The Red Lion pub exists to serve as the backbone of the local community, offering a classic pub experience with quality food and drink, memorable entertainment, events, and activities, driving positive spirit throughout. Guests feel welcome and at home in the charming and warm environment and are comfortable to visit for a drink, a meal, or a great night out. Wherever they’ve come from, they’ll want to come back.
The ideal operator will have a passion for beer and food quality. You’ll have previously operated a business that engages with locals and new guests alike, with experience in creating strong community links. Previous hospitality experience is essential, as is a track record of recruiting, training, and leading a team from the front. You’ll be keen to host regular events and capitalise on all the pub’s spaces, including the picturesque outdoor drinking area and large car park. You’ll also optimise the new premium drinks offer, local cask and food all day with something for the family, complete with the best Sunday roast for miles.
The Pub
The Red Lion stands proud in the centre of Burley in Wharfedale, a village surrounded by rolling hills, the River Wharfe and beautiful countryside. The market town of Otley & Ilkley are close by.
The facilities are second to none, with two separate trading areas a large open plan lounge/dining & bar area showing live sports, there is also a small function room. Great car park and outside guest area. We are the regular favourite for local diners and we are famous for our Sunday Lunch, entertainment nights and key sporting events.
The living accommodation consists of 3 bedrooms, lounge, kitchen & 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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