Brook Leisure

Brook Leisure ltd was founded in 1993 by Martin and Jason Brook, when they opened club Hedonism, a 2 million investment and first step into the late night licensed retail sector. This was a particularly ambitious first venue into the nightclub sector in their home town of Barnsley and was acquired by Northern Leisure Plc, at the height of its success, in 1997. Having kept the name a new Brook Leisure was formed. Both by the development of their own new sites and the acquisition of under performing sites off others, Brook Leisure Holdings (as it became known) expanded quickly. Indeed, at one point in time, the group opened 10 new venues with an average first year return of 71%. Recognition followed with a number of industry awards, which twice saw the group win uk nightclub of the year in the early 2000s. By 2005, it was reported that the group was the largest independent operator in the UK and had 23 venues. From this time, there was significant diversification into property develop...