Sadness as students pull out of lease on Fox & Duck pub in Broomhill

[taxman 12]

Or perhaps the Sheaf/Blake guys could take it on?

 

I doubt James would become a leasee of Enterprise, he'd want to purchase it outright in order to have control over all aspects of its running. He has had success doing that before though.

 

Enterprise shut The Blake and stuck a restrictive covenant on the lease preventing its reopening as a pub. James had to fight long and hard to get it overturned and prevent the Enterprise scum selling it off for much needed flats.

[GodStar 10]

Thornbridge need to concentrate on taking over flagging pubs like The Highcliffe. I've never seen it so busy now it's the greystones. Same with Hallamshire House.

 

They want to get their teeth into the Shiny Sheff at Lodge Moor.

 

That is one place where Thornbridge wont work. Most drinkers in there (and there arent many) are hardened John Smiths Smooth drinkers and moan at any sort of change. Very price sensitive too...

[PeteM01 10]

That is one place where Thornbridge wont work. Most drinkers in there (and there arent many) are hardened John Smiths Smooth drinkers and moan at any sort of change. Very price sensitive too...

 

Probably quite similar to the Highcliffe (Greystones) then...

[splodgeyAl 10]

They don't have a clue about running pubs but they know all about selling property.

They don't care about running pubs. Their business model is pretty much "there's one born every minute"

[Fudbeer 12]

Enterprise business model does not work in my opinion, they typically sell overpriced beer in scruffy pubs they are £2.9 bn in debt and have sold over 1000 pubs over the past 2 years.

 

http://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/markets/article-2144644/Enterprise-Inns-slows-sell-weaker-pubs.html

[RichK 10]

This is terrible news the Fox and Duck has been a fantastic asset for Broomhill.

 

Very sad to hear the SU are leaving.

[metalman 21]

There are less students in Broomhill though. A lot of them now live in the Opal residences down at Shalesmoor and Netherthorpe, not to mention West One and so on, and with the halls of residence closing down and moving to the new student village, there will definitely be less than there used to be. The same reason was given for the Broomhill branch of Blackwells closing down.

 

When you add in the permit parking scheme as well, it is looking rather as though Broomhill will become Sheffield's next bit of tumbleweed-strewn wasteland.

[RichK 10]

It's an easy reason to give: but Blackwells was a poor bookshop in many respects - it was too small and only seemed to stock popular bestsellers. What's the point of a specialist academic bookstore that only stocks a tiny range of titles, all of which you can get for half the price on Amazon? Although they're being bullish, I'd be surprised if there will be any Blackwells open in 2 years time.

 

And even if we do lose the Fox and Duck, which will be terrible, the York has established itself as a thriving place to go. Not my type of pub, but proof that Broomhill still has plenty of life.

[NatureBoy 10]

Look at the York. That closed down as needed a change, came back stronger than ever!

 

Fox and Duck will come back Im certain. I'm sure the people who bought the Yorks ears are burning now with this opportunity on the horizon.

[GodStar 10]

Probably quite similar to the Highcliffe (Greystones) then...

 

Dunno if you are being sarcastic as I get the impression the Highcliffe is doing well now?

The difference is there's very little housing density around the Shiny Sheff, bar the council estate.

[GodStar 10]

What Broomhill needs is a nice coffee shop.....!

Anyone know what rent Enterprise want for the F&D?

[neeeeeeeeeek 10]

What Broomhill needs is a nice coffee shop.....!

Anyone know what rent Enterprise want for the F&D?

 

The rent will be cheap... for a couple of months... then it it gradually creep up until you can no longer afford to eat, at which point they will replace you with some other poor sucker.