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CPL Learning

eLearning courses designed for pubs & bars 

Our pub eLearning courses are designed for licensees and their employees.

Covering everything from pub management and compliance training to guest experience and personal development, our courses - delivered on the Access CPL Learning platform - give you and your team all the knowledge and skills you need to run your pub business safely and successfully.

Training courses for every member of your team 

Behind every successful pub or bar is a well-trained and happy team.

With over 30 years developing and delivering training to pub & bar operators, Access CPL Learning’s e-learning courses have been fine-tuned to provide you with everything you need to successfully manage your pub and train your employees. All of our pub training courses are delivered through the Access CPL Learning platform, allowing you to complete them in your own time while tracking compliance rates across your estate and delivering all necessary training.

Get the best from your employees

Our training courses for bar staff have been carefully crafted to help you get the best from your employees and deliver exceptional guest experiences. 

Alcohol Licensing Accreditation

We offer a range of courses that cover topics related to alcohol licensing in England, Wales and Scotland. This includes accredited personal license qualifications endorsed by CPD and The Institute of Hospitality.

Personal Development

Our pubs and bar courses provide individuals with a range of skills to assist with their personal development, increase team motivation and engagement, as well as fostering career progression. 

Employee Wellbeing

Not only is employee wellbeing the key to the happiness of your team, but it is also the key to retention. We offer a selection of courses focusing on the wellbeing of your team including raising awareness of mental health.

Health & Safety Assured

Access CPL Learning’s courses cover everything from first aid to food safety and allergen awareness, so you can be confident your team is fully trained to keep themselves and others safe at work and that your company is legally compliant.

Help your team to thrive

Our customers have access to over 80 courses, enabling them to guarantee every team member has the right courses available to them, to help them thrive in their role and deliver exceptional customer experiences.  

Some of our pub and bar courses include:

Pub and bar eLearning courses to empower your team

Our pub and bar training and management courses provide numerous benefits to help you deliver top-quality training to your team.

Customer Success Story: Namco Funscape

Dive into the success story of Namco Funscape (Part of BNAE), where the implementation of CPL Learning revolutionized their training process.

The results speak for themselves: Namco Funscape saw a 97% compliance score across the business for the induction programme.  

Whether you're a small business or a large enterprise, this case study is a must-read for anyone looking to take their hospitality training to the next level. 

Delivered on our hospitality LMS

The Access Hospitality LMS is a learning & development platform that has been designed to deliver a more engaging learning experience for team members. Improve engagement and reduce employee turnover by providing development opportunities.

With Access LMS hospitality software, you can deliver learning in the same way through a user-orientated digital platform, accessible on any device and offering a user-friendly, intelligent interface.

Pub and Bar eLearning Courses FAQs

What courses are needed to run a pub?

When it comes to pub management, there are a number of essential skills and knowledge you’ll need, such as finance & planning, stock control, employment law and cellar management.

Our eLearning courses cover all of the key areas you need to clue up on in order to successfully run a pub.

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Can I tailor my training plans to an employees job function?

Yes, Access CPL Learning offers courses for all job roles within the pub & bar sector.

You can assign mandatory training courses such as ‘Allergen Laws’ or ‘Fire Safety’, and let your team select additional courses that they find interesting - ‘Beer Styles’ or ‘Gin & the Perfect Pairing’, for example.

How do I track the progress of an employees training?

Our pub and bar courses on Access CPL Learning give you full visibility of completed courses on an individual level, by site and by region; giving you a complete overview of mandatory and optional course completion rates.

Explore our hospitality solutions

Industry leading hospitality software to drive efficiencies, improve profit margins and reduce administration time

Simplify the customer experience and increase speed of service with hospitality EPoS, kitchen display system and mobile order and pay system

Track every guest interaction to create a powerful Single Customer View with hospitality CRM

Control your procurement process with complete visibility of expenditure for maximum savings with purchase to pay software, menu management software and food waste software

Drive more bookings, raise your venue’s profile and generate more sales with hospitality reservation and table booking software

Manage your tickets and guest administration, promotions and sales of any kind of event with ticketing software

Simplify and automate employee management with HR software for hospitality, payroll and hospitality LMS

Easy-to-use online gift voucher management software that allows you to make extra sales in your bar, restaurant or hotel with no set up costs.

Replace your paper processes with digital checklists and record logs 

Automate workflow, reduce paperwork and make speedy fixes with property maintenance software