A PUB has given an update on its trading status after it was feared the venue could close within months.
Tom Clarke, the pub manager at The Fox & Hounds in Lulsley near Bromyard, and son of landlord Matt Clarke, said it continues to trade at weekends, offering a range of events.
"We're still trading weekends", he said. "We've still got lots of events going on, including another dog show and the Alfrick and Lulsley Car Show.
"We've got to keep busy to keep people coming through the doors.
"As it stands, the pub is still trading as normal."
During the pub's annual dog show in May, the landlord told Worcester News that they had been suffering low trade.
"The hospitality trade is on its knees, the staff costs have gone through the roof, minimum wage has gone up and utilities are really expensive so it's been hard," he said at the time.
"Within the next two or three months, we'll probably be shut.
"It can't be helped. We're trying everything we can."
He had submitted a planning application to convert the pub into six apartments and erect three homes.
The application was refused by Malvern Hills District Council in June, on the grounds that residents of the homes would have to rely on private vehicles instead of public transport and that it would result in the loss of a "valuable community facility".
The pub was also put up for sale and is still being listed by Sidney Phillips estate agents with an asking price of £440,000 for the freehold.
In May, the landlord said that the decision to convert or sell the pub had upset some locals.
"It's caused a bit of a rift with the community but trade is so bad," he said.
His son said there may be plans for a new team taking over The Fox & Hounds soon but that nothing had been confirmed.
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