dieselhead
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Hi Everyone,
I have a rented Pub and am struggling to make loan and rent payments. I really need some ideas to get me through January and Febuary the 2 quietest months on the pub calender. I have done little to no trade Monday to Friday in the last few weeks
I am renting a place that has a large pub, 9 rooms for B&B and a small nightclub.
A few important things to know about my pub and the town im in:
I would like to thank you in advance for any advice or info you may provide me with as I need as much as possible to prevent it going bottoms up.
If I left out anything please feel free to contact me
I have a rented Pub and am struggling to make loan and rent payments. I really need some ideas to get me through January and Febuary the 2 quietest months on the pub calender. I have done little to no trade Monday to Friday in the last few weeks
I am renting a place that has a large pub, 9 rooms for B&B and a small nightclub.
A few important things to know about my pub and the town im in:
- I have been in business since April 08
- Town population is almost 2000
- There are 6 pubs in the town, 2 which are very well established
- The 2 big pubs have about 80+% of the trade during Monday to Friday which leaves myself and the other 3 scrounging for the remaing 20% to which I get virtually none.
- Most of my Mon-Fri trade was with tourists when i opened in April as they really liked the place as it is very classy but not OTT.
- My pub is the only really suitable pub to have a 4 or 5 piece band or a disco bar.
- Local bands are the only type of music that draws a crowd, I have got a few very good bands from other towns but the locals are not interested.
- I generally loose money during the week but my Saturday night makes up for the poor week but if Saturday is quiet then my finances take a major hit.
- I have affected the weekend trade of the 2 big guns as I usually fill the place every Saturday in May-Oct.
- I always clear the town on the Bank Holiday Weekends on the Sunday night, including the 2 big guns, as I always have a brill line up for them.
- The pub is old and is nearly impossible to heat in the winter even though I have an open fire and 2 electric heaters but you would still need to keep your jumper on. The worst thing is all the other pubs are very warm and cosy so when people come into my place after being in one of the other pubs my place feels so cold.
- The cost of opening the doors of the nightclub is €1300min between Bar extention, Dance licence, Security and staff and is a real hit and miss. Sometimes you might get 180-200 and others it might be 40!!!! Regardless of the amount of advertising done. The other pubs serve late (and dont get a bar extention and get away with it!!!) when the nightclub is open so the people dont leave their place to come to mine. Bands tend to bring bigger numbers then just a disco but they come with a higher cost also so if the crowd don't come then it a bigger loss for me.
- I did have 2fm's DJ Nikki Hayes in the nightclub last summer which was a huge success.
- The 2 well established pubs have Sky TV and I don't but that purely because it costs €2000 PER MONTH for my pub. Check out the link . Today I heard that Setanta Sports is offering a reasonable package to pubs doe anyone know anything about this?
- A small kitchen suitable for a small hotel(big ovens and fryer etc)
- Pool Table
- Dart board
- Nightclub/Function room
- Large pub suitable for band/quiz
- Large Screen with Projector hooked to TV
- Any ideas to get people in during the week
- you any ideas how I can attract people to have their Birthday in the pub?
- New events to be held in the nightclub or pub
- Anyways to cut costs, write things off to the business, tax relief or even get money back on anything!!!
- Get a drink promotion from Guinness or Heineken because they tell me I dont do them anymore.
- Fundraising ideas
- B&B advertising ideas
- Ideas to get sports channels cheaper on the TV.
I would like to thank you in advance for any advice or info you may provide me with as I need as much as possible to prevent it going bottoms up.
If I left out anything please feel free to contact me