Centerplate – the leading event hospitality provider which acquired and re-branded The Lindley Group in 2013 – has stepped up its expansion plans and strengthened its presence in Scotland by welcoming Heritage Portfolio Limited, a major provider of private and corporate hospitality at many of Scotland’s iconic event venues, as the newest addition to the company’s growing UK hospitality division.
Heritage and outside events
The value of the deal is not being disclosed. Under the terms of the agreement, Centerplate will retain the Heritage Portfolio name as its operational brand serving the historic homes, museums, art galleries, theatres and outside events sectors. Centerplate’s existing heritage and outside events divisions will be combined under the Heritage Portfolio brand. Heritage Portfolio’s three directors – Alan Duff, Mark Miller and Ian D’Annunzio-Green – will continue on with the business.
Created in 2002 through the merger of Heritage Hospitality and Portfolio Catering, the entrepreneurial Edinburgh-based company has become known for the quality of its outside event catering and operating café services at national art galleries and high profile visitor attractions. Heritage Portfolio has provided special event catering services at The Palace of Holyrood House since 2002, and last year was granted a Royal Warrant to Her Majesty The Queen as supplier of catering services.
Other premier clients now served by the company include: the Scottish National Portrait Gallery; the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art; The Signet Library; Edinburgh International Climbing Arena (EICA); Hopetoun House (pictured above) and Musselburgh Racecourse, providing the perfect complement to Centerplate’s UK portfolio which includes the ACC Liverpool; Warner Bros Studio Tour London – The Making of Harry Potter; the Copper Box Arena and other premier sporting venues such as Tottenham Hotspur’s White Hart Lane; and Leicester Tigers’ Welford Road stadium.
The move strengthens Centerplate’s presence in Scotland, where it already provides catering services at some of the top sports stadia including: Celtic FC; Hibernian FC’s Easter Road Stadium; Dundee and Dundee United FC’s grounds; Inverness & Caledonian Thistle; and Livingston FC.