We would like to run our own pub?!
We would like to run our own pub?
what do we need to do, any body got any good advice
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apply to a brewery they have waiting list Greene king good one to start on they take lot new people.
Better if you can get some expirence before ie bar mangerment work cooking ect. had line of work to go into long hours not to good pay!
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ex chef and bar manager.
check your liability laws for your state
yep, liability law is the biggest part I think. We wanted to do that also but if you serve more than two drinks to someone and they have a wreck going home, your liable.
From memory you can either be a manager, a tenant or an owner (freehouse). If you opt for being a manager you might have to go through training and be put in different pubs in different areas before you get your own.
It's really really really hard work. Up early and in bed late. My parents did it when i was a teenager and they absolutely hated it, but it also has a lot to do with where you end up being place - my parents were in Stockton on Tees in a really really violent pub and it was very nasty.
Think very hard before you make your decision because it's a huge commitment.
Yes......read the fine print. Sign nothing until you have read it over with a solicotor. Make sure you inspect the place you are interested in. Talk to the locals outside the pub like at a shop nearby or post office. Talk to the land lord and lady currently at the pub when there are no other 'employees' present and ask for the real story. Research the pub by talking to other landlords in a Chain. You often find they are hiding a 'reputation' for treating the landlord/lady very badly. I can give you a number of a pub in Binfield if you want that if you tell the landlord you are trying to find out what it is like he will let you know and give you very very very good advise.
maybe I would like that
a liquor lisence first I think
If you are in the UK, you will need to go for an On License.
It is a short course and a test to make sure you know all the rules and gives you a license to sell alcohol to be consumed ON the premises.
Look in the Daltons weekly (it's online, or you can buy it at your newsagents) This willl list pubs for sale.
You have lots of options if you want to run a pub.
You can manage a pub for a brewery.
You can lease a pub from the brewery.
Or you can buy your own pub and run it yourself.
Do you have the cash to buy it?
If not you will be ripped off.
Also remember location location location it is a difficult buisness to be in if you are not in the right spot
I speak from experience.
What do you need to do? Buy it of course but I'd say your best bet is to forget the idea and invest your money elsewhere.
Do the barrelage figures - I'd bet they've not got legs. If they do, then there's probably an underlying reason for the sale of the pub - short lease, bad history etc. Pubs that make ￡ are a dying breed. Forget anthing the vendor tells you about his "fiddles". Bunkum.
Fact: The breweries no longer have any interest in pub sales.
But they do have many thanks to Tesco; supermarket sales produce an easier and more predictable turnover with easier logistics.
We live in an increasingly insular and transient society - as Margaret Thatcher said 'there is no such thing as society'.
A take away and 2 bottles of wine has fast become the 1+1 + 2 kids weekend night - all for twenty quid. On the other hand, how much is a glass of dry white and a pint of Stella?
That's without the food.
Notwithstanding the above, interest rates are set to rise. That'll make your money more expensive and lessen your punters disposable income.
If you find one that makes a buck, email me straight away.
I'll give you ￡30K over what you paid.
Before you worry about liability, licences, breweries or money you really need to think seriously if it's the lifestyle for you. All that other stuff is manageable once you know it's what you want to do.
Days are very, very, very long, you don't get much time to yourself. If you have a partner one or other of you is always likely to be working so you don't get much quality time together either.
Do you have or want to have children? pubs are not the best environment for kids(my father was a publican).
There a high incidents of divorce (also my father) and alcoholism within the trade which is an indication of the stresses involved. Too many people just see the job as standing behind a bar chatting to your lovely regulars, it's so much tougher than that - be prepared.
BOTTLES,GLASSES, CUSTOMERS & ABARMAN?????
Get yourself a personal licence on a one day course, then register with as many brewries as you can