October 28, 2025

Call For Evidence – How have you adapted your venue?

Innovators of the Nightlife Industry

Innovators are individuals that are pushing the industry forward.

Nightclubs and nightlife venues are closing. 20 licensed venues have closed in the only the first quarter of 2025, and one in four late-night venues have closed since 2020. Trends and appetites are changing when it comes to late night activity, and nightclubs owners are having to adapt to maintain profit margins.

One way to improve the profitability and sustainability of your venue, its to innovate. Whether its repurposing trends or being original, innovators are delivering new experiences. Nightclub premises are mainly largely unused spaces for the majority of the weekdays and daytime, hence many owners and managers are trying to revolutionise the available space.

At NDML, we have spoken to many of our clients about how they plan to adapt their business model. We receive many questions around insurance for additional services and daytime events. From remote work spaces to coffee mornings to food and beer festivals; there is no end to the innovative ideas we have witnessed and provided guidance on.

To benefit the community, we are asking all nightclub owners and business owners in the sector to fill out our short survey and provide their new and inventive ideas. They could even include what they would like to see more of in the sector, or what they would like guidance for. We will then publish the results of this survey for anyone to read and learn from.

Hear from some of our innovators below 👇

Are you an innovator? – Let us know your thoughts

Your Name(Required)

Venue Name(Required)

Venue Address(Required)

Street Address City ZIP / Postal Code

Venue Type(Required)

Venue capacity(Required)

What activities, events or changes have you made to adapt or improve your venue?

Have you adapted or reinvented spaces in your venue?

Have you altered or expanded your business model to improve profitability?

Hear from our clients

We recently visited two of our clients in London, two very different venue types that have adopted their business model through innovation to improve profitability. Eutopia Warehouse in Barking, founded by Tom Paterson, are utilising their multi-purpose spaces to run daytime events, alongside their nightclub offering. Crown & Sceptre in Kensington, owned by Kevan Simon, had filled their events calendar with innovative activities and a variety of DJs. They are also benefiting with increased opening hours for coffee mornings as well as an upstairs guest house.

Listen to their thoughts and feelings here: