Chain: NB Leisure (Lost Halls)

NB Leisure was once a small two club Scottish chain, though the company has since been reduced to a single surviving venue. Its Bathgate club, Bathgate Pavilion Bingo on George Place, has closed, leaving Glasgow Vogue Bingo on Cumbernauld Road as NB Leisure’s only remaining site.

The company, NB Leisure Limited, was incorporated on 2 October 1995, and continues to trade today from its Glasgow club, meaning the Bathgate closure reflects a reduction in the chain’s estate rather than the end of the business itself. As with several small regional chains covered on this site, NB Leisure’s story shows how even a long standing, stable operator can end up losing part of its estate over time, without that necessarily signalling wider financial trouble for the company as a whole.

We’ve filed this closure under NB Leisure’s chain history rather than as a standalone independent closure, since Bathgate Pavilion Bingo was run under common ownership alongside the surviving Glasgow club throughout its trading life.