Talk openly.
Share what is working, what isn't and what you wish someone had told you sooner.
The Common Table / KIN
Less networking.
More talking.
Good hospitality people around a table. Proper conversation. Useful takeaways.
Get me a seat →
What it isn't
No stages.
No speeches.
No nonsense.
No stages full of people telling operators how easy everything is.
No collecting business cards because apparently that's networking.
Just good hospitality people around a table, talking openly about what's working, what isn't, and what might help.
What happens at the table
Come with
something real.
The Common Table is designed around the issues operators are actually dealing with now.
Ask proper questions.
Bring the problem that's taking up space in your head.
Learn from operators.
The room matters more than the presentation.
Leave with something useful.
A contact. An idea. A better question. A next move.
Around the table
Your people.
Independent hospitality operators who understand the job because they're doing it too.
Restaurants. Bars. Cafés. Pubs. Hotels. Bakeries. Coffee shops. Small groups. Owner-operators.
From different businesses and different parts of Scotland, but dealing with many of the same realities.
Community over competition.
How a Common Table works
Small enough
to talk.
The right room
We keep Tables deliberately useful rather than trying to make them enormous.
A real topic
Every Table starts with something worth talking about, not something we need to sell.
Good food
We're hospitality people. The table itself should matter.
Proper conversation
Less presenting. More listening, asking and sharing.
Upcoming Tables
Coming
soon.
We're building the first Common Table programme now.
Register your interest and we'll let you know when the next table is ready.
Next Common Table
Date / location to be announced
Register interest →
Pull up a chair
Get me
a seat.
Tell us who you are.
We'll keep you in the loop as Common Tables are announced. KIN members will receive priority access where places are limited.
