A £60,000 investment is being made into refurbishing most of the bedrooms at a country pub with its own accommodation.
The Lewis Partnership is spending the sum on nine of the 11 bedrooms at The Dog & Doublet Inn, in Sandon, near Stafford.
Local contractors have been brought in to do the work, which includes redecorating, fitting new bathrooms and laying new carpets.
The project began last month and one of the ground floor rooms has been completed already.
The rest of the bedrooms are expected to be finished by the end of this month.
Operations Director Emily Lewis said: “As a small family business, it is important for us to use local contractors and put the investment back into the local economy.
“The project is giving nine of our rooms and updated look, with the others set to be refurbished at a later date.”
The contracts have been awarded to Stoke-on-Trent-headquartered Wallace Contracts and Collis Carpets, based in Burntwood.
The Lewis Partnership is a Stafford-based independent hospitality group with three venues. The others are The Moat House at Acton Trussell and The Red Lion in Bradley, near Stafford.
Last year, the company celebrated its 35th anniversary with a special staff dinner and by launching its own gin.
Emily said that the group enjoyed a good Christmas trade-wise following previous festive periods when people were cautious about Covid-19.
She added: “In 2022, people were still a bit unsure about whether there would be another lockdown so 2023 was our first festive period where people were back out for Christmas celebrations following the pandemic.
“We had a lot of very busy weekends with Christmas parties and New Year was fantastic too.”
