Niketa from Studio Iris has worked with 100s of independents in the food, lifestyle, beauty and fashion industries and helped bring brands to life through design.

Showing you that branding is more than just a logo and should be the foundation for everything you do. We will cover what branding is, why it is important when starting a business, and turn that into a website and other assets. We’ll also look at how and when to work with a designer and if you aren’t quite ready what things you can do yourself.

What we’ll cover:

• What is branding and why is it important?

• How to turn your brand into a website

• How and when to work with a designer

• DIY - What you can do yourself?

Marketing your business, getting your messaging right and nailing your social media are all so important when it comes to any business. And for this reason we have brought in a dear friend to the L.O.R. community, Hannah Berry. Hannah is someone who has worked with BIG brands and BIG businesses, she has experienced turning a business around or introducing a new crowd to a iconic establishment. Hannah is currently the Director of Communications & Marketing for Corbin & King and in this one hour session we will be tackling the all there is to do with MARKETING!

Hannah's career in hospitality began with Morgan's Hotel Group (now acquired by SBE), working across several roles over six years, eventually becoming Assistant Operations Manager for St Martin's Lane and Sanderson hotels. It was there that she discovered a passion for marketing and the company helped her retrain in this discipline. Hannah went on to progress in marketing, with roles at D&D London, The Criterion Restaurant and Kettner's (that’s where Natalia & Hannah met) before becoming Director of Marketing at aqua restaurant group for six years, opening two restaurants in The Shard and responsible for the Argyll Street venue. Hannah joined Corbin & King in 2019 as Director of Marketing and Communications for the group, overseeing all marketing and PR functions over eight restaurants.

There is a lot of ground to cover in this session, so please submit your questions ahead of time if there is something specific you would like discussed. Click here to send your questions no later than Monday 19th April.

Please RSVP below, we will send out a ZOOM link on the day, as well as drop it here in the portal.

Studies show that women consistently undervalue and undersell themselves and that the gender gap is, in part, a confidence gap. In this practical, interactive session we will do a deep dive into ways to combat our confidence demons.

Want to get better at asking for what you want, saying no to things, and how to stop apologizing (yep, if that's you, you are not alone!)? You'll come away with quick and easy tools to help you. And something to help you go into challenging situations with more self-belief. There will be time to meet people and network woven into the session and you'll come out of it ready to own the room and boss your life just that little bit more than you do already.

Madeleine Geach is a business and personal coach who also works in (and loves) the hospitality industry. Alongside her current role as Head of Culture at Hawksmoor she coaches hospitality leaders, founders and entrepreneurs. Her main work is helping them take a step back from the frenetic world of opening and running successful restaurants; giving them time and space to get clear on where they want to get to and how to get there.

@thegoodlifecoaching

Please RSVP, we will send a ZOOM link around on the day of the event as well as list it here in the portal.

THIS IS A FREE EVENT TO ALL PATRONS + all attendees recieve complimentary access to their Pisco course (valued at $60)

REGISTER HERE.

JOIN THE EVENT HERE

Meeting ID: 619 598 0794 / Passcode: dN78WS

If you have been sitting on an idea for a product, place or thing but a little too scared to make the move - than this might be the session for you.

Are you in the middle of launching a new product, tired of something you have been shifting for a while and need a little PUSH to keep going? Than this might be the session for you.

Meet Kami, Meg & Nati - the trio of women behind the pisco brand; Piscologia. Meg founded the brand back in 2008, to bring the beautiful spirit to the bars, shop shelves and palates of a global audience. Kami won a trip to Peru following a bartending competition, joined forces with Meg and Nati, and never looked back. And Nati, well without Nati there would be no pisco. She is the master distiller, sommelier and vigneron.

So what does it take to build a brand? To make a product? And what IS pisco? All of this and more will be discovered in our one our session with the team behind Piscologia.

The time has come for us to start making moves out of lockdown. Just when we found our groove, now we need to get ready to go back to “normal” - whatever that looks like.

There are a few key areas we all need to look at to get our asses in gear; money, marketing & our people. Over the next several weeks, we will be putting on a series of events titled; The Journey out of Lockdown. If there is a topic YOU would like covered, get in touch.

THIS IS A FREE EVENT FOR ALL PATRONS PLUS ONE GUEST

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Alison is the Mary Poppins of finance for hospitality businesses - not content with the inequality of access to financial strategy support for smaller businesses, she set up White Doe to level the playing field.

Providing flexible and on-demand business & financials strategy support for hospitality businesses from launch, until they're ready for a full-time Finance Director/CFO. From business plan support to a general sounding board or just someone to explain what your numbers ACTUALLY mean - White Doe can provide the support you need, without the full-time CFO price tag.

In this session we will cover:

1) Understanding how much cash you've actually got and having a plan for any deferred debt (rent, VAT, PAYE etc.) that you've got.

Cash is king - there's no two ways about it. Virtually every business will be reopening with some form of deferred debt, be that rent, VAT or PAYE. Make sure there is a plan agreed on how to pay this back and also know what your business targets need to be in order to stay afloat AND repay these debts.

Bottom line - it's about having a clear picture of your actual financial situation, which means you can commit to repayment plans with your eyes wide open.

2) Deciding on your pandemic pivots

Pandemic pivots may have worked well during the pandemic, but with your operations reopening and more consumer choice, does it still make sense?

3) Set your business up for success when it reopens

Between deferred debt and loss profits from the pandemic, every business should focus on squeezing every £ of profit out of its sales when it reopens. Things to do now to put yourself in the position to do that.

Join us to celebrate International Women’s Day with a quiz to end all zoom quizzes (one can hope?)

Hosted by L.O.R founder, Natalia Ribbe with special guests AND a cocktail making session with Artesian’s own, Anna Sebastian.

We’ll have three rounds of quizzing…

A ‘Guess where we are’ round, where you will have to spot where Natalia is eating or drinking - so brush up on those famous hot spot interiors and exteriors!

A ‘What am I?’ round where some of the leading women in our industry will give you clues about an ingredient, place, thing or beverage and you have to guess what it is!

And finally The Masked Hospitality Heroine - You will be given clues all throughout, and at the end we will reveal…THE MASKED HOSPITALITY HEROINE! Can you guess who it is under the mask?

There will be a prizes for;

1. Best Party Food! Make sure you take a photo of your spread, tag @ladiesofrestaurants #thelorquizshow and we will pick our favourite.

2. Best Team Name - you know what to do.

3. Best toast - you’ll have two moments to cheers with your Grey Goose cocktails by Anna Sebastian, what’s your one liner toast to say to the audience?

Your ticket is £10 and includes TWO Grey Goose cocktails.

A bit of housekeeping:

1. We will be hosting this as a webinar on ZOOM - that means you can see us, but we cannot see you.

2. We will go through the running order on the night, this will include rules and a chance to answer any questions you have beforehand!

3. You can be on the same team in different households - we reccommend starting a whatsapp group to communicate or keep each other on face time!

4. No cheating please :) We won’t know if you do, but takes away the fun of it all!

5. The whole evening should run for no more than 90 minutes - nobody like a quiz that drags on too long!

6. Bonus points if you dress up in fancy dress, a ballgown, chef whites - just make sure you tag @ladiesofrestaurants so we can see you!

   Can’t wait to play THE L.O.R QUIZ SHOW!

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