Luminar Group

Luminar Group

Type	Private company
Industry	Late Night Entertainment
Founded	Milton Keynes (December 2011 (December 2011))
Headquarters	Milton Keynes, UK
Area served	United Kingdom
Key people	Bob Brannan, Chairman Peter Marks, CEO Russell Margerrison, Finance director
Website	luminar.co.uk

Lava & Ignite Nightclub Middlesbrough (now closed).

The Luminar Group Limited is a private company with an estate of approximately 59 nightclubs and has the largest square footage of nightclub capacity in the United Kingdom.

History

The Luminar Group Ltd was incorporated on the 5th December 2011 and is led by Peter Marks, CEO.^[1]

Range of nightclubs

Currently the company has numerous brands and products across the country. Brands include PRYZM,^[2] Fiction,^[3] Cameo,^[4] Oceana and Liquid.^[5] Products include Love Social (club nights for under 18's),^[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.

Cameo Locations

Cameo – Ashford
Cameo/Myu – Bournemouth
Cameo – Eastbourne
Cameo – Guildford
Cameo – Preston

Chicago's Locations

Chicago’s – Basildon
Chicago’s – Chelmsford
Chicago’s – Hanley
Chicago’s – Kings Lynn
Chicago’s – Norwich
Chicago’s – Stevenage
Chicago’s – Stourbridge
Chicago’s – Yeovil

Fiction Locations

Fiction – Hanley
Fiction – Romford
Fiction – Swansea

Kuda Locations

Kuda – Cambridge
Kuda – Tamworth
Kuda – York

Liquid Locations

Liquid/Envy – Colchester
Liquid/Envy – Dundee
Liquid/Diva – Gloucester
Liquid/Maine Street – Halifax
Liquid/Envy – Ipswich
Liquid/Envy – Leicester
Liquid/Envy – Luton
Liquid/Envy – Oldham
Liquid/Envy – Portsmouth
Liquid/Envy – Uxbridge
Liquid – Windsor
Liquid/Envy – Wrexham

Oceana Locations

Oceana – Nottingham
Oceana – Plymouth
Oceana – Southampton
Oceana – Watford

PRYZM Locations

PRYZM – Brighton
PRYZM – Bristol
PRYZM – Cardiff
PRYZM – Kingston
PRYZM – Leeds

Other Locations

The Institute – Aberdeen
Life – Andover
Vinyl – Bournemouth
Tru – Camberley
Ballare - Cambridge
Chill – Canterbury
Evoke – Chelmsford
JJ’s – Coventry
Moka – Crawley
Air/Breathe – Dartford
Cav – Edinburgh
Arena – Exeter
Bar Mambo – Guildford
Casino – Guildford
The Sugar Mill – Hull
The Hippodrome – Kingston
Moka/Shack – Lincoln
Lava/Ignite – Oxford
Evoque – Preston
Club Batchwood – St Albans

Acquisitions (Chicago Leisure Limited / Chicago Leisure (MK) Limited)

The Luminar Group Limited acquired both Chicago Leisure Limited and Chicago Leisure (MK) Limited on 7 November 2014.

Charity (ECHO)

The Luminar Group Limited operate and support the Echo Trust charity, (registered charity no. 1096255), which was created in 2002 and since that time has raised approximately £3,000,000.

Echo's aim is to help as many sick children and young adults in the UK as possible, by providing grants which will enable the purchase vital medical or similar equipment which they so desperately need that cannot can't be funded from alternative sources.

All grants are made possible by the support of The Luminar Group Limited. Luminar allow the Echo Trust to hold collections during the year in its nightclubs across the UK under the ‘Give a Kid a Quid’ banner, meaning that all grants are given from donations raised through the generosity of staff and customers visiting Luminar nightclubs.^[9]

UKCN (United Kingdom Club Network)

UKCN is an overarching clubbers brand that Luminar use for national nightclub campaigns, it allows clubbers to select offers and promotions across the whole of the Luminar estate.^[10]

UKCN App

The UKCN app was launched by Luminar in November 2012. It’s the first app of its kind that deals with real time/dynamic pricing, timely promotions & loyalty and is fully integrated to the EPOS till system. It connects web services, EPOS, CRM database and payment with a seamless intuitive and speedy delivery.^[11]

HYPE / Love Social Under 18s Events

The Luminar Group Limited operate under 18s events under the Hype and Love Social brand, where a safe and secure environment is provided for 13-17 year olds at its nightclubs.^[12]