Under new management

Walkabout moves on

Pub operator Regent Inns has shelved plans to turn a former London nightclub into a three-floor pub.

The decision came two weeks after the group failed to get the necessary licences to open a Walkabout at the Home nightclub in Leicester Square.

Chief executive Stephen Haupt said the group had just bought two large city-centre properties: the Limelight nightclub on Shaftesbury Avenue and Shoeless Joe's on the Embankment. Both will be converted to Walkabout pubs, with the Shaftesbury Avenue site opening later this month and the Embankment one by November.

MacKenzie buys Fo

The Fox Inn at Lower Oddington, near Stow-on-the-Wold, Gloucestershire, has been sold for a sum believed to be just more than £1.25m. The new owner is Ian MacKenzie, an experienced pub and catering figure in the Cotswolds. The pub holds about 80 people and has three bedrooms. Robert Barry & Co was the agent.

Herriots sold

Herriots hotel and restaurant in Hawes, North Yorkshire, has been sold to Joanne Goff and Andrew Green for just under £270,000. The 18th-century building has a 20-seat bar, a 30-seat restaurant and seven bedrooms. Christie & Co was the agent.

Plas Rhos purchase

The Plas Rhos hotel in Rhos-on-Sea, Conwy, has been sold for the full asking price of £295,000. It has nine bedrooms and a 16-seat restaurant. The new owners are Colin and Susan Hazelde. Christie & Co was the agent.