ETM appoints sales director

ETM Group has appointed Simon Gaske, formerly of Stonegate and Novus Leisure, as sales director.

Gaske spent the last six months as chief marketing officer at Ambl, a tech start-up specialising in last-minute real-time reservations.

He was with Stonegate for three years as sales director, and spent four-and-half years at Novus as marketing director and customer experience director.

ETM’s latest accounts for FY2022 reported turnover of £21.6m compared to £6.8m in 2021, and a return to EBITDA profitability of £2m, compared to a £1.6m loss in 2021.

The 12-strong premium bar, pub and restaurant operator recently secured more than £11m in funding from ThinCats, which it will use to refinance its bank loans and to provide “suitable working capital headroom to underpin further organic growth”.