Arc Inspirations to open venues in Birmingham, Newcastle and Nottingham
The company, which owns the Manahatta, BOX and Banyan brands, will open the three venues before December.
The first will be a BOX in Birmingham’s Brindleyplace in early June, marking the group’s 20th site. Located on the site of a former PizzaExpress, the new restaurant will replicate the two-floor design of the brand’s Deansgate, Manchester, site.
Following this, the Leeds-based operator will open a BOX in Nottingham in the 12,000sq ft former All Saints store on Thurland Street and a Manahatta in Newcastle at a former Allied Irish Bank branch on Collingwood Street in the city.
ARC, which recently opened a Manahatta in Sheffield (pictured), has reported a strong Christmas period with total like-for-like sales for the six weeks to the end of 2022 across its three brands up by 3.2% on 2021, and 25.5% on 2020. Pre-booked sales accounted for a record 49% of total sales, it says.
Last year the company secured a £19m investment from the Business Growth Fund, which it said would accelerate its growth.
