First Year in Business...
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How to Establish Repeat Business
Top tips for building repeat business from customers in your restaurant....
How to Write Your Menu to Boost Sales
Top tips for writing a menu that appeals to customers and helps increase turnover....
How We Handled the Recession
How one couple made their 'restaurant with rooms' beat the financial crisis with some smart thinking....
Keeping Up to Date With Accounts and Paperwork
A guide to making sure you keep on top of your paperwork in your first year of running a restaurant...
Renegotiating Deals After Your First Year
An article to help you renegotiate your financial commitments with your landlord, recruitment agencies and suppliers after your first year in business...
Retraining Helped Me to Cut Costs
How one restaurant owner trained as a chef to keep costs down during the recession....
Revisiting Your Business Plan
Understanding how reassessing your business plan after your first year of business can help you move forward into your second year...
Should You Change the Name of Your Restaurant?
Understanding the reputation the name of your restaurant has, and whether your business would do better with a new name....
Should You Include Dietary Information on Your Menu?
Understanding the current regulations on including nutritional and calorific information on menus, and how to practically implement the trend in your restaurant....
Taking Stock of Your First Year in Business
A clear suggestion for how to conduct an assessment of your first year in business...
Understanding Portion Control
Helping restaurant owners to understand the importance of good portion control on your bottom line and your reputation....
Would You Benefit from a More High Profile Chef?
Questions to ask yourself to establish whether or not your restaurant would benefit from a more high profile chef....