Your Business Development Partner is your main point of contact and will work closely with you to develop your business for the benefit of you and Hall & Woodhouse. They are your personal business consultant and can advise you on everything from pub investments to the latest trend analysis. Your Business Development Partner will see you at the frequency you request but no less than once every 12 weeks.
PAUL BUNTING
Head of Business Partnerships Operations
Paul has worked in the Business Partnerships team since January 2004, previously as Head of Property Investment and Safety. He took on responsibility for the Business Partnerships division in March 2023 and is enjoying the variety that his role offers, as well as using his extensive experience at H&W to support the BDPs and Business Partners.
Ian joined H&W in January 2019, with extensive experience in the pub and hospitality industry over the last 25 years. Ian’s area covers the coastal strip from Poole and Wimborne in Dorset, through Hampshire, to Worthing in W.Sussex. Ian’s industry experience includes working as an Area Manager for Whitbread Inns and Punch, and running his own small pub company with a colleague.
Foggy has left and returned to H&W 3 times now! He first joined in 2001 as a Business Partner, and has been involved in our Managed estate as a Regional Manager and most recently as ‘Head of Country Pubs’. Foggy has extensive experience in the pub, leisure and hospitality industries, having previously worked with Bass, Whitbread, Allied and Top Rank. His area covers predominantly W.Sussex.
Scott joined H&W as GM of The Smugglers Inn, Weymouth in 2010, and has since run several large H&W managed pubs and been a Regional Manager for the South West. Scott has a wealth of experience in the hospitality industry, spanning over 30 years; working his way up from washing pots, to studying hospitality management, working in the casual dining sector and running his own hotel and pub business.
All of our Business Development Partners have a minimum of 5 years’ experience in the licensed trade industry or have been educated to degree level. Within the first 24 months of their appointment, they are required to undertake appropriate training including; application of the UK Pub Sector Tenanted Code (1-499 Tied Pubs), procedures for rent reviews and production of Fair Maintainable Rent assessments. To ensure their skills and knowledge remain up to date, our Business Development Partners undertake appropriate training courses to ensure that they are always best placed to provide you with the support you require.
Approximately two weeks prior to the date on which you take occupation of your pub, we will arrange for you to meet with your Business Development Partner for a Pre-Change Meeting.
At this meeting, you will discuss:
The first year in your new pub will be the most challenging, as you are getting to grips with building your business and managing all your overheads and cash flow effectively. To aid your journey you will have a structured program of visits throughout your first year. During these visits our Business Development Partners will assess how the business is progressing and agree any further action or support you require.
Your Business Development Partner will conduct business development meetings (BDM’s) with you with standardised agendas at the end of months one, three, six, nine and twelve, to review your progress, in addition to their normal routine visits. These meetings will be minuted and you will receive a copy of these minutes detailing agreed discussion points and actions.
Kirdford, Billingshurst, West Sussex RH14 0ND
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Bleke Street, Shaftesbury, Dorset SP7 8JZ
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Cranborne, Wimborne, Dorset, BH21 5PP
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