How to enter the Licensed Trade?
Help entering the pub trade two day course.
This pub management training course is much more in-depth course than the one day course and covers more of the practical aspects of running a pub or bar.
The cost of a two day course is £145 per person and £250 per couple there is no VAT to pay and the prices includes lunch (sometimes buffet style other times a plated meal depending on the venue). No course will exceed 30 persons in total.
The courses will be held regularly up and down the country. They will start at 9.30 AM and finish at 4.30 PM with a 30 minute break for lunch at 12 midday. For those that smoke regular smoking breaks will be held throughout the day.
The price does not include accommodation for those who cannot travel back and forth to attend the course. We will send you a list of local hotels and bed and breakfast establishments and more importantly Pubs or Inns that offer accommodation with your welcome pack.
Because this pub training course offers hands on practical's in actual businesses open to the public it is not always possible to offer it at every venue.
Day one
In the Morning we will cover;
Types of pubs and suitability.
What types of pubs there are and the main personal qualities of the Landlord and Landlady required to run them.
The different ways of buying a pub.
How to research your target pub.
How to research your target pub including checking figures and barrelage, the surrounding area, the competition and viability of the business and knowing when to walk away from a deal.
The Buying process
The do's and don't's of buying pubs and bars including how to structure your business to give you the maximum protection should things go wrong.
What documents you will need, who you have to inform, what the vendor should be providing.
The essentials of choosing staff, business plans and financing your venture.
Price setting
How to workout your profit margins (gross profit percentages) and how to obtain discounts and best prices.
The effect of flow meters .
Maximising profits
Opening night
The do's and don't's of opening nights and the first few days.
In the afternoon
Increasing Profits
Dealing with competition.
How to increase trade.
Costing events.
Reducing costs.
Cash handling
Banking and how to reduce charges
Controlling your cash.
Spotting fiddles and how to stop them
VAT
Dealing with trouble
How to deal with drunks.
Controlling violence
Tips on ridding your pub of a drugs problem.
Day Two
Morning (again starting at 9.30)
Cellar Management
How to clean the lines - includes actually cleaning a pubs beer lines.
Keeping real ale
Stock control
Ordering and ordering records
Ullage control.
In the afternoon
Dispensing
How to pour beer lagers and stouts
The law on measures
Setting you back bar to generate sales
All about glasses
The legal requirements of a bar's price list and menu's
Stocktaking
Understanding a Stock Takers report
Question and answer session
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