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The Academy brand has a new home in Scotland following McKenzie Group's (MKG) acquisition of Glasgow's New Bedford Cinema to create the chains's fifth venue.

The 2,500-capacity venue, which joins sites in Brixton and Shepherd's Bush in London, Birmingham and Bristol, is set to open in March 2003 after a 3m [pounds sterling] refurbishment. It will also be designed to stage smaller ...

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