A team of specialist bar consultants
At The Engine Room, we approach pub and bar consultancy differently. As commercial-focused consultants, we focus our efforts on delivering proven and appropriate strategy for your business, focusing on increasing profitability while you get to focus on the stuff that got you here in the first place. We’ll help relieve the burden of the boring stuff and you can focus on mastering the concept of your bar.
We appreciate that each of our clients is different, with individual aspirations and visions for their venue.
Using customised business plans that give your data significance, we strive to help build and implement a more efficient and cost-effective business concept.
Bridging the Financial/Operational Gap
Finance and operations are two crucial elements to any functional bar or pub. However, bridging the gap between the two is often an illusive practice for many. Our team of pub and bar consultants approach each project with a commercial mindset, focusing their efforts on achieving goals and streamlining the processes currently in place.
With a background in both the financial and operational aspects of the hospitality industry, we offer outside-in insights to each of our clients regarding both of these branches of the business. On-the-ground aspects of operations and the financial health of your hospitality business are taken into consideration with every piece of advice that we provide.
Enabling a Profitable Present and Future
Improving profitability is a problem faced by every entrepreneur trying to carve a path in this industry. Frequent price increases in the likes of inputs and food can make it difficult to stay on top of your finances in an effective manner. Throw rent, utilities, wages and the cost of borrowing into the mix and suddenly the prospect of profitability can seem out of reach.
Each of our pub and bar consultants have an expertise in commercial management, working as part of your team to help not only optimise your finances now, but also build an action plan focused on maximising future profitability. Through financial modelling, dashboards and measured alterations in approach, we formulate and execute a plan to help make sure that your establishment’s finances stay securely in the black.
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Making Sense of the Numbers
When running a bar, we know that managing the functionality of your business can be time-consuming enough. Making sense of your numerous financial documents and informative spreadsheets on top of this chaos can be the last thing you want to do, or something that’s always pressing and is never really given the time it requires. Plus, without proper guidance, misinterpretation can lead to unfortunate circumstances.
To counteract these issues, we help you organise your data in a more meaningful manner. Through our expertise in commercial management, we inform you of the current state of affairs and formulate a strategy that optimises every side of your hospitality business. This gives you a clear roadmap of the next steps on your journey, from inception, to optimisation, to completion.
An Extension of Your Team
Working with a traditional bar consultant can often leave business owners feeling out of the loop. We understand that someone else taking charge of all the technical aspects of your venue can leave you feeling out of control.
Here at The Engine Room we don’t take the reins from you. Instead, our unique approach to consulting sees us integrate with the team and operate as the commercial branch of your business. We prioritise compassion with our clients, often visiting to get first hand experience on the ground and familiarise ourselves with the team. In turn, this helps us to truly understand your pub or bar’s branding, your team’s personality and what your KPIs are.
Here’s what our clients had to say about our work:
“We worked with The Engine Room on our initial financial modelling and then welcomed them into our live business at the beginning of the year. Having The Engine Room in our business has completed the final elements needed to effectively manage our restaurant. Those that we just didn’t have time to do due to the level of success and we weren’t prioritising because we needed our strengths elsewhere such as on the plate and with the people.
We didn’t neglect our financial obligations, but we were reactive and minimal and wanted to optimise these systems to allow for clear commercial management which gives us an informed perspective and satisfies our shareholders. We can then be present and creative in our restaurant rather than stuck behind the laptop whilst being reassured all aspects of the business are being equally looked after.”
Henry Harris and Dave Strauss, Owners – Three Compasses
Case Studies
A selection of the work that we have undertaken for our clients in the past
