Club to reopen after upgrade
By Jo Deeks on Thursday, 12th April 2001.
HAVERHILL clubbers are set to boogie to some of the country's top beats when Rush nightclub changes hands.
Martin Noble, wjo opened the club in the High Street 18 months ago, is selling an 80 per cent stake to Courtmead plc, which runs H20 clubs at Bishops Stortford and Braintree.
The new owners plan to spend £750,000 upgrading the club.
Steve Web, Courtmead chief executive, said it would probably take four to six weeks to complete the formalities of taking over the club, which would become another H20.
They would then be taking a new manager and employing new DJs.
Mr Noble, who spent £300,000 renovating the club in the former Co-op premises, said it would close April 14 after St Edmundsbury Borough Council refused to renew its public entertainment license.
Although the certificate was the same as last year, Mr Noble said the club had been ruled as not up to standard so re-wiring work would be done before the club re-opened under new management.
Mr Webb said the firm had not realised the license would not be renewed but would see that any necessary re-wiring work was done,
He said he had spent 30 years in the nightclub business and had won the best independent club in the country for a venue in Kent.
"We think Haverhill is a place worth investing in," he said. "The town is increasing in size as a lot of people find housing prices much more reasonable.
"A lot of people travel out of town to clubs in Newmarket or Cambridge, which seems a shame.
"We employ 50 people at Bishop Stortford, so it will also bring employment to the town."
Mr Webb said when he heard the club was coming on the market he approached Mr Noble and made him an offer.
Martin Noble, wjo opened the club in the High Street 18 months ago, is selling an 80 per cent stake to Courtmead plc, which runs H20 clubs at Bishops Stortford and Braintree.
The new owners plan to spend £750,000 upgrading the club.
Steve Web, Courtmead chief executive, said it would probably take four to six weeks to complete the formalities of taking over the club, which would become another H20.
They would then be taking a new manager and employing new DJs.
Mr Noble, who spent £300,000 renovating the club in the former Co-op premises, said it would close April 14 after St Edmundsbury Borough Council refused to renew its public entertainment license.
Although the certificate was the same as last year, Mr Noble said the club had been ruled as not up to standard so re-wiring work would be done before the club re-opened under new management.
Mr Webb said the firm had not realised the license would not be renewed but would see that any necessary re-wiring work was done,
He said he had spent 30 years in the nightclub business and had won the best independent club in the country for a venue in Kent.
"We think Haverhill is a place worth investing in," he said. "The town is increasing in size as a lot of people find housing prices much more reasonable.
"A lot of people travel out of town to clubs in Newmarket or Cambridge, which seems a shame.
"We employ 50 people at Bishop Stortford, so it will also bring employment to the town."
Mr Webb said when he heard the club was coming on the market he approached Mr Noble and made him an offer.
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