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Luminar Leisure
Company typePublic (LSE: LMR)
IndustryEntertainment
FoundedKings Lynn (1988 (1988))
HeadquartersMilton Keynes, UK
Area served
United Kingdom
Key people
Rober McDonald, Finance director
Stephen Thomas, CEO
Alan Jackson, Chairman
Revenue£201.3m (2008)
£31.5m (2008)
SubsidiariesLiquid Nightclubs
WebsiteLuminar Leisure
Footnotes / references
Owner of the UK's main chain of nightclubs
Lava & Ignite Nightclub Middlesbrough.

Luminar Group Holdings plc is a public limited company operating leisure and entertainment venues throughout the United Kingdom[1]. Luminar currently specialises in nightclubs, bars and restaurants and are expanding as a result in the increased revenue to be found in the night entertainment industry.

History

Luminar Group Holdings plc was established in 1988 with the opening of its first nightclub, Manhattan Nitespot in King's Lynn, Norfolk. The continued growth in the discotheque division and the creation of the popular Chicago Rock Cafe concept meant Luminar became the most successful leisure company of the early 1990's. [2] It floated on the stock exchange in May 1996. There was a large expansion of Chicago Rock Cafes in the late 1990s. From August 1999 there were discussions with Northern Leisure about a possible merger. In November 1999, Luminar bought twenty nightclubs and seven bars from Allied Leisure for £34m.

Northern Leisure

This acquisition and the merger talks led to Luminar's most important point in its history when it bought Northern Leisure in May 2000 for £392m with a combined total of 237 nightclubs and late-night bars. In 2001 it opened 41 new venues, 44 in 2002, and 30 in 2003. In November 2003, it consolidated its range of nightclub brands into the four main divisions - Oceana, Liquid, Life and Lava-Ignite. In June 2005, it sold 49 nightclubs to a management buyout, which became CanDu Entertainment for £27m (which was later bought by Agilo in March 2008 after entering many administration in March 2008).

Disposal of Jumpin Jaks and Chicago Rock Cafe

Luminar sold the Entertainment division that included the Jumpin Jaks and Chicago Rock Cafe brands to 3D Entertainment[3] in December 2006 for £79m, in a sale and leaseback deal.

Range of nightclubs

Currently the company has numerous brands and products across the country. Brands include Lava & Ignite, Life, The Jam House, Oceana, Bar Rock, JJ's and Liquid[4]. Products include UK Club Culture (club nights for under 18's)[5], Red Carpet Moments (Event Management)[6], Waster (A music night)[7], Big Night Out (themed club nights)[8] and Vibe (An urban music night)[9]. As well as running large brands of nightclubs Luminar operate several smaller, independent clubs. A wide selection of the venues were previously known as "Time" & "Envy", which have since been re-branded to either "Liquid" & "Envy" or "Oceana". In addition, some of the "Liquid" & "Envy" clubs were formerly of the "Ikon" & "Diva" and "Lava" & "Ignite" brands.

Bar Rock Locations

  • Bar Rock Basingstoke
  • Bar Rock Jersey
  • Bar Rock Peterborough

Ikon Locations

  • Ikon and Diva Basildon
  • Ikon and Jaxx Bolton
  • Ikon and Diva Crawley
  • Ikon Maidstone
  • Ikon and Diva Newcastle-Upon-Tyne
  • Ikon Norwich
  • Ikon and Diva Southampton
  • Ikon Worksop

Jam House Locations

  • Jam House Birmingham
  • Jam House Cardiff
  • Jam House Dublin
  • Jam House Edinburgh
  • Jam House London

JJ's Locations

  • JJ's Basildon
  • JJ's Coventry
  • JJ's Hanley
  • JJ's Lincoln
  • JJ's Maidstone

Lava & Ignite Locations

  • Lava and Ignite Basildon
  • Lava, Ignite & Disco Bournemouth
  • Lava and Ignite Bridgend
  • Lava and Ignite Burnley
  • Lava and Ignite Chesterfield
  • Lava and Ignite Coventry
  • Lava and Ignite Ediburgh
  • Lava and Ignite Hemel Hempstead
  • Lava and Ignite Middlesbrough
  • Lava and Ignite Northampton
  • Lava and Ignite Norwich
  • Lava and Ignite Oxford
  • Lava and Ignite Preston

Life Locations

  • Life Andover
  • Life Ashford
  • Life Cardiff
  • Life Corby
  • Life Leicester
  • Life Manchester
  • Life Romford
  • Life Wellingborough

Liquid Locations

  • Liquid and Envy Aberdeen
  • Liquid and Envy Ashford
  • Liquid, Envy and New York New York Basildon
  • Liquid and Envy Basingstoke
  • Liquid and Envy Blackburn
  • Liquid and Envy Colchester
  • Liquid and Envy Crawley
  • Liquid and Envy Dundee
  • Liquid and Diva Gloucester
  • Liquid and Maine Street Halifax
  • Liquid and Envy Hanley
  • Liquid Harlow
  • Liquid and Envy Ipswich
  • Liquid and Envy Leicester
  • Liquid and Envy Luton
  • Liquid and Envy Maidstone
  • Liquid Mansfield
  • Liquid Newbury
  • Liquid and Envy Newcastle-Upon-Tyne
  • Liquid and Envy Nuneaton
  • Liquid and Envy Oldham
  • Liquid, Envy and New York New York Peterborough
  • Liquid and Envy Portsmouth
  • Liquid and Envy Redhill
  • Liquid and Envy Romford
  • Liquid and Envy Rotherham
  • Liquid and Envy Stevenage
  • Liquid and Diva Sunderland
  • Liquid and Envy Swindon
  • Liquid and Envy Uxbridge
  • Liquid and Envy Wigan
  • Liquid Windsor
  • Liquid and Envy Wrexham

Oceana Locations

  • Oceana Birmingham
  • Oceana Brighton
  • Oceana Bristol
  • Oceana Cardiff
  • Oceana Kingston-Upon-Thames
  • Oceana Leeds
  • Oceana Milton Keynes
  • Oceana Nottingham
  • Oceana Plymouth
  • Oceana Southampton
  • Oceana Swansea
  • Oceana Watford
  • Oceana Wolverhampton

The Place Locations

  • The Place Cambridge
  • The Place Cheltenham

Tru Locations

  • Tru Brighton
  • Tru Camberley
  • Tru York

Other Locations

  • Sol and Viva Bury
  • Club Brazilia Bury St Edmunds
  • Chill Canterbury
  • Air and Breathe Dartford
  • Kings Eastbourne
  • Arena Exeter
  • Dusk Guildford
  • Aquasplash Hemel Hempstead
  • Hotshots Hemel Hempstead
  • Silverblades Hemel Hempstead
  • Pure and Life On Mars High Wycombe
  • Sugar Mill Hull
  • The Bar Cafe Jersey
  • The Hippodrome Kingston-Upon-Thames
  • Pulse and Ritzy Lincoln
  • Squires and New York New York Preston
  • Fuse Redditch
  • One Three One Romford
  • Hotshots Shrewsbury
  • Strata Skipton
  • Batchwood Hall St Albans
  • Trinity Tamworth
  • The Gallery York

References

  1. ^ Luminar Group Holdings plc - Company Information
  2. ^ The Makings of Luminar, The Luminar Staff and Shareholder Handbook, 2005, page 1.
  3. ^ "3D Entertainment begins trading". 24 January 2007. Retrieved 2007-10-21.
  4. ^ Luminar Group Holdings plc - Brands
  5. ^ Luminar Group Holdings plc - Red Carpet Moments
  6. ^ Red Carpet Moments - Expect MORE
  7. ^ Waster - products - Ur Music Network
  8. ^ Big Night Out - products - Ur Music Network
  9. ^ Vibe - products - Ur Music Network
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