Meet the team
Gavin Jones
CEO
The driving force behind GJC, Gavin Jones has been helping companies to grow for much of his 20-year career. As a business owner himself he understands how to sustainably grow an SME and how to get the best price for a company when it sells. He is never afraid to get his hands
“dirty” and work shoulder to shoulder with his clients.
Bridges Ventures
Operations Director of this Venture Capital backed Small Hotel Company (Franchising), Guided the hotel through poor trading position, and along with the Finance Director, developed the property from a 15% ebitda loss to a 20% Ebitda profit. Concentrating on lowering operational costs and building revenues through affiliations with some major international businesses such as SAGA and The Channel Tunnel. Then moved into the VC firm, spendingtime buying and selling independent hotels
Travelodge Hotels - London City and Wales/Southwest
Regional DirectorStarted as GM for City of London Hotel, Liverpool Street generating over £6m of revenue and £2.8m net profit was awarded profit hotel of the year 2006. Was promoted to District Manager of Wales/Southwest, responsible for 14 hotels in 2007. Took the region from the bottom of the company rankings to 6th within 14 months. Responsible for 200+ staff members and £11m of revenue and £6.2m of profit