Bowling group planning multiple new openings

BOUTIQUE bowling group Lane7 has highlighted a "healthy pipeline" of planned openings as it posts a 30% jump in turnover.

- COREENA FORD Business writer [e-mail]

The North East competitive socialising leader opened its first bowling alley in Newcastle in 2013 in St James’ Boulevard and it has since expanded across the UK with 13 other sites in cities including, Liverpool, Bristol, Edinburgh, Manchester and Sheffield.

This summer has seen huge expansion on home turf for the Darlington company, with the opening of a further two sites in Newcastle, in the former Lofts and Hustle bar and nightclub at The Gate, as well as ML7, a subterranean gaming zone in the lower ground floor of the Monument Mall. Now, as the company prepared for more openings, Lane7 Ltd has published accounts for the year ended October 2024, showing rising turnover on the back of its portfolio growth.