THE BAR group which warned of the dramatic impact of the roadworks around the Paradise development on its business has collapsed.
Town and Country Inns has five sites but three of those are on Summer Row and Fleet Street, which join the A457 in Birmingham city centre that has been a mass of traffic cones and diversions since the major redevelopment work began.
The group, which operates under the brands Fleet Street Kitchen, Mechu, Apres and Lexicon, also has sites in Sutton Coldfield and Cheltenham.
Joanne Hammond and Gareth Rusling of Begbies Traynor have been appointed administrators.
Last year then-managing director Keith Williams warned the group was “weeks away” from appointing an administrator after revenues dropped by £400,000 in a four-month period. He had called on Birmingham City Council and its landlords to review its rates and rent bills to enable the group to continue.
Mr Williams retired in summer 2015, with the business continuing to be run by his co-founder Mark Jones.
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