Ten Entertainment Group, formerly Essenden, is a British public company that operates
ten-pin bowling
Ten-pin bowling is a type of bowling in which a bowler rolls a bowling ball down a wood or synthetic lane toward ten pins positioned evenly in four rows in an equilateral triangle. The objective is to knock down all ten pins on the first roll ...
centres under the Tenpin brand. It is one of the largest bowling companies in the UK, with around 17% of the market. The head office is at Aragon House Cranfield Technology Park, Bedford.
History
The company was formed on 22 May 2009 as Essenden, following a scheme of arrangement proposed by the directors of Georgica plc, which had trading difficulties at the time.
Rory Macnamara was the chairman, and Nick Basing the chief executive. The shares were traded on London's
Alternative Investment Market
AIM (formerly the Alternative Investment Market) is a sub-market of the London Stock Exchange that was launched on 19 June 1995 as a replacement to the previous Unlisted Securities Market (USM) that had been in operation since 1980. It allows ...
, under the ticker ESS. The Company had loan notes which were freely transferable and were listed on PLUS Markets.
The company was taken private in 2015 by Harwood Capital, then returned to the market as Ten Entertainment Group in 2017.
References
External links
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Tenpin website
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Tenpin bowling in the United Kingdom
Companies listed on the London Stock Exchange