TomNorton commented Ilkeston pub The Charter to be turned into £550,000 'gin...

AROUND £550,000 is being spent to transform a troubled pub into a self-styled "Victorian gin palace."The new owners of The Charter in Ilkeston will recruit 18 new staff and will sell more than 100 varieties of gin. Amber Taverns, who own nearly 100 pubs across the country applied to Erewash Borough Council to vary the premises licence in January. Work is expected to start on the South Street boozer later this month with an estimated completion date between April and May.The pub.