Honeycombe Leisure puts itself up for sale

19 June 2006
Honeycombe Leisure puts itself up for sale

North-east pub operator Honeycombe Leisure has put itself up for sale.

After a six-month review of the business, the board of the Alternative Investment Market-listed company has decided a sale is best to maximise value for its shareholders.

Investment banking firm Rothschild has been appointed to handle the auction process of the 115-strong pub estate valued at £36.5m.

Honeycombe was in talks with a third party about a sale of the business following an approach last autumn, but terminated discussions in May of this year.

In the year to 1 May 2005, Honeycombe reported a pre-tax loss of £800,000 compared with a loss of £100,000 for the previous year. Turnover grew by 7.7% to £36.24m.

In May, Honeycombe boss Bryan Wardman stepped down from his joint chief executive role at the company to pursue new challenges. Wardman originally joined the company as managing director in 1991.

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By Chris Druce

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