Training & Recruitment: tenant induction
A tenant's first night in their new pub is always a stressful experience. For Karen Richardson and Mark Woolson, the fact they have never run a pub...
Archives for April 19, 2007
Training & Recruitment: lack of training threatens pub businesses
Training is the lifeblood of your business. And if you didn't believe it before, a report released at the end of last month brings out the shocking...
London Town: building a name in the pub trade
Consider the headline 'property company forms pub business' and in these asset-focused times some people picture hostelries being bought to be...
Innovation - or empire building gone mad?
After much speculation on the part of industry watchers Punch Taverns finally sold just shy of 900 of its pubs to Admiral Taverns this week. But it...
Training & Recruitment: a guide to NVQs
Skills shortages are having a negative impact on UK productivity in all areas of the economy, and there have been plenty of news reports that we are...
Training & Recruitment: food safety
With 70,000 food poisoning incidents in the UK every year*, and outbreaks in restaurants at a nine year high**, safe food practices to protect...
Marston's offers new lease ops
Christie + Co has been instructed to market 15 new lease opportunities on behalf of Marston's Pub Company.
London Town chief exec wants honesty
London Town determined to become a "tenant-centred" pub company
Training & Recruitment: team building
Training is not just an add-on to your pub business, like a conservatory or a deep-fat fryer. Training is a whole culture that spreads throughout the...
Chris Maclean: inside outside bars
I have just turned down another invitation to do an outside bar. The gentleman assured me I had come highly recommended and it was for a charity...
Training & Recruitment: Fuller confidence
What makes a winning pub operator? It's clear from the pubcos and licensees who make it through to the finals of the Publican Awards that training...
Training & Recruitment: Train to Gain
When former pub managers Mary and Ray Tabone took their first tenancy they knew that staff training would be crucial to their success - not to...
Harveys back in Lewes Arms 'this week'
Greene King tells MA that Harvey's Best Bitter will go on sale again this week.