Home About Downing Downing Team News FAQs Contact Us Home News Home About Downing Downing Team News FAQs Contact Us £1.1m pub investment in Buckinghamshire 26 September 2014 Purchase of freehold pub with Oakman Inns In September 2014, Downing Funds made a £1,100,000 investment to purchase the freehold Cook & Fillet pub in Kingswood, Buckinghamshire. Oakman Inns - the award-winning multiple pubs operator with 8 sites across Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire and Berkshire - have co-invested alongside Downing and will manage the unit. Oakman will close and refurbish the site, bringing it up to the very high standards set across their existing estate. The site is already trading but with increased restaurant capacity and other improvements to the design and layout of the trading space we are confident that trading performance will exhibit growth. Downing and Oakman are actively pursuing other opportunities together. Steven Kenee, Investment Director at Downing says: "I am delighted to welcome Oakman Inns to the Downing family. Oakman's reputation in the market is second only to the quality of the team and strength of offer behind it. Whilst Oakman recognise the significant value uplift freehold sites can deliver, they are trying to grow their business and tying up huge amounts of capital in freehold sites is, therefore, unattractive. A partnership with Downing, however, allows their capital to go much further than would be possible with traditional bank debt whilst allowing them to retain the vast majority of the freehold capital uplift. It is hoped that this will be the first of many such acquisitions." This investment represents an excellent opportunity to work with an experienced and very highly regarded management team. Oakman Inns know the Cook & Fillet well and have experience managing other ‘destination'-style venues very profitably. We believe the unit has good growth potential and the freehold property provides an element of security to our investment. We are excited at the prospect of exploring further freehold opportunities with the Oakman team. Downing appoints Sam Archer to its growing investment team Join us at one of our free UK-wide seminars exploring EIS & Renewables Downing-backed Science in Sport on ITV4’s The Cycle Show tonight Register to attend our free London small-cap seminar in September Our Renewables team has grown Latest News April 2011 April 2012 April 2013 August 2010 August 2011 August 2013 August 2014 December 2011 December 2012 December 2013 February 2010 February 2012 February 2013 February 2014 January 2011 January 2012 January 2013 January 2014 July 2010 July 2011 July 2012 July 2013 July 2014 June 2010 June 2012 June 2014 March 2010 March 2011 March 2012 March 2014 May 2010 May 2012 May 2014 November 2010 November 2011 November 2012 November 2013 October 2011 October 2012 October 2013 September 2011 September 2012 September 2013 September 2014 Important Information Privacy Policy Contact Us Sitemap Links IMPORTANT NOTICE Downing LLP ("Downing") is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority ("FCA"). Downing is not permitted to advise you. Investors are strongly urged to seek independent professional advice when considering an investment in a VCT, EIS, IHT relief or other investments ("Investments"). These Investments carry a higher risk than many other types of investment. The value of the tax reliefs referred to on this website will depend on personal circumstances. Past performance is not a guide to the future and investors are encouraged to take independent advice before considering an investment. Before entering the Current Offers area of this website you will need to confirm that you have read and understood the risk factors. Before entering the UCIS area of this website you will need to confirm that you are authorised and regulated by the FCA. © COPYRIGHT 2014 DOWNING LLP ALL RIGHTS RESERVED /news