100 jobs saved as administrators sell bar group

BIRMINGHAM bar group Town and Country Inns, which appointed administrators after being hit by the long-running roadworks near to the Paradise development, has been bought by an unnamed buyer.

The deal secures nearly 100 jobs, although 17 jobs have been lost by the closure of the Apres bar in Cheltenham, the group’s only site outside the West Midlands.

 

However its other four sites – Mechu Bar and Grill Club, and Apres on Summer Row, and Fleet Street Kitchens in Birmingham and Sutton Coldfield – will continue to trade.

Joint administrators Gareth Prince, Joanne Hammond and Gareth Rusling from Begbies Traynor handled the administration and sale. 

Mr Prince said: “The business has been hit primarily by the long-running roadworks on Summer Row and also in Cheltenham, which has resulted in massively decreased footfall across the venues.

“As a result, the business had been struggling financially, but we were able to advise that administration and a subsequent sale was the best course of action.”