ICONIC Wall Heath nightclub The Kingfisher has new owners who are promising to return the venue to its former glory.

Local pub group Inndividual Holdings Limited have taken charge of the pub, club and restaurant with a mandate to transform the Kingfisher over the next 12 months.

The group already own and run neighbouring pub the Wall Heath Tavern, The Park Tavern in Cot Lane, Kingswinford, and Pensnett based Lenches Bridge, formerly known as The Talbot.

Finance director Marina Parry revealed: “We’ve had our eye on The Kingfisher for quite sometime and then suddenly the deal just seemed to happen.

“Living locally, I used to go to the piranhas wine bar myself back in the late 1980’s and I know what a great venue it can be.

“For ourselves, it’s the missing piece in the jigsaw and definitely the biggest project we’ve taken on so far.”

The club was previously been run by Susan Williams and her family for the past 20 years who revealed: “We’ve become victims of our own success to some degree, because it’s all becoming a bit too much as I’ve been told to ease down due to ill health.

“I want to thank all our customers who have supported us over the past 20 years and I hope they will continue to support the venue.

“We will still be involved with ‘Classic Health and Leisure’ which operates from the back of the venue”.

Work is set to start shortly on refurbishing the external appearance of the Kingfisher which will incorporate a patio area along with additional visuals to the thatched roof.

However, work will not start on the existing club until 2014, owing to the fact the venue is fully booked up until then.