The owner of the Tiger Tiger club chain has bought a number of London venues from the administrators of Soho Clubs & Bars in a deal which will save more than 300 jobs. Novus Leisure, which also runs the latenightlondon website, bought clubs including Jewel in Piccadilly, Cheers in Regent Street and Village in Soho after the collapse of Soho Clubs & Bars.
Three Soho Clubs & Bars venues remain with administrators Kroll - Candy Bar, Sirocco and Revue Bar. But the deal - reportedly worth upto £10 million - will see all 320 staff employed by Soho Clubs & Bars move over to Novus.