News in the Leisure And Lifestyle sector

Bay Restaurant Group, the owner of the La Tasca and Ha Ha Bar & Grill chains, could be sold after receiving a number of serious approaches from private equity-backed compan [more]

The British Ski and Snowsport Federation is about to fall into administration after being unable to meet its bills leaving some athletes short of funds to prepare for the Winter Olympics. [more]

A 10-acre Lapland theme park in Kent has entered administration after its sales suffered due to the disruption caused by the snow before Christmas. [more]

Crystal Palace Football Club has confirmed that it has fallen into administration after months of financial hardship. It has been announced this afternoon that buyers are being ur [more]

The RBS-owned five-star Grosvenor House hotel is due to be placed on the market with a price tag of between £600m and £700m. Property agent CBRE is likely to manage the sale of fam [more]

Two popular Scottish hotels the Malmaison in Edinburgh and the St Andrews Golf Hotel have gone on the market for offers over £15m and over £6m res [more]

Buyers are being sought for Gravetye Manor, an Elizabethan mansion country house hotel with restaurant and country club, after being placed into administration. [more]

The AIM-listed pub group, Pubs 'n' Bars, has been placed into administration after its lenders, including Allied Irish Bank, refused to continue supp [more]

Two Worcestershire-based hotels have been placed on the market after its corporate owner entered administrative receivership. [more]

The owner of Donington Park, Donington Ventures Leisure Limited, has been placed into administration. The administrators at Begbies Traynor are now searching for a buyer for the business to revive East Midlands-based Donington Park's chances of hosting the Grand Prix in [more]

Mason Organisation Ltd, the entertainment portfolio owned by self-made millionaire Norman Mason, has been placed into administration with the loss of 51 employees. [more]

Fifty casino, the London gambling haven and magnet for the rich and famous, has been placed into administration after failed attempts to sell the business. Administrators are to be appointed shortly. [more]

UK self-catering holiday provider Hoseasons has been placed on the market with a price tag of £50m. Close Brothers Corporate Finance has been mandated to sell the busi [more]

The half-finished luxury London hotel and apartment complex designed by Norman Foster has been put onto the market through Cushman & Wakefield with an asking price of at least £110 million. The Strand site was formerly the home of the landmark Marconi [more]

Administrators have been appointed to Merchant Inns, the pub operator owned by veteran property magnate Sir John Ritblat. [more]

Burger restaurant chain Tootsies has been put into administration. BDO has already sold 11 of the 21 outlets to restaurant group Giraffe Concepts, which is backed by Giraffe chairman Luke Johnson's Risk Capital and private equity house 3i. The sale was agreed for £2.5m, and 275 jobs have b [more]

Orchid Group, which went through a pre-pack administration last year to avoid collapse, has performed a surprising turnaround to buy Premium Bars & Restaurants (PBR) out of administrati [more]

Punch Taverns, the operator of over 8,000 British pubs, is to put 300 underperforming sites on the market. [more]

Tenon Recovery has hired Christie & Co. to sell Dark Star, the troubled hotel and bar operator and its well-known Buddha bar cha [more]

RSM Bentley Jennison has placed Moorgate Taverns, a division of Pubs 'n' Bars, into admin [more]