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Save Money By Reducing Food Waste

Save Money By Reducing Food Waste

For many businesses in the hotel and catering industries, the biggest monetary loss is food waste. BY reducing food waste you save money don’t forget its not just the cost of the food but also there is the cost of waste disposal. By saving money you increase your bottom line and thus increase the chances […]

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Why Your Pub Needs A Professional Stocktaker

Why Your Pub Needs A Professional Stocktaker

As a proactive publican you will focus a lot of your energy on reducing shrinkage from your pub or bar. This is a great way of boosting profitability for your business. However, if you really want to capitalise on the benefits of good stock control then a professional stocktaker for your pub could be a […]

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Five Methods Of Stocktaking

Sterling Stock Auditors offers your hotel or catering business the benefit of an independent stocktaker. This frees up your time to focus on the business and gives you the reassurance that the stock is being counted, checked and recorded in the correct way.

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How To Run A Better Bar

  Regular wet stocktaking in your bar will help ensure you are running a better bar and creating a better business for the future. In this blog post we have put together some top stocktaking tips to run a better bar. As you will know as the owner of a pub, it is a very […]

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Pub Closures Continue

It seems that a recent survey shows a very gloomy picture for pub closure rates in the UK as pubs continue to close at an alarming rate. The survey completed by CAMRA’s What Pub online guide covers around 47,500 pubs from across all corners of the UK. Between July 2016 and December 2016 455 pubs […]

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Choosing The Best Stocktaker For You Catering Business

  When you choose the right independent stocktaker you gain their expertise that can only help your business; you also gain their support, knowledge and skills. But there are hundreds of independent catering stocktakers in the UK – how can you choose the right one for your business and you?

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An Independent Stocktaker Will Be Efficient And Accurate

One of the biggest benefits of hiring an independent stocktaker instead of using someone in-house is the efficiency and accuracy that an independent stocktaker brings to the table. Because an independent stocktaker is experienced in stocktaking and it is their main job they will offer a more efficient and accurate stocktake than an inexperienced member […]

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Why Should An External Stocktaker Complete Your Stocktaking?

Running your own pub, bar or restaurant is busy work, the hours are long, you are always on the go and you rarely have time to stop and take stock of where you are at, let alone complete the stocktaking of your business.

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Protect your bottom line with a qualified Stocktaking firm


Would you know the position of your business at a given time? How regularly do you take stock of your business – regularly checking your outgoing business costs and your income as well as sales? Would you know if you have an issue with pilferage – do you know if your staff are abusing privileges or your trust? With out regular stocktaking, you would not necessarily know.

With the increasing challenges that many licensed business face in attracting and maintaining a steady flow of customers, balancing the books and being as cost effective as possible – it can be over whelming and extremely time consuming for business owners.

Stocktaking doesn’t have to be a chore

Many licensees believe that having their accounts prepared once a year by an accountant will keep their business on the straight and narrow. Sadly, many who follow this course are often shocked to find that they have not made as much money as they thought over year, then panic. Over or under calculating wastage can be doing harm to your bottom line that if you leave a full stock check till then year end, you will find it irrevocable.

The Sterling Group gives your licensed business peace of mind by performing a thorough check across the whole business. This not only tells you the current ‘cash-value of your business’, but also indicates where you could save money on vital utilities and ‘tools of the trade’. Having worked and lived in the licensed trade for many years, our fully qualified stock taking expert can also advise on areas to help keep you compliant and fulfil the regulations involved with owning a food or beverage operation.

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