by ruckusweb | Dec 5, 2023 | Managing
The enforced stop that was the pandemic meant that life inertia was halted for a lot of people, giving space for reviews of all sorts of things that may never have had air in the “normal” run of things. Behaviours changed, stopped, or new ones appeared in...
by Hannah Nightingale | Oct 5, 2021 | Managing, Tips & Tricks
How are you doing? A difficult question to answer, sometimes, another point of view is helpful. Brexit and the pandemic have stretched teams to the limit, the urgent often being prioritised over the important. Things like stock control, mystery shopping, bartender...
by Hannah Nightingale | Sep 21, 2021 | Better Meetings, Managing, Tips & Tricks
The inside of our new pub has been open for a week and with the whirlwind that comes with any opening abating slightly, it is now time to come back to one of my favourite topics, that of checklists. We have a relatively green team and a checklist is one of the most...
by Hannah Nightingale | Sep 8, 2021 | Managing
Well, not this particular late blog post, rather the first one I missed a few weeks ago which means I will be shelling out 500 shells to Shell. I could blame holidays, an increased workload, family pressures, or any number of excuses but none of that changes the fact...
by Hannah Nightingale | Aug 31, 2021 | Managing
Taking on a pub comes with twice as much as work as you think it would, Brexit and Covid (Brovid?) has doubled that again. Back in times when virology was something you thought your off beat cousin was into on the weekends, finding a chef was less of a burning issue....
by Hannah Nightingale | Aug 9, 2021 | Better Meetings, Managing, Tips & Tricks
About 4 years ago, I was told to get out of my own way. Which was polite speak for “you are crap at running your company, get someone in who loves doing that sort of thing because you are ruining your life and any future prospects your company might have”. ...
