Christie and Co
Coverage includes market reports, valuations, deal activity, and expert commentary from one of the UK’s leading specialists in hospitality property and business sales. We report on pub, restaurant, hotel, and café transactions, regional performance trends, and operator sentiment, offering valuable intelligence for owners, buyers, investors, and advisors involved in acquisitions, disposals, and strategic planning.
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Nov- 2021 -12 NovemberCafes and Coffee Shops
Local investor acquires Woody’s Vegetarian Café in Hemel Hempstead
Woodys Vegetarian Café in Hemel Hempstead has been sold to a local investor, who plans to reopen the site as a new bistro/café concept. Located in Dickinson Quay, two miles away from the centre of Hemel Hempstead, the restaurant features views of the marina and canal, which was a key…
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Oct- 2021 -27 OctoberNews
Vennell’s Restaurant up for sale after 17 years
Jon and Laura Vennell have put their fine dining restaurant on the market after 17 years of ownership. It revealed the couple opened the restaurant in 2005 and established an “enviable reputation” throughout the region, which featured in the Michelin Guide, AA and Good food guide for 14 consecutive years.…
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Aug- 2021 -6 AugustPubs and Bars
The Thatched Cottage to reopen in August with new owner
Northeast Hampshire pub, The Thatched Cottage has revealed that it will reopen this August having had its leasehold sale acquired by local resident Craig Fitzpatrick alongside his business partner, Neil Williams. Situated on a large plot on the junction of Prospect Road and Chestnut Road, the Grade II listed property…
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Mar- 2021 -3 MarchFeatures
An insight into the pub sector’s investor interest
Following a spate of high profile investment rounds and acquisition rumours within the UK’s pub sector, a number of questions have been raised. Why has investor interest recently spiked within the industry? Why are a number of high profile deals falling through? And more simply, what do these kinds of…
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Sep- 2020 -10 SeptemberRestaurants
Refurbishment planned for Llwyncelyn Hotel and pub following acquisition
The Llwyncelyn Hotel and pub in Porth, Rhondda Cynon Taff, has been sold off a guide price of £249,000. The property is a large, late 19th Century, purpose-built public house and hotel that sits in a three-storey building made of solid stone with an attractive carved, classical style entrance way.…
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7 SeptemberPubs and Bars
The Inn Collection Group acquires Cumbrian Inn
The Inn Collection Group has acquired the Churchill Inn in the Cumbrian town of Ambleside for an undisclosed sum. The coaching Inn features 18 en-suite guest rooms and sits in a five-storey detached property dating back to circa 1854. To the rear of the property there is also a separate…
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Mar- 2020 -16 MarchPubs and Bars
The Yummy Pub Co sells The Clarence Pub for £125,000
The Yummy Pub Co has announced it has sold the Stoke Newington-based The Clarence Pub to Robert Webster Shaw for £125,000. Shaw also owns the Anchor and Hope in London and has other business interests in The Canton Arms, and the Magdalen Arms in Oxford. Built in 1860, the pub…
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9 MarchRestaurants
Michelin-starred operator Atul Kochhar to open new Marlow site
Michelin-starred chef Atul Kochhar has acquired the Villa D’este restaurant in Marlow, Buckinghamshire. The restaurant has been owned and operated by Fabio Terrinoni since the mid 80s, and he has taken the decision to sell the business to focus on his other restaurant in Henley-on-Thames. Kochhar reportedly plans to follow…
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Jan- 2020 -2 JanuaryPubs and Bars
First-time pub owners acquire The Darlington Arms
The Darlington Arms, located in the village of Redhill, near Wrington, has been acquired by first-time pub owners Thayanesan Karnan and Sivaji Rajmohan. The pub recently became a contemporary roadside inn and was once an old coaching inn known as The Bell, which provided facilities for stabling, watering and changing…
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Sep- 2019 -10 SeptemberRestaurants
Hampshire’s Three Lions Restaurant placed on the market for £1.1m
The Three Lions Restaurant, located in the Hampshire hamlet of Stuckton, has been placed on the market for £1.1m. The two-story detached building features a spacious internal trading area for up to 65 covers and seven double en-suite letting rooms, all of which are named after different types of tree…
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