram.
BBC News
27-02-2025
- Business
- BBC News
Villagers raise £600k needed to buy Langton Herring pub
Campaigners who went viral with their take on a Gen Z TikTok trend have raised £600,000 in a bid to buy their village Elm Tree Inn in Langton Herring, near Weymouth closed its doors in November Friends of the Elm Tree group posted a video about the pub in January as villages rallied to get the money group, who met the target through fundraising and shares in the business, had until 3 March to submit a bid to the owner. 'Be a stan' Alan Cooper of Friends of the Elm Tree said it was a "daunting mountain" to raise the amount needed."But I am happy to say that the villagers have been incredible and we are just about there," he said the group expected to put in a bid to purchase the pub on Friday."The owner is not obliged to accept the offer but we hope very, very much that he will."Having the village without its pub is only half a village," he short video clips on social media saw the village's baby boomers adopt youth slang in a bid to get their message across to younger one clip, villager Hilary Warren, urges viewers to "be an Elm Tree stan and help these boomers save their pub".The video has currently been viewed more than 2.3m times and attracted support from as far afield as Brazil and Canada. You can follow BBC Dorset on Facebook, X, or Instagram.
