With a range of further appointments, The Buell Group now stands out as the go to advisory and service resource for owners, operators, developers and investors in the global Hospitality and Leisure space.
Roddy Watt, Chief Executive, The Buell Group commented:
“With these recent appointments, The Buell Group is now even more firmly established at the heart of the hospitality industry, helping our clients drive sales, cut costs, develop their talent pipeline, boost employee performance and improve retention, raise funds for start-ups, acquisition and development and increase their profits.”
Appointment of Charles Prew
Charles Prew (pictured above) has been appointed to the Buell Group Board with immediate effect and continues as Managing Director of Hotels for the Group. He has enjoyed a distinguished career in the hotel industry working with companies including Hilton International, Jarvis Hotels, Puma Hotels, and Von Essen, specialising in both building businesses and turning around those in trouble.
Charles Prew commented: “Withover 50 years of senior management and director level expertise in the hospitality industry, I am delighted to have been appointed to the Buell Board. The Buell Group is without doubt a unique, dynamic and expert resource for the industry and I look forward to offering the benefit of my own experience to our wide range of clients.”
10 new Business Partners
1. Novalign
Novalign is a specialist in the field of Recruitment Process Outsourcing and acts as the recruitment arm for many of the UK’s most forward thinking companies. Working across a range of industry sectors including Hospitality and Leisure, they act for companies including: Loch Fyne Restaurants, Greene King and Tom’s Kitchen.
2. MG Sales Performance
MG Sales Performance is the UK’s only sales performance specialist challenging sales leaders in hospitality and travel to THINK and ACT differently to achieve outstanding sales performance.
3. The Tender Management Company offers independent tendering for multi-site hospitality groups specialising in identifying saving opportunities to ultimately reduce costs and increase profitability with no compromise on quality or service.
4. Shakers
Shakers has been established since 2001 and today are a global leader in the development of bar concepts. They have created drinks concepts and training programs for pubs, bars, restaurants, hotels, group and national operators, airlines, cruise liners, yachts including some of the best bars on the planet and have worked for: Jumeirah Hotels (Dubai), Westin Hotels (Dubai), (Antibes), Nightjar (London) and The Hyatt Churchill (London).
5. The Touch Agency
Based in Edinburgh, The Touch Agency is a leader in the field of brand creation and brand development. Their collective skills cover everything from the development of brand identity, graphic design and copywriting to illustration and digital design, but at the heart of each project lies clear and effective communication. Clients include Tescos, The Edinburgh Festival and The Montpelier Group.
6. Whitebridge Hospitality
Whitebridge is a lead advisory firm in the hospitality sector. The focus on advising for investors, developers and operators around the globe with a particular expertise in the development of national tourism strategies and the project management of complex resorts. They assist clients through the entire lifecycle of an asset’s evolution, and across the hospitality spectrum.
7. Fox PR (foxpr.co.uk)
Fox PR is a boutique PR company working exclusively in the luxury travel and hotel markets. They deliver exceptional results in the area of high quality, strategic public relations. Fox PR keep it simple ensuring the development of effective relationship between the client’s brand and the media.
8. Footfall Analytics Limited
Footfall Analytics measure ‘dwell’ time and customer behaviour in public spaces (hotels, retail, restaurants) via incumbent CCTV technology. With the data subsequently captured using thermal imaging technology, they are able to advise on the redesign of space to optimize sales performance.
9. Areen Design Services
Areen Design are a world leader in the field of architecture and design within the hotel and hospitality areas of the market. Their experience encompasses renovations, mixed-use developments and new construction encompassing hotels, restaurants, leisure and retail.
10. JDR Recruitment
JDR Recruitment isa boutique management recruitment company specialising in the hospitality industry with a specific focus on hotels and senior culinary appointments. The small but very highly experienced team at JDR has over 60 years of hands-on recruitment knowledge to put at the disposal of clients.
3 new Business Associates:
1. Gordon Lyle
Gordon combines his significant knowledge of hospitality and customer service operations with his experience at Board level leading HR functions across Europe for some of the sectors most respected organisations including Hilton International and Starbucks. As a highly qualified executive coach and facilitator of boards, teams and individuals his focus is to support clients as they seek to distinguish themselves from their competition, helping to map the journey that takes them from the ordinary to the extra-ordinary.
2. Clive Viner
Clive is a hotelier who has also worked in the pub sector. With particular experience in hotel development, he was responsible for introducing Holiday Inn Express to the UK. He has been responsible for over 60 new hotel openings and redevelopment projects and has worked for InterContinental Hotels, Crest Hotels, and Mitchells & Butler.
3. David Curtis-Brignell
David has had a distinguished career in the hospitality and hotel sector spanning three decades. He has a wealth of experience of sales and marketing and hotel development having headed up both functions for Millennium & Copthorne. He was also CEO of Flag International Hotels and is the immediate past Chairman of the Tourism Society. He has also worked for the English Tourist Board and for Best Western International.
Selection of Projects in which Buell is engaged
Today, Buell and its partners are engaged on 6 continents and are dealing with a huge range of clients of all sizes from Governments to major hotel and restaurant chains, resort and leisure developers and operators, and many much smaller businesses.
To provide some idea of the scope of what we do, we have hand-picked just a taster of some of the projects we and our Group are involved in today…
Areen Hospitality Design is currently engaged in building what will be the largest hotel in the world in Makkah with 6,000 rooms and 72 restaurants…
Online modules built by Flow Hospitality Training are being used to train many of the Games Makers at the Commonwealth Games, Glasgow 2014 and the Ryder Cup…
Buell Talent has recently recruited the entire management team and 70 team members as the re-opening team of the iconic Dormy House Hotel and Spa in the south west of England…
Right Side of the Brain design agency is currently working on the brand identity and new website for Nicola Adams, the first ever female Olympic Boxing champion in history…
Shaker Consultancy are leading the charge on the development of the F&B concepts and implementation of offer and training for the largest casino in Europe currently being built in the UK which includes 8 restaurants and bars and over 300 personnel…
The Hotel Marketing Company has been charged with introducing the Union Pay credit card into UK Hotels & Restaurants. 3.1bn Asian (including Chinese) people use Union Pay as commonly as Europeans and Americans use Visa or MasterCard…
Procure Wizard has recently been appointed to provide full ‘Purchase2Pay’ compliance to Jupiter Hotels, and helping them get ready for the change in allergy legislation using the PW kitchen management solution…
Lark Insurance’s in-house Risk Management Team oversaw the renovation project at the Caledonian Waldorf Astoria Hilton in Edinburgh, providing advice on Physical Security, Fire Protections (Including the redesign of the Sprinkler System) and all aspects of Health and Safety…
Wisetiger is enabling 1Life to be the UK’s first group of leisure centres to take membership and pay-as-you-go bookings online - from mobiles, tablets and PC’s alike. Book & pay, whenever or wherever you are….
Buell Consult has recently been responsible for the appointment of Optimum Hotel Management as the new operator of the 80 bedroom Belmont Hotel in Leicester…
TBDA’s Data Detectives expertise is being embraced by the Krispy Kreme UK company to build sales volumes of tasty, memorable ‘doughnut tower’ treats to key hospitality & leisure events e.g. for weddings, corporate conferences and social business functions…
LaunchPad Recruits Strengths-Based Video Selection technology is used by Microsoft to short-list from 4000 Graduates keen to be a part of their MACH programme in the UK, and soon to be used globally…
iHotelligence’s PMS is being used by Exxon, the largest oil company in the world to manage all room allocations globally on its oil camps…
Revenue by Design is currently coaching the revenue team at the 2014 Cateys Independent Hotel of the Year, The Atlantic Hotel…
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For further information contact Roddy Watt on 08436 583245, roddy.watt@buellconsult.co.uk or Camilla Woods on 07958 598186, camilla.woods@buellconsult.co.uk
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