Setting up a new food & drink business in 2016

The start of a new year brings many new challenges and opportunities.  Many people look to use the new start to the year to launch a new business.  Hartingtons has helped hundreds of people to set up their own food and drink business by giving potential food & drink entrepreneurs the essential insights of what it really like running their own business.  Importantly, our expert tutors are able to highlight some of the pitfalls of running or starting up a new business and help you avoid making costly and avoidable mistakes.

Range of start up business courses

Setting up your own coffee shop and tea room

 Hartingtons is running an expanding a range of start up business courses teaching people how to set up their own coffee shop and tea room.  This course gives a unique insight into the opportunities and challenges of setting up and running your own coffee shop or tea room.  With our range of expert tutors we cover the design and financing of your coffee shop, through the securing of premises and negotiating your lease and more importantly getting a rent free period!

For more details about setting up a running your own tea or coffee shop have a look at the course details which will run in Bakewell on the 7th May.  Some people have been suggesting that the market for coffee shops and tea room is reaching capacity but despite this some very successful entrepreneurs such as Luke Johnson (founded Strada & owner of Patisserie Valerie) has suggested that there is room for a new wave of artisan coffee shops.  He has just put his money where his mouth is and invested in a coffee roaster and coffee shop chain in Brighton called Small Batch Coffee.  Latest figures still suggest that the coffee shop market will continue to grow.

Setting up your own microbrewery

If beer rather than caffeine is your tipple have your ever fancied setting up your own microbrewery?  The Brew-School in Bakewell shows brewers from across the country and the world the essential things they need to consider before taking the plunge and setting up their own microbrewery.  The UK like the States has entered a period of rapid expansion of the microbrewing sector and real ale or craft beer is now hip.  How many microbreweries are there?  The latest figures indicate the UK has knocking on 1400 micros and the figure just keeps rising.  This 3 day course at Brew-School will give brewers the essential things they need to know to decided whether setting up a microbrewery is the thing for them or how to then take their brewing dream forward.

Running your own pub or bar 

The latest course aimed at food and drink entrepreneurs is a one day course aimed at equiping new entrants into the pub or bar market with all the expert insights on what they need to know if they are considering running or leasing their own pub or bar.  The course entitled how to run a pub or bar takes all students through the main aspects of setting up their own pub or bar and the aspects they need to consider when buying a pub or bar.  How to write their own pub business plan and the regulatory aspects of running their own pub or bar.

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