On-Trade Consultancy is a bespoke hospitality consultancy working with innovative drinks brands, technology, and hospitality service companies, within the UK.
OTC collaborates with clients that have just received their first round of funding through to established businesses that require scaling across specific sectors. OTC enables accessibility to a collective forum of like-minded experienced consultants, advisors, and partners that share a passion and desire to enable collaborative success.
OTC’s team of consultants, geographically mapped across the UK brings a wealth of invaluable sector experience, skills and C-Suite networks developed & gleaned from careers across the hospitality space.
Together OTC finds solutions for those who can’t find solutions in the traditional marketplace.
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About Us
On-Trade Consultancy
On-Trade Consultancy are a bespoke hospitality agency working with some of the top technology and drink brands in the UK. On-Trade work with early stage start-ups who have just received their first round of funding through to more established businesses that need help on larger sales accounts. Our team have over 20 years’ experience in the hospitality industry.
Our Services
Our consulting services focus on our clients' most critical issues and opportunities
Advisory
Consult with venture capitalist and private equity companies on opportunities for investment, give impartial advice to HNW individuals.
Business Development
On-Trade focus on larger multi-site venues to grow our client businesses quickly, often acting in a Senior Sales Director role.
Event Management
Webinars, workshops, corporate dinners and social events. We have over 20 years’ experience in this field matching the right prospects with clients.
Funding
We help brands with creating a dynamic investment deck and have HNW individuals we can connect you with when appropriate.
New Product Marketing
Help brands bring a product to market in the on-trade, from website development, branding, setting up all the marketing structures including social media and Shopify stores.
Relationship Management
As part of the retainer fee, On-Trade will manage the client relationships particularly when companies only have a small sales team in place.
Drink Clients
Tech Clients
Hospitality Services
Charity Partners
Preferred Suppliers
Smart Learning Solutions
Smart learning Solutions enable sales training and leadership capability to improve business results - FAST. They offer a comprehensive range of sales training and capability development programmes which can start anywhere on the path from recruitment to management, encompassing tools such as motivational mapping to ensure your sales force and managers get the best from each other.
All Chilled
All Chilled’s highly skilled and experienced team provide services across all aspects of draught dispense installation through to air conditioning, refrigeration and cellar services. They have many independent locations throughout the UK that deliver cost effective solutions for all your specific needs – 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. A keen eye for detail coupled with a “can do” approach means All Chilled are the first and obvious choice for their extensive and loyal base of clients.
Klynk
Helping brands grow within the off trade! Based in London, Klynk work closely with new and disruptor brands connecting them to retailers and shoppers.
Avani Solutions
The UK draft beer quality consultants. Call Avani Solutions for professional beer line cleaning, cellar services, beer line cleaning products and training.
The Event Academy
The Event Academy teach the only Event Management courses accredited by the globally recognised Chartered Institute of Marketing. Providing live courses from their home in London and flexible online studying options across a variety of academic levels including Postgraduate, Diploma, Foundation Certificate & Degree Alternative.
Jupiter
Jupiter International is a joint venture company with Redstrike offering physical and digital solutions ‘Phygital’ to the sports, events, retail and property sectors globally.
Bugle
For the last 20+ years Bugle have created exceptional events, campaigns, content and infamous stunts for some of the biggest brands in the world.
Mongoose
Mongoose is an integrated sports & entertainment marketing agency, with a global footprint, that creates new opportunities to connect with brands.
Casual Dining
The definitive restaurant, pub and bar event. The only UK trade show dedicated to the casual dining sector.
Lassou
We are an online marketplace dedicated to connecting passionate people with high-quality independent drinks makers.
Strategic Partners
Bums on Seats
The UK’s largest outsourced sales agency for the hospitality industry offering pubs, bars and restaurants across the UK pre-booked sales audits, industry leading Hospitality sales training, planning, consultancy and white label sales teams in venue.
Langton Capital
Mark Brumby’s daily hospitality newsletter is an insightful financial resource from one of the UK’s most well respected analysts. To read the daily note and sign up to receive it via email, click on the blue button below.
KAM Media
At the forefront of providing insight, trends and content creation for UK hospitality and grocery retail channels. KAM Media are a one-stop shop solution that can delivery the perfect research package for your requirements.
Hospitality Jobs UK (HJUK)
Hospitality Jobs UK is the fastest growing job board specifically for the hospitality sector. Working closely with clients, big and small from hotels, pubs & bars, contract catering, casual dining, restaurants, leisure and coffee shops. Hospitality Jobs UK offer easy advertising solutions, raising their employer brand and giving them access to candidates.
The London Bar Consultants
Consulting and training in the hospitality sector for the past 10 years, with a number of bars of their own The London Bar Consultants is headed up by Lewis Hayes.
British Institute of Innkeeping
The BII is the leading independent membership organisation for professionals working in the licensed trade. With a network of over 9,000, we inspire, develop and support our members and their business to thrive.
Strategic Events Partner
Health and Wellbeing Partner
HRC
Hotel, Restaurant & Catering (HRC) is the UK’s leading business event for hospitality & foodservice professionals. Visitors will test, taste, and discover the latest product innovations from 500+ suppliers across food & drink, professional kitchen equipment, technology, interiors & tabletop.
Healthy Hospo
Healthy Hospo is a not-for-profit organisation with the dream of a healthier, happier hospitality industry. We work across the globe, so wherever you are, and whatever your role in this amazing industry we call hospo, you can count on us to help.
Client Testimonials
Fountain
On-Trade Consultancy have been instrumental in helping Fountain set up RTM as we launch our hard seltzer brand into the UK. They have guided us with a focused plan to deliver the best results from our target audience in the UK on-trade. We would highly recommend OTC to any brand looking to enter into and expand within the hospitality industry.
Fadi Shuman
Kobas
OTC have some of the best networks and access in the industry. They open doors that would have otherwise been impossible, and their advocacy allows us to start relationships with new clients at a more advanced stage. They understand our business which ensure a really high quality of introduction.
James O’Sullivan
Cracker Drinks Co. Limited
It is wonderful to work with OTC.They continue to build a strong and powerful team, made up of individuals with a wealth of knowledge and experience of the on-trade