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The Heritage Lottery Fund has awarded £1m for the restoration of Haddo Country Park in Aberdeenshire. 31-Dec-2009 Hayton Leisure Sportswear has gone into voluntary liquidation with the loss of 20 jobs at its Cumbrian sportswear manufacturing business. 31-Dec-2009 Urban & Country Leisure has secured £10m to help fund the expansion of its pub chain with 15 new outlets over the next two years. 23-Dec-2009 Hallmark Hotels is to invest £3m in the refurbishment of its recently-acquired Hotel Elizabeth in Hull, securing the future of 60 jobs. 22-Dec-2009 Neath Port Talbot Council has secured lottery funding for the £2m restoration of Victoria Gardens in Neath town centre next year. 22-Dec-2009 Gala Coral is to cut the jobs of up to 53 betting inspectors at four London casinos. 21-Dec-2009 The Museum of Lancashire in Preston has secured lottery funding for a £1.7m refurbishment project by May 2011. 21-Dec-2009 Allbury Travel Group, the Hertfordshire-based holiday company trading as Argo Holidays, JetLife and Libra Holidays, has ceased trading. 21-Dec-2009 Hull City Council has secured lottery funding to build a five-storey £8m youth centre on Ferensway by 2013, including arts, sports and dance facilities. 17-Dec-2009 Cae Dai is planning to rebuild its classic car museum in Denbighshire, following a recent fire. 16-Dec-2009 The Heritage Lottery Fund has awarded a £0.4m grant for the creation of a new £2.4m local history museum in Cardiff by November 2010. 16-Dec-2009 Derby City Council has commissioned a sports consultancy report that recommends an investment of £50m in the development of two new sporting hubs and four satellite centres, including cycling and swimming facilities. 16-Dec-2009 The Sheraton Ground Hotel in Edinburgh is to invest about £15m in the refurbishment of its 260 rooms over the next six months. 15-Dec-2009 Travelodge has announced the creation of a £100m fund by Twenty10 Fund Management to fund the development of up to 500 new hotels over the next 12 years. 14-Dec-2009 Stratford District Council has approved outline plans for the development of a £100m leisure village at Long Marston in Warwickshire, including 300 holiday chalets and a caravan park. 14-Dec-2009 Rossendale Borough Council is to consider plans from Winfields in Haslingden for the development of a motorcycle museum at Britannia Mill. 09-Dec-2009 Glasgow City Council is to consider proposals for the redevelopment of the area around Celtic Park stadium in preparation for the 2014 Commonwealth Games, including bars, shops, a club museum and a hotel. 08-Dec-2009 Arkin Group has unveiled plans to develop a 204-bedroom five-star subterranean hotel and spa at Hersham Golf Club in Surrey. 07-Dec-2009 Kohler Co has acquired Hamilton Hall in St Andrews for £11m, and will convert the historic building into about 26 luxury apartments. 07-Dec-2009 Durham County Council has approved plans for a £48m development at the Stockton Road campus of Durham University, in order to centralise many operations onto one site and free up city centre buildings for a new hotel and visitor centre. 07-Dec-2009 PGL Travel has submitted plans to open a children's adventure holiday centre at the former Liddington Hotel near Swindon by spring 2010, with the creation of almost 200 jobs. 07-Dec-2009 Glasgow City Council has approved plans from PBN Holdings for the £80m transformation of the Savoy Centre into a 32-storey hotel and office block, with the creation of up to 900 jobs. 03-Dec-2009 JD Wetherspoon is planning to open 250 pubs over the next five years, as part of a £250m investment that will create up to 10,000 jobs. 02-Dec-2009 Hilton Worldwide is to convert three hotels in Birmingham, Braintree and Shrewsbury to the Hampton by Hilton brand, having taken over their management from Osborn Securities. 02-Dec-2009 West Ham United has submitted plans to Havering Council to build a new training ground on a 29-acre site at Rush Green in Essex. 01-Dec-2009 AEG Europe is to close the David Beckham football academy in Greenwich by the end of the year, in order to develop new coaching facilities across the country. 01-Dec-2009 Jongleurs is considering plans to open almost 30 new franchised comedy clubs across the country, and talks are taking place with a number of major pub companies. 30-Nov-2009 North Ayrshire Council is to consider plans for the development of a £60m golf course and hotel at Western Gailes, which could create more than 100 jobs. 30-Nov-2009 Orcestrator has unveiled proposals to develop a £10m fantasy theme park at the Houghall campus of East Durham College. 26-Nov-2009 The National Memorial Arboretum in Alrewas has unveiled plans for a £8m upgrade to its 150-acre site, in order to improve facilities for visitors. 26-Nov-2009 Ipswich Borough Council is to consider plans from London Provincial & Overseas for the redevelopment of Ransome's Wharf, including a 90-bed hotel, 200 flats, offices, shops and the creation of 330 jobs. 25-Nov-2009 Namco Funscape is looking to expand its 70-strong workforce with 30 new jobs, in order to develop its corporate hospitality business after opening a new games venue at the Gateshead MetroCentre. 25-Nov-2009 Planning Solutions is to set up a brewing industry visitor centre on the site of the former Bass museum in Burton upon Trent. 24-Nov-2009 Ladbrokes is to close its telephone betting call centre in Aintree, Liverpool, with the loss of 263 jobs. 23-Nov-2009 The National Football Museum has decided to split its collection between its current site in Preston and a new facility at Urbis in Manchester. 23-Nov-2009 Islington Council is to consider plans from Resurrection Manifestations for the £18m transformation of the former Mecca bingo Hall in Essex Road into an arts and community venue. 23-Nov-2009 Warrington Council is to consider plans for a £27m investment at Sankey Valley Park, including holiday homes, the expansion of the Gulliver's theme park and more than 200 new jobs. 23-Nov-2009 Liverpool City Council is to consider plans from the Benmore Group for the development of a £10m 122-bedroom hotel on Dale Street by summer 2011. 23-Nov-2009 Birmingham Museum & Gallery has secured a £4.8m lottery grant to develop a new gallery to display the history of Birmingham. 23-Nov-2009 The Restaurant Group is planning to expand its chain of 365 restaurants with up to 20 new outlets next year. 23-Nov-2009 Carmarthenshire Council is supporting plans for the development of a new £14m arts centre in Llanelli by 2012, with the creation of 50 jobs. 23-Nov-2009 Watford Borough Council and HQ Theatres are to unveil plans for the refurbishment of the Watford Coliseum entertainments venue. 23-Nov-2009 Victoria Palace Theatre in London is to get an eight-storey 16,600 sq ft extension, as part of the Land Securities' Victoria Transport Interchange scheme. 23-Nov-2009 Wakefield Council has unveiled plans for the development of a new £11m swimming pool and fitness centre on Sun Lane. 23-Nov-2009 Mivan of Antrim has won a £4.4m contract to refurbish the Glasgow Riverside Museum and a £1.6m contract at the Museum of the Order of St John in London. 19-Nov-2009 Birmingham City Council is to consider plans from Quintain Estate Developments to build a 204-room hotel and conference centre at the City Park Gate development, with the creation of 50 jobs. 19-Nov-2009 Dudley Canal Trust has unveiled plans to build a £3.5m learning centre at the Dudley Canal Tunnel. 19-Nov-2009 Manchester Airport is seeking a partner to develop an upmarket bar or restaurant in a decommissioned aircraft control tower. 19-Nov-2009 Manchester Hoteliers Association is seeking a suitable city centre location to open a not-for-profit hotel to train 200 apprentices a year for the hospitality industry, with the creation of 33 jobs. 19-Nov-2009 SportStars is planning to expand its South Wales-based sports education business into England, starting with a new office in Bristol and the creation of 40 jobs. 19-Nov-2009 Travelodge is to invest £47m opening a further ten budget hotels, with the creation of 250 jobs, including sites in Manchester, Ealing, High Wycombe, Ipswich, Llanelli, Newbury, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Wadebridge and two in Edinburgh. 18-Nov-2009 The MCC has unveiled plans for the £400m redevelopment of Lord's cricket ground in London by 2021, including 7,500 new seats, a cricket academy and luxury flats. 18-Nov-2009 JD Wetherspoon has acquired five pubs in Birmingham, Liverpool, Newbury, Petersfield and Sheffield from Punch Taverns, and will invest £4m in their refurbishment. 17-Nov-2009 IG Index is to relocate its London-based betting business to a 70,000 sq ft office at Cannon Bridge House in London EC4. 16-Nov-2009 Ladbrokes has closed its casino in Paddington, London, with the loss of about 100 jobs. 16-Nov-2009 G Casino is to open a new £5m casino in Duchess Road, Sheffield, next month, with the creation of up to 50 jobs. 16-Nov-2009 ReBlackpool has unveiled plans to set up a Las Vegas-style wedding chapel on the promenade at Blackpool, as part of the £14m Tower Festival Headland project. 16-Nov-2009 Bodyflight is to expand the 25-strong workforce at its indoor skydiving centre in Bedfordshire by next April, due to the development of two new attractions and other facilities. 16-Nov-2009 The Merchant Hotel in Belfast has unveiled plans for a £16m extension by next summer, including 38 new bedrooms and conferencing facilities. 12-Nov-2009 Manchester City Council has approved plans for the £7m redevelopment of the Irish World Heritage Centre in Cheetham Hill. 12-Nov-2009 Lincoln City Council is to consider plans from Regal Executive Homes to build a 131-bedroom five-storey hotel at Broadgate. 12-Nov-2009 D&D London is planning to set up a £50m 80-room hotel at South Place in Moorgate by 2012, in partnership with Frogmore, as part of a strategy to develop a new chain of boutique hotels. 11-Nov-2009 Blue Rainbow has acquired the 30-room Royal Garden Apartments in Edinburgh, as part of a strategy to develop a nationwide chain of apartment hotels. 10-Nov-2009 New Theatre Royal in Portsmouth is looking to raise £4m for a major refurbishment project. 09-Nov-2009 Sandwell Council is planning to invest £20m in the development of new swimming pools in West Bromwich and Tipton by October 2011. 09-Nov-2009 Bourne Leisure is to invest £40m in improvements to its chain of 35 Haven holiday parks this winter. 05-Nov-2009 Leeds City Council is to consider proposals to transform the historic Temple Works mill in Holbeck Urban Village into a temporary performance area, including arts and exhibition space. 05-Nov-2009 Scarborough Borough Council is to consider proposals from North Street Development to build a new multiplex cinema in the town centre. 05-Nov-2009 Mansfield District Council is to consider plans from Vital Property to build a leisure complex in Mansfield Woodhouse, including a golf course, 60-bed hotel and 15 holiday lodges. 05-Nov-2009 Chelsfield Partners has been appointed by Qatari Diar to transform the US embassy in Grosvenor Square, London, into a luxury hotel and apartments after 2016. 04-Nov-2009 Travelodge is to open seven new budget hotels in Bournemouth, Edinburgh, Farnborough, Liverpool, Macclesfield, Newquay and Norwich by the end of the year, with the creation of 150 jobs, but 15 jobs are being cut at its head office in Thame. 04-Nov-2009 Sportscotland has announced grants totalling £5.5m for three sporting projects, including a swimming centre in Dundee, a leisure centre in Glenrothes and a sports hall in Kirkcaldy. 04-Nov-2009 Fairline Boats is to shed 89 of the 1,000 jobs at its luxury boat building operations in Northamptonshire early next year. 04-Nov-2009 Anglesey Boat Company is to revive plans to develop a multi-million pound marina at Beaumaris. 03-Nov-2009 Gateshead Football Club has unveiled plans to build a new 9,000-capacity football stadium by 2011. 02-Nov-2009 Hoseasons, the Lowestoft-based self-catering holidays firm, is expected to be put up for sale by HgCapital with an estimated price tag of up to £50m. 02-Nov-2009 Blackburn with Darwen Council has approved plans from Castleland to build a 112-acre holiday village at Pleasington Lakes, including 94 holiday homes. 02-Nov-2009 Cedar Court Hotels is to open a £20m 107-bedroom luxury hotel in York city centre next spring. 02-Nov-2009 Sale Sharks is considering plans to relocate from Edgeley Park in Stockport to a new purpose-built rugby stadium. 29-Oct-2009 Sunderland City Council is to consider proposals to set up a new indoor ski centre at the Stadium Village development. 29-Oct-2009 Inta Group, the Gateshead-based golfing holidays firm with 20 staff, has ceased trading. 29-Oct-2009 Peel Leisure has announced a franchise deal for the opening of a new 218-bed Holiday Inn hotel at MediaCityUK in Salford next autumn. 29-Oct-2009 Blairgowrie & Rattray Regeneration Company (BARRC) is planning to build a £1.5m visitor centre and hydroelectric turbine on the banks of the River Ericht in Blairgowrie. 29-Oct-2009 Cineworld is to expand its chain of 75 cinemas by opening a ten-screen complex in Aberdeen and five screens in Witney over the next few months. 28-Oct-2009 North West Development Agency is to provide £8m of funding for the development of a £19m BMX cycling centre next to Manchester's velodrome. 28-Oct-2009 Tottenham Hotspur has submitted plans to Haringey Council to build a new 56,000-capacity football stadium in North London, including a hotel and public square. 28-Oct-2009 Hilton is to operate a new 250-bedroom hotel being built by Ability Group next to Luton Airport by 2011. 27-Oct-2009 The Welsh Assembly is to provide £3.5m of funding for the £6m restoration of the Glynn Vivian Art Gallery in Swansea. 27-Oct-2009 Birmingham City Council is to consider outline plans from Regal Property Group to build a £125m 56-storey tower on Broad Street, including a 289-bedroom hotel and 256 apartments. 27-Oct-2009 VTP Global is to submit plans early next year to build a £95m vertical theme park at Millennium Point in Birmingham, with the creation of 650 jobs. 27-Oct-2009 InterContinental Hotels Group is planning to set up a £100m 254-room luxury hotel at Westminster in London by 2012, in partnership with the Splendid Hotel Group. 26-Oct-2009 LA Fitness is investing £30m in the revamp of its 83 fitness clubs, and 350 jobs will be created at its 24 clubs in London. 26-Oct-2009 Manchester Airports Group has submitted plans to build a four-star 200-room hotel at East Midlands Airport, with the creation of 150 jobs. 26-Oct-2009 Killultagh Estates has unveiled plans for the development of a £4m 54-bedroom hotel in Rhyl. 22-Oct-2009 East Ayrshire Council has approved plans to build a new £2.9m dry ski slope and clubhouse at the Newmilns Snow & Sports Complex. 21-Oct-2009 Moran Hotel Group is to invest £20m in the expansion of its four-star hotel in Chiswick, London, including 81 new bedrooms and the creation of 80 jobs. 20-Oct-2009 Loch Lomond Golf Club is to shed 50 jobs from its 140-strong workforce, and the club will be closed during the winter. 19-Oct-2009 The Heritage Lottery Fund is to award £18m for the restoration of six public parks in Leicester, Middlesbrough, Southampton, Letchworth, Tameside and Bolton. 19-Oct-2009 English Lakes Hotels is to proceed with plans to build a £4m convention centre at Lake Windermere in Cumbria by 2012. 19-Oct-2009 Punch Taverns is looking to invest up to £50m in improvements to its estate of 7,600 pubs over the next three years, including a revamp for its 120 Chef & Brewer outlets. 15-Oct-2009 Taunton Dean Borough Council is looking into the possibility of building a new swimming pool in Taunton, in order to replace two existing pools. 15-Oct-2009 Ten Square is planning to build a new £14m 80-bedroom three-star hotel in Downpatrick by spring 2011, with the creation of 75 jobs. 15-Oct-2009 Gloucestershire County Cricket Club has submitted plans for the £10m redevelopment of the County Ground in Bristol. 15-Oct-2009 Beach Hut Resorts is planning to invest up to £35m in the development of about 20 new holiday home projects at seaside towns across the country. 14-Oct-2009 The Odyssey Trust has unveiled proposals to invest £100m in the development of two hotels, shops and 800 apartments at the Odyssey Complex in Belfast. 12-Oct-2009 Shepherd Neame, the Kent-based brewer, is looking to sell up to 35 pubs over the next three years. 12-Oct-2009 InterContinental Hotels Group is to open a £14m 151-bedroom Hotel Indigo at Chapel Street in Liverpool in spring 2011. 12-Oct-2009 Warwick District Council has approved plans for the development of a new £5m Loft theatre at the former United Reform Church in Spencer Street, Leamington Spa. 12-Oct-2009 Kents Cavern has unveiled plans to develop a £12m visitor centre at its Stone Age site in Torquay by 2014. 07-Oct-2009 Durham County Council is to consider plans for the £24m expansion of Dalton Park shopping centre, including a cinema, hotel, superstore and the creation of 500 jobs. 07-Oct-2009 The British Basketball Association has unveiled proposals to invest £16m in the launch of a new national league of eight teams in major cities from November 2010. 06-Oct-2009 English Heritage is to submit revised plans to invest £25m at Stonehenge in Wiltshire, including a new visitor centre at Airmen's Corner. 06-Oct-2009 Travelodge has won permission to extend its Covent Garden hotel in London's Drury Lane with 249 additional rooms by 2011. 05-Oct-2009 Cheshire East Council has approved plans from Sandbach United Football Club to build a £2m football centre of excellence in Ettiley Heath. 05-Oct-2009 Cumbria Sports Academy has unveiled proposals to build a new £23m 14,000-capacity sports and rugby stadium in Whitehaven. 05-Oct-2009 Pedersen Hotels is to submit plans to build a £20m 250-room hotel at Bristol International Airport by 2012. 05-Oct-2009 South Lakes Wild Animal Park has submitted plans to Barrow Council to extend its wildlife attraction from 12 acres to 37 acres. 05-Oct-2009 Sheffield Theatres is to create up to 100 new jobs at the Studio, Lyceum and Crucible theatres in Sheffield. 05-Oct-2009 Graig Park Hotel & Country Club is to go into liquidation with the possible loss of up to 120 jobs at its leisure complex in Denbighshire. 05-Oct-2009 Scottish Opera is planning to invest £8.5m in the expansion and refurbishment of the Theatre Royal in Glasgow by 2014. 05-Oct-2009 Middlesex County Cricket Club is considering plans to relocate its training and administrative centre from London to Radlett in Hertfordshire. 05-Oct-2009 Travelodge has secured a £20m cash injection from Dubai International Capital, in order to fund the acquisition of existing hotels. 01-Oct-2009 Legacy Hotels & Resorts is recruiting 75 staff at the former Quality Hotel in Cardiff, which is due to reopen as the Legacy Cardiff International Hotel in October. 01-Oct-2009 Holiday Inn is to start recruiting 90 staff for a new 141-bedroom hotel due to open at Morn Hill in Winchester in spring 2010. 30-Sep-2009 The Heritage Lottery Fund has awarded £13m to four heritage projects, including All Souls Church in Bolton, the National Maritime Museum in Greenwich, Vindolanda in Northumberland and Stowe Gardens in Buckinghamshire. 30-Sep-2009 Travelodge is forming a joint venture with Marston's to build a chain of budget hotels and pubs on A-roads over the next 18 months. 28-Sep-2009 Punch Taverns has appointed property agent Christie to find buyers for up to 300 leased and tenanted pubs. 28-Sep-2009 Bradford Council has approved plans from Langtree Artisan for the £40m New Victoria Place development on Princes Way, including a 100-bed hotel and leisure facilities. 28-Sep-2009 South Lanarkshire Council has approved plans from G1 Group to build a nine-storey luxury hotel in East Kilbride. 28-Sep-2009 Kingswood is to open a new children's education and activity centre at Grosvenor Hall in Ashford in March, with the creation of up to 150 jobs. 28-Sep-2009 A&P Falmouth and Pendennis Shipyard are in discussions to transfer the production of superyachts from Babcock Marine in Plymouth to Cornwall, which could create up to 200 jobs. 24-Sep-2009 Durham County Council is to consider revised plans from the Weardale Taskforce for the development of a £100m "eco village" at Eastgate's former cement works, including a hotel, spa and homes. 24-Sep-2009 G&B Travel, the Bolton-based travel cruise firm operating under the name of Gillett Travel, has ceased trading. 24-Sep-2009 Argyll & Bute Council is looking into proposals to build a £1.7m marina in Oban Bay, in order to attract tourists with cruise ships and seaplane flights. 24-Sep-2009 Belfast City Council is to consider plans from Sun Explorer to build a £50m 26-storey hotel and apartment complex on Castle Street, which could create 300 jobs. 23-Sep-2009 Douglas Development Partnership is planning to build a £4m maritime visitor centre on the Isle of Man, under the name of the Dhoo Glass Experience. 23-Sep-2009 Eclipse Cinemas is in negotiations to open three more cinemas at undisclosed locations in Northern Ireland. 23-Sep-2009 Silver Fern Group has submitted plans to build a budget hotel and a three-star hotel at Shrubhill in Edinburgh. 23-Sep-2009 Wirral Council is linking up with the Royal Mersey Yacht Club for the proposed £10m regeneration of the coastline between Rock Ferry and Eastham. 22-Sep-2009 Firmdale Hotels is planning to build a £90m 100-bedroom luxury hotel at Ham Yard off London's Regent Street. 21-Sep-2009 Tendring Council is to consider plans from investment company Rom Capital to build a £3m multiplex cinema at the Stephenson Road shopping centre in Clacton. 21-Sep-2009 Riviera Park Group has unveiled proposals to build a £25m multi-storey holiday complex at Shanklin on the Isle of Wight. 21-Sep-2009 Hull City Football Club is planning to build a new training ground and youth academy on a 93-acre site at Melton by 2011. 21-Sep-2009 Suffolk County Council is to support plans from the Home of Horseracing Trust to set up a £11m racing museum in Newmarket. 17-Sep-2009 Xscape has won approval to build a £40m hotel, casino and shopping centre at its site in Milton Keynes, with the creation of 200 jobs. 17-Sep-2009 Town House Collection is to set up a five-star 100-bedroom hotel at Blythswood Square in Glasgow. 17-Sep-2009 Nuyuu Fitness is planning to open a new chain of eight fitness clubs over the next year, having already acquired three LA Fitness gyms in East Grinstead, Slough and Livingston. 17-Sep-2009 Hambleton District Council is to consider plans for the development of a holiday park with 32 chalets at West Tanfield, near Ripon. 15-Sep-2009 The British Shakespeare Company is considering plans to rebuild a full-size replica of the Rose Theatre in Manchester, Sheffield or York. 15-Sep-2009 Whitbread has agreed a £125m joint venture with the Arora Family Trust to build four Premier Inn airport hotels by autumn 2011, including sites at Gatwick, Stansted and two at Heathrow. 14-Sep-2009 Citizen M of the Netherlands is planning to set up a 210-bedroom hotel on London's South Bank by 2011, and will also consider at least four more projects in central London. 14-Sep-2009 Apex Hotels has won planning permission for the £27m refurbishment of the Serjeants Inn hotel in London EC4 by summer 2011. 14-Sep-2009 JD Wetherspoon is planning to open about 40 new pubs this financial year. 14-Sep-2009 Scarborough Council has approved plans for the £10m refurbishment of the town's historic Spa entertainments complex. 14-Sep-2009 Rosehill Theatre in Copeland is planning a £3.5m refurbishment project, with the creation of up to 30 jobs. 14-Sep-2009 Falcon Holidays is to shed up to 12 jobs at its call centre in Belfast, in order to transfer more customer enquiries to its retail network. 14-Sep-2009 Totally Travel is to create ten new jobs at its 1st4cruising travel business in Leicester, following the formation of an upmarket holidays joint venture with Sunderland-based Hays Travel. 10-Sep-2009 Pontins is invest about £100m at its Southport holiday park, with the creation of 250 jobs, but the Blackpool site will close with the loss of 70 jobs. 09-Sep-2009 The National Football Museum is considering plans to relocate from Preston to the Urbis centre in Manchester. 09-Sep-2009 Forrester Park has unveiled plans to invest £65m in the expansion of its golfing resort in West Fife, including a five-star hotel, equestrian centre, leisure complex and up to 100 new jobs. 09-Sep-2009 Titanic Quarter has unveiled plans build a five-star 90-bedroom Titanic-themed hotel at Queen's Island in Belfast. 08-Sep-2009 Haringey Council is to consider plans for the expansion of Alexandra Palace into a 10,400-capacity venue. 08-Sep-2009 Nottingham Forest has unveiled proposals to build a new 45,000-capacity football stadium at Gamston, which could support a 2018 World Cup bid. 08-Sep-2009 The Welsh Assembly has unveiled plans for a £5.6m investment to enhance the coastline of Anglesey, in order to boost tourism and support maritime businesses. 07-Sep-2009 London Borough of Barnet has approved plans from Ace Investments to build an 88-bedroom four-storey hotel at Apex Corner. 07-Sep-2009 Miroma Leisure is looking to acquire up to 14 venues over the next 18 months, having just acquired the Bar Rumba and Maya nightclub in central London. 03-Sep-2009 Brockenhurst College is to take over the running of the Hengistbury Head outdoor activities centre in Dorset, and it will reopen to the public next Easter. 02-Sep-2009 The Scottish Government has announced plans to invest £23m in the creation of a network of sporting hubs, in order to provide a long-term legacy from the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. 02-Sep-2009 Sapporo Teppanyaki is to create 50 jobs at a new £2m restaurant due to open at Merchant City in Glasgow at the end of September. 02-Sep-2009 The Department for Culture, Media & Sport has awarded grants totalling £4m to improve facilities at 34 museums across the country, including £0.3m for the Bowes Museum in County Durham. 01-Sep-2009 The Restaurant Group is planning to expand its chain of 350 pubs and restaurants to 600 over the next ten years, and expects to open up to 20 restaurants this year. 31-Aug-2009 City of York Council is to consider plans from Grantside for the regeneration of the former Terry's factory site, including two hotels, shops, a care home and the creation of more than 2,700 jobs. 24-Aug-2009 Derbyshire County Cricket Club is to submit plans to increase the capacity at the County Ground in Derby by 2,000 over the next year. 24-Aug-2009 Aviemore Highland Resort is to invest £4m in improvements to its four hotels by next summer, with the creation of ten jobs. 24-Aug-2009 Plymouth City Council has approved plans for a new £46m leisure centre in Central Park, including a swimming pool, sports hall and indoor bowls. 24-Aug-2009 Cambuslang Travel is to go into liquidation with the loss of up to 25 jobs at its travel agency business in Cambuslang and East Kilbride. 24-Aug-2009 Sheffield Wednesday has announced plans for the £22m redevelopment of its Hillsborough football stadium, in order to increase capacity to 45,000 by 2013. 20-Aug-2009 Manchester City is said to be considering plans to expand the capacity at its football stadium from 48,000 to 60,000, and is also looking to set up a new training ground. 20-Aug-2009 Hull City Council has unveiled plans for the £7m restoration of West Park over the next six years. 17-Aug-2009 Friends of the Cromford Canal and Derbyshire County Council are to seek lottery funding for the proposed £57m restoration of the 17-mile Cromford Canal by 2039. 13-Aug-2009 Holidaybreak is to acquire the Liddington Hotel near Swindon for £9.4m, and will invest a further £3.2m converting the 150-acre site to a PGL outdoor education centre by 2012. 11-Aug-2009 Ladbrokes is to transfer its online sports betting operation to Gibraltar, in order to save £7m a year in tax. 07-Aug-2009 William Hill is to transfer its internet betting operations to Gibraltar, with the loss of 30 jobs in Sheffield and Leeds. 06-Aug-2009 Aberdeen City Council is to consider plans for the £30m expansion of the Douglas Hotel in Market Street, which could create up to 900 jobs. 06-Aug-2009 Luminar is to raise £36m in a share placing to fund the expansion of its chain of 88 nightclubs, including possible new sites in Manchester, Reading, Glasgow, Liverpool and Sheffield. 04-Aug-2009 Arts Council England has awarded a £13m grant to go towards the £28m redevelopment of the Everyman Theatre in Liverpool by 2013. 04-Aug-2009 Jurys Inn has raised £60m to fund the expansion of its chain of 21 hotels, with new properties due to open next year in Bradford, Glasgow, Newcastle and Portsmouth. 04-Aug-2009 Oldham Athletic has unveiled plans to build a new 12,000-capacity football stadium in Failsworth by 2011. 23-Jul-2009 Yorkshire County Cricket Club has appointed Mather & Co to design a cricket museum at its Headingley ground in Leeds by summer 2010. 23-Jul-2009 Fontwell Park is to invest £6.5m in a new grandstand for its racecourse near Chichester, in order to improve its corporate hospitality services. 23-Jul-2009 Sportingbet has sold its Italian online gambling division to management for a nominal sum. 23-Jul-2009 Drivers Jonas has been appointed by the government to advise on the possible sale of the Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre in Westminster. 23-Jul-2009 Leicester City Council is planning to revamp its De Montfort Hall concert venue by 2013. 22-Jul-2009 Scottish Enterprise has unveiled proposals to develop a 300-berth marina next to Glasgow Science Centre on the River Clyde. 21-Jul-2009 York Archaeological Trust is planning a £1m upgrade for the Jorvik Viking Centre in York by February 2010. 21-Jul-2009 Comic Relief is seeking a suitable 35,000 sq ft site for the relocation of the London headquarters of its charity. 20-Jul-2009 Travelodge has invested £70m in the acquisition of 12 sites for budget hotels in Bristol, Bromborough, Camberley, Chesham, Chichester, Colwyn Bay, Maidenhead, Morecambe, Newton Abbot, Norwich, Poole and Stockport. 20-Jul-2009 Adur District Council is to consider plans from Freebrook to build a 72-bedroom four-storey hotel in Shoreham. 20-Jul-2009 Worcester City Council has approved plans for the £15m redevelopment of the New Road cricket ground, including a new 120-room hotel. 20-Jul-2009 Cruise118, the Chorley-based cruise firm, is looking to recruit up to 50 sales staff for its call centre. 20-Jul-2009 East Northamptonshire Council is planning to build a new £13m leisure centre at Manor Park in Rushden. 16-Jul-2009 Heritage Lottery Fund is to invest £7.3m improving specialist skills in the heritage sector, creating up to 1,000 paid training opportunities. 16-Jul-2009 Leeds City Council is to consider proposals from Arena Group to build an indoor skating rink with up to 2,000 seats at Elland Road. 16-Jul-2009 JD Wetherspoon is expanding its chain of more than 700 pubs with the acquisition of seven Chicago Rock Cafe sites. 16-Jul-2009 Southampton City Council is considering plans from Development Securities to build a £35m six-storey hotel and seven-storey office block in the city centre, with the creation of up to 350 jobs. 16-Jul-2009 Bradford Council has secured funding of £24m to develop a six-acre city centre park capable of hosting large-scale events with up to 10,000 people. 16-Jul-2009 Kirklees Council has unveiled plans to build a £36m sports centre at Spring Grove in Huddersfield, enabling Tesco to build a store on the site of the town's existing sports centre. 15-Jul-2009 Heron International has agreed terms with Four Seasons to build a new luxury hotel at the Heron Plaza development at Bishopsgate in the City of London. 13-Jul-2009 Cardiff Council has approved plans from Contract House Builders to build a new 216-bedroom hotel at the former Central Hotel site. 13-Jul-2009 Wear Inns is planning to expand its chain of nine pubs to more than 20, including new outlets in Wetherby, Springwell, Sunderland and North Tyneside. 13-Jul-2009 Bracknell Forest Council has secured a £2.3m lottery grant to renovate the South Hill Park arts centre over the next two years. 13-Jul-2009 The Theatre Royal in Newcastle is to unveil plans for a £3.5m refurbishment programme. 13-Jul-2009 Royal Zoological Society of Scotland (RZSS) has unveiled proposals to build a £35m rainforest zoo on the banks of the River Clyde in Glasgow by 2014. 13-Jul-2009 The Public Gallery arts centre in West Bromwich has secured a £3m Arts Council grant to secure its future and enable it to fully open for business later this year. 13-Jul-2009 AWG Property has unveiled plans to build a £20m 250-bedroom hotel at the Ocean Point Development in Edinburgh, and talks are taking place with potential operators. 09-Jul-2009 Preston Council has approved plans from the University of Central Lancashire for the development of a £16m leisure centre in Marsh Lane by 2011. 09-Jul-2009 Scottish Rugby has unveiled plans to refurbish Murrayfield stadium in Edinburgh, including new turnstiles, lighting and hospitality facilities. 08-Jul-2009 Stanley House Hotel near Preston has won permission for a £15m expansion programme by 2011, including 40 new bedrooms, a spa and the creation of 70 jobs. 08-Jul-2009 Heritage Lottery Fund has awarded a £1.5m grant for the £2.3m restoration of Astley Castle in North Warwickshire by 2011. 08-Jul-2009 Heritage Lottery Fund has awarded grants totalling £9.5m for improvements to Clissold Park in London, South Hill Park in Bracknell, Avenham Park in Preston and Moggerhanger Park in Bedfordshire. 08-Jul-2009 Redcar & Cleveland Council has unveiled plans for the £30m regeneration of Redcar seafront, and work is expected to start on a new promenade and "vertical pier" by summer 2010. 07-Jul-2009 Northumberland County Council is to consider plans for the development of a £2.5m 72-acre public park at the former Shotton mine site, and work is expected to start next year. 07-Jul-2009 Goals Soccer Centres is seeking permission to build an 8.4-acre outdoor sports centre at Heaton Park in Manchester. 06-Jul-2009 KPMG is to advise on a debt restructuring for Morethanhotels, the Birmingham-based chain of 12 franchised Holiday Inn Express hotels. 06-Jul-2009 Ladbrokes is to shed 42 of the 500 jobs at its betting call centres in Aintree and Harrow. 06-Jul-2009 Topland has submitted plans to Bath & North East Somerset Council to develop a 200-bedroom hotel at Green Park House in Bath, with the creation of 80 jobs. 06-Jul-2009 Calderdale Council is seeking £7m of lottery funding to transform Piece Hall in Halifax into a town square and leisure attraction. 06-Jul-2009 Torridge District Council is in discussions with LTPH Properties about proposals to develop a marina village at Knapp Farm, including a 70-bedroom hotel, marina and 500 homes. 02-Jul-2009 Gala Coral is to shed up to 200 back office jobs in Nottingham and Barking, and a further 100 jobs are at risk as it reviews the future of five bingo clubs in Hull, Port Glasgow, Leven, Aldridge and Pitsea. 01-Jul-2009 Glasgow City Council is to consider plans from Firthport for the development of a new hotel and floating restaurant on Stockwell Street. 01-Jul-2009 Sherman Cymru has secured a £3.9m lottery grant to go towards the £5.4m modernisation of its Cardiff theatre. 01-Jul-2009 The Heritage Lottery Fund has awarded £3.4m to Carmarthenshire Heritage Regeneration Trust for the transformation of Llanelly House in Llanelli into a community heritage centre by 2010. 01-Jul-2009 Bournemouth Borough Council is to consider plans from McAleer & Rushe to build a 205-bedroom hotel at St Paul's in Bournemouth, with the creation of 100 jobs. 30-Jun-2009 Sport NI has announced a £6m investment in 35 sports across Northern Ireland, in order to develop athletic talent. 29-Jun-2009 National Amusements is considering bids from up to seven companies for the sale of its 21 UK cinemas. 25-Jun-2009 Principal Hayley is to invest £40m in the acquisition and refurbishment of the Central Hotel in Glasgow and the New Connaught Rooms in London. 24-Jun-2009 InterContinental Hotels Group is to open a 300-bedroom Holiday Inn Express hotel at Heathrow Terminal 5 in 2011, having agreed a franchise deal with Crimson Hotels. 24-Jun-2009 Merlin Entertainments is planning to set up a Legoland Discovery Centre at the Trafford Centre in Manchester in 2010. 24-Jun-2009 Individual Restaurant Company is to raise £2.1m in a share offer, in order to reduce debt at its Manchester-based chain of 23 Piccolino and 11 Bar & Grill restaurants. 24-Jun-2009 Rezidor Hotels is to create 60 jobs when it reopens the Palace Hotel in Southend as a three-star Park Inn later this year. 23-Jun-2009 Pure Gym is planning to set up a chain of up to 20 gyms by 2014, with the first due to open at Spinningfields in Manchester this autumn. 22-Jun-2009 Arkwright Society is planning to build a £3m visitor and office centre at Cromford Mill in Derbyshire, in order to increase business and tourism at the Derwent Valley Mills site. 22-Jun-2009 Marston's is to raise £176m in a share issue to fund the expansion of its chain of 2,200 pubs with up to 25 new outlets a year. 18-Jun-2009 Holidaybreak is to raise £31m in a share issue, in order to fund the acquisition of up to four more activity holiday centres. 18-Jun-2009 Sceptre Leisure has raised £5.5m in a share placing to fund the expansion of its pub gaming machines business. 18-Jun-2009 Travelodge is to launch a £100m fund in partnership with Meghraj, in order to acquire up to 14 properties for conversion to its budget hotel format. 17-Jun-2009 Legacy Hotels & Resorts has acquired two Niche hotels in Cardiff and the Cotswolds out of administration, taking its chain of properties under management to 11. 17-Jun-2009 Gala Coral is said to be planning to close at least six of its 156 bingo clubs, with the loss of about 180 jobs. 15-Jun-2009 The Science Museum in London has unveiled plans for a £150m revamp by 2014, using Wilkinson Eyre's design for the "Museum of the Future". 11-Jun-2009 Birmingham City Council has unveiled plans for the creation of a £58m Birmingham Aquatics and Leisure Centre by 2012. 11-Jun-2009 Jamie's Italian is planning to expand its chain of four restaurants to 14 by the end of 2010. 11-Jun-2009 The Department for Social Development in Northern Ireland (DSD) has unveiled plans for the £100m transformation of Bangor's seafront, including a 150-bedroom hotel, 60 shops, an arts venue and the creation of up to 750 permanent jobs. 11-Jun-2009 Yorkshire Forward has agreed to help fund the development of the 12,500-capacity Leeds Arena venue at Clay Pit Lane, which will be operated by SMG and create 300 jobs. 11-Jun-2009 Brit Oval has won government permission for the £35m expansion of its cricket ground in South London, including a new stand and a 168-bed hotel. 10-Jun-2009 Past Time Rail, the operator of the Torbay Express steam train service between Bristol and South Devon, has gone into liquidation. 10-Jun-2009 Thomson Airways is looking to recruit 100 additional staff at its customer services office in Westwood Heath, Coventry, while 150 jobs will be created at its head office in Luton. 09-Jun-2009 Coventry City Council has approved plans for the £3.8m refurbishment of the War Memorial Park. 09-Jun-2009 ScotTravel Holidays, the Bellshill-based travel company specialising in holidays to Turkey, has ceased trading. 08-Jun-2009 Goals Soccer Centres is to raise £11m in a share placing, in order to fund the development of six new five-a-side football sites a year from 2010. 04-Jun-2009 The Lyric Theatre in London has won a £3m grant to go towards the £15m creation of a teaching theatre by 2011, including new rehearsal and recording studios, a cinema and an IT suite. 03-Jun-2009 City of Edinburgh Council has received plans for the £85m extension of the Edinburgh International Conference Centre by 2013, including a new atrium and eight-storey office building. 02-Jun-2009 Newcastle United Football Club has appointed Seymour Pierce to find a buyer, which could lead to a £100m sale. 01-Jun-2009 Muse Developments has won planning permission to build a £15m 192-bedroom Express by Holiday Inn hotel in Manchester city centre by 2011. 01-Jun-2009 Torbay Council is to consider plans from Riviera Developments for the £20m redevelopment of the Palm Court Hotel in Torquay by summer 2011. 01-Jun-2009 Outlook Expeditions has secured funding from Finance Wales to expand its Gwynedd-based educational travel business, and hopes to double its £3m turnover by 2012. 28-May-2009 Liverpool City Council and Hanover Estates have agreed plans to refurbish and reopen the Neptune Theatre. 28-May-2009 Bradford Council is to consider a number of options for the redevelopment of Odsal rugby stadium, with one possibility being a new 18,000-capacity stadium with a 120-bedroom hotel. 28-May-2009 Soldiers of Oxfordshire Trust has secured a £1.5m donation to go towards the cost of building a £4m museum in Woodstock by 2011. 27-May-2009 Mabledon is looking into the possibility of transforming its country house in Kent into a 250-room five-star hotel. 26-May-2009 London Borough of Hillingdon has approved revised plans from Guoman for the development of a 250-bedroom four-star hotel and a 353-bedroom budget hotel on a seven-acre site near Longford. 25-May-2009 Sitel is to create 150 new jobs at its travel call centre in Accrington by the autumn. 25-May-2009 Hastings Borough Council has approved plans for the creation of the £4m Jerwood art gallery and the £5.5m redevelopment of the Stade area of the town, which will create up to 90 jobs. 25-May-2009 Oxford City Council has unveiled plans to build a new £7m swimming pool in Blackbird Leys by 2012. 21-May-2009 Highland Council has approved plans from Ardmuir Developments to build a 98-bedroom £8m hotel in Inverness by summer 2010. 21-May-2009 Lakeland Motor Museum is to relocate to Backbarrow near Newby Bridge by spring 2010. 21-May-2009 Pettifer Investments is planning to build a 70-bedroom hotel on Anglesey, while the Holyhead Retail Park would be expanded with 36,000 sq ft of additional retail space. 21-May-2009 Peel Hotels has acquired the 95-bedroom Norfolk Royal Hotel in Bournemouth for £8.2m. 20-May-2009 Glasgow City Council is to consider plans from Hamilton-based North Ltd for the development of a £13m 229-room hotel at St Enoch Square. 20-May-2009 Deramore has won planning permission for a £40m hotel development on Princes Street in Edinburgh, including 28,000 sq ft of retail space and a 97-bed Premier Inn. 19-May-2009 Merlin Entertainments is to invest £12m in improvements to the London Eye tourist attraction over the next three years, in order to make it more energy efficient. 19-May-2009 Blackfriars Investments has unveiled proposals to set up a £250m 280-bedroom luxury hotel in Upper Thames Street, London. 18-May-2009 Park Inn is recruiting 100 staff for a new 252-room four-star hotel due to open at the Green Quarter development in Manchester this summer. 18-May-2009 Stoke City Football Club has won approval to build a new £5m training centre at Trent Vale. 18-May-2009 Warwickshire County Cricket Club has won permission from Birmingham City Council for the £30m revamp of Edgbaston cricket ground, including a new stand, offices, hotel and shops. 18-May-2009 The Royal Scottish National Orchestra is in discussions with Glasgow City Council about the possibility of relocating from Henry Wood Hall to the Glasgow Royal Concert Hall. 14-May-2009 Foxton Locks is planning to expand its tourist attraction near Market Harborough, including a new marina, hostel, visitors' centre and the creation of an unspecified number of jobs. 14-May-2009 Aberdeenshire Council has approved outline plans from Kilbride Group for the development of a 50-bedroom hotel and business park in Inverurie. 14-May-2009 Scottish Resources Group is planning to develop a 665-acre park at the former St Ninians coal mine in Fife by 2012, in order to create a tourist attraction called the Fife Earth Project. 14-May-2009 Liverpool City Council has approved plans from Merepak for the £160m Central Village development, including an 11-storey building and two Millennium & Copthorne hotels. 13-May-2009 The Heritage Lottery Fund has announced £10m of funding for the regeneration of eight town centres, including Pontefract, Keighley, Berwick, Great Yarmouth, Rothesay, Pontypool, Bridgend and Wigan. 13-May-2009 Hull City Council has approved plans from Trinity Quays for a £50m 20-storey development at Myton Bridge, including a Millennium & Copthorne four-star hotel and the creation of more than 100 jobs. 13-May-2009 Birmingham City Council has unveiled plans to set up a new £11m eight-acre urban park at Eastside Locks by the end of 2011. 13-May-2009 West Lothian Council is to consider plans from VW Leisure to build a £15m holiday park on a 72-acre former gravel quarry. 12-May-2009 Corporation of London has approved plans from Thomas Enterprises for the creation of a £150m 121-room hotel at Trinity Square by 2012, including a glass atrium and central courtyard. 11-May-2009 Discover Leisure is closing four more caravan branches in Evesham, Herne Bay, Orpington and Portsmouth, in order to focus on its larger sites. 07-May-2009 Ego is planning to expand its chain of nine restaurants by opening five new outlets this year, including sites in Sheffield and Lytham. 07-May-2009 BDO Stoy Hayward has sold the 82-bedroom Quality Hotel in Boldon near Sunderland out of administration to the owner of Ailantus Hotels for undisclosed terms, securing 50 jobs. 06-May-2009 Chesterfield Borough Council has approved plans from Bradbury Hall Developments to build a £20m hotel and office complex at Whittington Moor, which could create about 500 jobs. 06-May-2009 Chelsfield has submitted plans to revamp the former Commonwealth Institute building in London's Holland Park, in order to create a 100,000 sq ft exhibition centre and prepare for the relocation of the Design Museum. 04-May-2009 Northampton Saints has unveiled plans to build a new stand at its rugby stadium, including a new Asda store that could create 400 jobs. 04-May-2009 Cadw has announced plans for a £19m Welsh Assembly and EU investment in heritage sites across Wales, including Harlech, Denbigh and Conwy castles. 04-May-2009 Warwick Racecourse has announced plans to build a new £8m hotel, and hopes to start construction work in 2011. 04-May-2009 Punch Taverns is to invest £3m in refurbishments and improvements for its chain of more than 700 pubs in the North West over the next year. 30-Apr-2009 The Heritage Lottery Fund has awarded £1.3m to go towards the £3.5m restoration of the Knockando Woolmill in Moray, in order to create a working mill and tourist attraction by 2012. 30-Apr-2009 Corinthia is to open a 300-room luxury hotel at the former Metropole Hotel near London's Trafalgar Square by the end of 2010, following a £135m refurbishment. 29-Apr-2009 The Heritage Lottery Fund has awarded £1m to Wrexham County Borough Council for the expansion of Wrexham Museum. 29-Apr-2009 Base2stay is to open a 106-room limited-service hotel in the Ropewalks area of Liverpool in September 2010. 27-Apr-2009 Nottingham City Council has approved plans to replace Victoria Leisure Centre with a new £9.2m swimming and fitness centre by June 2012. 27-Apr-2009 Peterborough City Council is to consider plans from Nene Valley Railway for the development of a new £1m museum to show the history of the Travelling Post Office. 27-Apr-2009 Exeter City Council is to consider plans for the expansion of the St James's Park football stadium, and capacity could eventually reach 20,000. 27-Apr-2009 Jurys Inn has won planning permission to build a new £20m 200-bed hotel in Gateshead, with the creation of up to 100 jobs, which will be one of seven new sites rolled out this year. 23-Apr-2009 Greene King is to raise £207m in a share issue, in order to fund the acquisition of freehold pubs in the South East and Scotland. 23-Apr-2009 Durham County Council is to consider proposals from the Weardale Task Force for the development of a green energy theme park at Eastgate, which could create 350 jobs. 23-Apr-2009 Freedom Direct Holidays, the Newcastle-based online tour operator, has ceased trading with the loss of 108 jobs. 20-Apr-2009 Travelodge is seeking suitable locations for the development of up to 120 new budget hotels in London by 2020. 20-Apr-2009 Wakefield Wildcats has unveiled plans for the development of a new 12,000-capacity rugby stadium near junction 30 of the M62 motorway. 20-Apr-2009 Abingdon Town Council has unveiled plans for the £3.5m revamp of the County Hall museum by 2012. 20-Apr-2009 Thomas Cook is to shed 59 of the 400 jobs at its travel call centre in Larbert, near Falkirk. 16-Apr-2009 The Heritage Lottery Fund has announced grants totalling £14m to restore eight parks in Lichfield, Coventry, Sunderland, Perthshire, Stevenage, Falmouth, Quorn and Kilsyth. 16-Apr-2009 Riva Gaming is to sell seven of its 13 bingo clubs to its departing chief executive, as part of a debt restructuring programme. 15-Apr-2009 Scottish & Newcastle Pub Enterprises is looking to sell 32 pubs, in order to focus on managed outlets. 15-Apr-2009 Bromley Council is to consider plans from Biggin Hill Trust for the development of a heritage centre to exhibit Biggin Hill airfield's RAF history. 15-Apr-2009 Forest Holidays is to invest £10m upgrading its 140 woodland cabins and 21 camping sites this year, and is seeking an investment partner to fund new sites. 13-Apr-2009 The National Maritime Museum has won approval from Greenwich Council for a £35m expansion project by 2012, in order to provide additional exhibition, research and storage space. 13-Apr-2009 Hoseasons is to expand the 250-strong workforce at its holiday sales call centre in Lowestoft with 15 new staff over the next few weeks. 13-Apr-2009 EasyHotel is looking to open budget hotels in Bristol, Cardiff, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Reading and London Waterloo. 09-Apr-2009 Twycross Zoo is planning to invest £7m in the expansion of its zoo near Atherstone, including a new visitor and tourist information centre. 09-Apr-2009 Gateshead Council is to consider plans from MRP (Baltic) to build a 200-bedroom hotel and office complex at South Shore Road, which could create up to 360 jobs. 09-Apr-2009 Glasgow City Council has approved plans to build the £98m National Indoor Sports Arena and the Chris Hoy Velodrome, in preparation for the Commonwealth Games in 2014. 09-Apr-2009 NEC Group is to shed about 100 jobs at its Birmingham-based exhibitions business, which includes the NEC, ICC, LG Arena and NIA. 07-Apr-2009 Carlisle Racecourse has unveiled plans to invest £2.5m in the expansion of its facilities by 2011, including a new hurdles track. 02-Apr-2009 Bromley Council is to consider plans for the development of a £10m hotel at Biggin Hill Airport, with the creation of 50 jobs. 02-Apr-2009 The British Museum in London is planning to expand into a new £135m building by 2012, in order to provide more exhibition and storage space. 02-Apr-2009 Tate Modern has won planning permission for a £215m extension at its art gallery in London, including a 70m-tall pyramid-style building. 02-Apr-2009 East Dorset District Council has approved plans for the £3m expansion of the Walford Mill craft centre over the next three years. 02-Apr-2009 Sitel is looking to recruit 50 extra staff for its travel call centre in Accrington, which currently has 110 staff. 02-Apr-2009 Thomas Cook is to shed about 25 temporary jobs at its travel call centre in Peterborough in May, in order to re-route calls to its 135 retail stores. 01-Apr-2009 Birmingham City Council has approved plans from Great Hampton Group to transform a former clothing factory on Constitution Hill into a 109-bedroom Hampton by Hilton budget hotel. 01-Apr-2009 Stoke-on-Trent City Council is to consider plans from Phantom Developments to build an 80-bedroom hotel at the former Diamond Gimson Works in Fenton, with the creation of up to 100 jobs. 01-Apr-2009 The Heritage Lottery Fund has awarded £21m for six heritage projects, including Great Dixter in Sussex, the National Portrait Gallery in Edinburgh, St James Priory in Bristol, Castle Hill in Dungannon, Epping Forest and Barnsley Town Hall. 31-Mar-2009 The British Horseracing Authority is to relocate its London headquarters to an 18,000 sq ft office at 75 High Holborn. 31-Mar-2009 Harry's Bar is planning to expand its London-based bar and restaurant to five sites over the next two years. 31-Mar-2009 Plymouth Argyle Football Club has selected Salmon Harvester as its preferred partner to build a new 7,000-capacity stand at its Home Park stadium, including conferencing facilities, shops and a cinema. 30-Mar-2009 Whitbread has announced plans to open 12 Premier Inn hotels, four Brewers Fayre restaurants and 100 Costa coffee outlets this year, with the creation of 1,000 jobs. 26-Mar-2009 The Northern Ireland Executive is to consider proposals for the development of a £128m 25,000-capacity football and rugby stadium in East Belfast, which could create 100 jobs. 26-Mar-2009 Kaleidoscope Travel Group is to shed about 60 of the 414 jobs at its Travelsphere and Page & Moy travel operations in Leicestershire. 26-Mar-2009 Glasgow City Council is to consider plans from PBN Properties for the £80m redevelopment of the Savoy Centre, including a 221-bed hotel, offices and up to 900 jobs. 25-Mar-2009 Kennedy Group has unveiled plans to build a new £4m Port Gallen Lodge hotel near Portrush, with the creation of 30 jobs. 23-Mar-2009 Perth & Kinross Council has approved plans from Strathtay Developments to build a £20m marina complex at Croft-na-Caber, including 53 holiday apartments and a sailing school. 19-Mar-2009 Holidaybreak is setting up a new chain of nine Eurocamp campsites in the UK, including sites in the Lake District, Yorkshire, Snowdonia, Scotland and the West Country. 19-Mar-2009 Travelodge has announced plans for the development of 12 new budget hotels in Cambridge, Edinburgh, Egham, Epsom, Liverpool, London, Northampton, Rugby and Salford Quays, with the creation of 200 jobs. 19-Mar-2009 Lincoln City Council is to consider plans from the owners of the White Hart Hotel for the development of a new hotel with 28 rooms at Bailgate. 19-Mar-2009 Mumtaz of Bradford is planning to open Kashmiri restaurants in Birmingham, Edinburgh, London and Manchester, having just fitted out its latest outlet in Leeds. 18-Mar-2009 Glencoe Mountain, the Scottish ski centre and resort, has put itself up for sale. 18-Mar-2009 Mere Golf & Country Club has won permission to build a £12m 86-bedroom hotel at its site in Cheshire, with the creation of 40 jobs. 18-Mar-2009 Blackpool Council is to consider plans from Muse Developments for the £220m Talbot Gateway project, which will involve new shops, hotels, offices and the creation of hundreds of jobs. 17-Mar-2009 Dreamland Trust is to unveil plans for the development of a £12m heritage amusement park in Margate. 17-Mar-2009 Camelot, the operator of the National Lottery, is planning to shed up to 250 jobs from its 880-strong workforce, with 45 jobs expected to go at its base in Aintree. 16-Mar-2009 North Somerset Council has approved plans for the £30m rebuilding of Weston-super-Mare's Grand Pier by summer 2010. 16-Mar-2009 North East Lincolnshire Council has approved plans for the development of a £2m football centre at Bradley playing fields in Grimsby. 16-Mar-2009 Leeds City Council has approved plans from Oxford GB for the development of a £31m 244-bedroom Portland Crescent Hotel in the city's civic quarter by 2011. 16-Mar-2009 Portsmouth City Council has approved plans from McAleer and Rushe for the £100m redevelopment of the Zurich House site, including two new hotels, 55 apartments and more than 600 new jobs. 12-Mar-2009 Basildon Council has approved plans from Community Solutions for Leisure to build a new £35m sports village by 2011, including a swimming pool and gymnastics centre. 12-Mar-2009 Gulliver's is investing £4m in new attractions at its theme parks in Warrington, Matlock Bath and Milton Keynes, with the creation of 370 jobs. 12-Mar-2009 Plymouth City Council is to consider plans from Blakesley Estates for a £40m leisure and residential development in the city centre, and an operator is being sought for the planned 138-bedroom Athenaeum hotel. 11-Mar-2009 Mour Hotel is to invest up to £120m in the expansion of its newly-formed group of four-star hotels, and aims to sign up to 12 new properties over the next six months. 11-Mar-2009 Ffos Las Racecourse is looking to recruit 60 staff in preparation for the opening of its new racecourse near Llanelli in June. 10-Mar-2009 Crieff Hydro is to invest £6m in the refurbishment of its Perthshire hotel over the next two years. 10-Mar-2009 The National Trust for Scotland is considering plans to shed up to 90 jobs from its workforce of 500 full-time and 800 seasonal staff. 09-Mar-2009 North Lincolnshire Council has approved plans for the creation of a new £16m entertainment venue at Baths Hall in Scunthorpe by 2011, and will now seek a contractor and operator. 09-Mar-2009 Hallmark Hotels is to expand its chain of four-star hotels by acquiring three properties in Bath, Bristol and Cheltenham this year. 05-Mar-2009 English Heritage and the Heritage Lottery Fund have announced grants of £15m to carry out repair work at 150 places of worship across England. 05-Mar-2009 The Snow Centre in Hemel Hempstead is recruiting up to 250 staff for its new £23m indoor snow centre, which is due to open in May. 05-Mar-2009 The Headland Hotel in Newquay has won permission for a £14m redevelopment programme, including a new conference centre, swimming pool and the creation of 59 jobs, and work will start by September 2011. 05-Mar-2009 Arts Council England is to restructure its regional offices, relocate its London office from Clerkenwell to Westminster and shed about 150 jobs from its staff of 622. 05-Mar-2009 Angus Council is to consider plans from Forbes of Kingennie for the development of a £55m championship golf course and five-star hotel near Wellbank, which could create more than 100 jobs. 04-Mar-2009 The Palm of the US is to expand its steakhouse chain into the UK by opening its first outlet in Pont Street, London, in June. 04-Mar-2009 Yang Sing Oriental has closed its 48-bedroom luxury boutique hotel in Manchester city centre with the loss of 30 jobs. 03-Mar-2009 Calderdale Council is to consider plans for the development of new sports and leisure facilities in Brighouse and Sowerby Bridge by autumn 2010. 03-Mar-2009 Fife Council is to consider plans from the Fife Curling Trust for a £2m investment at Duffus Park in Cupar by the end of 2010, including a new four-sheet curling rink. 03-Mar-2009 The Heritage Lottery Fund is to provide development funding for three heritage projects, including a potential £6m application from Lincoln Castle, £6m from the Whitworth Art Gallery in Manchester and £7m from the National Railway Museum in York. 03-Mar-2009 TUI Travel is considering plans to relocate up to 300 jobs from Salford to Coventry, Luton and Swansea, as part of the integration process for TUI and First Choice Holidays. 02-Mar-2009 Carlisle City Council is to consider proposals for the development of a £50m sports village at the Richard Rose Morton Academy by 2012, including an ice rink and swimming pool. 02-Mar-2009 JD Wetherspoon is to create up to 35 jobs in Bootle in May, following the transformation of the Merton Hotel into a pub. 26-Feb-2009 The Northwest Regional Development Agency is to invest £2m in its five tourist boards, in order to attract international conferences and market the region as a business tourism destination. 25-Feb-2009 Inverclyde Council is to invest £23m in new and refurbished leisure facilities over the next five years. 25-Feb-2009 Vue is to upgrade 200 cinema screens to the 3D format, in a multi-million pound investment with Real D. 23-Feb-2009 Lastminute.com, the online travel firm, is said to be planning to open retail outlets in London, Birmingham and Manchester. 23-Feb-2009 Liverpool City Council is planning to spend £70m improving the city's parks over the next 25 years, including Sefton and Stanley parks. 23-Feb-2009 UK Coal has funded a feasibility study into plans by the Widdrington Regeneration Partnership for a £200m tourism attraction on the former mine sites of Stobswood, Maidens Hall and Steadsburn in Northumberland, including a holiday village, luxury hotel and golf course. 23-Feb-2009 Alpharooms is to shed about 30 accounts and administration jobs at its Sheffield-based travel business. 23-Feb-2009 Lincoln City Council has approved plans from Manorcrest Homes to build a six-story hotel at Brayford Wharf North by the end of next year, with the creation of about 90 jobs. 23-Feb-2009 Yorkshire Tourist Board is to relocate its headquarters from York to Leeds over the next few months, but none of the 31 staff will lose their jobs. 23-Feb-2009 Future Inns is to create 70 jobs at a new £20m hotel due to open next to Cabot Circus in Bristol in May. 19-Feb-2009 Peel has won planning permission to build a £30m 210-bedroom hotel at the Trafford Centre in Manchester. 19-Feb-2009 Telford & Wrekin Council is to consider plans from Burhill Golf & Leisure to build a new 50-bedroom hotel and spa at the Shropshire Golf Centre. 18-Feb-2009 Manchester City Council has approved plans for the £165m refurbishment of the town hall complex, and work will start later this year. 17-Feb-2009 Bassetlaw Council is to consider plans from Commercial Estates Group for the redevelopment of a 55-acre former factory site in Worksop, including a hotel, 200,000sq ft of office space and a superstore. 17-Feb-2009 Portsmouth City Council has approved plans to rehouse the Mary Rose warship at a cost of £35m, and the Mary Rose Trust is seeking a further £7m to fund the museum. 16-Feb-2009 Manchester City Council and New East Manchester are inviting companies to bid for a contract to build a new £20m BMX cycling arena at Sportcity. 16-Feb-2009 Hilton Hotels is expected to shed a significant number of the 500 jobs at its UK headquarters in Watford, as part of a global plan by the US group to shed 1,000 jobs. 12-Feb-2009 Stockport County is said to be looking into the possibility of building a new £30m football stadium with a 16,000 capacity. 12-Feb-2009 Middlesbrough Council is to seek lottery funding for the £6m redevelopment of the historic Stewart Park. 11-Feb-2009 Hilton Group is seeking a suitable site for a new 120-room Hampton By Hilton hotel in Sunderland. 11-Feb-2009 Gulliver's is to invest £4m in the expansion of its Cheshire-based theme park, including a new hotel and the creation of 70 jobs. 11-Feb-2009 Paddy Power is planning to open a further 80 betting shops across the UK by 2011, with the creation of 400 jobs. 10-Feb-2009 Citizen M of the Netherlands is looking to open at least five hotels in central London by 2012. 10-Feb-2009 Apex is to create 80 jobs at a new 187-bedroom hotel due to open at Waterloo Place in Edinburgh in March. 10-Feb-2009 Real Hotel Group is to sell the leases on ten of its former Quality and Clarion hotels out of administration to Focus Hotels Management, saving about 500 jobs. 09-Feb-2009 Cheltenham Borough Council is to consider plans for the £5m revamp of Cheltenham Art Gallery & Museum, and work could start by spring 2010. 09-Feb-2009 Drayton Manor has unveiled plans to build a new 150-bedroom hotel at its theme park near Tamworth by 2010, with the creation of more than 50 jobs. 09-Feb-2009 Viagogo has raised £10m from investors to fund the expansion of its London-based online ticketing agency. 05-Feb-2009 Pontin's is to invest £50m in the redevelopment of its six holiday centres in Brean, Camber Sands, Pakefield, Prestatyn and Southport, with the creation of 2,000 jobs. 03-Feb-2009 Futsal has raised £3.2m from Foresight Ventures to develop a chain of 30 five-a-side indoor football centres across the country. 02-Feb-2009 Glenisla Golf Course is linking up with Deveron Homes to submit plans for a £40m leisure and tourist development at its site in Perthshire, including a 40-bed hotel, a retirement home and the creation of up to 70 jobs. 02-Feb-2009 The Royal Bath & West Showground has unveiled proposals for a £120m expansion project at its site in Shepton Mallet over the next ten years, including a conference centre, hotels and the creation of 1,500 jobs. 02-Feb-2009 Sitel is to create up to 200 travel advice and support jobs at the former Thomas Cook call centre in Accrington by April. 02-Feb-2009 Aviemore Highland Resort has unveiled plans for a £80m expansion, including tourist accommodation, offices, shops and the creation of hundreds of jobs. 02-Feb-2009 The Public Gallery arts centre in West Bromwich is to close with the loss of 30 jobs, having failed to secure funding from the Arts Council. 02-Feb-2009 Ten Square is has submitted plans for the £60m expansion of its Belfast hotel, increasing the number of bedrooms from 23 to 108 and creating 75 new jobs. 30-Jan-2009 Northland Properties of Canada is planning to develop a four-star 169-room Sandman Signature hotel at the Gallowgate building in Newcastle-upon-Tyne by 2011, with the creation of 150 jobs. 30-Jan-2009 Stan James is considering plans to shed up to 80 jobs at its betting call centre in Grove, Oxfordshire, in order to transfer the work to Gibraltar. 30-Jan-2009 The York Museum Trust is planning a £2m refurbishment for the Yorkshire Museum in York by August 2010. 29-Jan-2009 Chester Zoo has unveiled plans to invest £225m in the expansion of its facilities by 2018, including a £90m eco dome, a 90-room hotel and a Conservation College. 28-Jan-2009 Belfast City Council is linking up with Time Associates, Gems and Belfast Metropolitan College to launch the Hospitality & Retail Training for Employment programme, in order to provide job training for the long-term unemployed and create up to 200 jobs. 26-Jan-2009 Louvre Hotels is planning to expand and overhaul its chain of 19 Campanile budget hotels in the UK, including the refurbishment of properties in Bradford and Swindon. 26-Jan-2009 Cineworld is looking to invest £4m doubling the number of its cinema screens that can show 3D films to 148, in partnership with NEC. 26-Jan-2009 Everyman is to set up a 25,000 sq ft boutique cinema at the Trinity shopping scheme in Leeds by 2011. 26-Jan-2009 Scottish Borders Council is to consider plans for the development of a £6.7m leisure resort on a farm at Berrybush, near Selkirk, including 28 holiday chalets. 23-Jan-2009 Tombola.co.uk is to create a further 30 jobs at its online bingo operation in Sunderland over the next few months, taking the total workforce to 130. 23-Jan-2009 Reebok is planning to relocate the UK headquarters of its sports equipment business and some of the 160 staff from Bolton to the Adidas office in Stockport by the end of the year. 23-Jan-2009 Sefton Council has secured funding of £4m from the Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment for the development of a cultural centre in Southport, including an improved arts centre and music venue. 21-Jan-2009 Pontin's is planning to double the capacity of its holiday park at Pakefield in Suffolk by 2012, with the creation of more than 100 jobs. 21-Jan-2009 Jurys Inns has unveiled plans to open four new budget hotels in Bradford, Glasgow, Newcastle-upon-Tyne and Portsmouth by 2010, in a £90m investment that will create about 300 jobs. 21-Jan-2009 BetFred is planning to expand its chain of 775 betting shops to 1,000 over the next three years, and 350 jobs will be created at the 40 new outlets due to open this year. 21-Jan-2009 Yorkshire Forward is to invest £30m in the tourism sector in Yorkshire and Humber, including a new global marketing campaign for the Yorkshire Tourist Board. 20-Jan-2009 Celtic Manor is considering plans to shed up to 70 of the 700 jobs at its five-star resort in Newport, South Wales. 19-Jan-2009 Winter Sunshine Holidays, the Derbyshire-based travel firm, has gone into voluntary liquidation through Begbies Traynor. 19-Jan-2009 Punch Taverns, the nationwide chain of 8,000 pubs, is to shed 100 jobs at its head office in Burton-on-Trent. 19-Jan-2009 Perth & Kinross Council and Angus Council are aiming to create 150 new jobs in tourism, having secured £0.4m of funding from the European Regional Development Fund. 19-Jan-2009 Dorchester Collection is planning to open 15 new luxury hotels in Europe and North America over the next ten years, including the 69-room Cowarth Park hotel due to open in Ascot in 2010. 19-Jan-2009 The British Postal Museum & Archive (BPMA) is to set up a new museum and archive centre at Churchward Village in Swindon. 16-Jan-2009 Perth & Kinross Council has approved plans from Crown Parks to build a £12m holiday centre at a former quarry near Stanley in Perthshire, including 250 chalets and the creation of 70 jobs. 16-Jan-2009 HMV is to invest £18m in a joint venture with MAMA, in order to operate a chain of 11 live music venues, and HMV will also buy 14 Zavvi stores out of administration. 15-Jan-2009 North Somerset District Council has approved plans for the £5m expansion of the Cadbury House Hotel Health Club & Spa in Congresbury by 2010, with the creation of 50 jobs. 14-Jan-2009 The Heritage Lottery Fund has awarded £4.4m for the restoration of four historic parks, including Herschel Park in Slough, Pannett Park in Whitby, Chances Park in Carlisle and Dixon Park in Larne. 14-Jan-2009 Derby City Council is to consider plans from the Derby NHS Trust for a mixed-use development on the site of Derbyshire Royal Infirmary, including 300,000 sq ft of offices, 50,000 sq ft of shops and a 140,000 sq ft hotel and conference centre. 14-Jan-2009 Hilton Hotels Corporation has agreed a deal with Peel Holdings to open a 160-bedroom Hampton by Hilton hotel at Liverpool John Lennon airport this summer. 13-Jan-2009 Millennium & Copthorne is to open two new hotels at the Central Village development in Liverpool in 2012, with the creation of more than 200 jobs. 13-Jan-2009 PGL is to invest £4m in the development of an activity centre at Windmill Hill in Herstmonceux, East Sussex, in order to offer courses for youth groups of up to 450 people. 13-Jan-2009 South Lanarkshire Council is to consider plans from Heritage London & Hanover to build a £20m 132-bedroom hotel at Peel Park in East Kilbride, which will create up to 70 jobs. 12-Jan-2009 Royal Bank of Scotland is said to be looking to sell its chain of almost 1,000 pubs, in order to raise about £600m. 12-Jan-2009 Smith Cooper has been appointed liquidator at Esquire Holdings, with the loss of up to 70 jobs at its conference centre and restaurant complex in Hereford. 09-Jan-2009 Leicester Tigers has submitted outline plans for a £100m scheme at Welford Road in Leicester, including a four-star hotel, car park, offices, student accommodation and hospital building. 09-Jan-2009 Trafford Council is to consider plans from Peel Holdings for the development of a museum to show the history of the Manchester Ship Canal at Trafford Park. 08-Jan-2009 InterContinental Hotels is expected to shed up to 170 jobs in its UK chain of 70 managed hotels and a further 30 jobs at its Buckinghamshire head office. 07-Jan-2009 South Tyneside Council has approved plans for the development of a £2m Ocean Beach amusement complex on South Shields sea front, with the creation of 30 jobs. 07-Jan-2009 Pontin's is to close its holiday centre at Hemsby on the Norfolk coast in January, with the loss of 55 jobs, but the remaining six sites will remain open. 07-Jan-2009 Chasetown Football Club has submitted plans for a new £1m grandstand at its stadium in Staffordshire, including a gym, office, club shop, restaurant and conference facilities. 06-Jan-2009 Infoplace UK is expected to lose its contract to operate 66 lottery ticket kiosks across the country for Camelot. 05-Jan-2009
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