The Purple Emperor pub in Harlow is looking forward to a prosperous 2011 thanks to a £60,000 investment by Admiral.

 The popular pub has been redecorated throughout, with the front of the pub getting a revamp too. The garden area has also been extended to accommodate twice as many customers.

Martin Haines, who has been running the pub with his wife Susan, daughter Sally and her husband Jamie since the end of 2008, has already seen an increase in turnover.

Martin said: “We have invested some of our own money in improving the pub but we could only afford to scratch the surface when it came to all the work that needed doing, so the investment from Admiral has been of huge benefit.”