Last orders for Alderley Edge bar

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The Botanist permanently closed on Thursday, 3rd October, having traded in the village for 12 years, after the company announced its intention to restructure the business to focus on its large sites.

The bar was opened by Living Ventures in in October 2009, on the site of the former Number 15 Wine Bar, which closed in March 2009.

It was the second pub for the Knutsford-based the company, following the opening of the Oast House in Manchester's Spinningfields.

Since then the brand, which is part of New World Trading Company, expanded to open sites across the country including Knutsford which also closed its doors this week.

A spokesperson for New World Trading Company said: "The business is evolving from its pub-inspired origins into a large, city-centre restaurant and bar operator. We continue to have a much-loved brand in The Botanist and will be focusing all future openings on this brand. Earlier in 2024, as part of this strategy we successfully converted four of our differently branded sites into Botanists. This process will allow us to safeguard New World Trading Company for our customers, shareholders, creditors and team enabling the business to move forward and flourish."

Adding "We have made the difficult decision to close three loss-making sites immediately. The welfare of our teams is our number one priority, and we will be offering alternative roles within our other sites to those that are impacted."

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Helen Hayes
Friday 11th October 2024 at 5:05 am
A pound shop would be brilliant there! It’s a vast site!
Jon Williams
Friday 11th October 2024 at 2:10 pm
It might be a Greggs

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