HOSPITALITY
Burleigh Court
Cotswold hospitality – the best investment around
There are three certainties in life: death, taxes and the ability to make money in the Cotswold hospitality market. In uncertain times for the economy and investments – concerns that are causing even the London markets to slow – hospitality businesses in Gloucestershire are bucking trends. Investors are abandoning the capital, putting their designer wellies in the boot of their Chelsea tractors and heading west for what they believe is a financial certainty. In the first half of 2019, real estate advisors Colliers International revealed they have brokered deals worth £13million. And perhaps even more shocking than figures that average out at the sale of a million-pound property every fortnight, is the news that not all are being bought by Julian Dunkerton. Yes, the Lucky Onion group’s investment in Gloucestershire institutions such as The Crown in Minchinhampton and the iconic Hollow Bottom in Temple Guiting have helped. But, others have been snapped up too. Our website figures show that there is an incredible and healthy demand for knowledge about the next big pub or hotel sale in the region.
Readers have flocked to punc hline-gloucester. com for news of The Bank in Moreton-in-Marsh or Burford House hotel or the Glass House near May Hill being for sale. And that interest is being replicated in sales with Peter
Peter Brunt
Brunt, a director in the Colliers International hotels team, saying the Cotswolds is defying all other trends. “In contrast to the housing market, the pub and hotel market seems just as robust as ever,” he said. “As long as vendors price sensibly, there continues to be a ready market of buyers looking for new
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