The Derby Arms is a well-established, traditional pub at the heart of the Rainford community. Known for its warm, welcoming atmosphere, freshly prepared food, and extensive drinks selection, it’s a local favourite for casual dining, family celebrations, and community gatherings.
The Derby Arms St Helens.
We are seeking a passionate and experienced Management Partner to continue this pubs success story after a substancial investment in January 2026
Key Responsibilities:
Operational Leadership: Oversee the day-to-day running of the pub, ensuring smooth service across food, drink, and events.
Team Management: Recruit, train, and motivate a team of front-of-house and kitchen staff, fostering a positive and professional working environment.
Customer Experience: Maintain high standards of hospitality, ensuring every guest receives a warm welcome and excellent service.
Food & Beverage Oversight: Work closely with your kitchen team to maintain the quality and consistency of the new menu, which includes traditional pub classics, Sunday roasts, and seasonal specials.
Community Engagement: Continue to build strong relationships with local residents and groups
Events & Private Hire: Manage bookings for private dining and events such as birthdays, anniversaries, and community meetings.
Compliance & Standards: Ensure all licensing, health & safety, and hygiene regulations are met.
Proven experience managing a busy pub or hospitality venue.
Strong leadership and people management skills.
A passion for great food, drink, and customer service.
Commercially astute with experience in stock control, budgeting, and driving sales.
Community-minded with a hands-on, can-do attitude.
Personal Licence Holder
The Partnership
Ready to run your own business, manage your own team and define your own wage structure? Love working closely with an Operations Manager to build an incredible pub legacy with uncompromising standards and stand out guest experience? Then the Punch Management Partnerships is the perfect option for you.
Alongside tonnes of day to day support and a brilliant framework to grow the business, we provide an uncapped cut of top line turnover to pay yourself and your team in exchange for your Management Company providing the management services at the pub – it’s your structure to own, subject to management company costs including, but not limited to, staff costs, minor repairs and maintenance at the pub, security/door staff and insurance. We understand how important it is for a Management Company to completely own their own team.
In our Partnerships, we love pub obsessed entrepreneurs that help us lead the industry. We love to partner with people that help us create pub legacies that stand the test of time and become the hub of their community. We get that every pub has its own distinct character, so your Operations Manager will work closely with you to understand the true identity of your business, we can then help support you amplifying this, it’s a partnership after all!
The Derby Arms St Helens.
FINANCIAL INFORMATION
Initial Deposit*
£3,000
Working Capital
£2,000
BUSINESS INFORMATION
Forecasted Annual Wet Turnover
£495,630
Forecasted Annual Food Turnover
£330,420
Agreement
Management Partnerships
Ideal Candidate Profile:
Proven experience managing a busy pub or hospitality venue.
Strong leadership and people management skills.
A passion for great food, drink, and customer service.
Commercially astute with experience in stock control, budgeting, and driving sales.
Community-minded with a hands-on, can-do attitude.
Personal Licence Holder
Love Your Pub Group will send the above details on your behalf to your selected product provider(s)
Insurance disclaimer
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Finance disclaimer
Portman Finance Group includes Portman Asset Finance Limited (Reg No: 06226530) which is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority for its credit broking activities and deals with a panel of lenders (FRN: 719988), Portman Leasing Limited (Reg No: 06797365) authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct for Consumer Hire lending (FRN: 723730) and Portman Commercial Finance Limited (Reg
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Mortgage disclaimer
The Mortgage Hut Limited is an appointed representative of Mortgage Advice Bureau Limited and Mortgage Advice Bureau (Derby) Limited which are authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority. The Mortgage Hut Limited. Registered Office: Ground Floor, Threefield House, Threefield Lane, Southampton, Hampshire, SO14 3LP Registered in England Number: 07629941
Your home may be repossessed if you do not keep up repayments on your mortgage. There may be a fee for mortgage advice. The actual amount you pay will depend upon your circumstances. The fee is up to 1.5%, but a typical fee is 0.3% of the amount borrowed.
MISREPRESENTATION ACT 1967
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