Newcomer of the Year
Starting a new business is a tremendous challenge, requiring ideas, commitment, hard work and sufficient financial backing to see the project through to its opening day.
To succeed, newcomers that swell the ranks of the hospitality industry each year need all the help they can get. That is where Christie Group, with its unrivalled portfolio of services, provides vital assistance in helping hundreds of first-time buyers set out on the road towards being their own boss and achieving success.
Through Christie & Co, the leading surveyors, valuers and agents that operate from 13 offices nationwide, we help newcomers to find their ideal property. We also value businesses to ensure buyers are paying a fair price and sellers are achieving a fair return on their investment.
Through RCC Business Mortgages we arrange financial loans, and through RCC Insurance Brokers we ensure that the newcomer's business is fully insured against all eventualities.
Venners provides stock auditing and inventory valuation to the licensed trade, while Venners Computer Services produces stock control and EPoS software for food and beverage operations.
Many of the winners of the Newcomer of the Year award, which Christie Group has sponsored since the inception of the Cateys in 1984, have flourished into high-profile businessmen and women.
Names such as Marco Pierre White, Paul Heathcote and Gordon Ramsay, which have graced earlier Newcomer of the Year trophies, continue to feature in media coverage as they expand their businesses.
Christie Group is still on hand to provide support through Christie Consulting International, which compiles feasibility reports, market analysis and other consultancy services.
Through the recent launch of Christie & Co International and our latest office in Paris, we can even help aspiring international operators to acquire businesses abroad.
"Christie Group is proud to sponsor the Newcomer of the Year award, which recognises and rewards achievements among those who are the lifeblood of the industry," says group managing director, David Rugg.
