Leisure Report articles from December 2002

Leisure Report archives from December 2002

Gaming firms in takeover talks.
December 1, 2002... The board of London Clubs International, the upmarket casino operator, announced it had received a letter from Stanley Leisure, outlining its interest in making an offer for the business. LCI said: "The board does not believe that this...

HiLife founder buys trio of sites.(Energie Fitness)(The BluSky Group)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2002... Jan Spaticchia, the original founder of HiLife Holdings, has bought three of his former clubs out of administration. Energie Fitness, his new firm, bought the sites in Canterbury and Ipswich and HiLife's flagship spa club in Liscombe Park...

Seminar to look at future UK gaming market.(Brief Article)
December 1, 2002... Strategic marketing consultancy The Henley Centre is to present a one-day seminar on consumer trends within the UK's new gaming landscape. Game On: Capturing the New Consumer Pound in UK Gaming and Leisure, will take place on 20 January at...

Gambling firms should heed Jowell's licensing Bill warning.(Inside track)
December 1, 2002... Speaking at last month's Business in Sport and Leisure conference, Culture Secretary Tessa Jowell issued a stark warning to the industry over the Licensing Bill and proposed gambling reforms. She said: "If too many people in industry...

FIA, BISL in health club tax campaign.(News)
December 1, 2002... The campaign to encourage the Government to make health club membership as an employee benefit tax deductible is gathering pace. The Fitness Industry Association and industry umbrella organisation Business in Sport and Leisure have now...

Riva Bingo expands with 2.5m [pounds sterling] acquisition.(News)(Riva Bingo Clubs)(May-fair Bingo)(Heaton Enterprises)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2002... Riva Bingo Clubs owned by May-fair Bingo, took its portfolio to six clubs with the 2.5m [pounds sterling] acquisition of two bingo clubs from Heaton Enterprises. The privately-funded purchase of clubs, in Heaton and Welbeck, in Newcastle...

SixC profits plunge by 22.6%.(News)
December 1, 2002... A disastrous slump in operating profits at SixC Hotels, down 38.6% for the year to September 30 at 262m [pounds sterling], cast a black cloud over the last full year's figures from Six Continents before its hotels and retail wings become...

Crown confirms approach from Lewis.(News)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2002... Crown Sports confirmed that Steve Lewis, one of the company's share-holders, had made an approach to the company. Lewis is thought to have has offered 42m [pounds sterling] for the fitness clubs business of Crown, subject to a hostile...

LA Fitness reviews new club roll-out.(Health & fitness news)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2002... LA Fitness warned that it was seeing "some small signs" of the current economic slowdown, but said that it would wait until January to judge any impact on the company. Speaking at the company's AGM, Peter Jacobs, LA Fitness chairman, said:...

JJB Sports names its chief.(Health & fitness news)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2002... JJB Sports, the sportswear chain and fitness club operator, has appointed Tom Knight as chief executive after the death of Duncan Sharpe in October. Tom Knight joined the company on 1 October from Blacks Leisure, where he was managing...

Record shop to serve beer.(Health & fitness news)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2002... A record shop in Edinburgh is to open a bar serving beer and wine from the end of January, licence permitting. Fopp, which has 13 outlets, is applying to open the bar inside its shop in Jenners department store in the city.

Fitness chains sign up to branded exercise programmes.(Health & fitness news)(Multitrax)(Fitness Industry Education)(Fitness fx)
December 1, 2002... Holmes Place, LA Fitness and Cannons are among five major health club operators expected to offer a range of nationally--marketed, generic fitness programmes kicking off in the new year. The three have signed up to run classes under the...

Corporate fitness providers merge.(Health & fitness news)(Sona Positive Health)(Grazies)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2002... Sona Positive Health, the corporate fitness facility operator, has acquired rival Grazies. The deal, made for an undisclosed figure, means the combined business operates more than 90 corporate facilities for in excess of 50,000 users. The...

Balfour considers MBO to secure fitness first's future.(Health & fitness news)
December 1, 2002... Mike Balfour, Fitness First's chief executive, announced he would consider a management buyout of the company to remove uncertainty about its future. He said: "I'm keen to retain the management control of this business. With the share...

David Lloyd to spend 1m [pounds sterling] on getting personal.(Health & fitness news)
December 1, 2002... David Lloyd Leisure, the Whitbread-owned health and fitness chain, is investing more than 1m [pounds sterling] over the next year in a bid to increase personal training income. The company plans to train 500 personal trainers under the...

Topnotch says trading is still difficult.(Health & fitness news)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2002... Topnotch Health Clubs said that trading "continued to remain difficult" since full year results were announced on October 30, though sales recently have been better Speaking at the company's AGM, Charles Scott, Topnotch chairman, said that...

Bristol proposes locking-up rules.(Health & fitness news)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2002... Bristol city licensing committee is to attempt bring in new rules requiring late-opening premises to document locking up procedures if they want their public entertainment licence approved or renewed. Pat Roberts, a Bristol councillor who...

Bridgepoint rumoured to have made new bid for Holmes.(Health & fitness news)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2002... Speculation was mounting that Bridgepoint Capital was making a new offer for Holmes Place, the upmarket health club operator,. The new bid is said to be worth an estimated 130m [pounds sterling], or 275m [pounds sterling] including debt....

Macdonald continues Vital growth.(Health & fitness news)
December 1, 2002... Macdonald Hotels is continuing to convert the 24 leisure clubs within its hotel portfolio to its home-grown Vital brand and has announced plans for the development of new clubs. In its results announcement for the 12 months ended October 3...

De Vere 'pleased but cautious'.(Health & fitness news)
December 1, 2002... De Vere Group said it was "pleased but cautious" as it unveiled figures for the year to September 29 that showed turnover up 7.3% to 293.9m [pounds sterling] and a pre-tax profit of 38.5m [pounds sterling] against a loss in the previous year of...

Lieber's new Mayfair spa opens for business.(Health & fitness news)(Spa Illuminata)(Decleor UK)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2002... David Lieber, managing director of skincare distribution business Decleor UK made his debut into operations this month when he opened a spa in London's Mayfair. Spa Illuminata is a three-level venue with nine treatment rooms, two steam rooms, a...

Personal fitness club brands announce expansion.(Health & fitness news)(Mortons Personal Fitness Clubs)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2002... Two private health club companies focusing on personal training have announced roll-out plans. Mortons Personal Fitness Clubs, which currently has one club near Brentwood, Essex, has set up a franchise business to enable expansion at the...

Deloitte & Touche puts sport finances under the microscope.(Sport news)
December 1, 2002... Commercial realities need to be addressed throughout all sports clubs, in particular the issue of controlling salary costs. That is the message from business adviser Deloitte & Touche's first Comparative Review of Sports Finances, published...

Watford hopes to raise its game with 9m [pounds sterling] offer and placing.(Sport news)(Watford Leisure)(Watford Football Club)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2002... Watford Leisure, the parent company of Division One side Watford Football Club, has announced plans for a major capital reorganisation. The company has published a prospectus detailing a placing of 3.97 billion new ordinary shares at 0.15p...

English Rugby World Cup could generate 382m [pounds sterling].(Sport news)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2002... The economy could receive a 382m [pounds sterling] boost if England hosts the Rugby World Cup in 2007, according to an independent study. The figures were calculated by Bone Wells Associates, an economic consultant commissioned by the Rugby...

Snooker pockets six-figure sponsorship.(Sport news)(World Snooker Enterprises)(World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association )(Brief Article)
December 1, 2002... World Snooker Enterprises, the governing body for snooker, has secured a six-figure, one-year sponsorship deal for its UK Championship. PowerHouse, the independent electrical retail chain, has signed the deal to become title sponsor of the...

Leicester City shares cancelled.(Sport news)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2002... Leicester City shares have been taken off the stock market after it failed to appoint a new banking advisor within the maximum 28-day period allowed under regulations. Trading in Leicester City shares was suspended last month after the...

Wimbledon fails to net ace income.(Sport news)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2002... Income from this year's Wimbledon tennis tournament fell to the lowest level for nearly a decade. The earnings, which are invested in British tennis, fell more than 6m [pounds sterling] from 2001's total to 25.6m [pounds sterling] despite...

Spurs agrees 75m [pounds sterling] loan to pay off club debts.(Sport news)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2002... Premiership football club Tottenham Hotspur has agreed terms with two leading financial institutions to provide 75m [pounds sterling] for developments at its White Hart Lane ground and pay off debts. The stock market-listed club plans to...

Hearts takes heart from reduction in losses.(Sport news)(Heart of Midlothian)(Scottish Premier League Football)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2002... Scottish Premier League Football club Heart of Midlothian blamed poor performance on the pitch for a drop in turnover but reported a significant drop in losses. Turnover for the year to July 31 2002 was 6.1m [pounds sterling] compared to...

English Sports Council gets Carter.(Sport news)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2002... Patrick Carter, the man whose investigation into the proposed national stadium helped get the Wembley Stadium redevelopment back on track, has been named as the new chair of the English Sports Council. The ESC, which operates under the...

Merlin conjures up London Dungeon extension plan.(Tourism & attractions news)
December 1, 2002... Merlin Entertainments, the operator of the Sea Life, Dungeon and Sanctuary brands, has revealed plans for the future development of the London Dungeon. The company has taken over a railway arch adjacent to its attraction at London Bridge,...

More budget hotels for Whitbread and Kew Green.(Tourism & attractions news)(London Docklands (ExCel) Travel Inn Capital)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2002... The Whitbread Hotel Company has begun work on its 202-room London Docklands (ExCel) Travel Inn Capital. The site, next to the ExCeL exhibition centre, will cost 10.4m [pounds sterling] to build and is due to open in June 2003. ...

Hoteliers see growth in UK leisure breaks.(Tourism & attractions news)
December 1, 2002... Recovery in the UK hotel sector will take at least another two to three years and in the mean time, operators must become more creative to grow business from leisure breaks, according to some of the couriers leading hoteliers. This was one...

Disney quadruples profits.(Tourism & attractions news)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2002... Walt Disney reported net profit for the fourth quarter more than four times that reported in the same period last year. The company reported net profit of $222m (142m [pounds sterling]), up from $53m in 2001. Michael Eisner, the...

Tourist guide book slams price rises.(Tourism & attractions news)
December 1, 2002... The editor of The Good Britain Guide 2003 has criticised tourist attractions for increasing admission charges way above inflation. Of the 1,918 independently-owned attractions featured in the guide, 722 have put up entry fees by an average...

Holiday park firm makes 16m [pounds sterling] acquisition.(Tourism & attractions news)(South Lakeland Caravans)(Lake District Leisure Pursuits )(Brief Article)
December 1, 2002... South Lakeland Caravans, the independent holiday park operator; has acquired Lake District Leisure Pursuits for 16m [pounds sterling]. The purchase of the business, which consists of three parks in Cumbria, takes South Lakeland's portfolio...

Tourism Society campaigns for better industry data.(Tourism & attractions news)(Tourism Society)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2002... The Tourism Society, the organisation for professionals in the industry, is calling on the government and the trade to establish accurate, up-to-date records of the value of the sector. Representatives of the society met Kim Howells, the...

October best month for tourists so far this year.(Tourism & attractions news)(British Incoming Tour Operators Association)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2002... October was the best month so far this year for tourist visitors to the United Kingdom, according to the British Incoming Tour Operators Association. There were 4.62% more foreign visitors during October than in the same month a year...

Bill may ease way for leisure schemes.(Property & development news)
December 1, 2002... The Planning and Compulsory Purchase Bill, published earlier this month, could make it easier for leisure schemes to get off the ground. The Bill, published by the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister on 4 December, is designed to speed up...

Heron unveils plans for ex-rank parks.(Property & development news)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2002... Heron International has revealed details of its development plans for the three leisure parks it recently acquired from the British Land/Rank Group joint venture. The company is not rebranding the parks under the Heron City banner, but...

New Dome planning application imminent.(Property & development news)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2002... The Meridian Delta consortium, the joint venture between Quintain and Lend Lease, will apply for planning permission for a 4bn [pounds sterling] mixed-use development of more than 12m square feet for the Millennium Dome site before Christmas...

Battersea scheme powers ahead.(Property & development news)(Battersea Power Station )(Brief Article)
December 1, 2002... Plans to transform London's Battersea Power Station into a 500m [pounds sterling] leisure and retail complex have taken a step forward after the owner/developer submitted a planning application for the redevelopment of the railway station close...

Wyke Down on the market.(Property & development news)(HLL Humberts Leisure)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2002... A former farm which has been converted to a pub, 100-cover restaurant, function room, caravan park and driving range has been put on the market through HLL Humberts Leisure. Wyke Down, near Andover in Hampshire, is available in two lots but...

Leisure Property Award winners named.(Property & development news)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2002... The Light in Leeds was named best commercial IN mixed-use leisure scheme at last month's Leisure Property Awards. A total of 16 prizes were handed out at the fifth annual awards of the Leisure Property Forum. Gerald Ronson, chairman and...

Mid-Suffolk considers planning for snow.(Property & development news)(Mid-Suffolk District Council )(Brief Article)
December 1, 2002... Mid-Suffolk District Council confirmed it has held discussions with a developer interested in regenerating a former cement works as an indoor ski complex. The council is currently reviewing its local plan and is considering allowing the...

133m [pounds sterling] development planned for Leeds.(Shorts)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2002... Plans have been submitted for a 133m [pounds sterling] leisure, retail and office development in the heart of Leeds. The proposals for the 866,665 square foot City One include a 307-bed deluxe hotel, a casino, conference facilities for...

Hotel and leisure to regenerate Hanley.(Shorts)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2002... A 120-bedroom budget hotel and leisure facilities are central to plans to regenerate the city centre at Hanley, Stoke on Trent. Helical Retail, Oswin Developments and Holdcroft Properties have submitted a planning application for the...

Work starts on 275m [pounds sterling] Norwich project.(Shorts)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2002... Developer Lend Lease has started construction of its 27m [pounds sterling] Chapelfield scheme in Norwich city centre. The development, on the site of the former Nestle factory, will be anchored by a 140,000 square foot House of Fraser...

Diageo considers issuing burger bonds in BK deal.(Eating & drinking news)
December 1, 2002... Diageo may sell bonds in Burger King, secured by franchise and property income if the sale to the consortium led by Texas Pacific Group collapses. Texas Pacific wants to reduce the price from $2.26bn to $1.5bn to reflect the deteriorating...

Coffee Republic sells 13 sites to Starbucks.(Eating & drinking news)
December 1, 2002... Coffee Republic has confirmed that it is to sell 13 sites to Starbucks, for a figure of up to 2m [pounds sterling]. The net book value of the 13 sites at 30 September 2002 was 2.5m [pounds sterling]. The sale will leave Coffee Republic with...

Osmond sells his slice of PizzaExpress.(Eating & drinking news)(Twigway)
December 1, 2002... Hugh Osmond has sold his 2.5% stake in PizzaExpress after the collapse of his planned 250m [pounds sterling] bid for the company. Osmond's investment firm, Sun Capital Partners, and Capricorn Ventures, the main investor in the Nando's...

Luminar eyes up Brannigans sites.(Eating & drinking news)(Mustard Entertainment)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2002... Nightclub operator Luminar is eying up some of Brannigans' sites with a view to rebranding them. Brannigans' owner, Mustard Entertainment, went into receivership last week and its 20 nightclubs and late-night bars are expected to fetch...

Starbucks aims for 25,000 stores.(Eating & drinking news)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2002... Starbucks set itself a long-term goal of more than 25,000 stores worldwide, after reporting year on year growth in fourth quarter profits of almost 10%. For the three months ended 29 September, the company reported net profit of $58.5m...

Krispy Kreme unveils UK roll out plans.(Eating & drinking news)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2002... Krispy Kreme has confirmed that it is launching itself in the United Kingdom. The North American doughnut company plans to open develop 25 stores over the next five years throughout the United Kingdom. The company has awarded...

Ask Central directors cut family's stake in firm.(Eating & drinking news)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2002... Adam Kaye, the chief executive of Ask Central, the pizza restaurant operator, sold 1.2million shares in the company last month, leaving him with 6.45million shares or 6.8% of the company. Samuel Kaye, one of the company's directors, sold...

McDonald's speeds up fast-casual expansion.(Eating & drinking news)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2002... McDonald's is testing its McCafe concept in three Asda supermarkets in High Wycombe, Bradford and Pudsey, Yorkshire. The concept provides the core McDonald's product range alongside specialist teas and coffees and a selection of cakes and deli...

Po Na Na plunges into the red.(Eating & drinking news)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2002... Po Na Na, the late-night bar and night-club chain, announced a pretax loss of 233,000 [pounds sterling] for the 26 weeks to 29 September, a 134% plunge from profits of 688,000 [pounds sterling] for the 27-week first half last year, as it...

Imax plans European multiplex roll-out.(Cinema & entertainment news)
December 1, 2002... Imax, the giant screen cinema specialist, hopes to more than double its presence in Europe after unveiling technology which allows 35mm films to be remastered so they can be shown on its screens. Traditionally, films for Imax have had to be...

UGC 'not for sale'.(Cinema & entertainment news)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2002... French-owned cinema operator UGC denied industry rumours that it was for sale. The company said the speculation was stirred up by reports in the French press that media and communications giant Vivendi Universal, was considering selling its 45%...

Cine-UK launches VIP box concept in Jersey.(Cinema & entertainment news)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2002... The multiplex operator Cine-UK opened its 29th site on 6 December in Jersey, featuring the first of its new VIP boxes. The 4m [pounds sterling], 10-screen multiplex features two boxes for 12 people in one of the auditoria and one for eight...

Newbury strikes tenpin deal.(Cinema & entertainment news)(Newbury Leisure )(Brief Article)
December 1, 2002... Newbury Leisure has increased its portfolio of tenpin centres to seven after acquiring two sites. The privately-owned company has acquired a 25-year lease for the former Megabowl centre in Stirchley, West Midlands, and another for the same...

Vaux brewery may become hotel.(Cinema & entertainment news)(Sunderland City Council )(Brief Article)
December 1, 2002... The site of the former Vaux brewery on the River Wear in Sunderland may be redeveloped to include a hotel, apartments and offices, under plans unveiled this month. A consortium including Sunderland City Council has proposed the 280m...

Report delivers portrait of UK gambling market.(Betting & gaming news)
December 1, 2002... Research firm Mintel has published a report detailing the characteristics of those who place bets or partake in gaming in the UK. The Gambler examines the age, demographic profile and amounts staked by those who participate in each type of...

Bingo operators give cautious welcome to profits tax plan.(Betting & gaming news)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2002... The bingo industry has given a lukewarm reception to Chancellor Gordon Brown's announcement that bingo duty will be replaced with a gross profits tax. In his pre-Budget statement, Brown said the current 10% duty currently paid by bingo...

I-gaming body moves over child access.(Betting & gaming news)(Interactive Gaming, Gambling and Betting Association)(Internet Content Rating Association )(Brief Article)
December 1, 2002... The Interactive Gaming, Gambling and Betting Association has announced the adoption of the Internet Content Rating Association system of parental control. Under the ICRA system, IGGBA members will rate their web sites so that parents can...

Springboard calls on leisure industry to tackle staff shortage issue.(Industry news)
December 1, 2002... Springboard, the hospitality, leisure, travel and tourism careers promotion body, launched its 2003 Careers Festival with a call to action to the industry earlier this month. The festival will take place between March 31 and April 6 next...

Fit for Purpose pilots to start in spring.(Industry news)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2002... Plans to ensure hospitality venues meet minimum regulatory standards have taken a step forward with the announcement that pilot studies will kick off next spring. The Fitness for Purpose initiative aims to introduce joined up regulation in...

Budget brings sighs of relief over stamp duty.(Industry news)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2002... Fears that Chancellor Gordon Brown would use the pre-Budget report to introduce costly changes to the system for calculating Stamp Duty on leased property, were not realised. Currently, Stamp Duty for leased sites is calculated depending on...

DCMS and English Heritage to review historic property protection.(Industry news)(Department for Culture, Media and Sport)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2002... English Heritage, the government-funded heritage conservation body and the Department for Culture, Media and Sport, are planning a major review of the way the UK's built environment receives statutory protection. The current system of listing,...

Scade to chair RA.(Industry news)(Restaurant Association)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2002... Nick Scade will replace Andrew Guy as the chairman of the Restaurant Association when he retires. Scade was awarded the MBE in 1999 for his services to training and education within the restaurant industry. Scade said: "It is my intention...

Pitcher & Piano fined over 'swaying' customers.(Industry news)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2002... Allowing your customers to tap their toes, or even sway drunkenly, could lead to a fine if you come under the jurisdiction of Westminster Council. Wolverhampton & Dudley Breweries was fined 5,000 [pounds sterling] and ordered to pay 1,600...

Querying the drinks Bill: lobbying has started to try to influence the biggest change in licensing law since the First World War.(Hot issues)
December 1, 2002... The newspaper headlines might have led the public to think that the Alcohol and Entertainment Licensing Bill, which finally appeared in the Queen's Speech last month, was about nothing more than round-the clock drinking. But the Bill, which...

Potting the high numbers: Tina Milton looks at the companies hoping to benefit from the broader appeal of the modern cue sports concept.(Analysis--the cue sports market)
December 1, 2002... The cue sports market is making a break for mainstream success. With new entrants and evolving concepts the market has all but ditched its 'spit and sawdust', male-dominated image of old, to its financial gain. But global economic...

Tough times should not change the LA story: Fred Turok's affordable fitness chain is in a stronger position than most.(Behind the headlines)
December 1, 2002... In March 2000 I was invited to attend a health and fitness club conference at the City of London offices of Old Mutual Securities, the City broker. All the quoted operators gave presentations to a large and enthusiastic audience of potential...

Marketing gold at the racetrack: John Barnes believes the racing industry is sitting on a vast untapped opportunity.(Personally speaking)
December 1, 2002... "There's gold under here", David Coffer, the leisure property guru said to me. We were walking around the car park at the original Harry Ramsden's in Yorkshire shortly after we bought it in 1988. Very few agreed. Fish and chips weren't...

Be quick--it's not all about speed anymore: fast casual is the eating out category growing the fastest on both sides of the Atlantic.(Trends)
December 1, 2002... The eating-out market in the United States is showing signs of saturation. For once McDonald's is talking about closing stores rather than rolling them out. The big fast food chains are feeling the pinch and are looking at alternatives to...

What's fast and casual in the United States.(Trends)
December 1, 2002... Dennis Lombardi, of US based restaurant consultants Technomic, spoke at this year's Restaurant 2002 conference in, London, and picked out the 'quick casual' chains he saw making the biggest impact States-side. They were: * Panera Bread ...

Leisure Report LR Index leisure stockwatch December 2002.(Sharewatch)
December 1, 2002... With 21 fallers over the month, and just 10 risers, the Leisure Report LR Index leisure stockwatch is, not surprisingly, in negative territory. Nine companies--more than a quarter of the entire index--are sitting on year's lows, with five of...

PizzaExpress has announced that James Parsons, the company's UK managing director.(The Inn and Out Club)(John Metcalf)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2002... PizzaExpress has announced that James Parsons, the company's UK managing director, has left Parsons has been replaced by David Sykes, who is currently group director in charge of property, Cafe Pasta and Ireland. Sykes' new title will be...

JJB Sports has appointed Thomas Knight as operations director.(The Inn and Out Club)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2002... * JJB Sports has appointed Thomas Knight as operations director. Knight is also a director of Blacks Leisure and Ultimate Leisure.

Geronimo Inns has appointed Jacqueline Russell as group finance director.(The Inn and Out Club)(Geronimo Inns )(Brief Article)
December 1, 2002... * Geronimo Inns has appointed Jacqueline Russell as group finance director. Russell was hired from Camelot, where she worked on the South African Lottery. The decision to appoint a finance director is thought to mark Geronimo's commitment...

Georgica has appointed Victoria Booth as finance director, with immediate effect.(The Inn and Out Club)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2002... * Georgica has appointed Victoria Booth as finance director, with immediate effect. Booth joined the company as group financial controller in December 2001.

Punch Taverns said its chief executive, Stephen Lambert, was retiring from the company with immediate effect in what it described as a "natural progression", with Giles Thorley to become chief executive and Phil Cox.(The Inn and Out Club)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2002... * Punch Taverns said its chief executive, Stephen Lambert, was retiring from the company with immediate effect in what it described as a "natural progression", with Giles Thorley to become chief executive and Phil Cox, currently deputy...