Cash for pubs to offer loo breaks

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Title – Cash for pubs to offer loo breaks
Source – www.bbc.co.uk
Date – 23rd February 2008

You learn something new every day they say and today is no exception, that there is even a British Toilet Association was a new piece of information I had not considered before. But I fear the members of this association probably spend their lives being mocked, so I will not add to it and why should I, it sounds like they may be instrumental in adding an income stream to many licensed premises throughout the country.

It has to be said that at Beyond The Blue we have no experts in the toilet sector, but we do specialise in generating income for our clients, through Training and Consultancy and we examine opportunities on their merit.

So when we heard about this scheme we felt others should know about it and depending on the operation they run and the location of their premises some stand to benefit from the payment councils seem willing to make and others should certainly consider not taking part.

In its simplest form the average restaurant will probably avoid this; hoards of shoppers marching in and out is probably not going to compliment the sea bass; whereas a pub may almost not notice the additional footfall and probably in many cases already provide this service unintentionally; so why should they not be compensated for providing it? Some may look at it as a way of getting people into the premises to see what it looks like on the inside or to use their facilities to advertise future events.

But each premises will have to consider the merits for their individual premises and these considerations should include the number and size of your toilets, their location, access and additional cost of toiletries, cleaning and the associated staff costs.
But an opportunity is an opportunity and should merit serious consideration; when for once the licensed retail sector is being offered an incentive rather than a restriction or additional cost, it should not be dismissed out of hand.

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