Golf Business Development (GBD) is a European-based business-to-business magazine which fulfils two functions.
[1] GBD monitors good practice and positive progress across the whole of the development sector of the sport and aims to be a force for change, taking in the people who create and maintain our golf courses, hotels and resorts, those who run the game and aim to improve it for all golfers, and also the many men and women who seek to innovate in their chosen fields within the golf industry.
The positive development of the sport is in the hands of a diverse cross-section of talented decision-makers. GBD aims to support these people in their business life and to provide the golf industry with something genuinely different.
[2] GBD offers valuable insight and information to help progressive golf businesses to grow and succeed within changing and challenging environments. Through a tailored mix of news, views, features and expert advice, GBD informs and entertains the movers and shakers in the golf market in Europe and further afield.
GBD is a magazine published and edited by Ben Evans, former editor of Pro Shop Europe magazine (1998-2005). Ben is an experienced journalist and golf industry specialist, with more than 15 years in publishing. Ben is joined by consultant editor for GBD Geoff Russell. Geoff has nearly 30 years experience in the golf industry and 20 years in golf journalism and publishing, most recently as proprietor and editor of www.golfbusinessnews.com and the on-line version of the Golf Owners Operators and Developers Directory.