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Sector secures music licence victory
Supperclub to open
Hospitality operators set to receive refunds after years of excess charges
new London property
Supperclub, the avant garde By Pete Hayman
nightclub chain that originated
in Amsterdam, is to open a site The British Beer and Pub
in London. Located on the site of Association (BBPA) and the
the Subterranea nightclub near British Hospitality Association
Portobello Road, the club will (BHA) have been successful in a
feature three separate areas: Bar long-running legal dispute over
Rouge, a 150-capacity bar area, playing music in public areas.
Salle Neige, a dining area with a Pubs, restaurants and hotels
mezzanine floor, where guests could now receive a share of up
famously eat on oversized beds to £20m in refunds after the
and Bar Noir, a private area that Copyright Tribunal ruled that
operates on a guestlist policy. As fees set by Phonographic
with Supperclub sites globally, Performance Limited (PPL) Pubs have been overcharged for their entertainment licences
the London club was designed by were too high.
Dutch firm Concrete, which has The tribunal has ruled that the High Court, although if the victory for the industry – not to
worked on projects such as the PPL – which collects royalties challenge fails, the company mention the fully justified
Mercedes Benz Museum in on behalf of performing artists faces the prospect of paying at prospect of refunds.
Stuttgart, Germany. – will only be allowed to least £50 interest-free in "It's been a long struggle, but
increase tariffs by 10 per cent refunds to businesses who have worth it. We'll be doing
Minimum alcohol price
in a move that could save the paid excess charges since the everything we can to ensure
plans "not illegal"
industry around £5m a year. tariffs were altered in 2005. any appeal case is heard
Scottish health secretary Nicola PPL has announced that it BBPA chief executive Brigid quickly so that the matter of
Sturgeon has refuted claims that intends to appeal the ruling in Simmonds said: "This is a major repayments can be settled."
the Scottish Government's plans
to introduce a minimum price for
Tandem picks
a unit of alcohol would
Hotels in the capital recovering
contravene European legislation.
up Coco Mo's
On 22 October, the European Tandem Bars is to reopen
Court's Advocate General said Coco Mo's restaurant in
that separate attempts by the Newcastle after acquiring
French, Austrian and Irish it for an undisclosed sum
governments to introduce a from the administrators of
minimum price for tobacco Absolute Leisure.
violated European Rules and The 270-cover restau-
restricted competition. However, rant has been redevel-
Sturgeon said: "It is entirely oped and rebranded as
inappropriate and irrelevant to Rosco's and will be
translate an opinion on tobacco operated by restaurateur Profitability per room in London increased during September
to the totally different issue of Ross Arceri, who previ-
minimum pricing of alcoholic ously managed Uno's in By Tom Walker Average room rates during
products per unit of alcohol for Newcastle. Agents Christie the month increased by around
public health reasons." + Co acted on behalf of Hoteliers in the capital 13 per cent compared to
administrators Begbies managed to improve profitabil- August, a month that is driven
Holiday Inn planned
Traynor on the sale. ity and increase total revenue by discounted leisure related
for MediaCityUK
Absolute Leisure was per available room (TrevPAR), demand. According to TRI,
A new 218-bedroom Holiday placed in administration during September, according to average room rates are now
Inn is set to open at Salford in May 2009 and its the latest HotStats survey by 4.8 per cent below the same
Quays, Manchester, after Peel portfolio – including the TRI Hospitality Consulting. period last year.
Leisure secured a deal with Lounge nightclub in Gross operating profit per Jonathan Langston, manag-
InterContinental Hotels Group to Newcastle and the New available room (GOP PAR) ing director, TRI, said: "Strong
form part of the MediaCityUK Angel Hotel in Whitby – among London hotels in- volume in the capital is a sign
scheme. The hotel is scheduled to was put up for sale. creased by 43 per cent of increased UK and Eurozone
open in autumn 2010. compared to August 2009. consumer confidence."
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