It could be up to a year before the fire-ravaged Tap & Run pub can return to business, according to one of the owners. Virtually everything but the external walls were destroyed by the blaze, which broke out in the early hours of June 11.
But former cricketer Harry Gurney, who co-owns the pub just over the Leicestershire border in Upper Broughton with England bowler Stuart Broad, said the two of them are determined that the phoenix will rise from the ashes and have already coined the hashtag 'Tap & Run second innings'.
Mr Gurney said: "We're going through the insurance claim at moment, it'll probably be a couple more weeks. All being well, as soon as that has been concluded, we'll get on with the rebuild. They think the build is six to nine months so realistically we're looking at a year closed although I'm obviously trying to expedite that process a little bit and would like to think we might get it open again by the spring."
