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Luminar Luminar is to sell 26 bars to a new company called Cavendish Bars, in order to focus on its remaining 90 sites. 18-Apr-2008 Luminar is to open an Oceana nightclub at the Leisure World complex in Southampton in September, following the £6m refurbishment of the existing Ikon and Diva clubs. 23-Jan-2008 Luminar has sold its entertainment division in a £79m partial sale-and-leaseback deal with property company Prestbury, in order to focus on its Oceana, Liquid and Lave & Ignite nightclubs. 06-Dec-2006 Luminar is in talks to sell its 74 Jumpin' Jaks and Chicago Rock bars to TDR Capital, as part of a strategy to focus on branded nightclubs. 20-Sep-2006 Luminar is to create more than 100 jobs at a £5m Oceana nightclub due to open in Wolverhampton in September. 11-Aug-2006 Luminar is in discussions with Plymouth City Council about plans to set up a £6m Oceana superclub at the Barbican Leisure Park in Coxside, which could lead to the creation of 100 new jobs. 02-Jun-2006 Hartford has acquired two sites in Chelmsford and Wimbledon from Luminar Leisure for £0.8m, and will convert them to its Henry J Bean's format. 06-Mar-2006 Luminar is considering plans to sell or rebrand its chain of 16 Jumpin' Jaks nightclubs, in response to an increase in competition from pubs offering extended opening times. 25-Jan-2006 Luminar is in negotiations to acquire ten large venues from The Nightclub Company for about £1m each, in order to convert the sites to its Oceana format. 14-Nov-2005 Luminar has sold 49 nightclubs and bars to a management buy-out, operating under the name of Candu Entertainment and backed by Close Brothers Private Equity, for £27m, and £10m will be spent on refurbishing the sites. 14-Jun-2005 Luminar is considering plans to sell off its 90 Chicago Rock Cafe and Jumpin Jaks outlets as part of a strategic review of its entertainment business. 17-Mar-2005 Luminar has sold the Camden Palace music venue in London to an undisclosed buyer for £4m, in order to focus on branded entertainment sites. 02-Mar-2004 Luminar Leisure is to open a £1m Chicago Rock Cafe in Chester-le-Street at the end of March, with the creation of 40 jobs. 16-Feb-2004 Luminar is said to be in negotiations to form a joint venture with Accor Casinos of France, which would involve converting up to 30 of its largest dance venues into gaming-based entertainment centres. 20-Jan-2004 Luminar has announced a £100m plan to refurbish its chain of nightclubs, with 54 sites being converted into four nationwide brands - Oceana, Liquid, Life and Lava-Ignite. 13-Nov-2003 Luminar Leisure is to open a new £1.5m nightclub in Peterborough in December, with the creation of 35 jobs. 05-Nov-2003 Luminar is said to be planning to place 63 of its 158 unbranded nightclubs into a new trading division, and the remaining 95 will be branded over the next four years. 23-Oct-2003 Luminar Leisure has started work on the £2.5m refurbishment of The Palace nightclub in Aberdeen. 15-Jan-2003 Luminar is looking to sell a number of underperforming nightclubs, cut capital expenditure from £90m to £80m and reduce the number of new openings to 30 next year. 13-Nov-2002 Luminar, the operator of night clubs and bars, is looking to expand into continental Europe over the next two years. 16-May-2002 Luminar Leisure is to open a £2m Life entertainment venue at the Light on the Headrow development in Leeds next month, with the creation of 70 jobs. 21-Jan-2002 Stevenage Borough Council has approved plans from Luminar Leisure for the £2m development of a new bar and nightclub at the vacant Gala bingo hall, with the creation of 100 jobs. 16-Jan-2002 Luminar is to invest more than £12m in seven new nightclub venues in Scotland, and a further £5m will be used to refurbish 10 premises acquired from Scottish & Newcastle earlier this year. 18-Dec-2001 Luminar Leisure, the bar and nightclub operator, is planning to open 44 more venues next year, at a cost of £90m. 15-Nov-2001 Luminar has acquired three leisure sites from Whitbread for £1.5m, including two Life cafes in Liverpool and Manchester and a development site in Leeds. 20-Jul-2001 Luminar has acquired 10 discos from Scottish & Newcastle for £11m, and is planning to further expand its estate of 252 sites by opening 41 new outlets this year. 10-May-2001 Luminar Leisure has announced plans to convert the former Royal theatre in Stoke-on-Trent into two new night-time venues at a cost of £5.8m. 02-May-2001 Luminar is to set up a chain of jazz and blues venues in cities across the country, with the first openings in Birmingham, London, Edinburgh, Cardiff and Dublin. 02-Nov-2000 Luminar is planning a £4m redevelopment of the former Co-op store on Lincoln's Silver Street later this year, including a nightclub and pub and the creation of more than 100 jobs. 09-Jun-2000 Luminar is to acquire Northern Leisure in a £392m deal, creating a combined group with 237 nightclubs and late-night pubs. 11-May-2000 Luminar, the restaurants and nightclubs company, is planning to spend £30m opening 24 outlets over the next year. 05-May-2000 Northern Leisure is in merger talks with Luminar, to create a £600m group with 225 nightclubs. 11-Apr-2000 Luminar Leisure is to set up a Chicago Rock Cafe at Newport on the Isle of Wight, with the creation of up to 60 jobs. 29-Dec-1999 Luminar is to acquire 20 nightclubs and seven bars from Allied Leisure for £34m, and the sites will be converted into Chicago Rock Cafes, Liquid nightclubs, and Rhythm Room restaurants. 05-Nov-1999 Northern Leisure is in merger discussions with Luminar, which could lead to the creation of a £450m nightclubs and bars group. 26-Aug-1999 Luminar is raising £9m in a share issue in order to fund the expansion of its bars and nightclubs. 21-Jul-1999 Luminar, the restaurant and nightclubs operator, is planning to open a further 22 outlets this year to add to the existing 67. 12-May-1999 Luminar Leisure Group is investing £1.7m in a new restaurant and night club in Plymouth that will create 90 jobs. 20-Oct-1998 Luminar is planning to open six more Chicago Rock Cafes by the end of the year, followed by a further 14 next year. 15-Oct-1998 Luminar is to open another 12 Chicago Rock Cafes this year, as well as three discos and a Rhythm Room Bar and Grill. 05-Jun-1998 Luminar is planning to open a further five Chicago Rock cafes by the end of the year and a further 13 in 1998-99, and is also expected to move into the market for family restaurants. 24-Oct-1997 Luminar is to raise £5m in a flotation in order to cut debt and expand its chain of Chicago Rock Cafes. 16-May-1996 Luminar, the disco and cafe company, plans to raise £5m in a flotation next month in order to cut debt and fund further expansion. 30-Apr-1996 More from the Leisure sector Related pages: Zeus Private Equity Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council Village Hotels Whitbread East Lindsey District Council Luminar website: www.luminar.co.uk The information on this page comes from the UK Activity Report. 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