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Blog, Consultancy, Food, Hints & Tips, Hotel, Profit Protection, Restaurants, Stock Control
Hotel Breakfast
21 Aug 2026

Hotel Breakfasts: How to Improve Operations & Profitability

The proposed business rates reduction has been welcomed across hospitality, but will it make a meaningful difference to operators' profit margins?

Stephen Clark
Blog, Consultancy, Hints & Tips, Profit Protection, Pubs, Restaurants, Stock Control, Stocktaking
Pub making a profit
Pub manager serving beer
28 Jul 2026

Hospitality Business Rates Cut: Why Profit Protection Matters More Than Relief

The proposed business rates reduction has been welcomed across hospitality, but will it make a meaningful difference to operators' profit margins?

Scott Hulme
Bar, Blog, Business, Event, Hints & Tips, Profit Protection, Pubs, Restaurants, Stock Control, Stocktaking
Holiday Parks in the UK
02 Jul 2026

Holiday Parks: Packed out, but not profitable?

What can Holiday Park operators do to guarantee a successful holiday park season?

Zane Hills and Anthony Moon
Bar, Blog, Business, Event, Hints & Tips, Profit Protection, Pubs, Restaurants, Stock Control, Stocktaking
Group of friends watching the World Cup in a pub
26 May 2026

How Pubs Can Prepare for the World Cup: The Ultimate Operator’s Guide

Learn how pubs can prepare for the World Cup with tips on staffing, stock control, licensing and faster service.

Lee Clapham and Nicholas Ferrar
Blog, Consultancy, Hints & Tips, Profit Protection, Pubs, Restaurants, Stock Control, Stocktaking
Two Staff members after minimum wage increase
30 Apr 2026

6 Ways to Turn Minimum Wage Increases into Operational Efficiency

Discover how successful hospitality businesses are transforming rising minimum wage costs into operational efficiency.

Angela Laycock and Stephen Clark
Blog, Consultancy, Hints & Tips, Profit Protection, Pubs, Restaurants, Stock Control, Stocktaking
Busy cafe with boosted gross profit
31 Mar 2026

From Stockroom to Spring Boom: Protecting Your Gross Profit This Easter

Learn how to protect and boost gross profit during the easter period

Malcolm Muir
Blog, Compliance, Consultancy, Hints & Tips, Stocktaking
QSR worker working within franchise compliance standards
05 Mar 2026

QSR and Franchise Compliance: 6 Myths That Erode Margin

Learn about six common myths that could be costing you margin and how incremental drift is the real threat.

Duncan Colvin
Blog, Compliance, Consultancy, Hints & Tips, Stocktaking
Example of Operational compliance in a QSR site
30 Jan 2026

Built for Consistency: Operational Compliance for QSR and Franchise Brands

Explore how being built for consistency allows QSR and franchise brands to scale without losing operational control, creating alignment across people, processes, and locations.

Duncan Colvin
Blog, Compliance, Consultancy, Hints & Tips, Stocktaking
Image of an auditor prefroming a brand audit
02 Dec 2025

Holistic brand audits for hospitality: How to strengthen performance across every site

Discover how holistic brand audits give hospitality operators clear visibility across operations, finance, experience and compliance to strengthen brand performance.

Duncan Colvin
Consultancy, Bar, Blog, Business, Cafe, Food, Hints & Tips, Hotel, Profit Protection, Pubs, Restaurants
Image of a hospitality business owner protecting operational revenue
03 Nov 2025

Operational revenue: the real cost of disconnected drivers in hospitality

Operational revenue slips away when key drivers like people, product, money, and data fall out of sync. Read about where the leaks happen and how…

Stephen Clark
Consultancy, Bar, Blog, Business, Cafe, Food, Hints & Tips, Hotel, Profit Protection, Pubs, Restaurants
Hospitality leader with successful operating rhythm looking at successful business.
16 Oct 2025

Operating rhythm framework for hospitality leaders

Discover how structured operating rhythms can help hospitality leaders build high-performing teams and drive consistent operational excellence.

Jennifer Hurst
Bar, Blog, Business, Cafe, Food, Hints & Tips, Hotel, Profit Protection, Pubs, Restaurants, Stock Control, Stocktaking
Two hospitality professionals having a Stock accuracy discussion in restaurant
26 Sep 2025

Improving stock accuracy in hospitality operations

Discover how vital the role of stock accuracy is running a successful hospitality business.

Marianne Robinson
Bar, Blog, Business, Cafe, Food, Hints & Tips, Hotel, Profit Protection, Pubs, Restaurants, Stock Control, Stocktaking
Stocktaker preforming quarterly stocktakes.
12 Aug 2025

Should your pub, restaurant, or hotel move to quarterly stocktakes?

Learn about the pros and cons of extended stock periods with Venners expert advice

Marianne Robinson
Blog, Compliance, Consultancy, Hints & Tips, Profit Protection, Pubs, Restaurants, Stock Control, Stocktaking
Operational optimisation experts meeting with client
19 Mar 2025

Revolutionary control strategies to master operational optimisation

Find out how Venners can help implement the effective controls that are essential to operational optimisation.

Malcolm Muir
Blog, Compliance, Consultancy, Hints & Tips, Profit Protection, Pubs, Restaurants, Stock Control, Stocktaking
A group of hospitality professionals attending a excellence training session.
29 Nov 2024

The ultimate guide to excellence training in hospitality

Learn about all the ways excellence training can elevate a hospitality business.

Malcolm Muir
Stocktaking, Blog, Hints & Tips
Happy group of friends in the summer at hospitality establishment with an effective stock control partner
31 Jul 2024

A stock control partner will help you seize the summer surge

Find out how a professional stock control partner can help your business have the most profitable summer yet.

Scott Hulme
Blog, Compliance, Consultancy, Hints & Tips, Stocktaking
Operational excellence consulting meeting with a hospitality manager.
19 Jun 2024

Why is operational excellence consulting vital for success?

Take a look at how operational excellence consulting can support your business

Malcolm Muir
Business, Blog, News
04 Jun 2024

Benefits of Stocktaking for Multi-Site Hospitality Companies

Learn about the what benefits can be achieved with stocktaking and optimising controls across your multisite business.

Scott Hulme
Business, News
05 Jan 2024

Business Outlook 2024

Venners' Managing Director shares his 2024 market predictions for the hospitality industry

Scott Hulme
Blog, Compliance, Consultancy, Hints & Tips, Stocktaking
Compliance management software being used used by compliance expert
Compliance management software being used used by compliance expert
22 Dec 2023

Compliance management software and how it’s essential to hospitality businesses

Find out what makes compliance management software essential to hospitality businesses.

Andrea McCarthy
Blog, Compliance, Consultancy, Hints & Tips, Stocktaking
Stock control software being used by independent stocktaker.
01 Nov 2023

Stock control software and the 6 reasons why it works best with an independent stocktaker

Here are the top six reasons stock control software works best accompanied by a professional stocktaker

Andrea McCarthy
Blog, Compliance, Consultancy, Hints & Tips, Stocktaking
Hospitality EPos system being used by hospitality worker
13 Oct 2023

The ultimate guide to using hospitality EPoS systems for effective stock control

Learn the fundamentals of using hospitality EPoS systems for effective stock control.

Malcolm Muir
Blog, Compliance, Consultancy, Hints & Tips, Stock Control
Venners give holiday parks like the one pictured stocktaking and stock control tips on closing down the season
Venners give holiday parks useful stocktaking and stock control tips on how to close down the summer season profitably.
31 Aug 2023

5 essential stock control tips to help holiday park operators close down the season

To help you have a smooth and straight forward close down season we have compiled some top tips on stock control.

Andrea McCarthy
Blog, Compliance, Consultancy, Hints & Tips, Stocktaking
Diagram of a master franchise business
Diagram of a master franchise business
17 Aug 2023

5 fundamentals to running a master franchise business

Get expert tips and insight into the fundamentals of running a master franchise business.

Duncan Colvin
Blog, Compliance, Consultancy, Hints & Tips, Stocktaking
Compliance auditor preforming an audit for a successful franchise brand
Compliance audit for a successful franchise brand
06 Jul 2023

Why are compliance audits key to running a successful franchise brand?

Take a look at how compliance audits contribute to running a successful franchise brand.

Duncan Colvin
Blog, Compliance, Consultancy, Hints & Tips, Stocktaking
Peak season Holiday park cabin
Holiday park cabin in a successful peak season
13 Jun 2023

10 Holiday Park Peak Season Tips to Increase Revenue and Profitability

Read our simple tips and tricks to learn how to have a profitable and successful holiday park and caravan park peak season.

Andrea McCarthy
Blog, Compliance, Consultancy, Hints & Tips, Stocktaking
Lady coaching on the benefits of best practice compliance training in hospitality
Lady coaching on the benefits of best practice compliance training in hospitality
05 Jun 2023

6 Benefits of Hospitality Best Practice Compliance Training

Learn why compliance training is essential to the growth and development of any hospitality business.

Duncan Colvin
Blog, Compliance, Consultancy, Hints & Tips, Stocktaking
Two people shaking hands, after buying or selling a pub
09 Mar 2023

The ultimate guide to buying or selling your pub profitably

Learn about everything you need to buy or sell your pub as profitably as possible.

Malcolm Muir
Blog, Compliance, Consultancy, Hints & Tips, Stocktaking
Two business professionals discussing paperwork that will help you sell your pub
07 Mar 2023

8 types of paperwork you need to sell your pub

Discover the 8 types of paperwork you need when selling a pub and who will help you gather them.

Malcolm Muir
Blog, Compliance, Consultancy, Hints & Tips, Stocktaking
Getting expert help to sell my pub.
Learn about the 8 experts you need to engage with if you are considering selling your pub.
07 Mar 2023

Who can help me sell my pub?

Learn about the 8 experts you need to engage with if you are considering selling your pub.

Malcolm Muir
Blog, Hints & Tips, Stock Control, Stocktaking
Stocktaker explaining the importance of stocktaking
Stocktaker explaining the importance of stocktaking to hospitality operator
07 Feb 2023

Pub & Bar Stocktaking: What It Includes & Why It Matters

Learn all about the importance of stocktaking and why it is a worthwhile investment, offering many benefits for any hospitality business.

Venners Ltd.
Blog, Compliance, Consultancy, Hints & Tips
Female hospitality business owner reviewing trend graph to achieve operational excellence
02 Nov 2022

5 Vital Steps To Achieve Operational Excellence

To achieve operational excellence you need to run your hospitality business as efficiently, effectively, and profitably as possible.

Duncan Colvin
Blog, Compliance, Consultancy, Hints & Tips
female compliance auditor explaining what is operational excellence
28 Oct 2022

What is Operational Excellence in Hospitality

What is operational excellence according to Venners experts? Operational excellence can be defined as the ultimate index to measure...

Duncan Colvin
Blog, Compliance, Consultancy, Hints & Tips
A stressed and overworked bar manager who has felt the effects of the great resignation.
Stocktaking and compliance support can help overworked staff and managers through the great resignation and recruitment crisis.
28 Jan 2022

9 ways to beat the great resignation

It is a mistake to expect that your management team are able to run their sites like they used to when so much has changed…

Duncan Colvin
Blog, Compliance, Consultancy, Hints & Tips
Guest using contactless and cashless payment system
Venners give advice to restaurant and pub businesses on how they can safeguard their profits in a cashless society where guests pay using contactless technology.
14 Sep 2021

Safeguard your business in a cashless society

The sharp increase in the rollout of contactless technologies like ordering apps since the start of the pandemic, continues to evidence the wider trend towards…

Malcolm Muir
Blog, Compliance, Consultancy, Hints & Tips
Restaurant manager updating their EPOS system with VAT prices
Venners help restaurant and pub managers check that their EPOS system is updated with the right VAT rates.
09 Sep 2021

4 Reasons to update VAT rates on your EPOS system

When the temporary lower VAT rates for food and soft drinks were first introduced during the COVID-19 crisis on 8 July 2020, not all operators…

Duncan Colvin
Blog, Compliance, Hints & Tips, lockdown strategy
Socially distanced cafe where virus security monitoring for coronavirus compliance could be beneficial.
Venners compliance auditors can monitor virus security standards and coronavirus measure compliance.
16 Feb 2021

Virus security monitoring compliance trend

Sites failing to monitor compliance levels on virus security policies could be putting their staff, customers and reputation at risk.

Duncan Colvin
Blog, Compliance, Consultancy, Hints & Tips, lockdown strategy
A board of chess pieces portraying how to plan and play out a smart lockdown strategy
Venners give advice on how to plan and organise a smart lockdown strategy which includes stock control and auditing tips.
03 Nov 2020

10 steps for a smart lockdown strategy

As hospitality operators prepare to go into another lockdown, businesses must rely on tighter controls to minimise losses and ride out the waves of continued…

Malcolm Muir
Blog, Hints & Tips, Stocktaking
Venners customer researching the benefits of stocktaking on his cafe laptop.
Venners stocktakers explain the 5 benefits of stocktaking for hospitality businesses.
28 Feb 2018

5 Benefits of Regular Stocktaking for Hospitality Businesses

Stocktaking is foundational to stock control management. It provides you with the information you need to run a profitable and operationally efficient business.

Venners Ltd.
Blog, Food, Hints & Tips, Pubs
Customers in a pub drinking beer whose yield is good because there is not too much head on the beer.
Venners stocktakers give advice to pubs on how to improve yield on beer products and other liquor beverages that they sell.
14 Feb 2018

5 steps to improving your pub’s yield

Implement these 5 steps in combination with regular stocktaking and you will have all the necessary tools to maintain a high yield percentage and a…

Venners Ltd.
Blog, Food, Hints & Tips, Stocktaking
Stocktaker explaining stocktake result data to their customer.
Venners stocktakers share their set of universal stock control practices to help customers improve their stocktake results.
09 Feb 2018

6 stock control practices for better stocktake results

It is impossible to take a one-size-fits-all approach to stock control. But, there are universal stock control practices that every hospitality business should employ to…

Venners Ltd.
Blog, Food, Hints & Tips, Loss Prevention
A bar with beer taps where stock can easily be wasted in bars.
Venners stocktakers give advice on how to reduce bar wastage.
24 Jan 2018

5 top tips for reducing wastage in your bar

Turning a blind eye to bar wastage is one of the easiest ways to achieve poor stock results, since wastage directly results in lost revenue…

Venners Ltd.
Blog, Stocktaking
A Venners stocktaker completing a stocktake or stock audit by counting bottles of liquor in a pub.
Venners stocktakers were the founders of stocktake and stock audit practices in the licensed trade.
20 Oct 2017

What is a food and beverage stocktake or stock audit?

The hospitality industry has been carrying out food and beverage stocktakes and stock audits, for over 130 years. But what exactly are they?

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