19 March 2021
Reopening and Recovery support for Licensed trade
Best Bar None, working with the Institute of Licensing, National Pubwatch, Purple Flag and other industry partners have developed a set of free reopening and recovery webinars and resources for licenced presmises.
The series of webinars will include expert speakers from the trade associations and Home Office plus licensing, environmental health, HR and recruitment professionals, hospitality training experts and operators of licensed premises. Sessions include helping you understand regulations when reopening, refreshing your staff on topics such as responsible alcohol retailing and conflict management, what reopening could look like, covid, health & safety, food and fire safety tips and Q&As and more.
Also available through allhandstothepump.com are free resources to support your reopening. See here for more details.
The British Institute of Inkeeping has also created some resources to help businsses reopen safely as well as tips and guidance on how to promote your reopening through. Visit bii.org/coronavirus-advice/reopening-your-business to see more information.
View the full webinar programme here.
The impact of COVID & forecasting the future - Monday 22nd March 2pm
CGA Strategy and UK Hospitality look at the impact of the pandemic on the leisure, licensed retail and hospitality sectors so far and what the reopening may look like, including predicted consumer behaviour based on research findings.
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Noise vs Vibrancy - managing expectations - Wednesday 24th March 2pm
Join an expert panel as they explore considerations and management of noise generated by venues by reopening, especially as neighbours may have become used to “Covid quiet”.
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Top Tips for Hospitality Recruitment - Monday 29th March 2pm
Hospitality recruitment expert Dawn Redman of Hospitality Jobs UK shares her top tips when recruiting for your venue.
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Premises licence conditions and restrictions - Monday 29th March 2pm
Join the Institute of Licensing's panel to discuss licence conditions and restrictions and how they work in practice, including the opportunity to ask any licensing questions you may have.
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Business support, marketing and pivoting - Wednesday 31st March 2pm
Information about the financial support available, with an opportunity for questions. Hear from Tim Foster of Yummy Pubs and Mark Holden of Inn Cornwall on pivoting and diversifying their businesses.
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COVID, health & safety, fire & food safety support - Tuesday 23rd March 2pm
Hear from Rob Easton, an Environmental Health expert from Shield Safety Group. This session includes an opportunity to ask questions about any of these topics to help you reopen safely and in a compliant way.
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Pavement licensing, off sales & deliveries (England) - Thursday 25th March 2pm
This session will focus on pavement licensing, off-sales and deliveries, including a Q&A with the Home Office, the Institute of Licensing, UK Hospitality, NALEO, Kings Chambers and the BBPA.
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Reopening your venue with the BII and HIT Hospitality - 22nd - 25th March 11am each day
A series of practical sessions with different topics each day to help you prepare your licensed venue to reopen.
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Customer service and managing behaviour and vulnerability - Tuesday 30th March 2pm
This refresher training session for licensed premises staff will provide positive techniques to deal with issues in your venue, and de-escalate any conflict that may arise, together with spotting and managing vulnerability.
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Responsible alcohol retailing, age verification & refusals - Thursday 1st April 2pm
A refresher session for staff of licensed premises from National Pubwatch, we will cover individual responsibility when retailing alcohol, age verification and refusal of service including intoxication and proxy sales.
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