The UK’s largest nightclub operator, The Luminar Group, has assigned the last of its 42 short and long lease agreements, three years after being bought out of administration. The company recently agreed a lease on Basildon and will move on to the Leisure Park, where it plans to invest circa £3 million to create a new state of the art club that will launch in August. 59 … [Read more...]
Mr Fogg’s comes in to land on St Martin’s Lane
Covent Garden’s exciting drinking and dining offer continues to go from strength to strength after Davis Coffer Lyons – the leisure specialists – secured Inception Group to operate the former Angel & Crown public house on St Martin’s Lane. The grade 2 listed, three-storey former pub – which is owned by Shaftesbury PLC - will re-open as Fogg’s Tavern, building on the … [Read more...]
The Jolly Botanist gin bar and dining room opens in Edinburgh’s West End
The Jolly Botanist, (formerly the Spider’s Web), on Morrison Street has opened following a ten month closure and a major £730K refurbishment, a joint investment by Star Pubs & Bars (which has 118 pubs and bars in Scotland) and local entrepreneurs, Iain Pert and Gordon Gilhooley of PG Taverns Scotland. The complete overhaul of the venue is the pub company’s largest ever … [Read more...]
Camden Foundry: versatile and spectacular
A versatile and exciting new venue has opened in the heart of buzzing Camden Market. Located above the Stables, with an impressive ramped entrance, Camden Foundry has floor to ceiling windows boasting stunning views over the cobbled alleyways of the Market and its charismatic Victorian buildings. The ‘Stables’ was formerly the historic Pickfords stables and Grade II listedhorse … [Read more...]
Foxhill Manor to open as Private House Hotel
Foxhill Manor, the Grade II listed Cotswolds manor house on the privately owned Farncombe Estate, will open as an exclusive eight-bedroom Private House Hotel on 10 March 2015. The new opening further cements Farncombe’s growth. It follows the September 2012 appointment of industry expert Andrew Grahame as Farncombe Chief Executive and the re-opening of Dormy House in … [Read more...]