Bohemia Village Voice

Kevin Miller - new head at Horntye says if you can manage one business, you can manage another.

Horntye Park Sports Complex has a new supremo – ex-transport and shipping man Kevin Miller.
  For the last 25years, Kevin’s background has been mainly transport and shipping, especially in freight ferries, in Dover, Ramsgate, Dartford and Southampton. So, what’s he doing running a sports centre? “Well, it’s a complete change of career for me, of course. But most of my experience is that of managing business. I take the attitude that if you can manage one business, you can manage another. It might seem quite different from what I’ve been doing, but Horntye is a business after all.”
  How many staff does Kevin have to help him? “We’ve got about a dozen full-time staff and about the same again as casuals, who we have in for functions and that kind of thing. There’s a new finance man, Keith, who started  this month. Keith will be responsible for finance and development of the finance system.”
What’s Kevin keen to develop? “There’s excellent facilities here for cricket, football and other ball sports. We’ve also got excellent banqueting facilities, with a bar and restaurant. I think the centre can be developed further, with maybe new sports, with possibly more six-a-side football on the grass to the side of the cricket pitch (NOT on the cricket square!) We’re certainly interested in developing corporate business to the centre, sales meetings, business breakfasts and so on.”
  Is he a local man? “I was born in Hastings, and today I live just outside the town. I’ve lived in the area most of my life. I’ve been married for 30-odd years, got grown up kids and one grandchild. That’s me really.”
“ Horntye Park Sports Complex. 01424 716666.