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Managing Director Lyford Cay Club, New Providence, The Bahamas
This private member-owned club features a state-of-the-art tennis and fitness centre, full-service salon and spa, 18 hole of golf course, in-house conference services, sailing, fishing and water sports recreation, a threequarter mile white sand beach, pool, accommodation and a vibrant social calendar.
Clubhouse Manager Glasgow Golf Club, Glasgow
Glasgow Golf Club seeks a Clubhouse Manager. The premier private members golf club has two championship courses and first class clubhouses for the modern golfing family.
General Manager Bolton Golf Club, Lancashire
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a new General Manager. Bolton Golf Club, boasts a championship golf course, large practice ground, excellent short game area and charming clubhouse, and is described as one the finest and friendliest golf facilities in the North-West.
Chief Executive Officer Bruntsfield Links Golfing Society, Edinburgh
The Bruntsfield Links Golfing Society Limited (Bruntsfield) is the fourth oldest golf club in the world. Over the last five years Bruntsfield has gone through significant change and modernisation, particularly in respect of the golf course, membership policy and the senior management team, and is continuing to invest heavily in prioritising its service to Members, guests and visitors.
Management and leadership programme launches
The Sport and Recreation Alliance has launched a Management and Leadership Programme which aims to create opportunities for future senior leaders within the sector.
As part of the development of the Alliance’s new strategy – Support. Recover. Achieve – the organisation is exploring ways in which it can support its members in the physical activity sector. Following consultation with members, it has identified a need for a tailored, dedicated sports sector management development course to help shape and grow the next generation of senior leaders and directors in the sector.
The intention is to invest in the development of colleagues who have shown the drive to be future leaders, resulting in ‘a diverse cohort of individuals who have been provided with the skills and techniques to help shape sport and recreation in the UK in the future’ . The programme is principally aimed at those in managerial roles who are looking to develop themselves and add value to their organisations.
The sessions will be hosted by Amanda Bennett, a leading expert in good governance, effective leadership and inclusion. Amanda will be joined by crosssector leaders throughout the programme.
Sky have partnered with Tottenham Hotspur to host the world’s first net zero carbon football game at an elite level.
The September 19 fixture between Tottenham and Chelsea, supported by COP26 and the Premier League, will be branded #GameZero, with the ambition of being net zero carbon. This is achieved when emissions are reduced as much as possible, with the remainder offset through natural projects that remove emissions from the atmosphere.
Taking place six weeks ahead of the UN’s COP26 Climate Change Conference in Glasgow, Sky, Tottenham Hotspur and the UK Government want the game to raise awareness of the threat of climate change.
Jonathan Licht, Managing Director, Sky Sports, said: “We hope that by using the power of sport, we can inspire and support football fans to make simple changes to reduce their carbon footprint and make more climate-friendly choices. ”
Tottenham Hotspur Chairman Daniel Levy said: “We are delighted to be the chosen partner of Sky on this groundbreaking initiative that will demonstrate the role our game can play in addressing the urgent issue of climate change. As the Premier League’s greenest club, Tottenham Hotspur is passionate about our planet - we look forward to showcasing our wide range of sustainable measures that are already in place and encouraging our fans to take simple actions that can make a huge difference. ”
Earlier this year, Tottenham Hotspur was named the Premier League’s greenest club following a study carried out by the UNbacked Sport Positive Summit.
Bowls England has launched a five-year plan designed to get more people playing and enjoying bowls. Ensuring that the sport is truly accessible to all by offering different formats to suit all time constraints is a key priority, as well as ‘driving more people to clubs in new ways’ .
Other priorities include creating positive playing experiences for everyone who steps on the green, putting volunteers first and leading the sport with purpose by developing Governance structures.
Chief Executive Jon Cockcroft said: “Any person, regardless of background, postcode, physicality or bank balance can enjoy bowls.
The full strategy is available at www.bowlsengland.com or use this QR Code.
Bowls England –‘Fit For The Future’ Going green with Glenfiddich
Glenfiddich has launched a pioneering ‘closed loop’ sustainable transport initiative that will make it the first global spirits brand to run its delivery fleet on green biogas made from the residues of its own distilling process.
Using a unique technology developed by its parent company William Grant & Sons, the Glenfiddich distillery at Dufftown in north-eastern Scotland converts its production wastes and residues into an Ultra-Low Carbon Fuel (ULCF) gas that produces minimal carbon dioxide and other harmful emissions.
Each truck will displace up to 250 tonnes of CO2e annually, which has the same environmental benefit as planting up to 4,000 trees every year.
Stuart Watts, William Grant & Sons’ distilleries director, said: “William Grant & Sons has been a pioneering distiller for more than 130 years, always exploring new processes and techniques to create sustainable benefits for our business and communities. We are proud of these renewable energy breakthroughs in our industry as we scale up the de-carbonising benefits of this closed-loop process across our entire transport fleet. ” • Full story available at www.clubmirror.com or use this QR code.
Join us at the Festival of Clubs
November 25-26, 2021
Join us in November as we celebrate clubland at the inaugural Festival of Clubs.
The festival brings together a series of events across Clubland, from awards, lunches and dinners to the all-new Club Business 2021 trade show, all built around the prestigious annual Club Awards.
These events are designed to bring clubs, associations and suppliers together in a unique networking environment where we celebrate and join together to help the sector bounce back after lockdown.
“For decades the Club Awards have created a unique opportunity for clubs to come together under one roof and to celebrate the best in the business. Due to the pandemic, judging was impossible in 2020, so we’re making up for it in the first ever Festival of Clubs, ” says Managing Director, Sean Ferris. •Care to join us? Turn to pages
11-15 for details.
ukactive launches consultation on leisure provision for disabled people
Leisure industry association ukactive has launched a new consultation to review the provision and impact of fitness and leisure facilities for disabled people.
The work forms part of ukactive’s Everyone Can agenda, which is supported by Sport England, and aims to help remove the barriers to physical activity for disabled people.
The consultation is open to all gyms, fitness and leisure facilities in the UK with survey results leading to publication of implementable and practical measures for operators to build upon their existing offer for disabled people.
Disabled people account for one in five of the UK’s population and were some of the hardest hit by the COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent lockdown restriction. • For more information visit www.ukactive.com or use this QR code.
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The Alzheimer’s Society
The Alzheimer’s Society, originally established as the ‘Alzheimer’s Disease Society’ , began in 1979 when two people with extensive experience of caring for loved ones with dementia discussed the pressing need to raise awareness of dementia.
The society believes passionately that life doesn’t end when dementia begins: “We are here for anyone affected by dementia, and we do everything we can to keep people with dementia connected to their lives and the people who matter most. We are here for anyone worried about or affected by dementia. We provide information and support, fund and social research, and campaign for better quality of life for people with dementia and greater understanding of the condition. ”
The Society has almost 3,000 community-based services across England, Wales and Northern Ireland, providing practical and emotional support for people with dementia and their carers.
Research into the disease is paramount: “We are dedicated to defeating dementia through pioneering research, and fund an innovative programme of research into the cause, cure, care and prevention of dementia.
• www.alzheimers.org.uk
BEWARE HMRC FURLOUGH CLAWBACK WARNS MHA
With the furlough scheme coming to an end on 30 September, Nigel Morris, employment tax director at MHA MacIntyre Hudson argues that the scheme was a qualified success but businesses need to take action now to ensure HMRC doesn’t try to clawback furlough money.
“The furlough scheme was a great success in preventing mass redundancies until the economy rebounded. At its peak Nigel Morris 8.9m people were on furlough; the latest figure is 1.9m. The overall cost (as of mid-July) is around £67.4bn and is due to top £70bn, which is nearly double the total UK defence spend in 2018/19!* A staggering amount of money and for the most part good value.
“Yet the scheme was complex from the start and kept getting more complicated with various amendments and extensions made by the government. Administrative challenges were usually overcome but at a high cost to many employers. Many now fear innocent errors and incorrect claims will be pursued for many years by HMRC.
“The advice to all businesses, as the scheme ends, must be to review all their furlough claims and ensure that if they have over-claimed, they make arrangements to pay HMRCback as soon as possible. This should help to avoid interest and penalties. HMRC and the National Audit Office estimate between 5% and 10% of the total furlough money claimed could represent overclaims.
“Employers should also ensure that their auditors, bankers and investors are aware of any potential clawbacks. If the clawbacks are not budgeted for companies could end up in breach of borrowing and covenant requirements when they are called on to pay HMRC off. Furlough was a blessing at the time: you don’t want it turning into a major administrative and financial nightmare down the line.
“The most common administrative slip up we have seen is where companies have forgottento work out claims for flexible furlough on calendar days (365 per annum) and have instead used working days (260 per annum) which they might use for the rest of the payroll. “Furlough was enough of a success that there is definitely merit in the unions’ suggestion for the creation of a long-term version of it to guard against another pandemic or perhaps a major economic downturn. Furlough 2.0 could draw examples of best practices from Europe, where these types of schemes already exist. A ‘permanent’ scheme would also help businesses to plan with added assurance, and give confidence to markets and funders should the unthinkable happen again. ”
*HMRCstatistics(July2021)andMODstatistics(2020)
BT Sport bolsters European football portfolio
Italy’s Serie A will be shown on BT Sport until at least 2024 .
One of the most competitive tournaments in world football, the League involves some of the biggest names in world football, such as Cristiano Ronaldo, Aaron Ramsey and Zlatan Ibrahimovic.
The coverage of Serie A on BT Sport kicked off on August 21 and every single match will be broadcast, totalling around 200 live games across the season.
Meanwhile, BT Sport’s coverage of the new UEFA Champions League season begins on September 14 and the group stages of the UEFA Europa League begin on Thursday, September 16. (See pages 22 to 28 for more details.) • www.BTSport.com
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