On Tuesday night, 3rd July, at London’s Grosvenor House, Oakman Inns’ CEO, Peter Borg-Neal, was recognised with a Pub & Bar Award at the 35th Annual ‘Cateys’, one of the hospitality industry’s highest awards for pub operators. The same day Peter had agreed the acquisition of Oakman’s 25th pub site, Lock Fyne in Farnham, Surrey, which will be re-named The Lost Boy, referencing Peter Pan’s connection with Farnham.

Swanbourne Music Festival, affectionately nicknamed Betsey Fest by its followers, has announced their 2018 line-up for Buckinghamshire's very own August Bank Holiday family music festival taking place on Sunday 26th August.

Conor McKinney joined Oakman Inns five years ago as a Sous Chef at The Red Lion in Water End. Having never formally trained as a chef Conor speaks to us about his pathway into the hospitality industry, his progression to the role of Senior Operations Chef with Oakman Inns & Restaurants and how the company has helped shape his career.

As Oakman Inns & Restaurants has grown as a company, we have become more aware of what impact we have on the world around us.

Over the years we have made several simple changes to the way we run our businesses to lessen our impact on the environment. From sustainably sourcing our fish to removing all plastic straws from our business and beyond; we aim to leave things a little better than we found them.

It has been widely acknowledged that Oakman Inns was the first multiple-site pub group to end the use of plastic straws across their 20 plus units. This initiative, which marked Earth Day 2017, set the example across the hospitality industry leading to the removal of millions of plastic straws from the environment. The company has also joined the REFILL scheme where anyone can come into an Oakman Inn and have their water bottle refilled free of charge.

One of the UK’s fastest growing pub groups, Oakman Inns & Restaurants Ltd, has again been voted by their own team as one of the top employers in the UK, coming 17th in The Sunday Times 100 Best Companies to Work For.

For the last few months, the residents of Amersham have been waiting with keen anticipation to see what the major development on Hill Avenue will produce. The wait will soon be over as the contractors race towards completion of The Beech House which will see its doors open next month (February).

In celebration of our 10th Birthday, the driving forces behind Oakman Inns share a story or two about opening The Akeman, the first Oakman, and the amazing journey to becoming an award winning, thriving organisation of 20+ pubs with over 500 employees. Here's to the next decade!