Before you even consider applying for a particular pub with Enterprise Inns, you need to be aware of the high standards of qualification that we regard as essential for running a successful pub business:
BII Pre-Entry Awareness Training Course
If you have not previously held a lease or tenancy agreement, you must complete the Pre-Entry Awareness Training Course run by the British Institute of Innkeeping (BII), prior to signing any agreement.
Enterprise Inns Business Foundation Course
You will also be required to attend our five day Business Foundation Programme. This induction course delivers three key qualifications – the BII Introduction to Licensed Retail Operations, the Level 2 Award in Food Safety and the BII Award in Beer and Cellar Quality, and it is our expectation that you will complete this programme prior to commencing your agreement. For details of our Business Foundation Programme visit our training pages.
If you are an experienced publican but you have not attended our business induction course or an equivalent course elsewhere in the last three years, or there has been a key change in legislation, you will be required to attend our Business Foundation Programme.
Personal Licence
If you wish to run any pub, you must first obtain a personal licence, which is portable. Every pub needs an individual premises licence, and applications for both are dealt with by the relevant local authority. Your local authority website will give you all the information you need to make a licence application.
Full details of the Licensing Act 2003 and your responsibilities as a personal licence holder and the designated premises supervisor (DPS) can be found on the Department of Culture Media and Sport (DCMS) website.
Business Plans
You must be able to prepare and deliver to us a detailed business plan for your pub, including your plans for operating the business together with detailed profit and loss and cash flow forecasts.
You must take proper, independent professional advice in respect not only of your business plan but also with regard to the legal obligations attaching to the agreement and the property that you are taking on.
You will be required to provide evidence of your credit-worthiness and access to adequate funding to support your application for the pub and the execution of your business plan.