News in brief: Ken Bates unveils Leeds masterplan and more
LEEDS United chairman Ken Bates has unveiled plans to redevelop the club’s Elland Road ground.
Elements of the plans include a 350-room hotel, a covered walkway and a new merchandise megastore and underground nightclub.
Mr Bates said a planning application would be submitted for the proposals shortly.
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A FREE seminar at Sheffield United Football Club on November 6 will offer guidance on how to successfully deal with problem employees.
Diarmuid Deeney, a partner at Halliwells in Sheffield, will deal with issues ranging from the disciplinary process in dishonesty and bullying cases to the sensitive means of handling gender re-assignment and personal hygiene problems.
He will identify the pitfalls and offer a practical approach on how to avoid them.
The seminar is the third in Halliwells’ Autumn 2008 Breakfast Seminar Series, which runs throughout October and November at Sheffield United.
For more information e-mail marianne.pujol@halliwells.com
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THE commercial property team at Leeds-based law firm Fox Hayes has acted on behalf of restaurateurs Jonathan Hall and Marcus Bennett, in a joint venture for the acquisition of the lease for The Bay Horse Pub and Restaurant in Hurworth, Darlington.
Mr Hall is the founder of the Hide bar group and Mr Bennett has previously worked at two of the McCoy Brothers’ restaurants; as head chef at the Tontine in Northallerton and as chef proprietor at their Yarm restaurant.
The £300,000 refurbishment of The Bay Horse took inspiration from the new owners vision of ‘a real English pub’ and the fact that the listed building dates back to 1700.
All furnishings were sourced from antique fayres and salesrooms around the country, including a late Victorian dining table which measures over 20ft in the private dining room.
