Clubbers have been reassured a popular venue is safe after the firm that owned it went into liquidation.

The Argus has learnt the Nightclub Company (UK), which owned Creation nightclub and the Bamboogy bar in West Street, Brighton, had already sold the venue and it will be unaffected.

There were fears the club would be forced to close after the firm went into voluntary liquidation last Thursday.

The Nightclub Company previously traded under the name Homeflight and owned 23 bars and nightclubs across England and Wales.

Creation and Bamboogy are now owned by Luminar Leisure, based in Milton Keynes, which has more than 200 venues.

Since Luminar began trading in 1988 in Kings Lynn, it has grown into Britain's largest operator of licensed late-night venues.

Spokesman Steve Dennis said: "Luminar acquired Creation and Bamboogy in November 2005 and as such are no longer involved with the Nightclub Company so I'm happy to assure our customers it is business as usual."

The Nightclub Company is now in the hands of London liquidators PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.

A spokeswoman for PricewaterhouseCoopers said: "This will not affect either Creation or Bamboogy in Brighton.

"The nightclubs were sold off long before the liquidation and all that remains is the parent company which is being put into liquidation."

Clubber Sam Baker, 25, from Brighton, said: "It's quite worrying that the company went into liquidation but I'm just pleased it won't affect the nightclub.

"Creation is always pretty packed, especially at weekends so it would be a huge shame if it closed."

Katrina Miller, 21, from Kemp Town, Brighton, said: "Creation was very busy over Christmas and my friends and I went there quite a lot so I would be very surprised if it closed down.

I'm glad that's not going to happen."

Creation, which used to operate as the Paradox, sparked controversy by banning an entire town last November.

Door staff told The Argus that Crawley's "troublemakers" were no longer welcome.

Creation admitted it had been turning Crawley revellers away for months by checking the ID of everybody who went through their door.