Profile: Hamish Grey, chief executive of the Scottish Golf Union
After a career in sports management, New Zealand-born Hamish Grey moved to Scotland in 1998 and saw the job of more…
Sunday, March 18th, 2012 1 Comment »The Clubhouse
Tips on how golf clubs can secure loans from lenders
Bank managers reputedly spend a lot of time on golf courses, but not, it would seem, on trying to gain more…
Sunday, March 18th, 2012 1 Comment »Will members receive a windfall if they sell their club?
In a recent issue of Golf Club Management, Alistair Dunsmuir reported that an overwhelming majority of Basingstoke Golf Club’s members more…
Sunday, March 18th, 2012 2 Comments »Employees who suffer from mental illness
Question What is the best course of action to take when an employee in work seems to be suffering from more…
Sunday, March 18th, 2012 1 Comment »How do employment tribunals decide whether gross misconduct dismissals are fair?
Let us start by giving brief details of a dismissal that could easily occur in a golf club. An employee more…
Sunday, March 18th, 2012 2 Comments »Club profile: West Bradford Golf Club
Tapping into multiple revenue streams is perhaps the best way to ensure cash flow remains strong. The old adage of more…
Sunday, March 18th, 2012 1 Comment »How I learnt to manage a golf club
It was with some trepidation that I stepped onto the train from Leeds one Sunday afternoon, heading for Weston-super-Mare and more…
Tuesday, March 6th, 2012 5 Comments »Club profile: East Devon Golf Club
Private members’ clubs in the UK, much like in the United States and the world over, are dominated by men, more…
Sunday, February 26th, 2012 2 Comments »Has the price surge in silver left your trophies under-valued?
Golf clubs could be in danger of losing out on an insurance claim because of the soaring value of silver. more…
Sunday, February 26th, 2012 3 Comments »Every successful golf club has a successful manager
Last month’s Harrogate Week might be geared more to greenkeepers than to golf club managers, but, as anyone who attended more…
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