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Deputy General Manager - Award Winning Pub, Bar and Restaurant Group - London
Welcome to London's biggest independent pub company!
Urban Pubs & Bars was founded in 2014 and has since expanded to an estate of over 67 pubs, bars and restaurants across London.
We've won our fair share of awards in that time, most recently winning ‘Best Managed Pub Company - 51+ sites’ and "Best Food Offering" at The Publican Awards in 2026. We are also proud to have been recognised by The Sunday Times as one of the Top 100 Companies To Work For in both 2025 and 2026.
Deputy General Manager — The George and Dragon, Wanstead
We're looking for an ambitious Deputy General Manager to join the team at The George and Dragon in Wanstead. Having proudly returned to its original name, the pub serves the local community of Wanstead with a refined food and drink experience — a menu of expertly crafted British dishes alongside excellent wines, real ales and exciting cocktails, a lively bar, a comfortable lounge, and what we think is the best Sunday roast in Wanstead. With big screens showing live sport, private spaces for parties and gatherings, and a beer garden and terrace for the sunnier days, no two shifts are the same. Sitting just a few steps from Wanstead Station, it's a busy, well-loved site with a genuine local following.
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As Deputy General Manager, you'll support the General Manager in running the day-to-day operation — leading the team from the floor, driving standards across food, drink and service, and helping deliver the numbers behind a thriving business. It's a role with real scope to develop, and a clear path towards your first General Manager position with Urban Pubs & Bars.
What we're looking for:
- "Wear your heart on your sleeve", take ownership, be bold and run the business as if it's your own
- Be cool, calm and collected, manage pressure with ease, nothing can phase you
- Must have minimum 2 years’ experience as a manager depending on the property being looked at
- Solid communication and organisational skills, be approachable
- Superb customer & floor service skills
- Strong all-round business knowledge from financials to customer satisfaction
- An entrepreneurial flair
- Passionate about people, training, mentoring, growing a team but most importantly, loves to have fun
- Personal License holder beneficial
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What's in it for me:
- A competitive salary & bonus scheme
- Training and development
- Career progression and promotion opportunities with regular new openings around the corner
- Get out and about, you automatically get 30% discount across all our pubs, bars and restaurants
- The opportunity to make strategic decisions within your business – take ownership and Be Fearless
- Annual team trips abroad, regular management incentives and socials – a fun, family atmosphere
- 28 days holiday
- Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)
- Good people know good people - an awesome referral scheme where you can earn up to £1000 per successful referral
- Birthdays are for celebrating, so have the day off on us
- Cycle to work scheme
Interested in hearing more, get in touch so we can arrange to meet up and show you around. For Urban Pubs & Bars' privacy notice, click here. For Harri’s privacy notice click here.
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