Stephen Thomas news

No Saints, the bar and restaurant operator launched by Luminar founder Stephen Thomas in 2010, is to secure an additional £2.1m of funding to push ... More

Nightclub operator Luminar has confirmed that Simon Douglas is set to join the company as its new chief executive after Stephen Thomas announced his retirement. ... More

Nightclub owner Luminar has rubbished rumours that it is preparing for a management buy-out led by chief executive Stephen Thomas. In a statement to the ... More

Luminar, the nightclub operator, is reportedly set to introduce plastic glasses at its venues over the next year. Stephen Thomas, Luminar’s chief executive, told The ... More

The Food & Drink Group has acquired seven leasehold Central London pubs from The Puzzle Pub Company for £1.2m. The sites currently trade under the ... More

Bar and nightclub operator Luminar has hinted that it could be looking to sell its Jumpin’ Jaks entertainment bars after a lacklustre Christmas performance. Stephen ... More

Hartford Group, operator of Jamie’s Bars, has acquired its first sites outside London by taking over the Henry J Beans chain of American-style bars and ... More

London-based bar operator, the Hartford Group, has reported a 13 per cent increase in turnover for the 28 weeks ending 9 April, but a decrease ... More

Nightclub operator Luminar has offloaded the 49 non-core properties in its Candu Entertainment division for £27m, to a purchasing vehicle, run by Tim Roberts and ... More

Late-night bar and nightclub operator, Luminar, has hinted at plans to combat receding sales by offloading its high-street bars business and halve its portfolio of ... More

Nightclub operator Luminar – which reported poor trading over the Christmas period – has announced operations director, Alistair Burford, has left the company with immediate ... More

Late night bar and club operator Luminar has reported a 7 per cent decrease in its first half pre-tax profits – from £27m in 2003 ... More

Pub and restaurant operator, Hartford Group has moved into profitability after a period of restructuring and repositioning. The group’s operations are now focused around London ... More

Investment management company, The Hartford Group, has announced that Christopher Poil has been appointed to the board as a non-executive director. Poil has 14 years ... More

Nightclub owner and operator, Luminar, has announced a 3 per cent fall in its like for like sales and a pre-tax loss of £11m – ... More

Nightclub operator, Luminar, has welcomed an appeal court judge’s decision to close a loophole that allowed café-bar operators obtain a special hours certificate (SPC) without ... More

The government yesterday released a new campaign intended to tackle Britain’s burgeoning binge-drinking culture, as recent figures have revealed that nearly six million adults a ... More

Former Pizza Express owner, Hugh Osmond, has bought Camden Palace from Luminar Leisure for £4.02m. Osmond’s investment vehicle, Sun Capital, acquired the Grade 2-listed building ... More