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PYO EnergyCo-Founder
Feb. 2023Brighton, England, United KingdomPYO Energy is an independent commercial energy procurement company committed to revolutionising how businesses navigate the energy market. We believe businesses deserve greater power and transparency when managing their energy needs. And our system puts the power back into their hands. Our platform's user-friendly interface returns this power to businesses that can now see real-time quotes from most of the energy suppliers in the market. Once they have picked the best option for their business, they can proceed with the contract with their chosen supplier in just a few minutes.
Owens EntertainmentCo-Founder
Jan. 2021 - Mar. 2023United KingdomWorking in tandem with the other CO founder, we sort investment to open large family entertainment centres in town and city centres by utilising the increasing amount of redundant former retail spaces. After securing initial investment, in late 2021 and agreeing on the first site, throughout 2022 we developed the centre and project managed the build from start to finish. And in October 2022 we opened the first such centre in Hastings, having converted a former Debenhams store into an entertainment centre which houses within its 80,000 square feet 20+ different attractions supported by 5 food and beverage outlets. As a result, I now have the blueprint and have developed a precise and exciting way forward repurposing many large former retail spaces into vibrant, exciting entertainment centres. Bringing purpose and much-needed visitor numbers back into town and city centres.
Wrighton ConsultingFounder
May. 2019 - May. 2024Brighton, United KingdomWrighton Consulting is a business consultancy designed to help clients develop and grow either their business thoughts and ideas in to new businesses or to help existing companies develop and grow. For new businesses I bring my considerable commercial acumen to the fore and through feasibility studies and detailed analysis, I assist them in producing clear and concise business plans and all financial reports budgets for their enterprise. For existing businesses, I bring the same experience to their aid, and through detailed evaluation I look so present a range of idea and solutions. So often the building blocks are there, but they are not necessarily in the right order, it often just takes someone outside to bring these to the fore I can implement change but not for change’s sake, quite often only minor adjustments to an existing business, can bring transformative results. Mentoring and developing staff is also crucial, allowing them to use and develop their initiative will often be a huge benefit to a company's future, I believe in building capability, not dependency.
Manning Hotel Consulting Hospitality Specialist
Jan. 2019 - Apr. 2024Brighton, United KingdomI am dedicated, passionate and proactive hospitality professional, with an innate ability to communicate at all levels, with over 30 years’ experience. Seamlessly able to focus on the customer’s experience and expectation, adding and developing new revenue streams & improve existing, all while keeping a practised eye on the bottom line and managing financials. We have seen the way people use hotels, change immeasurably over the last 20 years or so. The result is that many hotels have never been busier, however when it comes to profitability that is in almost all cases an entirely different matter. I have an intuitive instinct for business development and identifying efficiencies. Being able to analyse markets & pick up on trends, introduce market sizing, utilise analysis and information to seek out business opportunities and drive efficiencies, to think inside and outside of the box, visualise and uncover hidden, latent potential are all definitive skills I possess. So I look forward to offering my services to many new clients.
Lowy Group formally the Vienna GroupCommercial Director
Aug. 1998 - Jan. 2019London Area, United KingdomI have held various positions within the company from Rooms Division Manager of the Best Western Linton Lodge Hotel Oxford to General manager of the Kings Hotel Brighton, General Manager Best Western Burns Hotel Kensington, Sales Director of the Vienna Group, through to cluster General Manager in Brighton, as well as Commercial Director for the Group.
Station hotel InvernessDeputy General Manager
Jan. 1998 - Jun. 1998Here for only a short time but transformed this hotel *Produced the hotels most profitable month in its history (in a February) by tranforming is reservations and sales strategy.
* solved a chronic summer over booking situation caused by an ex employee
* computerised the hotel * and set in motion a set of standard and procedures that still endure today
The Howard HotelReception Manager
Oct. 1994 - Nov. 1997Five star hotel with a real focus on customer care. Over saw a jump in Annual occupancy from below 45% leaping to over 75% and was prevented from increasing further sa the senior management did not want to change the dynamic of the hotel over the weekends which had always been very quiet
Forte HotelsChef De Brigade & Night Manager
Feb. 1991 - Sep. 1993Worked for a year at the Waldorf Hotel London ( 1993 -1994) as Chef De Brigade (front desk Shift Leader) in this incredibly busy and iconic hotel which had re opened having just completed a multi Million £ refurbishment Prior to that I was night manager at the Fore Posthouse South Mimms. Here I piloted on behalf of the company something we called Yield management it was a tool head office and I tried to put the finishing touches on before it was eventually rolled out across the group, now yield management is everywhere and a mainly automated system linked in to lotus 123. little did I know that this six month test would ultimately be an omnipresent tool in our future. I do feel some sense of responsibility and wished I had copyrighted it as well
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