Essenden acquires bowling site

ESSENDEN, which operates a number of bowling and family entertainment centres across the UK, has acquired a site in South Yorkshire.

The company has bought the existing bowling site in Doncaster on a leasehold basis from the administrators of Keith Brown Properties (Hull) for £0.65m.

The site is is located on a leisure retail park, close to a cinema, restaurants and supermarkets and has traded strongly over the past two years, Essenden says.

Nick Basing, Essenden CEO, said: “The acquisition of an earnings enhancing site along with the successful machine transition further strengthens my view for 2015 despite some macro-economic uncertainty.”