These files and forms have been created with Microsoft Office which will allow you to download them into MS Word and MS Excel. This should make them very easy to modify and adjust to suit your own business needs. If you require them in a different format or if you would like me to make some modifications for you please contact me at info@barventure.co.uk I'll gladly assist you any way I can but please help support this site with a donation.

These forms have been provided to help you improve your business and make life easier. Other websites offer restaurant forms and Hospitality forms for downloads at anything from £19.95 each or a monthly subscription charge to access them. Here at BARventure we have provided many of them completely free, some are 'lite' versions which means you can 'try before you buy'. These have paypal 'buy it now' buttons next to them. The full versions of these forms can be purchased for £5.00 each by clicking on these buttons. Once payment has been received you will be redirected to a new page with your download on it. If for any reason you are not redirected please contact me and I shall e-mail the form straight across.

Many Thanks
David

Many of these resources have equations embedded in them and require opening in Microsoft Excel or, in some cases Word. Please click on the titles - you will then be able to open, edit and reproduce the material to suit your own business requirements. If you are unable to open a title please contact me so I can make necessary adjustments to the website.
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* BRAND NEW - Staff Induction Book Added 19-04-08
This is the first of a brand new range of products from BARventure. The biggest request from small to medium sized companies has been to help them develop induction books and training manuals. With this in mind we have created a customizable induction book that can be purchased in very small quantities. We are unaware of any other website offering such a product in such small quantities and believe you will find this product invaluable. Clink on the above link to find out more.

* BRAND NEW - Temperature Control Sheet- 'locked PDF version' Added 01-05-08
Checking your fridge temperatures on a daily basis not only helps form part of your due diligence but it also makes great business sense. Loosing a small fortune in stock because the fridge has lost temperatire and no one has noticed can be a nightmare and strip away a periods profits - your hard earned money. Get your team used to filling out this form on a daily basis and you can minimise the chances of this happening. Click on the link above to view a locked PDF version of this form - if you like it you can puchase it using the button below. Once you've completed the payment procedure you'll be directed to a page where you can download the Excel Version allowing you to add your Company Logo and print it out ready for daily use.

* BRAND NEW - Mystery Customer Form - 'locked version' Added 01-04-08
Mystery customers are a great way of getting valuable information about your business and are also an excellent way of measuring the performance of your staff and awarding bonuses. It can be very expensive to use an outside company for this. Instead why not run a simple system yourself - advertise locally for volunteers that match your demographic and supply them with this simple form to fill out. They get a free meal and you get the information - simple. This form is locked and unchangeable on the free download but you can purchase the unlocked form by clicking below - this way you can modify and alter the form to suit your own business. Alternative if you would like us to create a form specifically for you simply e-mail us with your requirments and we'll give you a quote.

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* Menu Item Creation, Costing and HACCP Form 'lite version' Added 14-07-07
This is a superb tool to help you with menu creation and costing. It calculates GP % and Margin of the menu item and allows space for full ingredients list, HACCP section, method and Item Description with Team Member key selling points. It is especially useful for reviewing your GP % and Margins when your suppliers change prices as each menu ingredient can be adjusted seperatly. Don't take my word for it though - Save it to your computer now and play around.

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* Menu Item Profit-V-Popularity Analyser 'lite version' Added 06-07-07
This is a great little tool with some complicated maths behind it. Enter your menu items and your sales levels and it will in one of 4 categories - Star, Dog, Workorse or Challenge. Great for looking at your top items, instantly seeing your margin on each one and for using as a training tool to maximise profits.

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* Premium Packaged Lagers/Premium Packaged Spirits GP Analysis Tool 'lite version'
A great little spreadsheet that will work out your margins and GP% based on cost and selling price. Very useful for training your staff which items to up-sell. This form can also be used to work out GP on Wine by the bottle - see below for our Wine by the Glass Calculator.

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* Wine by the glass GP Analysis Tool 'lite version'
The second of our GP Calculators helps you to work out GP's and margins on the wine you sell by the glass.

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* Spirit GP Analysis Tool 'lite version'
Our third calculator works out your margins and GP% on your spirits. Once again, train your staff to upsell the high margin items.

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* Sickness Self Certification Form - NEW - FULL VERSION - FREE
Help to cut down on staff sick days and to monitor the time off people take due to sickness by using this form. Completely free and in PDF format so it's easy for you to download and print out. Whenever a staff member returns to work after a period of sickness get them to fill out this form and then keep it with their personnel file.

* Safe Float Check Form - FULL VERSION - FREE
Ensure safe floats are checked at the start and end of the day as well as at shift change-over. This will help reduce thefts and highlight errors and anomalies so that they may be dealt with quickly.

* Weekly Breakeven Sales Calculator - FULL VERSION - FREE
Easily work out the sales you need to be hitting in order to hit the magic break even mark. Anything above this is profit. Horah! You're making money!!

* Telephone Procedures - NEW - FULL VERSION - FREE
Making sure your staff answer the telephone correctly and pass on relevant messages is so important in conveying a professional business. This is a three page form that describes the telephone procedure, message procedures and also includes telephone message forms for you to print out and keep by the phone. Click on the link above to open the PDF file and print out as required.

* High/Low Industry Estimates Calculator - FULL VERSION - FREE
If you don't have access to detailed accounts use this calculator to estimate the High and Low estimates of your running costs based on the industry estimates for a leasehold property. It's not as good as having detailed financial accounts but it certainly give you an idea of how much it will cost you to run your business.

* Toilet Cleaning Checklist - FULL VERSION - FREE
A wonderful job that everyone hates...but dirty toilets are a sure fire way of driving your customers somewhere else. This simple checklist helps remind your staff to check them every hour.

* Cashing Up Slip - FULL VERSION - FREE
It's so important to keep an eye on cash in any business. This form makes cashing out tills quick and easy and highlights missing money, credit card slips etc. A very useful tool to minimise pilferage and count errors.

* Job Advertisment Example - FULL VERSION - FREE
Sometimes a poster in your window isn't suitable for a particular role. It's important when advertising a job vacancy to give accurate and relevant details to attract the right candidates. Getting it wrong at this stage can waste both your time and an applicants time as well as costing you money. This form gives you an idea of the sort of information you should be including.

* Personnel File Cover Sheet - FULL VERSION - FREE
If you have staff working for you it's important to keep there details in one place. I recommend printing this form on A4 sticker sheets. This can then be attached to the front of a file to create a new personnel folder for each member of your staff. The relevant documents (Such as contact of employment, job description, appraisals etc.) can then be stored inside.

* Safety Induction Checklist
When a new member of staff starts you should have a safety induction session. This form records this information and becomes part of your 'due diligence' work.

* Job Description Form
Download our basic job description form. Fill in the blanks. Print and you're on your way.

* Staff Appraisal Form
Download our basic staff appraisal form here. These are so important to do. They give both you and your staff direction and can help to root out issues and problems as well as recognise excellence.

* Employee Records Form
So your staff know what they have to do and you have the tools to coach and guide them, now here's the form you need to record information like holidays, sick days and warnings.

* Exit Interview Form
Sooner or later some members of your staff are going to want to leave. Within there last three days you should really hold an exit interview to find out their reasons for leaving and to get some frank opinions on what they felt about the role and your company. This will help you identify issues and adjust your processes in the future. Or if they love you it serves as a great ego boost! It's really important that you tell you staff to be open and frank in this form and that whatever they say will have no effect on their exit pay or references etc.

* Authorisation to Sell Alcohol Form
Under the new licensing laws for the UK anyone serving alcohol must be authorised to do so by a Personal License Holder. This is a simple form for you and your staff to fill out that will make sure you can prove 'due diligence' in the authorisation of the sale of alcohol.

* Daily Wastage Sheet
Wastage is often underestimated in the hospitality industry - especially by those new to the business. This sheet provides a method of monitoring and recording your daily wastage allowing you to calculate the cost to the business. This will allow you to identify training issues and areas where you can improve. Good control of your wastage will help increase your margins.

* Purchase Par Level Order Form
Par levels are the number of a particular product that you need to keep in stock. They help with ordering as having not enough, or too much of an item are both bad problems for a business. This form will help with ordering and ensure that you've got exactly the right amount.