Licensing Law Reforms Deemed A Success

A new Institute of Economic Affairs paper – just released – looks at the impact of the Licensing Act over the last 10 years.
Pub Work-Experience Week

We recently put a few young people on a work-experience week. Here’s what they had to do! General House Keeping Tour of Building, meet staff, location of fire escape/extinguishers. Opening […]
Want To Be a BDM (Business Development Manager) in The Pub Industry?

If you’re considering a career as a Business Development Manager here are some competencies you might need (not an exhaustive list!!): Influencing and Negotiation Is able to negotiate and sell […]
A Pub Landlord’s Typical Working Week

This list came out of a focus group session we recently ran with experienced pub landlords. The task: ‘List a typical week and some of the days in the life […]
10 Top Tips From The Landlord of CAMRA’s Pub Of The Year

Music: The Salutation Inn benefits from a piano situated by a window looking out on to rolling countryside. The pub also regularly hosts folk bands for live music.
Birmingham Clubs & Bars Breathalyse On Entry

More than 40 Birmingham bars and clubs are planning to breathalyse customers before they are allowed IN – in a bid to slash booze-fuelled violence. Forty-one bars have signed up […]
40 Tips to Promote Your Pub or Restaurant

Here’s a fairly comprehensive list of forty simple ideas which came from ourselves and the delegates on a recent customer service course we ran for pub and restaurant staff and […]
10 Questions To Ask Interviewees When Recruiting Pub Staff

Many licencees struggle when seeking to recruit new staff (especially chefs!) Here are some tips for key questions to ask…
