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Nirad Solanki

Nirad Vinod Solanki[1][2][3] (born November 1988)[4][5][6] is a British businessman, publican, property developer, and serial entrepreneur. He is the founder of a Leicestershire-based brewery company named Elmesthorpe Brewery Company[7][8] which operates as a supply and fulfillment company to his own group of pubs and many other local bars.

Nirad Solanki
Born
Nirad Vinod Solanki

November 1988
NationalityBritish
Alma materKing Edward's School
Charles University
Occupation(s)Businessman
Property developer
TitleChairman of the Board, Solanki Holdings

Education edit

In 2001, Nirad studied in England where he attended King Edward's School for boys in Edgbaston, Birmingham.[9] He later took up his undergraduate studies in The Czech Republic where he studied Dentistry at Univerzita Karlova in Prague, Czech Republic.

Nirad studied dentistry in Prague for a total of four years, before he made the difficult decision to terminate his studies to become a dentist at the medical faculty and decided to come on back over to England. It was whilst he was at this university he was given his nickname, 'Niri', which inspired the name of his new flame-grilled chicken restaurant inside of the New Baron bar, titled Niri Niri's.[10][11][12]

Career edit

Although he now resides in Leicester, with a main focus on property development, English pubs and bars, and brewing beers and ales, Solanki still owns two bars in Prague in The Czech Republic.[13][14] He is also a fully-qualified pilot, real estate investor, and an owner of a small venture capital company.

Nirad opened his first public house in England in Rugby, Warwickshire back in 2016. He later opened his second pub in the village of Stoney Stanton in Leicestershire. Following the opening of his second pub in Leicestershire, he opened a third pub, this time in Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire.[15][16][17]

The serial entrepreneur confirmed his plans in September 2018 to The Leicester Mercury that he would be opening his fourth site, a gin and rum lounge in the West End of Leicester city centre which would open in the same month.[18][19][20]

In March 2019, it was revealed that Nirad had secured his fifth site by successfully purchasing Hinckley's popular town bar, The Baron of Hinckley, from Tim Martin's British pub chain, Wetherspoons.[21][22][23][24][25] He officially re-opened the doors to the former Wetherspoons pub in October 2019 as The New Baron of Hinckley.[26][27][28][29][30][31]

In April 2020, Nirad made a television appearance on the BBC's property auction and renovation show, Homes Under the Hammer, where he discussed his plans to demolish a newly purchased property of his, an arson-hit former mixed-martial arts building on Upper Clough Street in Hanley, Staffordshire, which will become a newly developed seven-storey tower block.[32][33][34]

At the start of December in 2020, Solanki made headlines in both local newspapers and national newspapers where he gained recognition and publicity for applying to convert the ex-Wetherspoons bar, The New Baron of Hinckley, into a place of worship named 'The Church of New Baron' and start his own religion, when Hinckley was placed in Tier 3 coronavirus restrictions which meant that pubs had to remain closed amidst the coronavirus pandemic in England, whilst churches and other places of worship could remain open.[35][36][37][38][39][40]

In March and April 2021, Nirad and his then-wife and business partner acquired two new locations for the brewery in Stoke-on-Trent[41] and Melton Mowbray.[42][43] In June 2022, Solanki acquired a pub and hotel in Nuneaton town centre,[44] and yet another former Wetherspoons pub, this time in Paignton, Devon, in the same town as his 24-bedroom-hotel in the nearby seafront.[45]

Personal life edit

He previously resided in Elmesthorpe, Leicestershire.[46] He has four children from his past marriage with his wife at the time.

References edit

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  2. ^ "Mr Nirad Vinod Solanki - Director Information (Director ID: 916881836)". Company Check. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
  3. ^ "Nirad Vinod Solanki - Personal Appointments". Companies House. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
  4. ^ "Solanki Holdings Limited". Get The Data. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
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  7. ^ "Local Breweries". Hinckley and Bosworth CAMRA. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
  8. ^ "Elmesthorpe Brewery Co Limited - Overview". Companies House. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
  9. ^ "Back to School Day 2019". 7 December 2020. Archived from the original on 7 December 2020. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
  10. ^ Dawson, Nick (25 June 2020). "Former town Wetherspoons relaunching with new chicken menu". LeicestershireLive. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
  11. ^ "Flame-grilled chicken menu and a new look for pub". PressReader. No. Hinckley Times. 1 July 2020. Retrieved 12 December 2020.
  12. ^ "New Baron of Hinckley". hinckleyandbosworth.camra.org.uk. Hinckley and Bosworth CAMRA. Retrieved 12 December 2020.
  13. ^ "Roundup of October's Pub News". Hinckley and Bosworth CAMRA. 7 October 2019. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
  14. ^ "Latest Branch News - Old Version". Hinckley and Bosworth CAMRA. 7 October 2019. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
  15. ^ Jones, Becky (18 September 2018). "A gin and rum lounge is opening in former Loaf bar". LeicestershireLive. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
  16. ^ "Bulls Head Free House Stoney Stanton". Companies House. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
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  20. ^ Heppenstall, Ollie. "Dog House bar proving popular after successful opening week". Retrieved 7 December 2020.
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  22. ^ Dawson, Nick (19 September 2019). "Pizza takeaway reveals plan to open café in town centre". LeicestershireLive. Retrieved 12 December 2020.
  23. ^ Mack, Tom (22 March 2019). "New owner, pub the same". PressReader. No. Leicester Mercury. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
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  26. ^ Dawson, Nick (9 October 2019). "Opening date and menu prices for revamped pub". LeicestershireLive. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
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  31. ^ Dawson, Nick (22 October 2019). "Former Wetherspoon pub relaunches under new management". LeicestershireLive. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
  32. ^ Davies, Ruby (20 April 2020). "Meet the man planning to transform arson-hit Hanley building into tower block". StokeonTrentLive. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
  33. ^ Dawson, Nick (19 September 2020). "Shoe factory under hammer". PressReader. No. Leicester Mercury. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
  34. ^ Eccleston, Sally (1 June 2019). "Owner of arson-hit city centre building gutted in inferno reveals heartbreak". StokeonTrentLive. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
  35. ^ Dawson, Nick. "At your service! Pub that wants to register as a place of worship". PressReader. No. Leicester Mercury. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
  36. ^ Dawson, Nick (3 December 2020). "Pub hopes to reopen despite restrictions by registering as religion". Leicestershire Live. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
  37. ^ Jones, Victoria; Dawson, Nick (4 December 2020). "Pub hopes to reopen by declaring itself a 'place of worship'". DerbyshireLive. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
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  41. ^ Lawton, Rachel (3 April 2021). "Former Potteries pub to be transformed into sports bar and apartments". The Sentinel. Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire: Reach plc. Archived from the original on 3 April 2021. Retrieved 9 April 2021.
  42. ^ Rennie, Nick (30 March 2021). "New Melton pub to serve pizzas and craft beer". Melton Times. Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire: JPIMedia Publishing. Archived from the original on 30 March 2021. Retrieved 9 April 2021.
  43. ^ Jones, Becky (26 March 2021). "Craft beer and pizza venue launching in Grade II-listed building in Melton". Leicester Mercury. Leicester, Leicestershire: Reach plc. Archived from the original on 26 March 2021. Retrieved 9 April 2021.
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  45. ^ Smith, Colleen (22 June 2022). "Former Wetherspoons Paignton pub sold and given new name". Devon Live. Devon. Archived from the original on 22 June 2022. Retrieved 22 June 2022.
  46. ^ Jones, Chris (30 May 2019). "Gang at church plagued by dogging were really catching Pokémon". LeicestershireLive. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
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