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Created by Echo123 on 08/10/2009

Last updated: 13/11/09 at 14:30

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• Personally bankrupt
  14/10/2008 8:00

  Carr is made personally bankrupt in a 10-minute hearing.
  http://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/search/3748354.Richard_Carr_declared_bankrupt/

• Ravine Lifestyle in administration
  14/07/2008 16:00

  Days later his development company Ravine Lifestyle follows
  http://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/search/2409230.CARR_S___35M_HOMES_CRASH/

• Future 3000 in adminstration
  30/06/2008 0:00

  His nightclub business Future 3000 plc goes into administration and eight venues are put up for sale.
  http://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/search/2406703.CARR_TROUBLE/

• Banned for drink driving
  01/07/2005 0:00

  He is banned from the road for 18 months and fined £600 for drink-driving at the wheel of his Bentley.

• Wound up
  01/07/2004 0:00

  One of his companies, WGAT Ltd is wound up with debts of £566,000.

• Losing out to rival
  30/06/2004 8:00

  Future 3000 announces plans to turn the Pavilion into a casino. He loses out to rival bidder Trevor Osborne.
  http://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/news/districts/bournemouth/899193.___My_ice_rink_would_have_been_up_and_running_now___/

• Casino plans
  30/06/2003 16:00

  His company, now called Future 3000 plc, outlines plans to build a casino and restaurants on Bournemouth Pier but the scheme is rejected by councillors.

• Expansion
  01/07/2002 0:00

  He expands his Poole portfolio by buying the Aquarium on the Quay.

• Plans to invest in Poole
  01/07/2001 0:00

  He announces plans to invest in Poole by opening up a restaurant and bar on the Quay.

• Winter Gardens bid rejected
  01/07/2001 0:00

  His bid is rejected, prompting him to blast councillors "megalomaniacs."

• Big plans for the Winter Gardens
  01/07/2000 0:00

  He outlines plans to run the Winter Gardens as a multi-purpose entertainment venue.

• The Opera House is born
  01/07/1995 0:00

  He takes over the Academy nightclub in Boscombe and relaunches it as the Opera House in 1997.

• Resignation
  30/06/1994 16:00

  He resigns from Allied Leisure plc as the company announces a loss of £16m.

• A wedding
  01/07/1993 0:00

  Carr marries Daily Echo sales rep Paula Topp and they have a son, Jacob

• Selling off Wimpy
  30/06/1990 8:00

  The franchises are sold to Grand Metropolitan in 1990 for £13m and Carr's company is renamed Allied Leisure plc. It owns several Megabowls, nightclubs and bars

• Taking off
  01/07/1987 0:00

  His company Allied Restaurants Plc is running 20 franchises in London

• In the beginning
  30/06/1981 16:00

  Richard Carr starts his first Wimpy Franchise