The Office pub Upperthorpe: Plans to re-open former bar site as venue for weddings and parties

Businessman Abdul Nagi has bought up the former The Office pub at Upperthorpe, in the city, and is currently carrying out works to refurbish the building and to bring it back into use again.

But it will not be re-opening as a pub – the scheme would see the venue re-opened under a new name, and as a venue for weddings, parties and other celebration events.

Mr Nagi is hoping to open up in the next few weeks, under the name of Diamond Banqueting Suites.

He took the building over in late March and work has been ongoing since then, and is now close to being able to open it in its new role.

He said: “We’ve taken it over, and we’re changing it now to a wedding centre.”

He said it would be available for hire for all types of parties.

“We’ll open in about three weeks, four weeks time,” he added.

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The venue has features inside including a stage, which is expected to feature in events which are held there under its new name.

Its car park area has been resurfaced in recent weeks, and a reception area has been refurbished ahead of its planned opening. A new sign is in place but one of the former The Office signs is still to be removed.

Abbeydale Brewery and The Moon

Traditionally called The Office, the pub was briefly renamed as The Moon after it was taken over by the local real ale business, Abbeydale Brewery, in 2007, which is famous for its Moonshine ale. It remained under that name until 2008.

But Abbeydale pulled out, with the venue reverting to its previous name of The Office around a year later, before closing in the last year.

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