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Driving down costs
Phil Aitken is a director of the newly formed Golf Management Group, and here he explains how GMG can help clubs keep their operating costs down
Published:  21 June, 2011

We know golf clubs across UK are battling to keep their costs down, while still delivering an excellent service. That’s why we formed the Golf Management Group (GMG), a golf club buying alliance dedicated to reducing UK golf clubs operating costs.

The idea is simple yet effective. By creating an alliance between hundreds of golf clubs and suppliers, individual clubs can now take advantage of discounts and savings normally reserved for the multi-national organisations or hotel chains.

We do not dictate where golf clubs buy from, and nor do we get involved in the payment process between club and supplier, thereby ensuring golf clubs keep their independence. However, by utilising the collective spend of the clubs in the group we have secured preferential terms with leading suppliers across almost every category of expenditure. As a result, we can guarantee to significantly reduce the expenditure of any golf club.

Within months we have signed over 100 clubs in the north-west from Open Championship venues to nine-hole municipal courses, and the success has led us to roll-out the scheme nationally.

We charge a subscription fee of just £149 per annum and provide a digital manual of approved suppliers with savings and preferential terms in over 40 product categories, from a simple scorecard to the latest in machinery technology.

With many blue chip companies – such as ADT Security, 3663 Food, Office Depot, Circle Insurance, Travis Perkins – plus market-leading breweries and machinery suppliers – we’ve made it a no-brainer for clubs of all sizes.

We are so confident that we can reduce clubs costs that we guarantee that if we do not demonstrate a saving of at least double a club’s annual subscription fee, we will provide them with a full refund.

www.golfmanagementgroup.co.uk




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