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Daily news & jobs: www.leisureopportunities.co.uk Goals ‘satisfied’ with H1 trading


Goals Soccer Centres manag- ing director Keith Rogers has announced that he is “satis- fied” with trading during the first half of 2011, aſter sales grew 11 per cent to £14.7m. For the six months to 30


June, the five-a-side football facility operator saw a 3 per cent increase in like-for-like sales and 8 per cent growth in adjusted pre-tax profits. Four new locations opened


during the six-month period, while a new modular build concept is currently being tri- alled in the development of its latest site in Chester. Te group has confirmed that two of its


Goals Soccer Centres is currently trialling a new modular build concept Rogers said: “Te opportunity to maintain


scheduled openings for this year have now been put back until 2012 in order to evaluate the success of its modular concept.


a strong rollout strategy while reducing costs and shortening build time will significantly improve our business model going forward.”


Deregulation planned for entertainment licensing


Tourism minister John Penrose has confirmed plans for a “wholesale deregulation” of UK entertainment licensing as part of the gov- ernment’s wider ‘Red Tape Challenge’. Under the proposals, parts of the Licensing Act 2003 requiring people have to apply – and


sometimes pay – for licenses are to be scrapped for events where there is “little or no risk”. Activities that could benefit from the plans


outlined in the Regulated Entertainment consultation document will include pubs, res- taurants and bands playing in public parks.


Everyman Cinemas secures ninth site


Everyman Cinemas has expanded its portfo- lio aſter completing the acquisition of a new site in Maida Vale, London, which is sched- uled to open its doors in November. Te 5,000sq ſt (465sq m) Sutherland Avenue


venue was purchased with the help of London- based property agents Shelley Sandzer and formerly housed a bar. Having remained vacant for the last four


years, the property will now be refurbished to offer a two-screen cinema with a bar and a food offering. It will be Everyman’s ninth site, with the company operating other cine- mas in location such as Baker Street; Belsize Park; Reigate and Walton-on-Tames. The independent operator launched its


first site in Hampstead in 1993 and acquired another independent chain – Screen Cinemas – in March 2008. Other Everyman Cinemas


32 Maida Vale will expand Everyman’s portfolio to nine


locations include Winchester and the Screen on the Green in Islington, as well as Oxted. Shelley Sandzer’s Casey Phillips said: “Te


catchment area spans St John’s Wood, Warwick Avenue, as well as Maida Vale itself; so it fits both geographically and demographically.”


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