Category Archives: Pub/Restaurant Business Advice

Buying a Pub, Bistro, Licensed Premises and other useful Information

“The Common Sense Guide to Buying a Pub, Bistro, Licensed Premises.” The Common Sense Guide to Buying a Pub is now available to purchase as an ebook through www.smashwords.com. for $5.99 or UK equivalent approximately £4.30, depending on the exchange rate. In addition you can read some the book by clicking on the Link below,… Read More »

Blanket calorie cap an impractical imposition on business, says, UKHospitality

Blanket calorie cap an impractical imposition on business, says, UKHospitality UKHospitality, the single, authoritative voice for the hospitality sector, has warned against the introduction of a calorie cap for out-of-home food and drink. The Chief Medical Officer has today published a report containing a series of proposals aimed at tackling childhood obesity. Among the proposals… Read More »

Law of Unintended Consequences, essential reading should you consider a Pub Co Tied Lease

The Law of Unintended Consequences Essential reading should you consider a Pub Co Tied Lease. MORGAN & CLARKE  NEWSLETTER NO. 26 Email: info@morganandclarke.co.uk   Phone:  01285 719292 www.morganandclarke.co.uk (Also at:  London, Cardiff, Matlock, Braunton, Lewes) The Law of Unintended Consequences has always been something that is easily overlooked, not least because far-reaching legislation is introduced with… Read More »

Is this a Pub Co mistake or how many genuinely know, the Beer Barrel shortage with real ale? (Barrel-Dregs)

Is this a Pub Co mistake or how many genuinely know, the Beer Barrel shortage with real ale? (Barrel-Dregs) The Old Chestnut, how much Real Ale can you sell in a barrel? In pre history, before the advent of the Pub Co’s. the old Family Brewers were in business to sell beer. They were considered… Read More »

Hotelier Fined £80,000 for Health and Safety Breaches due to Asbestos

  Hotelier Fined £80,000 for Health and Safety Breaches due to Asbestos Carrying out a refurb? Have you checked for Asbestos? A Devon based hoteliers has been sentenced today after materials containing asbestos were disturbed during a major refurbishment at The Park Hotel in Barnstaple. Newton Abbot Magistrates’ Court heard that between October 2016 and… Read More »

Fair Maintainable Trade (FMT), Comparables, Reasonably Efficient Operator (REO), Competent Operator.

Fair Maintainable Trade (FMT), Comparables, Reasonably Efficient Operator (REO), Competent Operator. FMT (Fair Maintainable Trade) and REO  (Reasonably Efficient Operator) as still used by some though undefined, Competent Operator. FMT that obscenely used title for making wildly speculative estimations of a businesses future business, to ensure that the rental levels confirm the freehold investment values to… Read More »