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Number Nine sold and could become a bar
2:00pm Wednesday 9th January 2013 in News By James Cox
Number Nine sold and could become a bar
NUMBER Nine restaurant has been sold and a lounge bar could reopen in its place.
The lease for the North Hill restaurant, which boasted Michelin Star ambitions, has been sold by owner Tony Cole to an unnamed bidder.
The businessman said his operating company, Reckin, did not owe any outstanding debt.
He also remained tight-lipped on the future of the premesis but said it would be renamed and could open within a matter of weeks.
Exclusive interview with Mr Cole in Wednesday's Gazette.
Comments(14)
Say It As It Is OK?
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4:08pm Wed 9 Jan 13
sandgronun64
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5:55pm Wed 9 Jan 13
Nothing he does seems to merit anything other than criticism.
Whilst it keeps us 'morally outraged' folks typing, it simply confers an undeserved and unearned, minor celebrity tag on this person.
Let him wallow in anonymity.
Boris
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6:34pm Wed 9 Jan 13
sandgronun64 wrote:After he has cheated all those people, I'd rather he wallow in jail for a spell.
Stop giving this guy publicity.
Nothing he does seems to merit anything other than criticism.
Whilst it keeps us 'morally outraged' folks typing, it simply confers an undeserved and unearned, minor celebrity tag on this person.
Let him wallow in anonymity.
Steve86
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6:52pm Wed 9 Jan 13
Captain SpaceAce
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8:21pm Wed 9 Jan 13
hughie-s
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10:28pm Wed 9 Jan 13
Captain SpaceAce wrote:Try this one...
I wish they'd get a different photo to use.
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Feisty CBC
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10:55pm Wed 9 Jan 13
Boris
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12:39am Thu 10 Jan 13
I feel very sorry for the unfortunate residents of that care home, which I hope is inspected regularly. Would be good if the Gazette could identify the care home, so that relatives of the residents can keep a close eye on conditions there.
Boris
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12:45am Thu 10 Jan 13
Feisty CBC wrote:Cole never owned the building. All he has "sold" is the lease, i.e. the right to pay a set rent in return for the right to use the building for a specified period.
If he has sold it, maybe he can stump up the monies he owes Frank Wright butchers.
Whether he made any money from this transaction remains to be seen, but even if he did, it will not be enough to pay off old creditors like Frank Wright, even if they still have a claim in law, which perhaps they haven't.
Boris
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1:04am Thu 10 Jan 13
Captain SpaceAce wrote:There is a different photo in the printed paper, of Cole sitting at a restaurant table brandishing a document in one hand, and waving the other hand expansively. He is wearing exactly the same stripey shirt, so it was probably taken the same day as the one at the top here.
I wish they'd get a different photo to use.
jammin
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8:36am Thu 10 Jan 13
Boris wrote:Maybe he is skint and only has one shirt? Or bought a job lot of stripy shirts?
Captain SpaceAce wrote:There is a different photo in the printed paper, of Cole sitting at a restaurant table brandishing a document in one hand, and waving the other hand expansively. He is wearing exactly the same stripey shirt, so it was probably taken the same day as the one at the top here.
I wish they'd get a different photo to use.
hughie-s
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9:14am Thu 10 Jan 13
Boris wrote:The care home is at Westcliff and Companies Houses show the accounts. as being overdue.
This man claims in the printed paper that he runs various other businesses, including a care home for people with learning difficulties.
I feel very sorry for the unfortunate residents of that care home, which I hope is inspected regularly. Would be good if the Gazette could identify the care home, so that relatives of the residents can keep a close eye on conditions there.
Boris
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8:22pm Thu 10 Jan 13
hughie-s wrote:What a surprise....
Boris wrote:The care home is at Westcliff and Companies Houses show the accounts. as being overdue.
This man claims in the printed paper that he runs various other businesses, including a care home for people with learning difficulties.
I feel very sorry for the unfortunate residents of that care home, which I hope is inspected regularly. Would be good if the Gazette could identify the care home, so that relatives of the residents can keep a close eye on conditions there.
Thanks for your researches at Companies House.
Some people think it doesn't matter much about wrongdoers of this type, after all nobody was killed or injured. But they can ruin the lives of others, for example those of their suppliers that may go under because of not getting paid.
hughie-s says...
2:46pm Wed 9 Jan 13