Website to launch promoting career in pubs

A website developed by leading pubcos to promote the pub industry as a viable and exciting career is being launched on Sunday (July 1).

Mypublife.com, backed by Charles Wells, Enterprise Inns, Greene King, Marston's, Punch Taverns, S&N Pub Enterprises and property agents Fleurets, will help and advise those interested in running their own pub.

The site will give information on the positive and negative sides of being a licensee.

Caroline Hollings, recruitment manager at Greene King, said: "The site harnesses the energy and experience of some of our trade's best operators, who all passionately believe the pub trade should be viewed as a credible and desirable one to enter.

"This can be an incredibly rewarding industry in which to work; for centuries it has been core to the British way of life and something we can be very proud of as we look to the future."

The site will also give information on training and case studies of how people have entered the industry.

Yaser Martini, executive director at Fleurets, said: "What other trade allows you the freedom to be your own boss; often has a low cost of entry, provides you with a home, positions you at the heart of the community, has the potential of uncapped earnings and moreover, gives you a career with no commute?

"People are increasingly aware that the leisure & hospitality industry does offer this variety and I'm sure with the smoking ban upon us there will be a flood of people 'rediscovering their local'.

"It's both vital that the industry is ready for that wave of new clientele, as it is holding onto the smoking contingent.

"As those new faces return to our pubs and the operators rise to the challenge, I'm sure many will see a career in the trade as a more credible and desirable option - I hope that www.mypublife.com can assist them in getting behind the bar."