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Adam Rickitt discusses his bar venture after leaving acting
Former Coronation Street actor Adam Rickitt has spoken about his work beyond television.
He and his wife, Kathy, co-own Dexter and Jones, a craft beer and artisan gin bar in Knutsford, Cheshire, which they bought in 2019.
Rickitt said they had put everything into building the business.
He also said his late father borrowed £5.5 million from him, which he never got back, but he was not angry about it.
Rickitt said money did not make him happy and that he was happily married and running the bar.
He has also returned to pop music, after releasing an album and a charting single in 1999, and said he is doing pop music again.
Adam Rickitt and his wife Kathy co-own Dexter and Jones, a craft beer and artisan gin bar in Knutsford, Cheshire.
The couple bought the bar in 2019 after Rickitt’s acting career.
Rickitt said he and his wife had put everything into building the business.
He also spoke about his late father borrowing £5.5 million from him, which he did not get back before his father died.
Rickitt said he was happily married, running the bar and making pop music again.
- Who
- Adam Rickitt and his wife Kathy.
- What
- They co-own Dexter and Jones, a craft beer and artisan gin bar.
- When
- They bought the bar in 2019.
- Where
- Knutsford, Cheshire.
- Why
- Rickitt pursued the venture following his acting career. The sources do not give a more specific reason.
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Rickitt portrayed Nick Tilsley on Coronation Street.
Rickitt returned to Coronation Street for three separate stints, making his final appearance in July 2004.
Rickitt and his wife bought Dexter and Jones.
Rickitt left Hollyoaks.
Rickitt appeared as Michael Harvey in a guest role on Doctors.
- Bar
- Dexter and Jones
- Business
- Craft beer and artisan gin bar
- Location
- Knutsford, Cheshire
- Purchase year
- 2019
- Co-owner
- Kathy, Rickitt’s wife
- Acting role
- Nick Tilsley on Coronation Street, 1997–1999
What people are saying
have sunk everything into
I took the personal allowance of about £12,000 and then we took dividends of £36,000 to stay within the basic tax band.
He was very much a spender. He would blow all his money on stupid things and not very sound investments despite earning £2m to £3m a year — and then he would come and borrow my money
I'm happily married to the love of my life, running this place and doing pop music again.