Thomas picks up four ex-Luminar sites
29/03/2012Steve Thomas, the former head of Luminar, has picked up four sites formerly operated by his old company after landlord X-Leisure assigned the leases of the sites to his nightclub operating company We are Dance, following a legal case with administrators Ernst & Young.....
No Saints Promises to Make a Big Splash
11/11/2010Stephen Thomas, the founder of Luminar, has revealed ambitions that No Saints - his new bar and restaurant group - will be a business of 75 outlets, four brands and a £100m turnover within five years....
Hotbed members back entertainment and leisure giants in new venture
21/10/2010Founder of Luminar to build new hospitality and leisure business Fitness First founder invests, and joins as Chairman New sites to launch imminently ....
Big investors help ex-Luminar chief swap nightclubs for pizza and karaoke
19/10/2010By his own admission Stephen Thomas stayed at Luminar too long. When he stepped down as chief executive of Britain’s biggest nightclub operator in February, 22 years after he founded it, the group had just issued the latest in a series of profit warnings as unemployment took a heavy toll of its core 18-to-24-year-old customer base.....
Luminar founder to launch new bar concept
06/10/2010Stephen Thomas, the founder of nightclub group Luminar, is to launch a new "up market, all seated and fully waiter serviced bar" concept called The Greene Room, BigHospitality understands....
Back with bespoke pizza
22/07/2010Big foot is back. Stephen Thomas, the founder of Luminar, the nightclub operator, is rumoured to be about to announce his first new venture since quitting as chief executive in February.....
Ex-Luminar boss plans to bring back pizza concept
22/07/2010Steve Thomas, the founder of nightclub group Luminar, is to enter the restaurant sector, resurrecting the Chicago Pizza Pie Factory brand in the UK, M&C Report understands.....
Ex Luminar boss to revive pizza restaurant chain
22/07/2010Stephen Thomas, the former chief executive of the UK's biggest nightclub group, Luminar, is to relaunch the Chicago Pizza Pie Factory restaurant chain in the UK.....