Valiant Pub Company
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Pub Operator / Management Couple – Barge & Bottle, Sleaford
Location: Sleaford, Lincolnshire
Job Type: Self-employed Pub Operator
Company: Valiant Pub Company
Ready to run a pub as your own?
Valiant Pub Company is looking for an experienced and driven Pub Operator or Management Couple to take the reins at the Barge & Bottle in Sleaford.
This is a fantastic opportunity for an experienced pub operator or ambitious General Manager who is ready to take the next step and run a business with greater autonomy — without the significant financial commitment of taking on a traditional pub tenancy.
The opportunity
The Barge & Bottle is an established Sleaford pub with both food and wet sales, offering plenty of opportunity for the right operator to build sales, develop the customer offer and make the business their own.
As a Valiant operator, you’ll be self-employed and earn a competitive percentage of the pub’s net takings, giving you a direct financial benefit from growing the business.
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Valiant provides the pub and ongoing support, while you take responsibility for delivering a fantastic customer experience and leading the day-to-day operation.
We’re looking for someone who can:
- Lead and motivate a pub team
- Deliver great standards across both food and drink
- Build a strong reputation within the local community
- Drive sales through events, occasions and local marketing
- Control labour and operate commercially
- Maintain excellent standards of service, cleanliness and compliance
- Treat the pub as their own business and identify opportunities to grow it
You might already be running pubs on an operator agreement, or you could be an experienced Pub Manager, General Manager or Management Couple looking for the opportunity to take the next step.
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Why Valiant?
We’re a growing independent pub company and believe great operators should have the freedom to run great pubs.
You’ll have the autonomy to put your own stamp on the Barge & Bottle, alongside support from an experienced Business Development Manager and the wider Valiant team.
We’re less interested in corporate box-ticking and more interested in finding someone with the energy, commercial ability and personality to make a pub successful.
Interested?
If you’re currently running a pub, managing one for somebody else, or you’re an experienced management couple looking for your next opportunity, we’d love to hear from you.
Apply for an initial confidential conversation about the opportunity, earning potential and operator agreement.
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