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PUB LIST PUBLIC HOUSES Paul Skelton

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Phoenix

Open 2022+

12 Tufton Street

Ashford

01233 665511

https://whatpub.com/phoenix

Phoenix

Above photo kindly sent by Chris Excell, date unknown.

Phoenix 2022

Above photo, April 2022, kindly sent by Allan Ward.

 

From www.kentOnLine.co.uk, 4 November 2014. By Chris Price.

Bramwell Pubs and Bars in administration after pre-tax loss of £117.7m, with pubs in Ashford, Gravesend, Sevenoaks, Sittingbourne and Ramsgate.

Jobs are at risk at five Kent drinking holes after Bramwell Pubs and Bars tumbled into administration, blaming cash flow problems.

The company reported a pre-tax loss of £117.7m in its latest accounts and had completed a major restructure in 2012.

It employs 3,300 staff at 185 pubs nationally - including the Phoenix in Ashford, the Pembroke in Gravesend, the Oak Tree in Sevenoaks, the Vineyard in Sittingbourne and the Sovereign in Ramsgate.

Administrators at Zolfo Cooper are considering options to sell the company, which owns Varsity, Smith and Jones and Wild Lime Bar and Kitchen brands.

Phoenix inside

Above showing the inside of the pub.

The majority of the estate will continue to trade at present.

The Marlow-based firm reported its huge pre-tax losses after incurring £115.1m exceptional costs to settle debts last year.

 

I believe the pub closed at the end of 2014.

Further information suggests it is open again.

I have just heard (April 2024) that it is going to change name to the "Players Bar," after new owners recently purchased the premises.

 

As time allows and I find or are sent further information or pictures regarding this pub I will be adding further information to this page.

Your help is appreciated.

 

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