A rare opportunity to take on a thriving pub as we look for a creative operator to take build on some transformational growth. You’ll be a food enthusiast able to deliver exceptional service and have a clear vision to take The Three Crutches onto its next chapter!
There are real opportunities here to capitalise on an established food business and cement the pub’s place in the social life of local guests with an all year round event calendar and making full use of extensive garden space.
You’ll be an enthusiastic operator who feels comfortable front and centre touching tables as well as driving food quality in the generous kitchen space. You will not only be popular with locals but also able to draw guests from North Kent and beyond. Your focus will be on delivering 5-star quality service and ratings.
The pub needs a savvy marketeer, maximising social media channels to reach a new audience. You’ll ensure that you are the go-to venue for local weddings, baby showers, birthdays, anniversaries, business meetings and lunches. The pub also needs an operator who knows what online guests look for when making bookings, building strong Trip Advisor, Google, and Facebook score.
The pub and location
The pub is set back from the main road into Rochester and is a great space to drive out of the hustling Medway areas with access to 65,000+ residents. The Three Crutches is steeped in history, dating back to 16th Century.
It’s also a destination pub. Guests drive here from the surrounding towns, but there is also the opportunity to grow local trade. The pub has two full serviced bars with approximately 100 internal covers and a large, well-kept garden comprising 200 covers. The car park is also spacious.
Large accommodation over three floors, with newly refurbished kitchen, bathroom and living room on first floor, two large bedrooms on first floor and a further two attic rooms on top floor, making this up to 4 bedrooms if required.
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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