The opportunity
You’ll be a creative and dynamic operator who loves their pub and local community – the ultimate host. We’re looking for an empathic character who cares about and listens to their guests’ stories. The Bathurst requires an experienced food operator. You’ll excel in all aspects of your business, ensuring consistency from the kitchen to the cellar. You’ll also bring the pub to life on social media.
The ideal operator will have previously operated a food led business that engages with locals and visitors. We’re looking for someone or a duo who can forge strong community ties with a proven track record of recruiting, training, and motivating a talented team.
You’ll ensure that the Bathurst Arms serves the best pint in the area, where friends and families gather and new friendships start. Guests will luxuriate in the best place to stay and unwind.
The pub and location
Nestled along the River Churn in the picturesque Cotswold countryside, The Bathurst Arms is the perfect country escape for locals and visitors alike. Our traditional pub offers old-world rustic charm fused with cosy corners and alfresco dining to enjoy with the whole family. As you walk into the Bathurst you can smell the open fire and hear the gentle chatter of locals catching up with each other in the bar area. As you explore round the pub, you will see the majority of it’s space is devoted to dining, this is broken up with wooden beams. The kitchen is in the heart of the pub, the front of house team find it really easy to collect food orders and communicate to the kitchen team.
The Bathurst sits within the Bathurst Estate in the village of North Cerney. Cirencester is five miles, and Cheltenham is twelve miles away.
Guests visit to enjoy a pint or stay in one of our five ensuite rooms. Whether sipping a refreshing cocktail under festoon lighting or indulging in our renowned Sunday roast next to the fire, guests are at home any time of the year. The pub is a beautiful traditional building with three main trading areas: a bar, lounge, and dining room.
You’ll maximise the potential of the five letting rooms and a picturesque and spacious beer garden with a patio area and boules court. The kitchen sits off the bar area. There are two car parks to accommodate visitors.
Private accommodation
The flat above the pub area has two bedrooms, a kitchen, a lounge, and a bathroom.
The Partnership – Fixed
Ready to run your own business, manage your own team and define your own wage structure? Love working closely with an Operations Manager to build an incredible pub legacy with uncompromising standards and stand out guest experience? Then the Punch Managed Partnership is the perfect option for you.
Alongside tonnes of day to day support and a brilliant framework to grow the business, we provide an uncapped cut of top line turnover to pay yourself and your team in exchange for your Management Company providing the management services at the pub – it’s your structure to own, subject to management company costs including, but not limited to, staff costs, minor repairs and maintenance at the pub, security/door staff and insurance. We understand how important it is for a Management Company to completely own their own team.
In our Partnerships, we love pub obsessed entrepreneurs that help us lead the industry. We love to partner with people that help us create pub legacies that stand the test of time and become the hub of their community. We get that every pub has its own distinct character, so your Operations Manager will work closely with you to understand the true identity of your business, we can then help support you amplifying this, it’s a partnership after all!
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