What we do

25 Years of experience

Fai Watu Ltd has existed as an Event Bar and Licensing company since 2010 and has been involved in some of the UK’s most famous and successful festivals as well as some not so successful ones.

Since its beginnings Fai Watu has grown as a business and is now - over and above the 25 years of experience of its Director Michael Havard - able to utilise the skills of many other industry experts. This includes, cocktail specialists, skilled logistics planners and experienced staffing recruitment & vetting teams. Most importantly, we have extensive experience in managing licence application with local councils.

We know what to do and who to turn to if we don’t.

We believe that there are certain key things, which you have control over, that will help make your event bar operate as efficiently as possible.

OUR AIMS

01 Wherever possible use good quality local suppliers.

02 Bring a highly qualified core build crew.

03 Recruit and hire a strong bar team, using the local communities were we can.

04 Don’t rob Peter to pay Paul, your GP will always reflect it.

1.

We at Fai Watu work closely with the event producers to manage all aspects of an event bar. This can be broken down into the following three key parts

Pre Event

Source and manage the most appropriate range of products for your customers.
Manage full SOR stock deals with all suppliers.
Create and set a complete drinks list with fully Budgeted pricing and work with the till and data management company to keep the event team appraised in real time.
Work with the event producers, the local authority & policing when managing licence applications.
Interview, VET & hire all bar staff and required crew.
Fully train and manage all staff, making sure they are fully licence/H&S compliant with your event.
Prepare a full SOW (Schedule of works) for the event bars team and make sure that it dovetails with your own event production team.
Hire all other required equipment for the bars area within the event.

2.

On-site

Coordinating my team and all suppliers to make sure they comply with the SOW.
Managing last minute changes (there are ALWAYS changes).
Over-seeing all build and training of the team.
Managing all aspects of licensing compliance and H&S sign offs.
Signing of all bar spaces with event production & linking all relevant team members into Event control.
Continuously reviewing and monitoring the information flow in regards to stock and sales and making sure we are able to maximise profits and minimise wastage. .
Managing the de-rig to a pre-approved plan and in the quickest time possible.
Signing off with event production and making sure all stock is returned and sales information confirmed and agreed.

3.

Post Event

At this point we then sit down and conduct a full event bar review with the following key parts taking into consideration;

Over-all GP’s and where this can be improved.
All supplier contracts and compliance.
Licensee review and feedback from local licence officers.
Confirming with the event finance department that all bills are settled and all returns have been agreed.
Reviewing areas of improvement for the following year - customer satisfaction, service speeds and drinks ranges, bar placements and positions and over all budget management.
Setting of time-lines for the following year.