Chester's Funktion Leisure Ltd acquires GoHen and StagWeb

A CHESTER-BASED events company has bought two of the country’s largest stag and hen do specialists.

Funktion Leisure Ltd has acquired Groupia and its brands, including GoHen and StagWeb, out of administration.

Both brands, which have been used by a combined total of more than 750,000 people across the UK, have been reinstated and are taking bookings again under new ownership.

Funktion Leisure is the parent company of Funktion Events, the ABTA-bonded UK group events company that has been organising hen parties, stag dos and corporate events since 2007.

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