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How Much Does It Cost to Open a Café in the UK?...

I'm Andrew Pickersgill, Managing Director at eCatering, and I've spent more than thirty years watching people open cafés. The happy ones and the ones that closed by month nine. The...

How Much Does It Cost to Open a Café in the UK?...

I'm Andrew Pickersgill, Managing Director at eCatering, and I've spent more than thirty years watching people open cafés. The happy ones and the ones that closed by month nine. The...

Opening a Café: The Complete UK Equipment Check...

I've lost count of how many times I've stood in an empty café unit with someone who is about to spend their life savings. Bare walls, a capped-off water feed,...

Opening a Café: The Complete UK Equipment Check...

I've lost count of how many times I've stood in an empty café unit with someone who is about to spend their life savings. Bare walls, a capped-off water feed,...

How Much Does It Cost to Open a Restaurant in t...

I'm Andrew Pickersgill, Managing Director at eCatering. In thirty years of supplying UK kitchens I've been asked about the cost to open a restaurant UK-wide more times than I can...

How Much Does It Cost to Open a Restaurant in t...

I'm Andrew Pickersgill, Managing Director at eCatering. In thirty years of supplying UK kitchens I've been asked about the cost to open a restaurant UK-wide more times than I can...

Opening a Restaurant: The Complete UK Kitchen E...

The room smells of dust and old carpet glue. A stub of pipe out of a wall where a sink used to be, a fuse board last touched during the...

Opening a Restaurant: The Complete UK Kitchen E...

The room smells of dust and old carpet glue. A stub of pipe out of a wall where a sink used to be, a fuse board last touched during the...

How Much Does It Cost to Open a Pub in the UK? ...

I'm Andrew Pickersgill, Managing Director at eCatering. Thirty years in this trade, and I still watch people walk in with a number in their head that bears no relationship to...

How Much Does It Cost to Open a Pub in the UK? ...

I'm Andrew Pickersgill, Managing Director at eCatering. Thirty years in this trade, and I still watch people walk in with a number in their head that bears no relationship to...

Opening a Pub: The Complete UK Equipment Checklist

I've walked into more empty pubs than I can count. Keys in hand, a bare back bar, a cellar hatch nobody's opened in a fortnight. It's a good feeling and...

Opening a Pub: The Complete UK Equipment Checklist

I've walked into more empty pubs than I can count. Keys in hand, a bare back bar, a cellar hatch nobody's opened in a fortnight. It's a good feeling and...

What Commercial Catering Equipment Do I Need? A...

The first kitchen I stood in on a Saturday night had a floor faintly tacky underfoot, an extractor that sounded like a light aircraft, and a chef who could tell...

What Commercial Catering Equipment Do I Need? A...

The first kitchen I stood in on a Saturday night had a floor faintly tacky underfoot, an extractor that sounded like a light aircraft, and a chef who could tell...

The 5-Step Outdoor Service Setup for Big Match ...

A beer garden in Manchester. Or Brighton. Or Bristol, or Leeds, or anywhere with a south-facing patio and a TV bracket on the wall. Six o'clock on a warm Saturday...

The 5-Step Outdoor Service Setup for Big Match ...

A beer garden in Manchester. Or Brighton. Or Bristol, or Leeds, or anywhere with a south-facing patio and a TV bracket on the wall. Six o'clock on a warm Saturday...

Best Glasswashers (and Dishwashers) for Outdoor...

I've watched a perfectly good Saturday night fall apart at 9.27pm because a glasswasher couldn't keep up. Not a power cut. Not a bar shortage. Just a wash-up that ran...

Best Glasswashers (and Dishwashers) for Outdoor...

I've watched a perfectly good Saturday night fall apart at 9.27pm because a glasswasher couldn't keep up. Not a power cut. Not a bar shortage. Just a wash-up that ran...

Best Bottle Coolers for High-Volume Outdoor Use...

I've watched a lot of beer gardens lose a Saturday night because the bottle cooler couldn't keep up. Not because the unit was broken. Because it was the wrong unit...

Best Bottle Coolers for High-Volume Outdoor Use...

I've watched a lot of beer gardens lose a Saturday night because the bottle cooler couldn't keep up. Not because the unit was broken. Because it was the wrong unit...

How to Turn Tables in 15 Minutes: A Half-Time S...

I've watched a lot of pubs lose the half-time whistle. Not the match - the whistle. The 15 minutes between the halves where a six-hundred-cover sport night is actually won...

How to Turn Tables in 15 Minutes: A Half-Time S...

I've watched a lot of pubs lose the half-time whistle. Not the match - the whistle. The 15 minutes between the halves where a six-hundred-cover sport night is actually won...

Match Day Menus: What Actually Sells When the F...

I've watched a kitchen lose a Saturday night because somebody printed a 14-item match-day menu the morning of England v Wales. Steak frites. A goat's cheese tart. Two curries. By...

Match Day Menus: What Actually Sells When the F...

I've watched a kitchen lose a Saturday night because somebody printed a 14-item match-day menu the morning of England v Wales. Steak frites. A goat's cheese tart. Two curries. By...

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