Publican

As a publican, you would:

• order stock and take deliveries
•  serve customers
•  organise events, functions and activities to maximise sales
•  maintain the premises, bar equipment and cellar
•  handle wages, bookkeeping and accounts
•  recruit, train and supervise bar and kitchen staff
•  build good relationships with breweries, suppliers and customers

• customer service skills
• leadership skills
• the ability to work well with others
• business management skills 
• excellent verbal communication skills
• the ability to motivate and manage staff
• the ability to understand people’s reactions
• patience and the ability to remain calm in stressful situations
• to be able to use a computer and the main software packages competently

You can get into this job through:

• an apprenticeship
• working towards this role
• applying directly
• a graduate management trainee scheme

If you're employed by a pub chain or brewery, you could become a regional manager. You might also use your skills to move into catering or restaurant management.

You could go self-employed and expand your business by buying additional pubs or bars.