A hospitality consultancy run by the co-founder of popular Liverpool venue Camp & Furnace, has been appointed to deliver the food and drink offering at a new multi-million pound Wirral arts village.

Lucky Penny Consultants, which Steven Burgess runs alongside Josh Moore, has joined the project which will see Hoylake’s Victorian town hall converted to house a two-screen cinema and 18 creative studio and retail spaces for artists and makers.

The Beacon , which is being developed by the civic building’s owner, Hylgar Properties alongside Community Interest Company Hoylake Village Life, will also feature a restaurant, a bar, and a café bistro in the building’s central courtyard.

Steven says: “Hoylake is a hidden gem, a town with so much potential, and we are determined to deliver something very special with real quality that will help lift the high street.

“This is so much more than a commercial project because it is a community driven scheme with real purpose and the passion of those involved really shines through, which we love.

“We have some great ideas for each of the outlets, each offering something different, but with food being the leader: style, substance and sustainability.”

Josh Moore, Steven Burgess & Abbie Miller of Lucky Penny.

David Burke of Hylgar Properties, adds: “We are extremely excited to announce Lucky Penny as our partners. They are acknowledged experts in their field and a very exciting company to work with. They bring a huge wealth of expertise and will join up the critical dots between our ambition and the delivery.

“We have no doubt that the food will be fabulous and that we are bringing something to Wirral that currently doesn’t exist which will really excite everyone who visits. We want to bring a really exciting venue under one roof, with different food and beverage offering to complement the cinema.”

The first phase of works on the building includes internal and external demolitions and construction, including new roofing. The restaurant with a newly built commercial kitchen, the bar/pub, and a newly-formed covered courtyard with new commercial kitchen space will be on the ground floor.

Phase two of the project is planned by spring 2020 when the building will be fitted out. In subsequent phases in addition to the 18 retail units, upper floors of the development will provide 40 apartments, using private funding.

The project will create more than 140 jobs during design, construction and operation, and is set to open to the public by the end of 2020.

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