Luminar Leisure
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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.
Luminar Group Holdings plc was established in 1988 with the opening of its first Nightclub, Manhattan Nitespot in King's Lynn. 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]
Currently the company has numerous brands and products across the country. Brands include Lava & Ignite, Life, The Jam House, Oceana, Chicago Rock Cafe, JJ's and Liquid[3]. Products include UK Club Culture (club nights for under 18's)[4], Red Carpet Moments (Event Management)[5], Waster (A music night)[6], Big Night Out (themed club nights)[7] and Vibe (An urban music night)[8]. As well as running large brands of nightclubs Luminar operate several smaller, independent clubs.
The following is a list of some of the Clubs owned and run by Luminar Leisure:
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[edit] Oceana Branded Clubs [9]
- Oceana, Birmingham
- Oceana, Brighton
- Oceana, Bristol
- Oceana, Cardiff
- Oceana, Kingston upon Thames
- Oceana, Leeds
- Oceana, Milton Keynes
- Oceana, Nottingham
- Oceana, Plymouth
- Oceana, Swansea
- Oceana, Wolverhampton
[edit] Liquid Branded Clubs[10]
- Liquid & Envy, Aberdeen
- Liquid & Envy, Ashford
- Liquid , Basildon
- Liquid, Basingstoke
- Liquid & Envy, Blackburn
- Liquid-Life, Cardiff
- Liquid & Envy, Crawley
- Liquid, Gloucester
- Liquid & Maine Street, Halifax
- Liquid, Hanley
- Liquid, Harlow
- Liquid, Ipswich
- Liquid, Jersey
- Liquid, Lancaster
- Liquid & Envy, Leicester
- Liquid & Envy, Luton
- Liquid, Maidstone
- Liquid, Mansfield
- Liquid, Newbury
- Liquid & Envy, Newcastle Upon Tyne
- Liquid & Envy, Nuneaton
- Liquid & Envy, Oldham
- Liquid, Peterborough
- Liquid, Portsmouth
- Liquid & Envy, Redhill
- Liquid, Romford
- Liquid & Envy, Rotherham
- Liquid-Diva, Shrewsbury
- Liquid & Envy, Stevenage
- Liquid-Diva, Sunderland
- Liquid , Swindon
- Liquid, Uxbridge
- Liquid, Wigan
- Liquid, Windsor
- Liquid, Wrexham
[edit] Chicago Rock Cafes- (not held by 3D Entertainment)[11]
- Chicago Rock Cafe, Basingstoke
- Chicago Rock Cafe, Canterbury
- Chicago Rock Cafe, Jersey
[edit] JJ's[12]
- JJ's, Basildon
- JJ's, Coventry
- JJ's, Hemel Hempstead
- JJ's, Maidstone
- JJ's, Southampton
[edit] Lava and Ignite[13]
- Lava & Ignite, Bridgend
- Lava & Ignite, Burnley
- Lava & Ignite, Coventry
- Lava & Ignite, Edinburgh
- Lava & Ignite, Hemel Hempstead
- Lava & Ignite, Northampton
- Lava & Ignite, Oxford
- Lava & Ignite, Preston
[edit] Other Luminar Venues[14]
- Life, Andover
- New York New York, Basildon
- Jam House, Birmingham
- Ikon, Bolton
- Elements, Bournemouth
- Tru, Brighton
- Sol/Viva, Bury
- Club Brazilia, Bury St Edmunds
- Envy, Camberley
- Tru, Camberley
- Ballare, Cambridge
- Twenty Two, Cambridge
- The Place, Cambridge
- Chill, Canterbury
- Moda, Cheltenham
- The Place, Cheltenham
- Destiny/Elite, Cheshire Oaks
- The Hippodrome, Colchester
- Air & Breathe, Dartford
- Kings Nightclub, Eastbourne
- Jam House, Edinburgh
- The Arena Nightclub, Exeter
- Club Indigo, Folkestone
- Time, Guildford
- Aquasplash, Hemel Hempstead
- Silverblades, Hemel Hempstead
- Hotshots, Hemel Hempstead
- Pure & Obsession, High Wycombe
- The Sugar Mill, Hull
- The, Jersey
- The Works, Kingston Upon Thames
- Pulse, Lincoln
- Squires, Preston
- Fuse, Redditch
- One Three One, Romford
- Strata, Skipton
- Hotshots, Southampton
- Batchwood Hall, St Albans
- The Orange House, Swansea
- Trinity, Tamworth
- Destiny, Watford
- Life, Wellingborough
- The Gallery, York
- Tru, York
In Early 2006 Luminar Leisure dropped one of its largest clubs in North London from its brand. The venue known as Eros ran various popular club nights but after several loss-making years finally met its end. The company has had considerable financial difficulties in previous years and has sold a considerable portion of its estate. [15]
Luminar has recently sold the Entertainment division that included the Jumpin Jaks and Chicago Rock Cafe brands to 3D Entertainment[16].
A private equity group (UK) have recently instigated an opposition programme to Luminar with the development of a new high street drink, dance and dine venue chain. Largely managed by former Luminar employees, the new company has considerable funding for the development of its first units. At present the company is actively researching the market and has declined to comment further. The new company recently caused waves when it was announced the operations manager was just 24 years old (Robert Forster), in line with the markets target audience. The chairman, a former executive with Pearl Assurance, M&G and Royal & Sun Alliance quotes "The future is developing very quickly, our competitors are too slow to adapt, we are responding strategically to socio-market changes every day. It is a very, very exciting time...".
[edit] References
- ^ Luminar Group Holdings plc - Company Information
- ^ The Makings of Luminar, The Luminar Staff and Shareholder Handbook, 2005, page 1.
- ^ Luminar Group Holdings plc - Brands
- ^ Luminar Group Holdings plc - Red Carpet Moments
- ^ Red Carpet Moments - Expect MORE
- ^ Waster - products - Ur Music Network
- ^ Big Night Out - products - Ur Music Network
- ^ Vibe - products - Ur Music Network
- ^ Oceana - Ur Music Network
- ^ Liquid - Ur Music Network
- ^ urmusicnetwork.com
- ^ JJ's - Ur Music Network
- ^ Lava & Ignite - Ur Music Network
- ^ urmusicnetwork.com
- ^ "Luminar Leisure drop the Deity", 23 March 2006.
- ^ "3D Entertainment begins trading", 24 January 2007. Retrieved on 2007-10-21.
