Geronimo plans to add five pubs per year
The Chelsea Ram, on King’s Road in west London, has been transferred to Geronimo from Young’s tenanted division and is due to re-open this month after a refurbishment.
Rupert and Jo Clevely, and her then partner Nick Elliott, took on the pub in 1995 as a Young’s tenancy.
The Clevelys later left the pub with Elliott, who assigned the tenancy to James Symington in 2002.
Young’s, which bought Geronimo in December 2010, has decided to transfer the pub back to Geron-imo and it is now run as a managed house.
Rupert Clevely said he didn’t expect any more Young’s pubs to be transferred to Geronimo, which operates 33 outlets.
“We will be looking to add more pubs to the portfolio. We will add businesses where we can and would like to open about five per year.” However, Clevely added he “wouldn’t necessarily put a limit on it”.
