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.

Oct- 2022 -

24 October

The Inn Collection Group acquires St Kilda Hotel in Llandudno

The Inn Collection Group has acquired the historic property of the St Kilda Hotel in Llandudno, Wales, as its third site in its “growing” pubs with rooms estate in the region. The news of the Newcastle-based operator acquiring the 60-room property comes as its total number of venues have reached…
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Aug- 2022 -

22 August

Avant Garde in Glasgow on the market for £150,000

Avant Garde, a popular live music bar and restaurant in Glasgow city centre, has been brought to market on a leasehold basis for £150,000. The business is located in the “thriving” Merchant City area in the centre of Glasgow, which is surrounded by offices, flats, retail shops, as well as…
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15 August

Artfarm acquires London’s Groucho Club

Hospitality group Artfarm has bought London’s Groucho Club in Soho for an undisclosed sum. While the total valuation of the deal has not been disclosed, according to the Financial Times it was acquired for £40m . The Groucho Club has acted as a hub for the arts, literature, and media…
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Jul- 2022 -

29 July

Sodexo Live unveils £1m makeover of Wigan stadium

Sodexo Live, the venue partner of the DW Stadium in Wigan, has revealed a £1m investment in the venue’s hospitality, conference and events spaces, a “notable” highlight of the venue being the newly-upgraded sports bar. The investment comes as the stadium and the group agreed on an 11-year catering and…
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22 July

RedCat Pub Company acquires two new sites

RedCat Pub Company, an investment vehicle founded to invest in the UK pub sector, has announced its acquisition of The Meynell Ingram Arms and The Cock Inn Mugginton from Berkeley Inns Limited. The Meynell Ingram Arms Hotel was re-opened by Berkeley Inns in 2019. This historic Staffordshire pub was closed…
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21 July

Incipio Group to open The Libertine at The Royal Exchange

Incipio Group has announced the launch of The Libertine, a 7,000 sq ft venue that will open at The Royal Exchange in October 2022. The venue will comprise a large destination bar, casual drinks and dining spaces, two private dining rooms, and a main restaurant. The Royal Exchange is a…
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21 July

D&D London launches catered event space at Tower Bridge

D&D London has announced the launch of Blueprint Event Space, a permanent venue for D&D’s outside event’s arm – Alexander and Björck (A&B). Located at Tower Bridge, the site was originally used for the company’s Blueprint Café which was launched as a restaurant in the Design Museum when the museum…
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12 July

Longlands Inn and Restaurant reveals £450k makeover

Family-owned inn and restaurant, The Longlands, located in Tewitfield near Carnforth, has revealed the full extent of its £450k renovation. Since reopening, its restaurant has reportedly catered for more than 12,000 covers, which is an increase of around 300 more diners compared to the same period in 2021. Since converting…
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Jun- 2022 -

16 June

West End landlords Shaftesbury and Capco agree £5bn merger

Capital and Counties Properties PLC (Capco) and Shaftesbury have announced they have reached an agreement for an all-share merger, valuing the combined group’s portfolio at £5bn with annualised gross income of approximately £165.5m. Under the terms of the agreement, the Capco Group will own 100% of the issued and to…
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13 June

Popeyes UK to open six more sites

Popeye’s UK, which first launched in November 2021 with “runaway success”, has announced plans to speed up its national rollout with six new sites confirmed across the country in Nottingham, Gateshead, Oxford, Reading, Brighton, and Ealing. Popeyes was founded in New Orleans in 1972, and currently has sites in Stratford,…
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