Hospitality at every step.
Owning a business is hard, making money is even harder.
Turnover is vanity, profit is sanity.
As a team we have been developing, launching and turning around busineses in the hospitality sector for more than 20 years. While we pride ourselves on our many successes we also know that it’s our failures that help define us and we have had a few. It was with that midset that we set out on this journey to help people like us, avoid our mistakes and speed up the road to profitability.
Every part of owning and operating your own business is tough, but often the hardest part is making sure you are making money while you are doing it. Our years of experience have taught us that this is key both to our outward success, but also our own happiness. It’s not difficult, it’s just that the road is full of pot holes. We aim to help you navigate them and set you on a road to permanent profitability. Sometimes a fresh pair of eyes is all that’s needed and while we can offer this we also have something many others don’t and that’s fresh eyes hardened by years of real world experience in the industry.
If you are having any problems or just think your business could be doing more for you, get in touch and we will happily chat. Check out some of our specialisms below.
How we can help.
EBITDA Improvement
Turnover is vanity and profit is sanity, but it can often feel like an elusive thing. Our team will work with you to identify the reasons why profit is so hard to come by and help you deisgn and implement processes that will not only improve your bottom line, but keep it improved as your business grows.
HR & Employee Management
Staying compliant, but also respecting everyone who relies on you is a huge job that really requires a full time employee, but often that’s simply not an option. We can offer advice both dealing with immediate situations, but also implementing processes to make everything as smooth as possible.
Financing & Growth Advice
Sometimes the hardest part of growing is taking the step from small to medium business. Our team can help you identify the options out there to scale your business whether its positioning for investment or raising finance.
Staff Training & Management Mentorship
Training in hospitality is king. The greatest venues with the most perfect offering will stumble at the first hurdle if the training isn’t up to scratch. From top to bottom this is key, but also often overlooked particularly when times are tough.
Start up & turnaround specialists
In our careers we have been both and they each have their challenges. We can offer advice to the budding first timmer looking to avoid common mistakes and stay compliant in an ever changing world or help an experienced hand struggling to see a future for their business. In either case its rarely as bad as it looks and a new perspective will always help.
Accounting, Cash Flow Management & Forecasting
From accounting support and training to designing bespoke modelling systems to manage the cash position of the business today and tomorrow. We can help you know more about the workings of your business and effectively plan for the future.
Tech Advice
From accounting to marketing every business needs a helping hand, we can offer in house services, but more often than not we can simply help navigate the world of services and help ensure you are getting everything you need and nothing you don't all at the right price.
Plus so much more
We love a challenge and while this gives a flavour of what we can do, why not challenge us. We have a huge amount of personal experience, but we also work with loads of independent partners, between us we will ensure you succeed.
Meet the team.
With decades behind them working together and independently our team brings a wealth of real world knowledge and experience to bear on every situation and are known for delivering results quickly and every time.
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Founder - Hospitality, Marketing & Sales
Rob is a true entrepreneur, owner and founder of BOB's Lobster and Bedales of Borough Market one of the most iconic wine bars in London as well as being a founder investor in other hospitality ventures in the UK & US. An illustrious taste maker, Rob has been a guest on Masterchef and the BBC Good Food podcast and a regular contributor in the food and wine press. Rob attended the French Culinary Institute, NYC and previously had a career in Investment banking. With a passion for quality, food and produce he is driven by improving standards through hospitality.
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Founder - Operations & Productivity
Jamie is a 20 year hospitality veteran having run bars & restaurants throughout the UK. With a microscopic attention to detail he makes every business tick, ensuring everything and everyone is in the right place at the right time.
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Founder - Wines & Beverages
Born & raised in Naples Mario has been working in London since 2012, with a storied career stretching accross producers, retailers, food & wine media and hospitality groups in both the UK and Italy he is a passionate advocate for quality and education. He holds a WSET diploma and is a certified WSET educator.
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