The Plough
High Street
Bodicote
Oxfordshire
OX15 4BZ
Est. Ingoing Costs £19,000
More about The Plough
The new Business Partners here will ideally be community driven. The ability to produce and deliver a menu that will suit this site would be an advantage along with a passion to maintain and dispense our quality cask ales to the highest standard. This is an ideal opportunity for someone wishing to embark on a first business venture within the licensed trade.
The Plough has three separate trading areas, bar, dining room and covered courtyard. The pub currently operates in favor of wet, the food offer could be developed. The village runs events throughout the year, which attracts people from near and far, this provides great opportunity for the pub to get involved. In recent years there has been hundreds of homes built a stone’s throw from the village, full of residents needing a great local pub.
Fixtures & Fittings TBC
- Deposit £5,000
- Stock (estimated to be) £6,000
- Working capital (minimum) £8,000
- Total (circa) without fixtures and fittings £19,000
Split into two separate spaces, the bar with open fireplace and seating for 20 and the dining room which can accommodate 35 and has been previously used as a function room due to its privacy and isolated bar access. A corridor leads to the fully equipped trade kitchen customer toilets and access to the courtyard.
The secluded courtyard has seating for approximately 30 and can be covered with an awning, from here there is access to the ground floor cellar, freezer/pantry room, dry store and log and bin store.
The accommodation is accessed from the bar and comprises of a lounge, bathroom with toilet and shower and 3 bedrooms.
For more advice on taking a pub tenancy and benchmarking costs of similar pubs, go to:
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BII: www.bii.org
PEAT: www.bii.org/BII/Industry-Advice/PEAT.aspx
Code of Practice Tenants: www.thepubgoverningbody.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/Code-of-Practice-Tenants.pdf
Code of Practice Lessees: www.thepubgoverningbody.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/Code-of-Practice-Lessees.pdf