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Great Yarmouth shares sea change grant
Four resorts are to share £12 million of regeneration funding in the second wave of the government’s Sea Change programme, led by CABE, ...
Added/updated: Monday 02 February 2009
Category: News summary
Source/Contact: Planning Magazine, 23/01/2009
Judges back Redcar plans
A Redcar resident has lost a Court of Appeal fight to stop the controversial Coatham Links housing and leisure development after judges backed the...
Added/updated: Monday 02 February 2009
Category: News summary
Source/Contact: Planning Magazine, 23/01/2009
Brighton venue to be replaced
A major conference and concert venue in Brighton, East Sussex, is to be replaced by a new world-class convention centre under plans revealed by...
Added/updated: Wednesday 28 January 2009
Category: News summary
Source/Contact: Opportunities, 22/01/2009
South East pubs most likely to defy the crunch
Pubs in the South East of England will prove to be the most resilient to the credit crunch, according to new research. Romford, in Essex,...
Added/updated: Wednesday 28 January 2009
Category: News summary
Source/Contact: The Publican, 26/01/2009
UK hotels see another slow month
Preliminary figures for December 2008 show room rate, occupancy and rooms yield or revenue per available room (revPAR) all fell...
Added/updated: Wednesday 28 January 2009
Category: News summary
Source/Contact: e-tid, 26/01/2009
Chester Zoo reveals massive £225m development plans
Chester Zoo has revealed details of a £225m multi-phase development plan. The first phase of the project – called Natural Vision – will be a £90m...
Added/updated: Wednesday 28 January 2009
Category: News summary
Source/Contact: Leisure Opportunities, 27/01/2009
Spy museum site sought in London
HLL Humberts Leisure is looking for a location for a new attraction called The London Spy Museum. A worldwide team of experts – including...
Added/updated: Wednesday 28 January 2009
Category: News summary
Source/Contact: Leisure Opportunities, 12/01/2009
UK holidays…the new attraction for hard-up Britons
Twice as many Britons are planning to spend their holidays in the UK this year compared with last, according to research that shows the downturn is...
Added/updated: Wednesday 28 January 2009
Category: News summary
Source/Contact: The Guardian, 15/01/2009
Golf hotel plans for Scottish Border
Plans for the first £50m five-star hotel in the Scottish borders, in West Linton, Peniculk have been given the green light. Rutherford castle...
Added/updated: Wednesday 28 January 2009
Category: News summary
Source/Contact: Leisure Opportunities, 13/01/2009