Best for Business hits its stride this week. It's just one month since we launched this major new editorial initiative aimed at helping independent operators cope with the downturn, and already the support and advice of our industry mentors and sponsors, 3663 and First Choice Coffee, are reaping rewards at our featured businesses.
At Surrey's Stephan Langton pub (left), for example, Sunday lunch takings have risen by a third since owners the Robinsons took mentor James Horler's advice to keep the kitchen open an hour longer. At the same time, the Robinsons are working with 3663 to develop a sales activity plan for the spring. Over at the Tudor Farmhouse Hotel in Gloucestershire, meanwhile, mentor Robin Hutson has established a food cost system that allows the chef to track his food spend better in future.
The beauty of Best for Business is that while our case-studied businesses learn, you learn. In the coming months, we'll be tracking every twist and turn, as the mentors, sponsors and operators in Best for Business work together to recession-proof our featured businesses. Each lesson learnt will be a lesson that's applicable to your business.
Lovely post, Darren. And timely for myself. I am just starting to get serious about making some cash from my blog presence (as slight as it is ATM), and have been having the feeling that I am not qualified. Your statement that we all belong is a powerful one, and one I am going to keep in mind as I move forward.
Now he's on a hunt to find the murderer but with no way of remembering names, dates, places, facts and faces.
i don't have an opinion on this issue. but have a belated happy new year
Will Dan Rizzo be indicted for campaign violations before the election?