this book deals with tips to make your pub work after you have bought it, my previous book the common sense guide to buying a pub, deals with the process up to buying a pub or bistro. these tips deal with taking over and running a pub, many of the tips are things that trainers fail to tell you. most of it is common sense when you have run a licensed business, but if only a few items will save you time or money in both ebooks they are small cost by comparison, time and money are your two vi...

My First Fishy Tales started on the River Thames and surrounding Gravel Pits.I had fishing put in front of me from an extremely early age, I have tried to find the humorous and the unlikely antics by both fish and fishermen. My father was the driving force, until my mother banned him from bringing anything back that would chaos in the bathroom or the kitchen. I have caught some crazy fish in crazy places, I started fishing at five years old and I am now over eighty.If all fis...

our bizarre experiences in buying a failed pub on the road into the doone valley on exmoor, the local people, the tourists, the activities and the whole way of life with the real people on exmoor. r.d.blackmore's book lorna doone has always been thought of as pure fiction, but the lives and activities of true local exmoor people would have provided a very sound basis for his story and possibly a modern day update.Sadly I am restricted in commenting on the local differences, because ...

would you buy a used car from a dealer, with no guarantees or warranties, with probably doctored mileage? you would not. but that's what thousands of people do when they buy a pub or licensed catering business, there are no guarantees and do you really know where to start to verify that all the information given to you is correct?so whilst there are thousands of successful licensed premises up and down the country, why do so many landlords throw in the towel so early in their dream ...

the reason that i have written two books on basically the same subject, pubs and restaurants.very few publicans will read a book on restaurants if they are buying a pub, very few restaurateurs will read a book on pubs if they are buying a restaurant. there is a lot of business commonality in both fields which i have included in both books, but having owned both pubs and restaurants, prioritised the key information in both.both businesses can be vastly different, depending on ...

“Enlightening, thought provoking and honest, a bit like the North itself” — Kate Bottley (the “Gogglebox Vicar”)Foreword by John Sentamu, Archbishop of YorkA must-have book for anyone seeking to understand the challenges of proclaiming the Gospel in the North of England.From the monks of Lindisfarne to the Synod of Whitby, the North is historically considered to be a cradle of Christianity in England, but in today’s society is there a “gospel for th...