Becoming a pub landlord

ERICS_MUM

Son and wife looking at taking over a tenancy for a high street pub owned by a company.

Could anyone explain how they get a licence, more importantly how they are assessed (e.g. police record, credit scoring, etc) .

Thanks

Tiddlywinks

ERICS_MUM wrote: »

Son and wife looking at taking over a tenancy for a high street pub owned by a company.

Could anyone explain how they get a licence, more importantly how they are assessed (e.g. police record, credit scoring, etc) .

Thanks

Google is your friend:

https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/alcohol-licensing-personal-licences

Not being funny but are they really suited to managing a pub if they can't even find this basic information for themselves?

These are surely the first things to investigate BEFORE even looking at businesses.

Opinion

If you do a forum search on here you'll find plenty of threads with plenty of very, very informative posts about running a pub.

Definitely worth a read.

[Edit]
This is a good thread.

GothicStirling

First question: have they ever worked in the pub/catering/hospitality trade before? If not, I suggest they do before even considering it.

Second question: Are they aware of the challenges facing the pub trade at the moment?

mountainofdebt

Sorry but there's no way would I take on a pub........

couponqueen123

i would want to see the books before i even thought of signing a thing . what sort of rent are they having to pay? is the pub in a good area ? are they incharge of kitchen or is it chain run no profit for them ?

are they paid a wage/salary or a share of profits ,

licence you have to do a "test" for it used to cost £150 and lasted about 10 years i think you book it throu the job center if not the council will know i think long time ago for me

but its hard graft for a pub up early bed late always a drama staff etc

but i enjoyed it and if i didnt have he kids id be there still i didnt drink so life was bit easier and lots of profit

lollipopsarah

Please tell them to research, it's ruddy hard work, long hours and no profit nowadays.
Sorry to be blunt but if they have to ask questions then they really shouldn't go into it (pubs are a rich mans hobby)
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ERICS_MUM

Tiddlywinks wrote: »

Google is your friend:

https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/alcohol-licensing-personal-licences

Not being funny but are they really suited to managing a pub if they can't even find this basic information for themselves?

These are surely the first things to investigate BEFORE even looking at businesses.

fair comment. I can sum up in 2 words - interfering mother (with good intentions but major concerns)

thanks to you all for taking the time to reply.

EM xx