A new Pictish-themed pub at the Orchardbank business park, just off the A90, will create 45 new jobs, it was announced.
The Dunnichen Stone pub, which is being built by Marston’s Inns and Taverns, is scheduled to open this year on November 11.
The manager for the Forfar pub has already been hired and general recruitment is expected to take place at the beginning of next week.
“We’re just over two months away from opening and this is an exciting time for the pub,” said Cheryl Evans, human resources director at Marston’s Inns and Taverns.
“We believe that when it’s open on November 11, the pub will be a hub for the community that will not only offer great food and drink but also excellent value for money and fantastic customer service.”
Marston’s are promising to provide comprehensive training programmes to all new staff to help ensure that they are ready for the pub’s opening.
Training will include an intensive seven-day pre-opening programme focused on job-specific tasks for both front of house and kitchen staff.
Dunnichen Stone staff will also have the opportunity to undertake five e-learning courses in food hygiene, health and safety, licensing, first aid and fire safety awareness.
The courses can lead to two nationally-recognised qualifications level two food hygiene and level two health and safety. In addition, modern apprenticeships and National Vocational Qualifications are also on offer.
The Dunnichen Stone will cater for 180 diners, offering rotisserie meals as well as a range of classic pub dishes.
The pub will be the second new development at the Orchardbank site, which already houses Angus Council’s headquarters, Angus House, and a McDonald’s restaurant.
A KFC is also scheduled as an incoming tenant at the site and it is hoped that this, alongside the pub, will create around 80 new jobs in the area.
Angus Council and the Muir Group developed the £2.5 million business park, with 69 acres of serviced land, adjacent to the dual carriageway.
The pub, which will be Marston’s fourth franchise in Scotland, derives its name from the 1,400-year-old Pictish lith that was discovered in Angus in 1811 and is on display at the Meffan Institute in Forfar.
The historic stone is of rough sandstone and is incised on one face with three symbols: a Pictish flower, a double disc and z-rod and a mirror and comb.
While the double disc, z-rod and mirror and comb motifs are fairly common and exist together elsewhere, the flower is relatively rare.
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