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  1. Austiniho

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    Laser tag, Soft play, trampoline/inflatable park.

    All seem to do a roaring trade, there’s three trampolining places in donny now and all seem to be doing well. The inflatable park at park gate is popular, and they’ve opened a laser tag place in donny in a proper shithole of a building (though it does add to the effect I guess), my lad loves it.

    The brewery idea is cracking in theory but too many seem to be going out of business to make it look likely to pay.

    A leisure facility with a reasonably cheap pricing structure would do well I reckon.
     
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    Jack Tatty (Formerly LouisBalfour) Well-Known Member

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    Couldn't agree more. My Sales Rep when I worked, was a part time Scout for Wigan Rugby League Club. His Chairman was
    Jack Robinson an Antiques dealer. He researched what type of stuff the Yanks would buy and targeted the house
    clearance market to bring the furniture, appliances etc in to his yard to suit US demand. His biggest seller was old windows with coloured leaded glass in them. Called in with my colleague one afternoon with some forms for a player my mate had signed and Jack was in the yard helping to load containers that were US bound. He was a multi millionaire on the back of what
    to me looked like "tat " he was renovating and exporting. If you've got the start up capital and the premises, it looked to me you can make a few bob out of antiques.
     
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    Jack Tatty (Formerly LouisBalfour) Well-Known Member

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    Open a spice centre where they all meet up.

    Call it Spice World or summat.
     
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    You stole the words right off the tip of my keyboard!
     
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    The Japanese and Russians are also crazy about British furniture. Run of the mill Ercol chairs go for 150 quid a pop here, Japan is very similar apparently.
     
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    PM'd you mate
     
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    Apply to build houses on it.
     
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    Some people seem to be vastly overestimating how much 3000 square feet is. It's only 55 by 55 foot (if it were actually square). Or about 17 by 17 metres (for those who prefer the obviously superior metric system).
     
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    There is an additional 1500 square feet adjoining it, but you're right it's a great space but for some of the ideas put forward its not big enough.
    The antique/refurbished furniture appeals though.
     
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    You either get a business premises because you want to use it for your business, or you inherit it.
    Obviously you don’t know what to do with it so we can presume you haven’t got it with a business in mind.
    Therefore I’d look for change of use.
    If it gets approval for housing then it’s going to be worth something.
    You need a planning consultant for that.
     
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    Brewery doing craft ale is a winner at the moment. I'd visit places like Northern Monk in Leeds, Sentinel in Sheffield.
    Would need a fair bit of kit, but is a growth industry & I can't see it changing much. Younger drinkers like craft beers, only the oldies into John Smiths & crap like that. (I'm a bit old misen like, but live in LS6 & there are 4 breweries within a mile.
     
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    John Smiths???
    Shudder! I used to think that was 'beer':confused:
     
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    They bought out Barnsley Brewery & shut the brewery, but kept all their pubs. Was difficult to find anything other than electric "John's" in virtually every pub in town. I hated John Smiths with a passion back then. **** beer.
     
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    Unfortunately Sentinal has shut the micro pub , still brewing apparently but looking to sell quickly , don’t know what went wrong as it’s always been full when I’ve been in . Northern Monk has just crowd funded a big expansion , opening a new place in Manchester , North Brewery in Leeds is a good set up down on the small industrial space at the bottom of North Street , good bar open in the brewery during the day on weekends , but they also have a couple of independent outlets further in town
     

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