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Ultimate Leisure Ultimate Leisure is to acquire the Living Room chain of 13 bars for £28m, and plans to more than double the number of outlets over the next five years. 26-Jun-2007 Gourmet Holdings is to sell its four Bel & The Dragon pub-restaurants in the South East to Ultimate Leisure for £8.7m. 22-May-2007 Ultimate Leisure is to raise £25m in a share placing with its two largest investors, in order to fund acquisitions for its Newcastle-based bars and nightclubs business. 23-Jan-2007 Ultimate Leisure has acquired The Potthouse and The Advocate bars in Belfast from Life Inns for £1.4m, taking its Northern Ireland estate to six venues. 02-Nov-2006 Ultimate Leisure has acquired The Attic bar in Newcastle city centre from Absolute Leisure for £2.6m, taking its total chain to 36. 07-Sep-2006 Ultimate Leisure is planning to open Prohibition bars across the country and is currently in negotiations for four new sites. 18-Apr-2006 Ultimate Leisure is planning to invest £4m in the refurbishment of its nightclubs and bars this year. 17-Jan-2006 Ultimate Leisure has acquired Prohibition, the operator of three bars in Manchester, Leeds and Liverpool, from Living Ventures for £2.7m. 12-Dec-2005 Ultimate Leisure, the bar and night club operator, is to open two more Blubambu sites in Derby and Northampton this month, and aims to refurbish 13 existing sites during the current financial year. 30-Nov-2005 Ultimate Leisure is raising £21m in a share placing to develop its chain of clubs and pubs, including new sites in Leeds, Derby and Durham. 29-Sep-2003 Ultimate Leisure has acquired two more bars and a nightclub in Belfast for £4.2m. 05-Aug-2003 Ultimate Leisure has announced plans to expand its chain of bars and night clubs across the north of England from Tyneside to Yorkshire, and is preparing to open new premises in Newcastle, South Shields and Durham. 05-Sep-2002 Ultimate Leisure is considering a number of potential sites to open its first nightclub in Belfast. 27-Feb-2002 Ultimate Leisure has raised a further £13m to expand its pubs and clubs business into Nottingham, Yorkshire and other northern locations. 08-Nov-2001 Ultimate Leisure is planning to create 200 jobs over the next two years by opening bars in several Northern cities, including Leeds and Sheffield. 13-Sep-2001 Ultimate Leisure is planning to spend £9m expanding its chain of bars into cities such as Belfast, Leeds and York. 01-Mar-2000 Ultimate Leisure is to raise £24m in a flotation on Aim, in order to fund the expansion of its chain of bars throughout the north of England. 23-Jul-1999 The information above comes from the UK Activity Report Copyright UK Business Park 1995-2007