Venues & Properties
The latest news and updates on venues and properties, from the business journalists at Catering Today. We bring you the latest on what’s happening in the restaurants, bars and catering industry, with exclusive stories, analysis, best practice and industry comment.
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Feb- 2025 -4 February
Boxpark granted Shoreditch lease extension until September 2025
Boxpark has announced that its original flagship Shoreditch location will remain open until the end of September 2025 following support from the landlords Ballymore and Hammerson, the local community and its key stakeholders including Greater London Authority (GLA) and London Boroughs of Hackney and Tower Hamlets. Since its opening in…
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Jan- 2025 -7 January
O2 Arena reports ‘best-ever’ sales amid record number of visitors
The O2 Arena has seen sales across F&B, leisure and retail rise by 6% in 2024, marking the live entertainment’s “best-ever” year for trade. It comes as The O2 welcomed a record number of people – over 10 million – throughout last year, which spells an uplift of 12% against…
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Nov- 2024 -26 November
Rocket Leisure secures £6.4m loan to boost expansion
Live music operator Rocket Leisure has secured a £6.4m loan from digital bank OakNorth to refinance an existing facility, acquire the freehold on its Venn St site and expand with additional sites. Founded in 2010 by brothers Russell and Howard Taylor and their business partner Tom Jackman, the business has…
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Oct- 2024 -21 October
King Pins to open third venue in Bristol in January 2025
King Pins will be launching its third venue and first out of Manchester in Cabot Circus, Bristol, in January 2025. Having launched two sites in Manchester in summer 2023 and May 2024, King Pins blends bowling with a hospitality offering. King Pins Bristol will have a variety of games and…
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Sep- 2024 -13 September
UKHospitality welcomes Martyn’s Law requirements
UKHospitality has welcomed Martyn’s Law, which was laid in parliament on 12 September 2024, providing updates to many key elements of the legislation. Martyn’s Law will introduce a new requirement on venues in the UK to ensure they are prepared in the event of a future terror attack. The bill…
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5 September
Boxpark to relaunch Camden Buck Street Market in September
Boxpark has confirmed it has begun refurbishment of its newest venture Camden’s Buck Street Market which will open in late September. In anticipation of the reopening, Boxpark has also announced it has secured a licence to operate the three-floor market that will include 60 independent food and retail traders alongside…
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Jul- 2024 -15 July
Market activity for pubs and restaurants improves in H1
Pub and restaurant market activity has seen an improvement in the first half of 2024 compared with the “subdued” levels seen last year, according to Christie and Co’s Pubs and Restaurants Mid-Year Market Insight report. It comes as the property adviser’s transactional metrics trended upwards since January this year, albeit…
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Mar- 2024 -27 March
Rockwater to open third site in Sandbanks this summer
Coastal lifestyle destination Rockwater has announced that a third site in Sandbanks will open in Summer 2024. The Sandbanks venue will expand upon the existing locations in Hove, which opened in 2020, and Branksome, which launched in Autumn 2023. The new venue will particularly complement the Branksome site, with the…
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12 March
Boxpark to open Liverpool site on 19 April
Boxpark has announced that its Liverpool location will be officially opening to the public on Friday 19 April, with a launch party and line-up of “festival-style” events planned across the weekend of 19 – 21 April. The venue will be located in the historic Canning Hall as part of the…
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Oct- 2023 -27 October
Boxpark posts £3.9m PBT
Boxpark has announced that it has posted a profit before tax of £3.9m for the year ended 30 April 2023, up from the £3.5m it posted in the previous year. Alongside this the company posted a gross profit of £8.8m for the full year compared with £8.5m last year. The…
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