The Blue Boar presents a great opportunity to create a pub that will be widely recognised as the best pub in Ludlow. Through design, offer and most importantly your leadership and guest experience an epic pub will be born.
The Blue Boar will receive a significant investment and relaunch under the Management Partnership agreement in Spetember, with building and remodeling works to ensure the pub can attract locals as well as guests from far and wide. The heart of the pub will be the traditional bar with scrub topped tables and tiled and worn floor boards, along with a warm cosy snug with open fire.
The Pub & Area
The Blue Boar is a stunning Town Centre Grade 2 listed pub with all the stunning original features you would expect, cosy dining rooms, tap room, courtyard and function room.
The Blue Boar is located on the best street in this picturesque town Ludlow, just a stones throw from the Castle, the main Market Square and the theatre. Ludlow is a market town and a civil parish of Shropshire, It is located 28 miles south of Shrewsbury and 23 miles north of Hereford, on the A49 which bypasses the town, the town is near the confluence of rivers Corve and Teme. The town is in a sheltered spot beneath Mortimer forest and the Clee Hills which are clearly visible from the town.
Ludlow is famous for its Food Festival, Farmers Markets, Specialist food shops, Town Brewery using local hops, and as for the Arts the Ludlow Assembly rooms host live and streamed music, theatre, stand-up comedy and talks, also acting as an arts community centre – Ludlow is home to Rooftop Theatre Company.
On the sports front Ludlow has a Rugby Union team, and 2 cricket teams in the League Division, Ludlow also has its own Racecourse and Golf Club situated just 2miles northwest of the town centre.
The Person
- Keen, enthusiastic and very hands-on
- You will be someone who enjoys playing the role of host to their guests with flair
- Focused on quality, efficiency and guest relationship.
- You will drive sales and have a passion for all things food and drink with genuine care and commitment to the business, guests and team.
- Create and maintain an excellent relationship with the kitchen team
- A process driven and detail orientated individual
- Must demonstrate a willingness and desire to take part in the local community
- Sensitive to people’s personal development and forever on-the-job training
- Excellent leadership, motivational and training skills
- Committed and hard working
- Proven record of achievements in a similar position
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 a standout 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 the 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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