In 1985 Kempinska met her business partner John Davy and they went on to create a number of comedy clubs around the UK in the following years.

As a result of this administration, Jongleurs venues in Southampton, Nottingham, Bristol, Oxford and Bow (London) all closed.

As a result of the management buy out, Intertain UK decided to end its relationship with Jongleurs and all the remaining clubs were rebranded as Highlight in January 2010.

Hammersmith opened a month after the Regent Inns collapse and Bournemouth, Notting Hill and Clacton followed shortly after.

Later in the year, Luminar was put into administration and although all the clubs hosting Jongleurs nights avoided the first closures,[6] the venues in Swansea, Basildon, Birmingham, Newcastle upon Tyne and Norwich were all closed by February 2012.