The Royal Oak in Kirby Muxloe has been awarded the title of ‘Best Pub 2025’ by Peter Bedford, MP for Mid Leicestershire, after standing out amongst 13 nominated pubs from across the region — including six proudly Everards-run venues.
This continued partnership further strengthens Everards’ long-standing commitment to supporting local causes and its ongoing work through the Everard Family Foundation.
They've only been in the pub just over a year and we're super proud to see that The Unicorn’s Head in Langar, Nottinghamshire, has been named Pub of the Year at the prestigious Great Food Club Awards 2024/25.
Our incredibly rare Enderby Shield is now proudly on display in The British Museum!
Everards take home three awards at the Leicestershire Cares Celebrations
Super proud to have won this top industry award for our pubs and brewery and we’re over the moon to get this accolade!
It's been some journey! Read all about Everards key moments from our founder William Everard setting up our first brewery to the exciting development of Everards Meadows, and everything in between ...
We’ve added a lovely new pub to our estate and welcomed two fabulous business owners to the Everards Family.
The Free Trade Inn pub in Sileby, Leicestershire, has been owned by Everards for 100 years this year and has just completed a refresh, with an investment of £50,000.
Here’s some of our tried and tested ideas for a great night in or out!
Its National Pizza Day and we love nothing more that chatting food and drink.
The Cheney has the best views in Leicestershire, and it's even more charming now, thanks to a recent £90k joint investment.
We scooped up two awards at the prestigious Leicestershire Tourism and Hospitality Awards at the glittering ceremony at Athena in Leicester.
Business owners James and David of the Five Lamps pub in Derby are overjoyed with the new look of their pub following a joint investment with Everards of just over £80,000.
A joint investment of £105,000 between Everards and Malcom has brought a great new space for the local community to enjoy, to life.
You may wonder why we have a ‘barrel van; on the front of our shop and Beer Hall at Everards Meadows. It is actually a replica of a unique and historic Everards vehicle!
We are extremely proud to have received such a great award!
Today we celebrate and raise a glass to Mick and Linda as they celebrate 25 years with us!!!
Justin and Wayne began their journey with Everards back in October 2018, it was great to catch up with them to hear all bout the last 4 years and how far they've come...
Alex trained as a chef and dreamt of running his own pub business with a vision to create a great pub for all to enjoy, and together with partner Rhe he has done just that.
Proud to share our beers have received GOLD and BRONZE in three categories at the prestigious SIBA Awards...
PubAid receives highest ever support from industry New funding will be used to promote pubs as a force for good
#StartAConversation Suicide is preventable.
We are proud to work with such amazing business owners!
We’re delighted to see our new home receive such recognition!
Earlier this year, The Mountsorrel and Rothley Heritage Centre received £1,381 from the Everards Community Excellence Fund, provided by the Everards Family Foundation and Carling.
The wait is over, beer enthusiasts can now book a behind the scenes tour of our fantastic new brewery!
On Sunday 8th August, member of the Everards team Kia Ryan went to spend the morning with the South Leicestershire Litter Wombles – a group of local litter pickers that were recently successful in their application to the Everards Community Excellence Fund.
We are delighted to announce that with the support from The Everard Family Foundation and Carling, 12 of the 160+ community projects that applied for funding, are able to go ahead.
We’re delighted that the hard work of the kitchen team has been recognised with a five rating for our food hygiene.
We catch up with our friends Justin and Wayne at The Queens Head to chat about what it's like to own a pub business and their plans for the future.
Paul and Gaynor at The Bulls Head are an independent family run business just like Everards and have been at their pub and home for 37 years now! Here's how they got started in the pub world and why they still love it, even in these difficult times...
Dave and Kim took over the Paget Arms in Loughborough, just over a year ago. After meeting them at one of our Pop Inn events we could see what a great fit they were for the Paget and were able to offer them an agreement that was right for them.
Watch as our new pilot brewery is put in position at our new home
What a fantastic achievement! Congratulations to our fantastic business owners who have been recognised and awarded with the British Institute of Innkeeping (BII) Heart of the Community award for all they have done to support their local communities at this challenging time.
Before the pandemic began back in March 2020, Sarah and Bob, business owners of The Royal Oak had just seen their vision of combining their previous deli business with their new pub venture come to life, as they re-opened the doors to their new pub deli - only to close them again just a week later.
We love working with like minded independent business owners to help them grow their business and bring their business vision to life, like we have with Danny and Paul and their existing coffee house Jenno's.
Yolanda and Chris at The White Lion in Whissendine have received great recognition for all they have done and continue to do to support their local village through this difficult year.
Ross and Camille bring authentic Neapolitan-style pizzas to Nottinghamshire and beyond. They started off doing so out of a renovated Land Rover named Poppy (which they still have!) until a chat with us led them to opening up their very own pizzeria in the beautiful village of Farnsfield.
Opening Spring 2021
Steve Thornton loves pubs. He has run or worked in pubs since 2007 and currently runs three with us. His first pub with us was The Old Crown in the beautiful Leicestershire village of Fleckney.
We love working with like minded independent business owners to help them grow their business and bring their business vision to life
Ross and Camille bring authentic Neapolitan-style pizzas to Nottinghamshire and beyond!
Did you know? We support independent business owners to run their own business in buildings we own. Most of these are pubs but we are proud to work with other types of businesses too.
They might be celebrating alone in lockdown right now, but they can't wait to raise a toast with their customers and friends when they reopen the doors!
The Everard Family Foundation are donating £50,000 to Age UK Leicester Shire & Rutland. This is a local cause that the Everard family have a long history of supporting, with Richard Everard being their president since 1992 and donating regularly over the years.
Leicester’s best-loved community sports facility, St Margaret’s Pastures, is being transformed and we are proud to be part of it and to support the Leicester Hockey Club in their exciting journey.
New Year, new hair-do was Ken’s motto at the start of 2020 as he set out to raise money for charity once agian...
Tony and Kathryn Marshall are celebrating 30 years behind the bar.
Jon joins the Everards team with a wealth of experience and knowledge, after 18 years with Carlsberg UK.
The old broken chairs have been replaced with 100 new comfortable padded chairs at Thurlaston Village Hall.
This is an exciting milestone in the development of our new state-of-the-art brewery. As the brewing equipment is lifted into place, it is becoming a reality!
These local heroes have been able to purchase new kit for their 12 new recruits, keeping them protected from the elements, while remaining safe and visible during their missions.
The church has invested in a new meeting area to be used by mothers & toddlers, the elderly and the local community for social gatherings, occasional meetings and coffee mornings.
Andrew Bolland, representative of the charity LAMP nominated the group for support through his local pub The Barley Mow.
Eric Waweru nominated a new project aptly named ‘Man Monday’ for his local community.
Paul Hodges, Landlord of The Bulls Head pub in Cosby nominated his local community library to gain much needed funding when he heard about the We Got This campaign via Everards.
Well done to David and the team at The White Horse for reaching the final at PubAid's Charity Pub of the Year awards last night!!
Congratulations to our friends at Kier construction who won the category; Regeneration Scheme of the Year, sponsored by Keepmoat Homes for their work at our Everards Meadows – Phase 1A
Save our Seas is an environmentally conscious initiative led by Harborough Morsbags Pod, a local sewing group where a dedicated group of volunteers upcycle unwanted fabric, donated to them by the community, into reusable shopping bags called Morsbags.
St Crispin’s Church provides a lunch group for people living on low incomes and the elderly who feel isolated and lonely. The group survives on donations from attendees and left-over food donations from Waitrose and Tesco.
The Peter Le Marchant Trust has been running highly subsidised canal boat trips for the elderly, disabled and seriously ill for over 40 years.
Nominated for support by Tom Masterson, the bears head coach the team were awarded funding from Everards and Carling earlier this year.
We are delighted to see our Managing Director, Stephen Gould, recognised on the list of 50 Kind Leaders which has been announced today, on International Kindness Day.
Melton Community Allotment is a local group that provides opportunities to learn how to grow and cook fresh food.
70 acres of beautiful green space to explore, a coffee shop and cycle store.
Shield provides new insight into the construction and design of prehistoric weaponry.
Every year we celebrate all of our business owners and the difference they make in their pubs and local communities. We all head down to Leicester Racecourse for a fun filled day of celebrations and award our 14 winners!