By Harry Mottram: A couple who planned on their dream wedding this summer at The Mill at Conder Green in Lancaster have lost their £6,500 deposit when the venue went bust. Nikita Stewart, 30, and her 31-year-old fiancé Jack Smith said they had heard from a friend the hotel appeared to have closed suddenly so they drove there to discover it was deserted with a notice on the main door simply saying it was shut.
And they weren’t the only ones. Morecambe couple Jay Murray and James McInnes, both 31, were due to get married there this spring having paid out £7,500 for their big day. “We were both shocked when we found out,” Jay said. “We had absolutely no inclination there was anything wrong.”
Niamh Steed was another caught out by the closure having paid up front for her reception and only found out the hotel had gone bust after reading about it on Facebook. She said her fiancé was then contacted by the administrators said they were stunned by the news.
A spokesperson for FRP Advisory said Anthony Collier and Steven Williams had been appointed as joint administrators with the excuse that the hotel had run out of money due to the covid lockdowns. However rather than reading out a wedding venue going bust on social media a check on the hotel with Checkaco would have seen the company that owned the venue had a string of county court judgements against it from unpaid suppliers – that should be a red flag for anyone considering paying a deposit up front for a wedding.
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