Hayhursts provide effective financial function whatever your industry, sure – but we have to say, we’re particularly shrewd when it comes to servicing businesses within the licensed trade.

We provide a full outsourced accounting service for pubs, clubs, restaurants, covering all roles from bookkeeper to finance director. With clients such as Upham, Antic and Ideal Pubs Company Ltd, we’ve years of experience and knowhow in this sector.

Here’s just a few reasons why you should choose us, like, yesterday!

1. Reducing stress, time and cost

In this current economic climate, licensed trades don’t often have the time or know-how to meet ever changing regulatory requirements. Enter, Hayhursts. Our fully outsourced service means we’ll take the burden from you – deadlines, regulations, returns – don’t even think about it! We’ve got it covered; reducing your infrastructure and overheads, meaning you can focus purely on running your pub/restaurant.

2. Financial control and confidence

Because every company is different, Hayhursts can create a bespoke service to suit YOUR needs. If you hand over the financial aspect of your company, we ensure all purchases go through the correct process, all invoices are matched to orders and authorised before payment. Hayhursts can also create a controlled environment to include best practice accounting policies and procedures, as well as maximising security and control of resources without choking day-to-day operations. In short, you’re safe and savvy!

3. Payroll

Behind every good business is a happy workforce (and an amazing accountant, of course), so ensuring employees are paid on time and correctly is a priority every pub/club/restaurant should meet.  Our outsourced payroll service is an efficient, dependable and affordable alternative to running your own in-house payroll system, and we’ll take care of all that HMRC reporting burden, so you don’t have to.

4. Transaction processing

Running a successful pub or restaurant means A LOT of day-to-day transactions; inventory, utilities, staff, maintenance – the list is endless. Accurate day-to-day processing is the essence of our outsourced accounting solution, as well as the foundation of an operationally well-run trade business. We’ll manage everything from purchase and sales ledger processing to everyday bank transactions. Sounds good, huh?

5. For Growth

Our bespoke outsourced accounting service, tailored to your pub/club/restaurant’s specific needs, can flex and grow as you do; a strong foundation on which you can scale – fast. And as your financial data becomes more complex, your dedicated Hayhursts team can identify, interpret and report the insights you need to manage your scaling business.

6. Financial Forecasting

It has been a tough few years for the pub industry, and while money is the lifeline of any business, even the most profitable licensed trades can suffer cash flow shortages. Through financial forecasting models, Hayhursts will help and support you in monitoring your results and advising on areas to focus on within the business. We’ll even alert you to any potential issues with future cashflow, whether it’s banking facility negotiations or weighing up the pros and cons of alternative sources of finance. Consider us your finance Guru. Or Sherpa. Or Yoda, even.

For more information see our Outsourced Accountancy for Licensed Trades, or contact us for a friendly, free, no-obligation consultation.

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These factors have all coincided with a change in consumer behaviour. A traditional pub is not always what the younger generation want, supermarket prices encourage people to save money by drinking at home and there is more focus on healthy living (and therefore drinking less).

Filing your VAT returns and processing invoices

But out of adversity, comes opportunity. With the number of pub closures seeming to slow down, those that survive can flourish, if they can get it right.

So, with that backdrop, the last thing you want, as a pub operator, is to be worrying about processing invoices, filing VAT returns and working out profit margins? You need to be focussed on getting people through the door, delivering a quality product and getting them back again so that they tell their friends and family about the great pub they’ve found.

But it’s at times like these that you need to have the right financial information in front of you. If cashflow is tight, you need to know who you owe and when they need payment, so you can plan accordingly. You need to know what impact that “Happy Hour” had on your profit margins to see if it is worth repeating. You need to be able to spot trends in sales and costs so that you can act accordingly.

And that is where Hayhursts come in with our pub and landlord accounting services.

Stress-free business finances

We take all the stress of running the business finances away from you, so that you can spend time doing what you do best, running a great pub.

Give us the pile of invoices to process. Let us deal with suppliers and work out who needs paying and when. Let us make sure that HMRC have got the VAT and payroll submissions they need.

And at the end of all of that, we will deliver to you, when you want it, a reliable set of accounts that show the financial performance of the business. But we don’t leave it at that. We can talk you through the accounts so you are aware of what is going well and what needs to be looked at. We can offer comparison to industry performance so you can benchmark your business with similar pubs. We can help you to plan ahead.

Bespoke accounting for you

What’s more, all of the above is totally bespoke to suit you and your business needs. Just want us to do payroll? Fine. Want your accounts presented in a certain way that you like and are used to? No problem. We are here to work with you and deliver the services that you want, in the way you want it.

So, please give us a call. We would be happy to talk to you about your pub and how we can help.

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