Sloanes bar in Gloucester to reopen
ENTREPRENEURS Marc and Gemma Watts are bringing back a popular Gloucester bar after reading an article in The Citizen.
Pints will once again be pulled at Sloanes, in Brunswick Road, when it reopens as Sloanes bar on Friday October 26.
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CONFIDENT: Marc and Gemma Watts at Sloanes in Brunswick Road.
It represents a first venture into the world of bar management for married couple Marc, 47, and Gemma, 21, who took on the project after spotting an opportunity.
Marc, who lives in Tewkesbury, said: "We saw an article in the paper about the possibility of the Jumpin Jacks nightclub reopening in the near future.
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"As Sloanes is next door we are hoping there will be an increased footfall in this area when it does reopen so we thought we would get on board.
"We are confident we will be a success here and that we will be here for some time to come."
For Marc, the move represents something of a return to his roots, and he is well accustomed to making drinks for the clubbers in Gloucester.
"I used to work in Chambers and I always wanted to own my own bar," said Marc, who moved from Gloucester four years ago.
"It is a tough climate at the moment and you do see a lot of businesses closing, but you have to be brave.
"At the end of the day it is all about how you treat your customers. If you treat them well they will keep coming back, and that is what we aim to do."
Marc is planning on adding a European flavour to the front of the bar, transforming it into a coffee shop during the day, while the rest of the building will operate as a bar.
Live music and student nights are also in the pipeline.
Councillor Tarren Randle, (C, Barnwood) heads up Gloucester's evening economy action group, a panel of business owners and bar managers with a mutual interest in improving city night life.
She said: "This is really great news, and any bar opening is good news for the night-time economy. Hopefully Jumpin Jacks will get an investor soon too.
"I'm pleased to see there will be live music there too."
Comments
by Dr_Hfrrrrr
Wednesday, October 17 2012, 3:57PM
“MentalBeaver, why do you think it's called the Golden Valley? Because it's the route to salvation in Cheltenham from damnation in Gloucester.”
by localboy51
Wednesday, October 17 2012, 3:49PM
“So do they want staff & if so to whom does one apply for a job?”
by MentalBeaver
Wednesday, October 17 2012, 1:59PM
“I doubt that they were referring to the road that leads to Cheltenham though.”
by valhalla2010
Wednesday, October 17 2012, 1:03PM
“I just asked around my office "Can you name a famous person from Gloucester and/ or Cheltenham"
"Err, Fred West and Gustav Holst"
"There's only one good thing about Gloucester.... that's the road leading out of it" came another reply.
Which led to "I've only got two things to say about Gloucester..... s**te"”
by Dr_Hfrrrrr
Wednesday, October 17 2012, 1:02PM
“He started it.”
by 2dooks
Wednesday, October 17 2012, 12:40PM
“Some of you chaps need to take a long, hard look at yourselves. This is like a preschool age playground!!
Pathetic to be frank, mindless attempts at point scoring over which of two locations is better than the other.
Loaded with spelling errors to boot!
I'm off to find something intelligent to read.......”
by Dr_Hfrrrrr
Wednesday, October 17 2012, 11:57AM
“'Three quires' and 'sudo Italian food' Tim? It's nice to see the standard of education in Gloucester...”
by TimMessanger
Tuesday, October 16 2012, 10:21PM
“by Dr_Hfrrrrr
Tuesday, October 16 2012, 4:05PM
Premiership rugby team - League p00fball team
Three quires festival - Jazz, Science, Music & Literature festivals (supported by the tax payers)
Anywhere but Swindon Village, StPauls, Hesters Way or Whaddon.
The world famous Kingsholm - a old nags slaughter ground know in the UK and Ireland.
John Stafford Smith and Ivor Gurney -Gustav Holst
Gloucester Quays and the city centre - Home of bonapatite 99p food store!
Good Sushi - Over priced sudo Italian food.
City - Town
River - Stream
Gloucester Cathedral ranked in joint second place alongside the Houses of Parliament - Nowhere in the list!
Gloucester cleaned up Barton - Cheltenham the capital of the séx trade and trafficking in the UK!"
The Johnson Gang need I say more?
"I think you'll find Cheltenham wins every time." I beg to differ!”
by cheltdav1
Tuesday, October 16 2012, 9:00PM
“still cant beat cheltenham for the better nightlife thou!”
by MentalBeaver
Tuesday, October 16 2012, 8:54PM
“Jewel of the Cotswolds? More like a cubic zirconia clinging desperately on to the edge.”