Today could be very important....

Yes it could be. It could potentially be the first big step into the future.

No secret that we've been on the look out for a pub to take on and get ourselves immersed in and today we meet up with a business advisor who will be offering us advice and guidance on two premises that are both local and affordable.

Been swatting up on my licensing regulations in preparation for sitting the personal license test in order to gain the award that every person must have to be able to have their name above the door. Lots of stuff there that I knew already but plenty of newly introduced regulations and amendments that I wasn't aware of at all. The test should be at the end of the month.

In hindsight we should have both taken it as soon as we decided that our future lay in the industry because once gained the license lasts for 10 years and it would have been nice to be able to say to a landlord or brewery that we had the necessary qualifications and licenses already but the latest developments have come pretty quickly.

Well that is really all I can say about the situation at the moment. Don't want to get too excited about anything quite yet as it's still speculation and we've not even considered how we are going to be raising the initial funding because we're not sure what that figure will be. Hopefully we'll find out tonight and fingers crossed that it will be achievable.