Superdry founder unveils plans for new hospitality venue

Julian Dunkerton, founder of fashion label Superdry and one of Gloucestershire’s best-known and most successful businessmen, has unveiled plans to transform one of Cheltenham’s most iconic venues.

Dear readers,

Welcome to Friday’s edition of The Raikes Journal.

Usually we paywall our Thursday and Friday editions to make our CIC pay, but thanks to one of our Founding Partners, Randall & Payne, being the organisers of the Budget event we wrote about yesterday we’ve been able to keep the paywall off.

Today, we simply wanted to share the news. So please enjoy.

We were one of those invited to yesterday’s charm offensive by Julian Dunkerton, who decided to speak directly to the media about his plans for a significant investment at what is already an iconic Cheltenham venue.

You can find out exactly what he has in mind below, but in a world where it can seem harder than ever to get clarity direct from the bosses of businesses driving developments and investments, that he took time out from the small matter of running Superdry to meet face-to-face was welcome and refreshing.

And the hospitality at 131 for the breakfast press briefing was just as you would expect of a venue its owner already …