The price to the local community is becoming clearer following the closure of Stapleford Park Hotel near Melton.
The hotel ceased trading with immediate effect and cancelled its bookings and memberships on Wednesday.
The news will see local people out a job. Not welcome news following the recent closures of Tuxford & Tebbut's dairy, Holwell Works and The Stute to name a few.
Leonard Curtis, an insolvency practitioner, has been instructed to "commence liquidation proceedings", an email sent out by the hotel says.
The hotel has seen its fair share of celebrity visitors during its time including Peter and Abbey Crouch who got married at the venue in 2011 and Michael Jackson visited before his death.
Stapleford Park has ceased trading. Photo: NEMM
Stapleford Park was aquired by Dreamr in August 2022 and they appointed Michels & Taylor to manage the hotel in March of this year.
Michels & Taylor confirmed that they terminated the agreement to manage the hotel prior to the news of the hotel ceasing to trade.
Amie Henson and Dan Lee from Syston had paid a £3,000 deposit to the hotel for their wedding reception next year. They found on Wednesday that their booking had been cancelled.
Stapleford Park was locked up on Thursday morning. Photo: NEMM
Speaking to the BBC, Mr Lee said: "I opened my emails and I was flabbergasted. I was just in shock.
"We've paid deposits for the car, the music, the DJ, the toastmaster, the church is booked and the honeymoon for the day after – it's all very much geared towards that date.
"It's a bit heartbreaking because the venue is the first thing you arrange and then everything comes after that."
Stapleford Estate has confirmed that the news will not affect the Freedom Field or Minature railway located on the site.
In a statement on social media on Thursday they said: "We would like to reassure you that THE STAPLEFORD ESTATE FREEDOM FIELD WILL CONTINUE WITH BUSINESS AS NORMAL.
The owners of The Stapleford Estate were saddened to learn of the closure of Stapleford Park Hotel.
We would like to remind everyone that The Stapleford Estate and Stapleford Park Hotel are COMPLETE SEPARATE ENTITIES and therefore this development yesterday has no impact in any way on The Stapleford Estate which includes Stapleford Farms, Stapleford Freedom Field, Stapleford Doggy Day Care, Stapleford Estate Rides, Stapleford Shoot, Stapleford Events, Stapleford Miniture [sic] Railway.
We hope new owners of Stapleford Park Hotel can be found quickly and it reopens for business soon.'
Local beauty retreat Ragdale Hall has posted in support of staff who may find themselves out a job.
In a post on Facebook they said: "We were saddened to hear about the closure of Stapleford Park and the impact this will have on our colleagues in the hospitality industry.
If you have found yourself in this sad circumstance, then please do not hesitate to reach out to us. We have various job opportunities that we can explore."
NEMM has contacted DreamR hotels and Leonard Curtis for further comment however are yet to receive a reply from either company.
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