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What mobile or pop-up bar services can I hire for events?
Members recommend **Rapid Bars** as a mobile bar option, with positive feedback from community members who have used them. Other mobile bar operators mentioned at industry events include **Elephant** and **Artisan Drinks**, which members encountered at what appear to be trade shows or industry gatherings. For enquiries, reaching out directly to these services or asking for referrals within the community is the typical approach.
What process should be followed to conduct health and safety risk assessments for mobile bar operations at events?
For a first mobile bar event, the event organiser will typically request formal Health & Safety and Fire risk assessments. Members recommend starting with a template rather than building from scratch. **Risk assessment templates** (such as the 2019 version shared in the community) are available and can be adapted to your specific setup, significantly reducing the time needed to produce a compliant document. If you're new to the process, reaching out to other members who have already completed assessments for similar operations is the quickest route—many are willing to share their completed assessments as a starting point, which is much faster than creating one from blank.