Cocktail Club

Coverage of brand activity, site expansion, and drinks strategy from a fast-growing premium bar concept operating across major UK cities. This section explores venue launches in areas such as London’s Shoreditch and Clapham, Bristol’s Corn Street, Birmingham’s Temple Street, and beyond, alongside insights into menu innovation, guest experience, staffing, and F&B positioning. Designed for bar operators, group executives, and drinks leads, this reporting tracks how experiential brands drive trade in the competitive late-night and cocktail-led market.

  • Aug- 2021 -
    9 August
    Pubs and BarsLondon Cocktail Club to open in Bristol

    London Cocktail Club to open in Bristol

    Nightcap has announced that it has entered into a lease for a new London Cocktail Club site in Corn Street, central Bristol. The new site covers an area of approximately 3,500 square feet with a 2:30 am license over Thursday to Saturday. It is expected that the new site will…

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  • Jun- 2021 -
    8 June
    Pubs and BarsNightcap revenues surge 92% following indoor reopening

    Nightcap revenues surge 92% following indoor reopening

    Bar group Nightcap saw unaudited group revenues for the three weeks from 17 March to 6 June grow 92% when compared to 2019 levels. While the firm was only trading with 16 of its 19 bars at that time in 2019, like-for-like sales still increased 53% for the same period.…

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  • 3 June
    PeopleNightcap adds Dawn Donogue as LCC MD

    Nightcap adds Dawn Donogue as LCC MD

    Hospitality group Nightcap has announced the appointment of Dawn Donohoe as managing director at London Cocktail Club (LCC). Joining from Enhanced Hospitality, the owner of Dingwalls and Shaka Zulu, Donohoe has also acted as an original senior team member at Urbium/Novus. In total, she provides the role with over 20…

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  • May- 2021 -
    12 May
    Pubs and BarsNightcap raises £10m to fuel further growth

    Nightcap raises £10m to fuel further growth

    Nightcap, a hospitality group formed by investors Sarah Willingham and Michael Toxvaerd to back the UK premium bar sector, announced it has raised £10m to further its investment strategy and roll-out its latest acquisition, Adventure Bar Group (ABG).  The £10m figure raised is “significantly higher” than originally planned owing to…

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  • Mar- 2021 -
    16 March
    Pubs and BarsNightcap racks up over £300,000 in lockdown costs

    Nightcap racks up over £300,000 in lockdown costs

    Nightcap has announced that it incurred costs of £318,342 for Q4 of 2020, with the group unable to offset the losses with any turnover. The group, owned by Sarah Willingham, completed its first acquisition of London Cocktail Club (LCC) on 13 January 2021, after the period ended. Therefore, Nightcap acted…

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  • Dec- 2020 -
    14 December
    NewsNightcap floats amid contradictory acquisition

    Nightcap floats amid contradictory acquisition

    Nightcap, a chain of bars owned by Sarah Willingham, is gearing up to float its business in an effort to raise funds, according to the Times. The move, which aims to raise £6m at a valuation of £14m, is in direct opposition to the firm’s agreed acquisition of the London…

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  • Aug- 2018 -
    14 August
    Pubs and BarsLondon Cocktail Club opens new site in Bristol

    London Cocktail Club opens new site in Bristol

    London Cocktail Club (LCC), the cocktail bar group founded by world-renowned bartender JJ Goodman and investor James ‘Hoppy’ Hopkins, has launched its first venue outside London. The new site is on the Triangle district in Bristol, returning to the city where Goodman and Hopkins filmed the BBC television series ‘The…

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