Business Plan

Advice: When did you last review your business plan?

17-Feb-2015 By Paul Pavli

When did you last take time to step away from the ‘day to day’ and review your business plan?

A business plan is no good if it’s not used

30-Nov-2012 By Paul Pavli

In my role I visit hundreds of pubs every year and one question I always ask the business owner is: “What are you trying to achieve in your pub — what goals do you have for your business and how will you know how you are doing?”

Capture customers — and don’t let them go

01-Mar-2012 By Phil Davison

Leaving your customers in charge of your relationship is a recipe for disaster. Your customers are certainly not as motivated as you are to make your pub successful, so if you want to see your profits grow you need to put yourself in the driving seat.

Below cost ban on alcohol by May 2012

08-Nov-2010 By Ewan Turney

A ban on the below cost sale of alcohol could come into effect by May 2012, the Government has said. In its Business Plan for 2011-15, the Home...

Celebrating the pub trade's finest

16-Sep-2010 By The PMA Team

The winners of the Great British Pub Awards are shining examples of what can be achieved with hard work and dedication, says The PMA Team.

Mark Daniels: Do you have a business plan? Does your strategy look as complicated as the London Underground map?

18-Mar-2009

Eons ago, when I was a humble numbskull trudging from one end of the country to the other, a business plan was a useful tool for keeping my customers...

Finance Focus: managing your money

23-Mar-2007

Even if you are experienced in the licensed trade, as a pub manager or behind the bar, taking on a pub of your own, a tenancy or lease, is a big...

Short, sweet and to the point

02-Nov-2006

A short, punchy business plan is essential for persuading banks to part with cash, says Marlborough Leisure commercial director Simon Stracey 1....

Barrelage conversion

11-Jul-2004

My partner and I have an interview this Friday for a tenancy and I'm currently working on my business plan. As part of the business plan I have to...

Planning permission - structuring a business plan

23-Jul-2002

Tenanted and leased pub companies these days like applicants to come with a business plan. Nathan Lowry talked Phil Mellows through his.The art of...