RANDALL’S will soon be looking to export its draught beer to the UK and Jersey. Managing director Ian Roger said he expected the company to be in a position to do so in October once the new micro-brewery from Diversified Metal Engineering Brewing Services in Canada had been delivered to its new base at St George’s Esplanade.

‘It’s something we want to get into. Randall’s used to export their packaged products but this will be totally new.’

Mr Rogers said he had had an interesting ride since taking over the brewery at the start of April last year as the head of a consortium of private investors known as the Guernsey Pub Company.

He admits to being a bit surprised at the calibre of some of the bars and pubs he inherited, but was happy to have dispelled the myths that he was about to break up the company.

‘In the last year and a bit we have changed or had new tenants in 11 of our 18 pubs, which is a huge change around.

‘Some of the standards that were being operated to by the previous tenants were not to the level I would have been used to.

‘But the tenants I have now, including the 11 new ones and existing ones, I am extremely pleased with. We have seen huge growth in many of the pubs’ turnovers.

‘I’m really pleased with what they have done at the Jamaica Inn and the London House, as two examples.

‘There were a lot of rumours that we were going to break up Randall’s, but we always said we wouldn’t do that and we have stuck to that.’

Mr Rogers became involved with the Cotswolds Wychwood Brewery in 1990 and pub owner Hobgoblinns in 1992 before selling the latter in 2002.

He said the company had transformed the amount of free trade and wine business it had attracted.

All the improvements were part of an ongoing programme in a number of areas, he added.

‘Improving the pubs can’t all be done in a year, but we are going to do it. You won’t see us turning any of them into funeral parlours.

‘The execution of the things we have improved upon like new wine lists and improving our free trade has been so enjoyable to

do.

‘Randall’s didn’t really have a wine list before. It could have fitted onto a small piece of paper.

‘There’s never been a dull moment and it’s great to see the fruits of your work start to make a difference.’