{"id":117,"date":"2017-10-24T14:45:46","date_gmt":"2017-10-24T13:45:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.huntmanagementsolutions.co.uk\/blog\/?p=117"},"modified":"2017-10-24T14:46:36","modified_gmt":"2017-10-24T13:46:36","slug":"shhh-christmas-coming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.huntmanagementsolutions.co.uk\/blog\/shhh-christmas-coming\/","title":{"rendered":"Shhh, Christmas is coming!"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Christmas<\/p>\n

As no doubt we will shortly start to experience Christmas shop displays and countless toy ads on TV…. don\u2019t forget that it’s time to start planning for the festive break!<\/p>\n

Have you got your menu published & promoted? Have you sorted out staffing? What about your drinks stock order for the Christmas and New Year period?<\/strong><\/p>\n

No time like the present to get ahead before the Festive period gets in to full swing.<\/p>\n

With this in mind, why don’t you also check out our 9 Christmas stocktaking tips<\/a><\/strong>\u00bb<\/p>\n

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As no doubt we will shortly start to experience Christmas shop displays and countless toy ads on TV…. don\u2019t forget that it’s time to start planning for the festive break! Have you got your menu published & promoted? Have you sorted out staffing? What about your drinks stock order for the Christmas and New Year period? No time like the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"Shhh, Christmas is coming!","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false},"categories":[4],"tags":[110,109,78,7,8],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"\nShhh, Christmas is coming! Getting ready for the festive season<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Have you got your menu published & promoted? Have you sorted out staffing? 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