The company behind bar chain Manahatta has confirmed that its Merrion Street site in Leeds City Centre is set to close.
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00:00Hello, I'm Michael Crosland, Business Reporter with the Yorkshire Post, here with the news
00:04that Bar Chain Manhatta has confirmed that its site on Merrion Street in Leeds City Centre
00:10is set to close. Leeds-based Ark Inspirations, which is the company behind Manhatta, as well
00:17as Bar Chains Box and Banyan, said that all jobs at the site had been protected in the
00:22decision to close. The site is now set to become a retro games bar run by Manchester-based
00:28company NQ64, which will open towards the end of August. A spokesperson for Ark Inspirations
00:37said that they had loved running the Manhatta Merrion Street site, but that after careful
00:43consideration they had taken the decision to close after receiving what they described
00:48as an attractive offer from NQ64. That's all for the time being, I'm Michael Crosland
00:55reporting for the Yorkshire Post.