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Celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay has announced he is to sell The Warrington, a pub in north-west London that he has run since 2006.

The pub has been put onto the market following a decline in custom, following in the footsteps of another Ramsay owned pub, The Devonshire, in Chiswick, west London, which he shut a few weeks ago.

Ramsay paid £5.2 million for The Warrington four years ago and spent another… Continue reading

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A community pub in Grizebeck, Cumbria, has been put onto the market on the auction website Ebay.

The Greyhound Inn won the Best Traditional Business award in the 2009 Countryside Alliance awards and was taken on by a committee of local people who were desperate to save the pub from closure.

But, 20 months on from the committee’s takeover, the pub’s future remains uncertain. The locals, all of whom were… Continue reading

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Two hotels in the portfolio of flamboyant businessman, David Hattersley, have been successfully sold in the wake of the collapse of his property empire last year.

Guy Fawkes and Marmadukes Hotel, both in York, have been sold for an undisclosed sum to one unidentified buyer. The sale was carried out by Colliers International, who had been enlisted for the task by joint administrators, Phil Pierce and Andrew Sheridan, of Baker… Continue reading

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Following the collapse into administration of Burnside (UK) and Burnside Inns last week, the pub and hotel businesses owned by the firms have been put up for sale.

The Plough Hotel in Stenhousemuir and the Graeme, a hotel bar and restaurant in Falkirk, are both owned and operated by Burnside (UK), while Burnside Inns Ltd owns and operates the Red Lion in Larbert, Stirlingshire.

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A historic pub in Bristol is desperately seeking a buyer to save it from closure or being redeveloped into residential accommodation.

The 18th-Century Lamplighters pub in Shirehampton has been standing empty since the building was put up for sale in May by its owner, Enterprise Inns.

Originally Enterprise Inns had promised to renovate and reopen the pub and said a new landlord would be moved in, but decided to market… Continue reading

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A car maintenance business in Scunthorpe has gone into administration and a buyer is being sought to take on the business as a going concern.

The In 'n' Out facility in Doncaster Road shut its doors after its Northamptonshire-based owner In 'n' Out Services Limited went into administration last Thursday. Six people have lost their jobs.

The firm has also also closed its branch in Derby, which joined the Scunthorpe… Continue reading

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Despite revealing a rise in annual turnover of almost 24 per cent, pub owner Foundation Inns is planning to sell two of its six pubs.

The company, which was set up in 2007, reported a turnover of £2.6 million for the year to 27 March 2010, while it made a pre-tax loss of almost £540,000, down from £1.75 million in the previous year.

However, these losses were recorded during a period… Continue reading

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New figures have revealed that the number of insolvencies in the pub industry fell in the second quarter of 2010.

The research, released by insolvency firm Baker Tilly Restructuring and Recovery, show that just 115 pubs were declared insolvent during the second three months of the year, compared to 124 in the first quarter.

As fewer pubs are collapsing, production rates look more likely to remain consistent – news that will… Continue reading

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A successful independent dog grooming business in the beautiful, rural surroundings of North Ayrshire, Scotland, has been put onto the market.

The well-known company, which has been in operation for more than 20 years, has a substantial and long established clientele of pampered pooches.

Situated in the convenient premises of a busy town centre veterinary practice, the dog grooming business can also offer the benefit of a vet and veterinary nurse… Continue reading

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The popular Birmingham-based pub group, Penn Street Taverns, has announced plans to sell four of its freehold pubs across the West Midlands.

The chain has taken on agent, Christie + Co, to deal with the sales. The pubs it is intending to off-load are the Hampton in Hockley, the Midland and the Beau Brummie, as well as the Bush pub in Wednesday.

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