We’re opening a new pub in the heart of Ancoats, and we’d love you to choose the name for us! If you pick the winner, you will recieve a free drink when it opens!

The development of our new Ancoats pub is officially underway! We’re based in the heartland of Ancoats, located just around the corner from Cutting Room Square on 17 Bengal St (Ancoats, Manchester M4 6AQ).

This is set to be a stunning free-house serving Joseph Holt’s award-winning lagers and ales, like all our pubs, there will be a warming atmosphere and a wonderful addition to the ever-changing Ancoats landscape.

We now need your help to choose a name, we’ve narrowed it down to 5 choices, but we’d love for you to have the final say.

Which ever name gets the most votes will be the new name of the pub! If you vote for the winning name, you’ll not only have the pride of naming the pub, but you’ll also receive a free drink once it opens!

The voting is now open and you can choose your favourite name below, the competition will run from 7/7/25 – 25/7/25.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS

• Limited to one entry on the online form.
• Entrants must be over 18
• The promoter of the Prize Draw is Joseph Holt, Empire Street, Manchester, M3 1JD (“the Brewery”). Queries can be directed to the Joseph Holt Marketing Team.
• To enter the Prize Draw, you must enter your full name and full email address, and choose a name for the pub. Entries will ONLY count between 07/07/25 and 25/07/25. Anyone else connected with the Prize Draw may not enter the Prize Draw.
• The winning pub name will be decided by whichever option has the most votes.
• If you voted for the pub name that has the most votes, you will be a winner.
• The Prize draw is free to enter, and no purchase is necessary. Entrants into the Prize Draw shall be deemed to have accepted these Terms and Conditions.
• To enter the Prize Draw you must be happy for Joseph Holt to contact you via your email address, if you are the winner. If you have any questions about how to enter or in connection with the Prize Draw, please email us with “Name our Ancoats Pub” in the subject line.
• Joseph Holt accepts no responsibility for entries that are lost, delayed, misdirected or incomplete or cannot be delivered or entered for any technical or other reason, including the setting up of Spam or Bot Accounts, claiming to be Joseph Holt. Only an official Joseph Holt email account will run the competition and contact you.
• The winner of the competition accepts the right to allow Joseph Holt to take photos of them at the point of win and during the opening night of the pub. The winner accepts the right to allow Joseph Holt to share that they are the winner across social media, website, email and marketing platforms to our customers.
• Joseph Holt reserves the right at any time and from time to time to modify or discontinue, temporarily or permanently, this Prize Draw with or without prior notice due to reasons outside its control (including, without limitation, in the case of anticipated, suspected or actual fraud). The decision of the Brewery in all matters under its control is final and binding and no correspondence will be entered into.
• The Prize Draw will be governed by English law and entrants to the Prize Draw submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the English courts.
• The winner will be contacted by a member of the Joseph Holt team
• The prize is equal to 1 x drinks voucher per person/winner.
• The prize does not include any service or item not specifically described in the competition post
• There is no cash alternative to the prize
• The prize cannot be transferred for any other item. The prize may not be awarded to anyone who is subject to a banning order
• We reserve the right to substitute the prize for a prize of equivalent or greater monetary value if this is necessary for reasons beyond our control
• We will not be liable for any prizes that do not reach the winners for reasons beyond our reasonable control
• Entrants will be deemed to have accepted these terms and conditions and agreed to be bound by them when participating in this incentive
• If you tick the marketing tick box, this will confirm you are happy for Joseph Holt to contact you via marketing communications.