Licensing legal expert Andrew Potts has served up a triple measure of successful licence applications.
Andrew, who is a partner at Leamington law firm Wright Hassall, has recently acquired a liquor licence for a unique development in Hockley Heath.
The famous Old Royal Oak pub on Stratford Road has been converted into a gastro-pub combined with an indoor delicatessen, butchers, off–licence and café.
The vast site has been developed by Holmway Properties, a company based in Coleshill, Warwickshire, and opened as ORO on Friday.
Andrew was confronted by a rather unusual set of circumstances – half the site falls within the Stratford district and the other half in the Warwick district.
He has also recently obtained a licence for Jimmy Spice’s, a trendy restaurant and bar which opened last month in High Street, Solihull.
The establishment serves an array of dishes from India, Thailand, China and Italy. There is already a successful version of the buffet-eaterie at Regency Wharf in Broad Street
, Birmingham.
To complete the triple whammy, Andrew secured the licence for the landmark Radisson SAS Hotel, which recently opened in ’Birmingham's 400ft Beetham Tower.
Andrew said that each application presents a different set of challenges which have to be overcome before a venue can operate.
He said: “These latest licence applications have shown the variety of work that we do. I am currently involved in applying for licences for a broad range of eye-watering venues both across the region and nationally.
