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Profits down at chain hotels
UK Chain hotels recorded an overall drop in profit during May, as hoteliers struggled with escalating costs and stagnating occupancy levels. ...
Added/updated: Wednesday 16 July 2008
Category: News summary
Source/Contact: Leisure Opportunities, 15/07/2008
Sports sector safe from credit crunch
The UK sports market is to weather the current credit crunch and is set to experience 9 per cent annual growth until 2012, according to a report by...
Added/updated: Wednesday 16 July 2008
Category: News summary
Source/Contact: Leisure Opportunities, 9/07/2008
Further delays for the i360
A firm date has still not been set for work to get underway on Brighton’s landmark i360 tower. A series of delays and the worsening economy...
Added/updated: Wednesday 16 July 2008
Category: News summary
Source/Contact: The Argus, 15/07/2008
Alternatives sought for casino
Prime Minister Gordon Brown and a taskforce of ministers have met with Manchester City Council leaders for the first in a series of bi-monthly...
Added/updated: Wednesday 16 July 2008
Category: News summary
Source/Contact: Leisure Opportunities, 09/07/2008
£12m sports complex planned for Derbyshire
Detailed plans for a large leisure development have been unveiled in Derbyshire. The £12m scheme, to be located on a brownfield site at The...
Added/updated: Wednesday 16 July 2008
Category: News summary
Source/Contact: Leisure Opportunities, 09/07/2008
£35m world-class sports hub for Surrey
Construction has begun on the £35m Surrey Centre for Sport, a dual-use facility located on the site of Surrey University in Guildford. As well...
Added/updated: Tuesday 08 July 2008
Category: News summary
Source/Contact: Leisure Opportunities, 03/07/2008
Southend United FC wins its stadium development
Community secretary Hazel Blears has given planning permission to Southend United FC for its ambitious stadium development proposals following the...
Added/updated: Tuesday 08 July 2008
Category: News summary
Source/Contact: Planning Portal News 04/07/08
Controversial hotel plans get go ahead
Broxbournebury Mansion in Hertfordshire could be converted into a luxury hotel. The privately owned building is the subject of a revised...
Added/updated: Tuesday 08 July 2008
Category: News summary
Source/Contact: Leisure management, 03/07/2008
Westfield gets Brown’s Stratford City sign off
Australian shopping centre giant Westfield said this morning it had finalised key agreements with the government and Olympic Development Agency to...
Added/updated: Tuesday 08 July 2008
Category: News summary
Source/Contact: Leisure Opportunities, 02/07/2008
Ramsay makes London hotel Debut with RBS
Gordon Ramsay, the Scottish celebrity chef, is making his first foray into the hotel sector with the opening of the York and Albany in London. ...
Added/updated: Tuesday 08 July 2008
Category: News summary
Source/Contact: The Scotsman, 02/07/2008