Former councillor takes on Shropshire pub
A former town councillor has taken over at the helm of a pub after forming a new limited company.
Paul Tacchi has taken over The Bear Inn in Northgate, Bridgnorth, with his new business partners, Adrian and Alison Hubbard. Together they have launched APA Taverns.
The 26-year-old – who was Shropshire's youngest town councillor when he was elected to Bridgnorth Town Council in 2007 at the age of 21 – began his pub career working in the town's Jewel of the Severn Wetherspoons pub.
Mr Tacchi said: "Adrian and Alison used to run the Acton Arms in Morville. We have all known each other for a long time and over the last 12 months we had been trying to take over a pub.
"I began in the trade working in Wetherspoons when I was 18.
"I worked my way through the ranks and moved to Wetherspoons pub in Sedgley and other parts of the Black Country. In 2010 I took over at the Boycott Arms in Claverley before moving on to Ludlow Golf Club as bar manager.
"When The Bear came on the market we grabbed it. We produced a business plan for owners Enterprise Inns and we've been trading here since December."
He added: "We are focusing on live music, quality real ales and home-cooked food. We aim to eventually take on four or five pubs, with the chance of brewing our own beer on site."
