Peach Pub Company has announced that it’s searching for a new financial director as it looks to add two pubs and reach a turnover of £23m by the end of this year.
Co-founder Hamish Stoddart said: “We’re looking for a director to head up our Oxfordshire based finance team who can help us grow, develop the team and deliver our next stage of expansion. We’ve already created a professional finance unit, which is as strong today as it’s ever been, and now we’re on the hunt for an exceptional individual to help round out the team and play a major role in hitting our expansion targets.
“We’re already on track for a bumper year, with a solid start to the quarter and like-for-likes of 6.8% over the last three months, as well as a particularly good Easter,” he says. “Two of our pubs, The Fishes in Oxford and The Embankment in Bedford were star performers, turning in a record-breaking Easter day, and we’re optimistic that the next few months are going to be just as good.
“As well as getting us in the best shape to capitalise on growth potential, we also want someone who is hungry for a bigger role, someone who can support myself, Lee Cash and the other directors as we channel even more of our energies into getting Peach to a £30m business with 22 great pubs. It’s a big job, ably done by the incumbent Andrew Percy who is taking on a new role outside Peach next month when he joins Loungers.
“Over the coming months we’ll also be searching for talented people with great operational skills to join us to make our award-winning pubs even better,” he says. “As well as joining a really great team of people who’ve voted Peach one of the best places to work in hospitality for the last three years running, these managers and our new financial director will get the chance to join the Peach partnership and share in the profits created by the company’s continued success.”
