The Lock In Pub Podcast

The Lock In podcast, uploaded fortnightly, is provided by The Morning Advertiser, the leading content provider for the pub and bar industry since 1794. Our hosts are from media, brewing and pub operator view points giving a frank and honest view about what life running a pub business is really like.

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The Lock In Podcast: The show must go on!
The team tackle the subject of hosting key events in your sites
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The Lock In Podcast: Food Glorious Food!
Team tackle the subject of pub grub, how the crisis has impacted on offers, the challenges around growing your own chefs
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The Lock In Podcast: In, out, shake it all about
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The Lock In Podcast: Can't get the staff, liter...
Re-energising long furloughed team members, through to recruiting replacements and training teams back up to speed
75 min
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The Lock In Podcast: Fingers on the pulse...
What trends are starting to emerge in food, drink, operations and consumer behaviour
65 min
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The Lock In Podcast: Baby it's cold outside...
How to handle freezing customers, and speak to special guests Brendan Padfield of the Unruly Pig, and Elaine Wrigley of Atlas Bar to hear their experiences of reopening to date
68 min
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The Lock In Podcast: The challenges ahead
The issue of staffing amid reopening alongside conflicting guidance from councils and many other challenges operators are facing and could face in the coming months
60 min
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The Lock In Podcast: Shape of things to come
A look towards the future of the pub and bar trade, and discuss how technolgy has a place in operations
66 min
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The Lock In Podcast: What does the Government h...
Hear from business minister Paul Scully and the team talk challenges around reopening, from staff to stock levels, and get some top tips on marketing your business from guest marketing whizz Mark McCulloch
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The Lock In Podcast: Show us the money!
The team talk to spcial guests on the topics of rent debt, how to crowd fund and changing consumer spending.
67 min
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A year to forget?
A look at what has turned out to be an unprecedented year of challenge and struggle, which has brought out the best and the worst in the sector, and reflect on some of the lessons learnt. We also speak to a couple of suppliers, Aubrey Allen's Russell Allen and Hairy Dog Brewery's Jim Nolan, to get their view on the yea
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The Lock In Podcast: Budget - bonus or bust?
Reaction to the Chancellor's hand outs and what it means for their businesses and wider hospitality
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The Lock In Podcast: Thanks a lot Boris!
Tackle the tricky subject of insurance with special guest Steven Swift of Sector Associates, and share their frustrations on the insurance challenge
72 min
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The Lock In Podcast: Are we all going on a summ...
Are staycations an option for customers and how this could impact pubs
59 min
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The Lock In Podcast: Lockdown, loneliness and l...
Misguided campaigners and the importance of pubs for tackling loneliness
53 min
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The Lock In Podcast: People power
Training, furlough challenges, keeping teams engaged, future recruitment challenges and we speak to special guest Jamie Campbell from CPL Learning to get his advice and tips on staff training and wellbeing
65 min
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The Lock In Podcast: Show us the money!
The team talk finances, and speak to grants expert Kevin Stewart to get his advice on how operators can prise the cash grants out of local councils.
73 min
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The Lock In Podcast: Legal issues, support chal...
The team are joined by licensing specialist Andy Grimsey from Poppleston Allen to tackle some of latest challenges facing the sector
56 min
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The Lock In Podcast: New Year, new lockdown
Practical ideas of what pubs can be doing while we await the next government decision on the future
66 min
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The Lock In Podcast: Review of the year and cha...
A look back at 2020 and a look forward to 2021.
65 min
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The Lock In Podcast: Food glorious food!
Create a food offer during the crisis, what makes good, and bad, pub food, the practicalities of a food offer and debate what substantial looks like
64 min
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The Lock In Podcast: Tiers and restrictions
Preparing to come out of lockdown, reaction to the latest government restrictions and find out live which tiers their pubs fall into
59 min
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The Lock In Podcast: Christmas planning in a pa...
Christmas, what can we expect to get out of a Christmas with restrictions, and where things are heading
58 min
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The Lock In Podcast: Lockdown blues
Challenges facing pubs and bars during corona virus and government restrictions imposed on the hospitality sector.
62 min
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The Lock In Podcast: The joy of customers, Trip...
Opertors Heath and James share their frustrations with customers and how they handle online reviews
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