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. 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 Chequers serves the best pint in the area and the best sunday roast, where friends and families gather and new friendships start.
The Pub and location
The Chequers is located in the village of Lytchett Matravers, situated at the gateway to the Purbeck Hills and the Dorset heathland, overlooking Poole Harbour. Lytchett Matravers is an historic village, sitting almost equidistant from Wimborne, Poole and Wareham and therefore benefitting from a large catchment area.
The pub is going to be benefiting from significant investment at the start of 2025, to help accentuate the traditional pub charm of the building, to elevate the kerb appeal and enhance the outside space.
The guest area is split into a number of different areas following multiple extensions over the years. The bar is in a lovely snug, with cosy lighting, and low ceilings, perfect for sitting and whiling away the time whilst enjoying that perfectly conditioned pint of ale. To the side of the pub is a light, airy conservatory, ideal for functions and dining. Whilst to the rear of the building is a large dining area where the carvery deck is located. As well as the outside guest space to the front of the pub, there is a secluded courtyard to the rear.
All of these areas will be totally transformed during the investment process.
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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