Latest News

Here at ESP Leisure, the health and safety of our staff and customers is always of the utmost importance to us. With regard to the current Coronavirus Pandemic, ESP will continue to support our customers to the maximum degree possible at all times. We have put in place the below measures to hopefully prevent any unnecessary reduction in the service provided. In this event, please do not hesitate to email us at info@e-s-p.com if you have any concerns or require any further reassurances and one of the Directors will contact…

ESP Leisure are delighted to announce the launch of our Elite Certified Training Programme!

A well-managed bar is a fantastic asset to any club or venue, and with Elite this could not be easier. The system looks at what information has been receipted in and is able to combine this with the sales and cost of sales data to generate reports which are user-friendly and easy to understand. The best way to ensure you are consistently making the desired returns, whilst balancing the ongoing challenges of wastage, stock holding and seasonal variances, is to make sure that the information entered into the Elite system…

As we are moving into shorter days, it's vital that courses are keeping a watchful eye on the tee sheet for opportunities available. Here are a few tips to help you manage your tee sheet. Tee Sheet Opening Time: Is it set in line with your courses opening time? Is there an opportunity to open the tee times earlier? Using The Back Nine As A Starting Point: Using the back nine from first light, gives you the opportunity to run special offers for a 9 hole green fee, for the…

Since launching Elite Engage last year, we're really starting to see and hear many great success stories from clubs using this as part of their customer communications. Customer engagement is crucial for the success of businesses in a technologically connected society, the traditional method of using segmentation based campaigns to market to customers is gone! Now is the time to have a personalised message that is relevant, contextual and meets the customers expectations. Your customers are now expecting pre and post activity communications that ensures that their whole experience isn't…

As we know, some of even the most avid golfers are opting against choosing a traditional club membership and instead playing different courses every week. This means despite the tough trading conditions and inclement weather, there is still an opportunity to promote and drive the nomad golfer paying a green fee. As the old saying goes,"Variety is the spice of life", So give golfers a taste by using Promotion Codes & URL Links. It's a great way to drive green fee revenue and encourage customers to book directly online with…

Did you know? Research shows that over 90% of teachers have effectively used videos during lessons and it has even been considered better than teaching students through traditional text-books. A major part of the human brain is devoted towards processing visual information. Videos can be watched just about anywhere on the planet, between the spread of the internet and mobile devices, more and more people choose educational videos over traditional paper text-books. One of the best benefits to visual video learning is that at any time you can pause, rewind…

Set in the grounds of the historic Packington Estate is Stonebridge Golf Club, a 27-hole championship golf course and wedding, conference & event venue on the outskirts of Coventry. Stonebridge has been using the ESP Elite system since 2013, and their General Manager Mr Kelvin Pugh has been on a nonstop mission enhancing all aspects of the venue. We caught up with Kelvin to find out how it's going and how he is benefiting from using the ESP Elite system at Stonebridge. How long have you now been at Stonebridge?…

      ESP Leisure joined our partner UKFast in attending their Annual UKFast Golf Day, hosted at the wonderful venue, The Grove Hotel in Hertfordshire, to which the course and the service levels were of the highest standards. On what was the hottest day of the year, the ESP/UKFast Team secured victory with a great team score. ESP work closely with UK Fast and host many of our own servers at their data centre in Manchester. They are the largest privately-owned hosting provider in the UK. They have earned…

ESP caught up with our Product Release Manager, Peter Holder to find out some more about him and his role within the company. How long have you worked for ESP? Just over 5 years now, since May 2014. What was your first role working for ESP? Implementation and Training Consultant. You have a background in golf club operations, how did you find this transition moving across to ESP? Did you find this background useful? Exceedingly useful! Prior to working at ESP I worked across multiple departments of a Golf Club…