Are you looking to Run A Pub in the midlands ? – Join Marstons at their training academy On 20/10/2022 !
Discover more about running a Marston’s pub on our self-employed Retail agreement by attending our day when you can meet Area Managers and current Marston’s retail partners and learn how you could run your own pub with all our support
Run A Pub In The Midlands – Join Marstons at Their Training Academy 20/10/2022
You can register your attendance on the link here
You’ve always wanted to be your own boss. Always had hundreds of ideas buzzing round your head about what you’d do with your own pub. You’ve got everything in place and you’re ready to get stuck into building a better future for yourself. And that’s why you’re here now – nothing can stop you.
Run A Pub In The Midlands – Marstons Pub Open Day At their training academy 20/10/2022
It’s time to free your ambition as a Marston’s pub partner!
Our pubs help bring communities together, they’re a place where strangers become friends, families reunite, and celebrations are enjoyed. Marstons have got lots of opportunities for people to join them as self-employed pub partners. Explore their site to find out why a partnership with Marston’s is a great opportunity and discover the agreement types they offer.
We’re here to support and guide you through the process, so, if you’re interested, get in touch today.
Meet James, Laura & Hayley From Marstons At The Marstons training academy On 20/10/2022 !
Run A Pub In The Midlands – Join Marstons at Their Training Academy 20/10/2022
You can register your attendance on the link here
“For me Marston’s level of support to our pub partners is second to none. With a 7 day free training course before you go into the pub, ongoing training support online and through our training managers as well as access to marketing materials you have everything there set up to succeed. Add to that when you first go into the pub you will have an existing pub partner there to hold your hand for the first few days or week (our Retail Support Coaches) and lets not forget your designated Area Operations Manager aswell, there is huge experience to help and support you through your journey in running your own pub”
James Watts
Resourcing Partner-Great Locals
Run A Pub In The Midlands – Join Marstons at Their Training Academy 20/10/2022
Run a pub in the Midlands
That idea you’ve always had about running your own pub – always seemed like a distant dream, didn’t it? Bet you never realised it was just a £5k security deposit away (plus legal fees) with a Marston’s retail agreement. Your earnings will be based on a percentage of weekly net turnover and for those of you interested in delivering a food offer, the agreement may include one of our branded food menus.
We’ve been working with this type of agreement for 10+ years now and have invested £3 million in our Retail Agreement pubs over the last year alone. People love them because they allow you to:
Be your own boss and work from home, with no commute
Live rent-free with no bills except Council Tax
Get your personal licence
Feel incentivised to grow the business and earn more
Access our support teams whenever you need them – from Beer & Quality Technicians to a dedicated Area Manager and Marketing team
Give your customers access to the brilliant range of Marston’s beers, wines, spirits and minerals – plenty of it award-winning!
All of your stock, including food, is supplied for free by Marston’s, although you will be responsible for managing it once it has been delivered
Call on us to cover the cost of repairs, fixtures and fittings
Learn all about Business Development Review Planning, Commercial Excellence and more over the first week’s induction training
Spend the first two days on the job settling in with full supervision on-site
Enjoy close support from the Marston’s team in the weeks after the initial induction training
You can register your attendance on the link here
John at The Fairwater, Cardiff was a General Manager and become self-employed when the pub was converted to a Retail Agreement.
Your story
I started at the Fairwater when I was 18 for BRAINS as a training team leader. Then when I was 19 I took over as the manager. Until November just gone, they offered to change it over to retail. We took it, it was a bit of a risk obviously. We didn’t know what to expect, we hadn’t worked self-employed before. There was a lot of support from Terri my Area Manager and Marston’s to make that change. Once we did, it’s been great. I find it drives you more now, being self-employed, to take every pound counts, and to take more money. I thought as a manager we were doing everything we could to take as much money as possible and then when it becomes your own money, and you get a percentage of that, it changes your perception on everything.
Where did you hear about the self-employed opportunities?
I was pushing for a lot of things at the Fairwater when Marston’s took over, a lot of work to be done at the pub. We had been at the Fairwater all this time but hadn’t lived on site. Me and my partner had recently had our second little boy at the time. We thought everyone else lives in their pub so why not. It needed a lot of work doing so the deal was that if I were to take the retail then they would do the flat and we could move in. So that was a big decision-maker for us, so we took it, and they did the flat. It looks amazing now, they put a lot of money in it, and it looks really nice. That was the main reason, I don’t think this pub was gonna be up for retail as quickly as it was. But it was because we were pushing for the work to be done. I didn’t know anything about it if I’m honest, about the retail, until they offered it to us.
What are the greatest benefits?
To an extent, you can do what you like. You are your own boss you can do what you want. I feel a lot more, I can do a lot more here now that I was sort held back by BRAINS to do. As long as you’re staying within your limits and your budgets. Being self-employed drives you to take every penny possible. Whereas before, I guess you were getting paid whatever happens, whatever you took. Whether you took £200 in a day or £2000 in a day, it never changed for our money. Whereas now it’s everything.
What would you say to anyone in the managed sites considering making the move to self-employed?
Their hearts got to be in it for a start, they’ve got to want it to work. They’ve got to be willing to change, if it’s managed to retail, they’ve got to be willing to change the way they do things. As a manager, it’s completely different. It’s a lot of responsibility to take on, becoming self-employed, but at the same time, the rewards – if it works – are huge. As long as they’re willing to put the effort in and do what they’ve got to do, then it’s definitely worth it. But at the same time, I’m doing 60, 60 hours a week. But really every hour I pay someone else to work on that bar costs me money so if I can do the hours myself, more money for us.
