Arden & Cobden Hotels Ltd

Sectors:

  • Hotel, lodgings & catering services Catering services inc restaurants, public houses, alehouses, etc
  • Hotel, lodgings & catering services Hotel, lodgings, etc, services

Notes:

Traced origins to 1875 when established as Birmingham Artisans' Clubhouse Co Ltd to promote teetotal club houses. 1877 renamed Birmingham Coffee House Co Ltd and by 1883 had 23 coffee houses. 1885 built first temperance hotel. 1940 renamed Arden & Cobden Hotels Ltd. 1985 acquired by Henry Edwards when it had two hotels in Birmingham. 1986 floated as Friendly Hotels Ltd which acquired other hotels and was in administration in 2009

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