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Park Resorts is to invest £25m in improvements to its chain of holiday parks across the country next year, including new leisure and entertainment facilities.
24-Dec-2015


Audley Travel, the Oxfordshire-based travel firm, has been acquired by private equity firm 3i for £159m.
23-Dec-2015


LiveWire Warrington has submitted plans to Warrington Council for a £1.5m community centre by early 2017, including IT suites, a library and fitness suite.
23-Dec-2015


PHD Equity Partners has invested £2.5m in the expansion of 1st Class Holidays, the Manchester-based bespoke holidays firm with 36 staff.
22-Dec-2015


Casino 36 is to create 100 jobs at a new £4m casino due to open in Wolverhampton next year.
21-Dec-2015


NewRiver Retail has unveiled plans for a £200m leisure park at a 60-acre site in Basingstoke in 2018, which could create 2,400 jobs.
21-Dec-2015


Laver Leisure has acquired Stevensons Golden Sands of Ingoldmells, taking its total number of holiday parks in the Skegness area to 12.
21-Dec-2015


Haringey Council has approved plans for a £400m 61,000-seat redevelopment of Tottenham Hotspur's White Hart Lane football stadium by 2018.
21-Dec-2015


Stanhope is planning to build a £75m leisure development at Ashford town centre in Kent, including a hotel, six-screen cinema, restaurants and 250 jobs.
21-Dec-2015


Busy Bees has acquired Kids 1st Nurseries, the chain of 13 nursery sites across the North East, for undisclosed terms.
21-Dec-2015


Derry City Council has awarded contracts to Todd Architects and Tandem to design an £8m Maritime Museum & Archive Centre at Ebrington in Derry.
21-Dec-2015


Liberty Properties Developments is to develop plans for a leisure scheme with restaurants and a cinema in Bangor, which could create 400 jobs.
17-Dec-2015


St James's Hotel Group is to create about 60 jobs at a new 117-bedroom hotel due to open in Bath by spring 2017.
16-Dec-2015


Reading Borough Council has secured lottery funding of £1.8m to reopen the ruins of Reading Abbey in 2018.
16-Dec-2015


IJ Cannings has acquired DP Pools, the Plymouth-based swimming pool and hot tub installation firm.
16-Dec-2015


Doncaster Council has approved plans from Muse Developments for a Savoy six-screen cinema and restaurant complex at the Civic & Cultural Quarter by 2017, with the creation of 100 jobs.
15-Dec-2015


Belfast City Council is to approve plans from the owners of The Merchant Hotel for a new 58-bedroom hotel in the city centre, with the creation of 100 jobs.
15-Dec-2015


Infinity is looking to expand its Cardiff-based trampoline park to a larger site and open a new outlet in Newport, with the creation of about 60 jobs.
15-Dec-2015


EasyHotel has won approval for a new budget hotel with 77 bedrooms in Liverpool by 2017.
15-Dec-2015


Travelodge is looking to open three new hotels at shopping centres in Bromley, Burgess Hill and Wood Green in 2017.
15-Dec-2015


Drayton Old Lodge has been acquired out of liquidation from DOL (Norwich) by Drayton Old Lodge Ltd, securing the future of 20 jobs at its events venue in Norwich.
15-Dec-2015


Henry Boot Developments has won approval to build a £333m exhibition and conference centre in Aberdeen by 2018, including a four-star hotel with 200 bedrooms and an energy centre.
15-Dec-2015


The Reader has secured £2m of lottery funding towards the development of an International Centre for Reading at Calderstones Mansion House in Liverpool next year.
15-Dec-2015


Royal College of Music Museum has secured £3.6m of lottery funding for the expansion and improvement of its site in London's South Kensington over the next three years.
15-Dec-2015


Willmott Dixon has won approval from Hounslow Borough Council to build a new football stadium for Brentford FC with a capacity for 20,000 by 2018.
15-Dec-2015


Village Hotels has won permission from Portsmouth City Council to build a £21m 153-bedroom hotel at Lakeside in North Harbour, with the creation of about 100 jobs.
14-Dec-2015


Redfern is to relocate its Bradford-based travel management business and 110 staff to a larger office at Shire House in Little Germany by the end of the year.
14-Dec-2015


Doncaster Council is to consider plans for a £5m two-storey cafe and restaurant facility at Sandall Park by 2017, with the creation of more than 100 jobs.
14-Dec-2015


Eastbourne Borough Council has approved plans for a £44m regeneration of Devonshire Park cultural quarter by 2020, including new conference facilities and a cafe.
14-Dec-2015


Eden Hotel Collection has submitted plans to Wyre Forest District Council for a new spa and function suite at Brockencote Hall Hotel near Kidderminster, with the creation of 21 jobs.
14-Dec-2015


North Devon Council has approved plans for a 16-bedroom expansion of Highbullen Hotel Golf and Country Club and 58 new holiday lodges.
14-Dec-2015


AFC Wimbledon has won approval for a £16m 11,000-seater football stadium in London's Wimbledon.
14-Dec-2015


Jump In is seeking approval for a new 26,000 sq ft trampolining arena at Hermes Close in Leamington, with the creation of up to 80 jobs.
10-Dec-2015


Grosvenor and Hongkong & Shanghai Hotels have won approval for a £500m luxury hotel called The Peninsula London at Grosvenor Place in London by 2021.
10-Dec-2015


McCulloch Unique Hotels is to open two 90-bedroom Dakota Deluxe hotels in Leeds and Glasgow next year, and is looking to expand the chain to more city centres.
10-Dec-2015


EasyHotel is looking to expand its budget hotel chain to over 30 cities across the country.
10-Dec-2015


Frasers Hospitality has acquired four hotels from Swire Properties, including Brighton's Hotel Seattle, Bristol's Avon Gorge Hotel and Chapter hotels in Exeter and Cheltenham, and will rebrand them as Malmaison or Hotel du Vin.
10-Dec-2015


Sports Direct has acquired The Printworks Health Club & Spa in London's Olympia.
10-Dec-2015


Teignbridge Council is to consider plans for a new whisky distillery at Bovey Tracey town hall in Devon.
10-Dec-2015


Chestnut Group has won approval for a new boutique hotel in Bury St Edmunds, with the creation of 26 jobs.
10-Dec-2015


Highgate Holdings of the US has won approval to build a £300m 319,000 sq ft hotel with 200 bedrooms in Shoreditch by 2018, and plans to expand the chain to 20 sites in London.
09-Dec-2015


U+I has unveiled plans for a regeneration of Friarsgate in Lichfield, including ten new restaurants, a cinema and gym, with the creation of 900 jobs.
09-Dec-2015


Barrhead Travel is planning to expand its chain of 56 travel outlets, with the creation of 100 jobs across Scotland.
08-Dec-2015


Wood Farm Golf & Leisure is looking to create 50 jobs and invest a further £2m in the expansion of Essington Golf Club near Wolverhampton.
08-Dec-2015


Yr Hen Lyfrgell is to create 40 jobs for people with bilingual skills at its new cultural centre due to open in Cardiff in January.
08-Dec-2015


Silver Blades has acquired the Blackburn Ice Arena in East Lancashire from Peel Group.
07-Dec-2015


Park Holidays UK is planning to expand its 90-strong workforce with ten new jobs at its new Bexhill office over the next year.
07-Dec-2015


Hotelplan UK has acquired the adventure holiday businesses Explore Worldwide of Farnborough and Ely-based Regaldive for undisclosed terms.
03-Dec-2015


Bromsgrove District Council is to approve plans for a £13m leisure centre, including a swimming pool, fitness suite and climbing wall.
03-Dec-2015


Belfast Harbour has submitted plans for the development of a 90-bedroom hotel at City Quays by 2017.
03-Dec-2015


Hilton Worldwide is to open a £45m 357-bedroom Hampton by Hilton hotel at Stansted Airport in 2017, with the creation of 60 jobs.
02-Dec-2015


Nottinghamshire County Council has awarded a £5.3m contract to an RSPB-led consortium for the management of Sherwood Forest Country Park, including a new visitor centre by 2017.
02-Dec-2015


LiveWire and Culture Warrington have unveiled plans for a £5m Heritage Hub in Warrington Library by 2019.
02-Dec-2015


Hays Travel is planning to expand its chain of more than 100 travel agencies with up to 40 stores in West Yorkshire.
02-Dec-2015


City Football Group has sold a £256m stake in Manchester City Football Club to CMC of China.
02-Dec-2015


Hilton Worldwide is looking to expand its 27-strong chain of DoubleTree hotels to most major cities across the country.
01-Dec-2015


OHH Pub Company is to open its fourth five-star inn at Braunton in Devon next spring, and is planning further expansion over the next five years.
01-Dec-2015


Scottish Borders Council is to consider plans from Marchmont Farms for a ten-bedroom hotel and venue at Marchmont House.
01-Dec-2015


IXL Events is to invest £600m in the expansion of Dallas Burston Polo Club in Warwickshire, including a hotel and 100 luxury lodges, with the creation of hundreds of new jobs.
30-Nov-2015


Ribble Valley Council is to consider plans from Emporia Leisure for a multi-million pound 64,000 sq ft leisure development in Clitheroe, which could create 150 jobs.
30-Nov-2015


Marston's is planning to invest £12m per year in the expansion of its pub chain across Scotland.
30-Nov-2015


Punch is to invest £1m in the refurbishment of five of its pubs in Walsall by the end of the year, with the creation of 50 jobs.
30-Nov-2015


Gravity Force is planning to expand its chain of four trampoline parks to nine sites in 2016, including a 37,000 sq ft centre due to open in St Albans by next spring.
30-Nov-2015


Bury Council is considering proposals to build a £10m leisure and entertainment venue at the Radcliffe Civic Suite site.
30-Nov-2015


Haven is planning to expand the 60-strong workforce at its Thornwick Bay holiday park to 135 next year, as part of a £10m investment in the East Yorkshire-based site.
26-Nov-2015


Staffordshire County Council is considering plans for an £18m holiday park with 250 lodges, a cinema and sports complex at Moneystone Quarry, which could create 250 jobs.
26-Nov-2015


Hortons Estates has secured funding of £6m towards the restoration of the Grand Hotel in Birmingham by 2018, which could create 200 jobs.
26-Nov-2015


Cameron House, the Loch Lomond-based five-star hotel, has been sold by Devonshire Point Partnership to KSL Capital of the US for £70m.
26-Nov-2015


Marriott International is to launch its AC Hotels chain in the UK next year at two sites in Birmingham's Mailbox and Salford Quays, and they will be operated by Valor Hospitality.
26-Nov-2015


The B+B Collection has acquired The Groves, the York-based hotel with 26 bedrooms, for about £2.2m.
26-Nov-2015


Capital & Regional has unveiled plans for a £35m leisure development at Ipswich's Buttermarket shopping centre, including a 12-screen Empire cinema and nine restaurants.
26-Nov-2015


StayWell Group is to create 150 jobs at its 253-room Park Regis hotel due to open in Birmingham in February.
25-Nov-2015


Darlington Borough Council is to consider plans for a £20m 5,000-seater sports stadium at Blackwell Meadows, with the creation of 700 jobs.
25-Nov-2015


QHotels is to invest £50m in the upgrade of 27 of its hotels over the next two years.
25-Nov-2015


Thornley Leisure Parks has acquired Gallaber Park, the Yorkshire Dales-based 2.7m sq ft holiday park, for undisclosed terms.
25-Nov-2015


Acklam Hall is to create 20 jobs at its wedding and conference venue due to re-open in Middlesbrough by February.
25-Nov-2015


Kids Planet Day Nurseries is planning to expand its Cheshire-based chain of 16 nurseries with a new £1.5m facility in Swinton, and hopes to reach 25 sites over the next three years.
24-Nov-2015


St Albans Museums & Galleries Trust has secured £2.5m of lottery funding towards its £7.5m art gallery and museum due to open at the town hall in St Albans by autumn 2017.
24-Nov-2015


Fairmont St Andrews is to invest £10m in the refurbishment of its Fife-based 209-bedroom hotel next year.
23-Nov-2015


McAleer & Rushe has won approval to build a new hotel complex in Belfast next year, including bars, restaurants and conference facilities.
23-Nov-2015


Canal & River Trust has won lottery funding of £2.2m for the development of a conservation site and cycle hire and repair workshop at the Roundhouse in Birmingham.
23-Nov-2015


Itison is to create 20 jobs at a new office in Newcastle for the expansion of its Glasgow-based deals and events business.
19-Nov-2015


Overland Developments is to invest £3m in the development of an exhibition and events venue at its newly-acquired 35,000 sq ft office building in Bradford.
19-Nov-2015


Cornwall Council is to approve plans for a new £20m 10,000-seater sports stadium in Truro and the relocation of Truro City Football Club to a new 6,000-seater stadium.
18-Nov-2015


Escape Live is looking to expand its Birmingham-based entertainment venues business across the country, starting with a new site in Southend-on-Sea.
17-Nov-2015


MFA Bowl is to invest £1.3m in the revamp of the leisure facilities at the Kursaal building in Southend by spring next year, with the creation of 50 jobs.
17-Nov-2015


Cruise 1st, the Manchester-based cruise agency with 100 staff, has undergone a management buy-out from Royal Caribbean for undisclosed terms.
17-Nov-2015


Lucky Onion has acquired two new sites in Cheltenham and Ewen for the expansion of its Cotswolds-based hotel and restaurant business.
16-Nov-2015


Conviviality is to acquire a majority stake in Peppermint, the London-based bar and events firm, for undisclosed terms.
16-Nov-2015


Shipley Brothers is to open a new BounceBOX trampoline park at Whitley in Reading early next year, with the creation of 25 jobs.
16-Nov-2015


JD Wetherspoon has won approval from South Norfolk Council for a new £2.2m pub in Diss, with the creation of more than 50 jobs.
16-Nov-2015


Bolsover District Council is to invest £4m in the expansion of Clowne Sports Centre by December 2016, including a new swimming pool and gym.
16-Nov-2015


Sky Betting & Gaming is to invest £11m in the expansion of its technology operations in Leeds and Sheffield, with the creation of 200 jobs.
12-Nov-2015


Land Securities is to build a 65,000 sq ft leisure complex at the White Rose shopping centre in Leeds by 2017, including six restaurants and an 11-screen Cineworld cinema.
11-Nov-2015


Moorhouses of Burnley is looking to open a chain of micro-pubs across the North of England.
10-Nov-2015


Hays Travel is to open six travel agencies in Leeds and Bradford by the end of the year, with the creation of 50 jobs.
09-Nov-2015


Roomzzz is seeking permission for a £10m 109-bedroom hotel in York by the end of next year, with the creation of 20 jobs.
09-Nov-2015


Xercise 4 Less is to open a £1m 39,000 sq ft gym in Rochford this January, with the creation of 40 jobs.
09-Nov-2015


Secret Escapes is to set up a 19,000 sq ft office for its luxury travel business at 120 Holborn in London.
09-Nov-2015


South Gloucestershire Council has approved plans for a £3.6m renovation of Bradley Stoke Leisure Centre next year.
09-Nov-2015


Jet Sports is seeking permission for a trampoline park in Barnstaple, with the creation of 20 jobs.
05-Nov-2015


Langdale Leisure is to invest £4.2m in improvements to its holiday park in the Lake District next year, including a 200-seater restaurant and renovated spa.
05-Nov-2015


NH Hotel Group and AXA Investment Managers are to invest £90m in a new 190-bedroom NHow hotel due to open at 250 City Road in London by 2019.
05-Nov-2015


Manchester Jewish Museum is planning to invest £2.8m in the expansion of its visitor facilities by 2020.
05-Nov-2015


Roomzzz Aparthotel is seeking permission to build a £3m 77-bedroom hotel in Newcastle, and plans to open more sites next year in Harrogate, Liverpool, London, Manchester and York.
05-Nov-2015


Sports Tours International has acquired the assets of Freewheel Holidays, the Leicester-based cycling holidays business.
05-Nov-2015


Frasers Hospitality is reported to be planning to create up to 90 jobs at a new hotel due to open in Yorkshire in 2017.
04-Nov-2015


Cycling for Softies, the Manchester-based cycling holiday firm, has been acquired by Pebble Travel Investors.
04-Nov-2015


The Woodland Spa is planning to build an £11m 80-bedroom hotel and conference centre at its site in Burnley by the end of 2017, with the creation of up to 70 jobs.
03-Nov-2015


Coniston Hotel & Country Estate is to create 35 jobs at a new 16,500 sq ft spa due to open at its site in Skipton.
03-Nov-2015


Pure Gym is looking to open up to three more fitness clubs in the North East, as part of plans to expand its 114-strong chain to up to 250 sites.
03-Nov-2015


Swindon Borough Council is seeking proposals for the development of leisure facilities at the 260-acre Lydiard Park site.
03-Nov-2015


Starwood Hotels & Resorts is investing £200m in the renovation of Trump Turnberry, the South Ayrshire-based hotel with 157 bedrooms, and plan to reopen the site in June 2016.
03-Nov-2015


Air Space is to create 90 jobs at a new trampoline park due to open at Bentley Bridge Retail Park in Wolverhampton this December.
02-Nov-2015


Camerons Brewery is planning to expand its Hartlepool-based chain of pubs with 50 new sites by 2020.
02-Nov-2015


Hambleton District Council is considering plans for a new holiday village with over 100 chalets near Great Ayton, which could create 160 jobs.
29-Oct-2015


Hilton Worldwide is to open the UK's first Curio hotel, having signed a franchise agreement with Shiva Hotels for a 129-bedroom hotel at London's Lincoln Plaza by the end of next year.
29-Oct-2015


Colletts Travel has acquired Fortune Travel, the London-based travel agency with seven staff, for undisclosed terms.
29-Oct-2015


Travelodge is creating 550 jobs at its chain of budget hotels, including 45 at its headquarters in Thame in Oxfordshire.
28-Oct-2015


Down Hall Country House Hotel is to invest £6m in refurbishments and a new spa at its site near Bishop's Stortford by summer 2016.
28-Oct-2015


Gala Coral is to sell 130 of its bingo clubs to Caledonia Investments for £241m.
27-Oct-2015


Starwood Capital is to create 90 jobs at The Royal York hotel in York by December, as part of a multi-million pound revamp.
26-Oct-2015


Eurocamp is to relocate its Cheshire-based camping holidays headquarters and 180 staff to a 16,200 sq ft office at Gadbrook Park by April 2016.
26-Oct-2015


Intu has submitted plans for a new bowling alley and adventure golf course at its shopping centre in Derby, with the creation of 55 jobs.
26-Oct-2015


Royal Horticultural Society is to develop a £30m 156-acre garden at Worsley New Hall in Salford by 2019.
26-Oct-2015


National Media Museum has secured funding of £1.5m to create an interactive science gallery at its site in Bradford.
26-Oct-2015


Trevor Osborne Property Group is planning to build a £10m five-star hotel and spa at the Guildhall in Bristol.
26-Oct-2015


Birmingham City Council is to invest £2.1m in the relocation of the Brasshouse Language Centre to the Library of Birmingham by September 2016.
22-Oct-2015


Players Bars is looking to expand its Newcastle-based chain of bars to three new cities, with the creation of 200 jobs.
22-Oct-2015


Hastings Hotel Group has won approval for a four-star 200-bedroom Grand Central Hotel at Windsor House in Belfast by 2018, with the creation of 150 jobs.
22-Oct-2015


Motel One of Germany is to open three more budget hotels in Newcastle, Manchester and Glasgow over the next three years.
22-Oct-2015


London Resort Company has secured a £100m investment from SinoFortone of China for a £3.2bn theme park at Swanscombe in Kent by 2021, which could create up to 27,000 jobs.
21-Oct-2015


Art'otel of the Netherlands has unveiled plans for a 160-bedroom hotel at London's Battersea Power Station site by 2019, and is planning a second in Hoxton.
21-Oct-2015


Whitbread is planning to create 15,000 new jobs at its Premier Inn and Costa Coffee chains across the country over the next five years.
21-Oct-2015


Brewhouse & Kitchen is planning to expand its chain of ten pubs to up to 30 sites by 2020, with the creation of about 170 jobs.
20-Oct-2015


North East Lincolnshire Council has unveiled plans for a £3m expansion of the Fishing Heritage Centre in Grimsby.
19-Oct-2015


Ealing Council and Land Securities are planning to develop a £100m leisure scheme in West Ealing by 2018, including a 1,000-seater cinema, restaurants and shops.
19-Oct-2015


Denbighshire Council is creating 34 jobs at its £4.4m Nova Centre retail and leisure facility due to open in Prestatyn in November.
15-Oct-2015


Wolverhampton Council is to consider plans for a 5,000 sq ft heritage and exhibition centre at the Guru Nanak Sikh Temple in Blakenhall.
15-Oct-2015


LateRooms, the Manchester-based online hotel booking firm, has been acquired by Cox & Kings for £8.5m.
14-Oct-2015


Hull City Council is to consider plans for a £36m 2,500-seater music and events centre called The Venue, with the creation of 500 jobs.
13-Oct-2015


Bradford Live is seeking funding of £5m to develop a new 4,500-capacity music venue in Bradford by 2018.
13-Oct-2015


Perdiswell Leisure Centre has won approval for an £11m refurbishment of its leisure facilities in Worcester by 2017, including a new swimming pool.
13-Oct-2015


Newark & Sherwood District Council has approved plans for a new holiday park in Kilvington, including a 25-bedroom inn, 34 self-catering units and water sports facilities.
12-Oct-2015


Coaching Inn Group has acquired two North Yorkshire-based inns in Helmsley and Thirsk from Homfray Hotels, as part of a £20m expansion plan.
12-Oct-2015


Spruth Magers is to relocate its London-based art gallery to an 8,000 sq ft site at 29 Sackville Street in Mayfair.
12-Oct-2015


Cineworld is to create up to 50 jobs at a new nine-screen cinema due to open at the intu Potteries Centre in Stoke-on-Trent this December.
12-Oct-2015


Woolacombe Bay Holiday Village is to invest £4m in improvements to the entertainment facilities and accommodation at its holiday park in Devon.
12-Oct-2015


South Gloucestershire Council has approved outline plans to develop a nature reserve at Wick Quarry, including offices, workshops and up to 80 jobs.
12-Oct-2015


Ribble Valley Council is to consider plans from Lodge Inns for a new leisure park with over 30 holiday lodges at Pendle View Fisheries in Barrow.
12-Oct-2015


Star Pubs & Bars is to invest £20m in the refurbishment of 20 pubs in the North East.
12-Oct-2015


New Moon Company is to create 20 jobs at a new eatery called Bronx Bar & Pizzetteria due to open in Knutsford in November.
12-Oct-2015


Crimson Hotels is to invest £10m in the transformation of the 203-bedroom Regency hotel in London's Kensington into a DoubleTree by Hilton hotel by early 2016.
12-Oct-2015


Diocese of West Yorkshire and the Dales is to open a 10,000 sq ft office at York Place in Leeds, with the relocation of 100 staff from East Leeds, Wakefield, Steeton and Harrogate.
12-Oct-2015


Reading Football Club has unveiled development proposals for a site near the Madejski Stadium, including a convention centre, restaurants and an ice rink, which could create up to 1,000 jobs.
12-Oct-2015


Galleries of Justice has secured lottery funding of £1m for improvements to its Nottingham-based leisure attraction.
08-Oct-2015


Luton Culture has secured lottery funding for the £3.5m restoration of Wardown Park Museum by autumn 2016.
08-Oct-2015


Scottish Seabird Centre has secured lottery funding for a £3.5m National Marine Centre at North Berwick.
08-Oct-2015


Everyman Group is to submit plans to Durham County Council for a multi-screen boutique cinema at the Milburngate development by 2016.
07-Oct-2015


Ten Square is seeking permission for a £3m 71-bedroom extension at its Belfast-based hotel, with the creation of 20 new jobs.
07-Oct-2015


Bali Health Lounge is planning to expand its Manchester-based health spa to new sites including Birmingham, Bristol, Brighton and Leeds over the next 12 months.
07-Oct-2015


Highland Council is to consider plans for a new multi-million pound golf course at Castle Stuart Golf Links by summer 2018, with the creation of 20 jobs.
06-Oct-2015


Amaris Hospitality is to invest £100m in the refurbishment of its chain of 89 hotels by 2016.
06-Oct-2015


Mid Ulster District Council has secured funding of £1m to develop the Seamus Heaney Arts & Literary Centre in Bellaghy.
05-Oct-2015


Southend Council is looking to secure investment of £20m for the regeneration of Southend pier over the next five years.
05-Oct-2015


International Convention Centre is investing £10m in the refurbishment of its Birmingham-based events venue.
05-Oct-2015


Stonegate Pub Company has acquired 53 pubs from Tattershall Castle Group for undisclosed terms.
05-Oct-2015


JD Gyms is to create 20 jobs at a new £1.5m 25,000 sq ft gym due to open in Coventry by the end of the year.
05-Oct-2015


Canteen & Cocktails is to create 40 jobs at a new bar and restaurant in Newcastle, and is looking to open further sites in Harrogate and Leeds.
05-Oct-2015


PGL is to unveil proposals for an outdoor activity centre and guest accommodation at the 73-acre Waltham Abbey Royal Gunpowder Mills.
01-Oct-2015


Hull City Council has unveiled plans for the £8.7m redevelopment of the Hull New Theatre.
01-Oct-2015


Folkestone Town Council has secured £2m of lottery funding for a new museum in Folkestone town centre.
01-Oct-2015


LXB Retail Properties has unveiled plans for a 12-screen cinema and bowling alley at the £140m Rushden Lakes retail and leisure development in Northamptonshire.
01-Oct-2015


Marram Grass is seeking permission for a wedding venue and training academy at its restaurant site in Newborough on Anglesey, with the creation of 20 jobs.
01-Oct-2015


Energi is creating 70 jobs at a new 25,000 sq ft trampoline park due to open in Preston next month.
29-Sep-2015


Travelodge is looking to invest £35m opening up to seven new budget hotels in Greater Manchester, with the creation of 200 jobs.
29-Sep-2015


Fusion Lifestyle is planning to invest £5m in the restoration of the Newcastle Turkish Baths and City Pool, which could create up to 40 jobs.
28-Sep-2015


Dumfries & Galloway Council has secured £0.9m of lottery funding for a £3m art gallery due to open in Kirkcudbright by summer 2017.
28-Sep-2015


Brighton & Hove City Council is to consider plans for a £16m hotel and cancer unit at the American Express Community Stadium by summer 2017, which could create 82 jobs.
28-Sep-2015


Hydes Brewery has acquired Woodward & Falconer, the Chester-based pub firm with four sites.
28-Sep-2015


North Herts Leisure Centre has won permission for a £3m expansion at its site in Letchworth by summer 2016.
28-Sep-2015


Gravity Force is to create 40 jobs at a new trampoline park due to open in Stockton in November.
24-Sep-2015


Meldrum House is to invest £4.5m in the expansion of its hotel in Aberdeenshire, with the creation of 15 jobs.
24-Sep-2015


Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club is seeking funding for an £8m revamp of Trent Bridge cricket ground by 2017.
24-Sep-2015


East Dorset District Council is to consider plans to relocate Wimborne Town Football Club from Cuthbury to a new 12-acre site at Parmiter Drive.
24-Sep-2015


SSE has unveiled plans for a £4m visitor centre at Pitlochry Dam in Perthshire by autumn 2016, with the creation of about 12 jobs.
23-Sep-2015


Playnation, the Runcorn-based arcade games supplier, is to be acquired by Novomatic of Austria for undisclosed terms.
23-Sep-2015


Cardiff Marine Group is planning to upgrade facilities and create an unspecified number of jobs at its newly-acquired 160-berth Aberystwyth marina.
23-Sep-2015


Oxygen Freejumping is to create at least 50 jobs at a new £1.5m trampoline park due to open in Southampton this December.
23-Sep-2015


Nadler is to open a 73-bedroom boutique hotel in London's Victoria by the end of the year.
23-Sep-2015


Horsham District Council has unveiled plans for a new £12m Broadbridge Heath leisure centre by spring 2018.
22-Sep-2015


Plymouth City Council is to relocate the North Hill library to a new £1.4m site in the city centre by December 2016.
22-Sep-2015


Wylam Brewery has won approval from Newcastle City Council to open a £1.5m micro-brewery and events space at the Palace of Arts in Exhibition Park.
22-Sep-2015


Frasers Hospitality UK is looking to expand its chain of 29 Hotel du Vin and Malmaison hotels to 50 sites across the country.
22-Sep-2015


Staysure Travel is creating more than 100 jobs at its Coventry-based travel agency business.
21-Sep-2015


West Midland Safari Park has won approval for an £80m indoor water park, 250-bedroom hotel, conference centre and spa, with the creation of more than 300 jobs.
21-Sep-2015


Hilton London Heathrow T4 has unveiled plans for a £1.3m upgrade to its 2,500 sq ft conference and events centre by 2017.
21-Sep-2015


Dwr Cymru Welsh Water has unveiled outline plans for a £4m Great Welsh Water Park at the 350-acre Llys y Fran Country Park near Haverfordwest, including a sports activity centre.
21-Sep-2015


Arts Council of Northern Ireland is to relocate its Belfast-based arts funding organisation and 60 staff to a new office in Lisburn next month.
21-Sep-2015


Diocese of Oxford is planning to relocate 90 staff to a new headquarters at Langford Locks in Kidlington by spring 2016.
17-Sep-2015


Kuoni is planning to open new travel agency outlets in Brighton, Essex, Harrogate and Birmingham.
17-Sep-2015


Urban Massage is to create about 100 therapist jobs at its new on-demand massage operation in Knutsford over the next six months.
16-Sep-2015


Eastbourne Borough Council has unveiled plans for improvements to Devonshire Park by 2020, including a new Welcome Building, conference facilities and a cafe.
15-Sep-2015


JD Wetherspoon is planning to open six new pubs in the North East, including Alnwick, Guisborough, North Shields, Thornaby, the Silverlink shopping park and Yarm.
15-Sep-2015


City of York Council is to consider plans for a new Energi trampoline park at Nether Poppleton, with the creation of more than 50 jobs.
15-Sep-2015


Malayan United Industries is planning to expand its chain of Laura Ashley hotels by rebranding a number of Corus Hotel sites.
15-Sep-2015


Colchester Council is planning to include a leisure facility at the 18-acre Northern Gateway development, which could create 3,500 jobs.
15-Sep-2015


Gulliver's is planning to build a £37m theme park at the 333-acre Pithouse West site in Rotherham, with the creation of up to 255 jobs.
14-Sep-2015


Barnet Council has approved proposals for a £6m Youth Zone centre in Colindale or Burnt Oak.
14-Sep-2015


Coppergreen Developments has won outline approval for 129 holiday lodges near Clumber Park in Nottinghamshire.
14-Sep-2015


ETM Group is planning to expand its chain of gastropubs with four more sites in London next year.
14-Sep-2015


Brunning & Price is planning to expand its Cheshire-based chain of 55 pubs with up to nine further sites and more than 90 new chef jobs.
14-Sep-2015


Investra Development has secured funding for a £17m 120-bedroom Accor Hotel, due to open in London's Ealing in June 2016.
14-Sep-2015


Winchester City Council is considering proposals to build a new £29m leisure centre at Bar End.
10-Sep-2015


West Dunbartonshire Council is to consider plans for improvements to its sports facilities, including a £1.7m all-weather athletics site in Dumbarton and a £2.1m synthetic pitch in Clydebank.
10-Sep-2015


AquEye has unveiled plans build a £5m 65m glass observation pod on Pulteney Weir Island in Bath by spring 2017.
10-Sep-2015


Cineworld is creating 35 jobs at a new cinema due to open at Hampshire's Whiteley Shopping Centre in November.
09-Sep-2015


Batemans is looking to expand the managed division of its Lincolnshire-based pub estate to 15 sites by 2020.
09-Sep-2015


Citygrove is to build a 35,000 sq ft cinema and restaurant complex in Loughborough by spring 2016, with the creation of up to 250 jobs.
09-Sep-2015


Paddy Power and Betfair have agreed a £5bn merger to create a combined betting group called Paddy Power Betfair, with headquarters in Dublin and more than 7,000 staff.
09-Sep-2015


Carlson Rezidor is to build its first Radisson Red Hotel in the UK, with the 176-bedroom property opening in Glasgow's West End by 2017.
09-Sep-2015


Brunning & Price is planning to expand its chain of 55 pubs with ten more sites in Lancashire and Kent over the next year.
09-Sep-2015


Scottish Canals has unveiled outline plans for a £35m upgrade of the historic canal network.
08-Sep-2015


Rosewood Hotels & Resorts is to manage a proposed £75m five-star hotel with 174 bedrooms due to open at Edinburgh's former Royal High School by 2018.
07-Sep-2015


Jupiter Hotels, the Buckinghamshire-based group with 26 Mercure hotels, has been acquired by Thai Industrial & Engineering Service and Fico Corp of Thailand for £160m.
07-Sep-2015


Cornwall Council is to consider plans for the creation of a new holiday resort called Camel Creek on a 200-acre site near Newquay, which could create 950 jobs.
03-Sep-2015


Alfa Leisureplex Group, the Chorley-based hotels and coach holidays firm, has undergone a management buy-out for undisclosed terms.
03-Sep-2015


Flip Out Trampoline Arenas is seeking approval from Stafford Borough Council for a trampoline centre and 45 new jobs at Stone Business Park.
03-Sep-2015


Bath Racecourse has unveiled plans for a multi-million pound investment in a new grandstand by autumn 2016.
03-Sep-2015


St Albans City & District Council has approved plans for a four-star 150-bed Hilton hotel by 2017, with the creation of 100 jobs.
02-Sep-2015


British Land has unveiled plans for a new cinema and leisure complex at Forster Court in Bradford.
02-Sep-2015


Park Resorts is to merge with Parkdean to create a combined £960m holiday homes group with 73 sites across the country.
02-Sep-2015


Red Oak Taverns has acquired 146 former GRS Estate pubs for about £35m, taking its portfolio to 170.
02-Sep-2015


Fort Bovisand has unveiled plans to develop a £5.6m visitor attraction at its site near Plymouth by 2018.
02-Sep-2015


Create Developments has won approval for an £8.5m 130-bedroom Hilton hotel in Blackpool by 2017, with the creation of 40 jobs.
01-Sep-2015


Mere Golf Resort & Spa has won permission to build The Cube, a 6,000 sq ft health and fitness facility, at its site in Knutsford by the end of the year.
01-Sep-2015


Yorkshire Sculpture Park has submitted plans to Wakefield Council for a £3.8m visitor centre, gallery and shop at its Bretton Park entrance by 2017.
01-Sep-2015


Hotel Football, the Manchester-based 133-bedroom hotel and Cafe Football restaurant, has sold a majority stake to Rowsley of Singapore for £30m.
01-Sep-2015


Victory Leisure Homes is expanding the 100-strong workforce at its caravan manufacturing plant in East Yorkshire with at least 12 new jobs.
01-Sep-2015


Cineworld is creating 40 jobs at a new cinema due to open at Newport's Friars Walk in November.
01-Sep-2015


Derby City Council is to consider plans for a new trampoline park called Bounce Health & Fitness, with the creation of 30 jobs.
01-Sep-2015


Newcastle University is planning to develop a £20m conference and learning centre, as part of its £250m Science Central development.
01-Sep-2015


Omniplex Group is considering plans to expand its chain of 11 cinema complexes to new sites in Bangor and Omagh.
27-Aug-2015


Paddy Power and Betfair are considering plans for a £5bn merger that would create a combined betting group called Paddy Power Betfair.
27-Aug-2015


Cheshire West & Chester Council is considering plans to relocate Chester's Crowne Plaza hotel and build a new department store, as part of a £300m development.
27-Aug-2015


Plymouth City Council is considering plans to include a £4m 4,300 sq ft exhibition centre at St Luke's church as part of the £21m North Hill history centre development.
27-Aug-2015


Forest Enterprise Scotland and HIE are seeking investment for a £25m 80-bedroom luxury hotel development at Leanachan Forest near Fort William.
27-Aug-2015


East Renfrewshire Council has unveiled plans for a new water sports park in Barrhead, as part of a £44m motorway and business park development.
27-Aug-2015


Contessa Hotels has won approval to convert Haigh Hall in Wigan into a £6m 30-bedroom luxury hotel.
26-Aug-2015


Intouch Games is to relocate its online casino business to a 15,000 sq ft office in Halesowen this autumn, with the creation of 100 jobs.
25-Aug-2015


NewRiver Retail is to acquire 158 pubs from Punch Taverns for £53m.
25-Aug-2015


Belfast City Council is to consider plans from the owners of Benedicts Hotel for a new 40-bedroom hotel in the Cathedral Quarter, with the creation of up to 100 jobs.
25-Aug-2015


Iglu is planning to expand the 200-strong workforce at its London-based cruise and ski business with up to 55 new jobs by spring 2016.
24-Aug-2015


Revolution Bar Group is to create 100 jobs at a new £1.5m bar due to open in Leeds in October, and aims to open up to five sites a year.
24-Aug-2015


University of Leeds has won approval for a £20m refurbishment of its 130,000 sq ft students' union by August 2017.
24-Aug-2015


London Theatre Company is planning to open a 900-seat theatre venue at Tower Bridge in 2017.
24-Aug-2015


The Big Sleep, the chain of three hotels in Cardiff, Cheltenham and Eastbourne, has been acquired by Compass Hospitality Group and Seacare Hospitality.
24-Aug-2015


Modern Art Oxford is planning to invest £5.5m in the revamp of its Oxford-based art gallery by 2018.
24-Aug-2015


Travel Counsellors is to relocate its Bolton-based leisure business and 200 staff to a new £2m 28,500 sq ft head office in Trafford Quays.
19-Aug-2015


Barrhead Travel is to invest £1m in two new travel agency stores in Edinburgh, with the creation of 20 jobs.
18-Aug-2015


Northumberland County Council has approved plans for a new 40-bedroom Commissioners Quay Inn in Blyth by spring 2016, with the creation of 35 jobs.
17-Aug-2015


City of Edinburgh Council has approved plans from TH Real Estate for a 210-bedroom luxury hotel, as part of a £850m city centre regeneration.
17-Aug-2015


Jump Nation has submitted plans for a new trampoline park at Knowsley Business Park in Merseyside.
17-Aug-2015


Regent Theatre and Victoria Hall are to create 15 new jobs in Stoke-on-Trent by the end of the autumn.
17-Aug-2015


Horsecross Arts has won approval from Perth & Kinross Council for the £16m redevelopment of Perth Theatre.
17-Aug-2015


Exeter City Council has approved plans for a £26m swimming pool and leisure complex on the bus station site.
17-Aug-2015


British Glass Foundation has secured funding to develop a £5m glass museum near Stourbridge.
17-Aug-2015


Claymills Pumping Station is seeking permission from East Staffordshire Council for a £1.3m visitor centre at its Burton-based leisure attraction.
13-Aug-2015


Allied London is to open an events hub called XYZ Studio at its 160,000 sq ft development in Manchester's Spinningfields in October.
13-Aug-2015


Kew Green Hotels, the London-based Holiday Inn franchisee with 45 hotels, has been acquired by HK CTS Hotels of China for a reported £400m.
12-Aug-2015


Aspers is considering plans to reopen its casino in Swansea city centre.
12-Aug-2015


Gojumpin is planning to set up a 32,000 sq ft trampoline centre in Slough by September.
12-Aug-2015


Otium Real Estate has unveiled plans for a £4m investment and 200 jobs at its newly-acquired £15m 122,000 sq ft Newport leisure park.
11-Aug-2015


Monmouthshire County Council is to consider plans from Alchemy Hospitality Management for a 60-bed hotel in Monmouth, with the creation of 160 jobs.
11-Aug-2015


Northumberland County Council is planning a £3.5m refurbishment of the Concordia Leisure Centre in Cramlington.
11-Aug-2015


Alton Towers has unveiled plans for a 74-bedroom hotel at its Staffordshire-based theme park, with the creation of 100 jobs.
11-Aug-2015


Site Gallery has submitted plans for the £1.7m expansion of its Sheffield-based art gallery by summer 2017.
10-Aug-2015


Cornwall Council has secured a £12m lottery grant to develop a Cornish heritage centre called Kresen Kernow in Redruth by 2018.
10-Aug-2015


Angrove Park has unveiled £9m proposals to expand its North Yorkshire-based holiday village, including 200 new chalets, shops and about 170 jobs.
10-Aug-2015


Yeovil Town has submitted revised plans to redevelop Huish Park football stadium, including a hotel, shops and sports clinic.
06-Aug-2015


Bristol City Council is to consider plans for the £5.5m expansion of the St George's Bristol historic music venue.
05-Aug-2015


Salterns Marina has submitted plans for a £100m regeneration of its marina in Poole, including a hotel, apartments and restaurant.
05-Aug-2015


Thomas Cook is to relocate its Peterborough-based headquarters and 1,115 staff to Lynch Wood Business Park by spring 2016.
05-Aug-2015


Jump Inc is to open a £1.2m 30,000 sq ft trampoline park in Rotherham and a second site in Sheffield later this year, with the creation of 70 jobs.
04-Aug-2015


Hilton is to create at least 100 jobs at a new 167-bedroom hotel due to open in Hull by 2017.
03-Aug-2015


Middlesbrough Council is to consider plans from Cool Runnings (NE) to build a £30m snow and leisure centre by 2018.
03-Aug-2015


Gala Bingo is to open a £5m bingo club in Southampton city centre in January, with the creation of about 50 jobs.
03-Aug-2015


Wirral Council has approved plans to develop the £6m Hive youth facility in Birkenhead by the end of 2016.
03-Aug-2015


Dudley Canal Trust is to recruit about 12 staff for the new £3m Portal visitor centre due to open in Dudley this autumn.
30-Jul-2015


Heritage Lottery Fund has awarded £2.5m for the transformation of Llwyn Celyn in the Brecon Beacons into self-catering holiday accommodation.
30-Jul-2015


Ambassador Theatre Group is to open a new call centre at the Sunderland Empire theatre in September, with the creation of 60 jobs.
29-Jul-2015


Travelodge is creating 750 jobs as part of a £70m expansion programme that includes ten new budget hotels by the end of the year.
29-Jul-2015


Hatton Gallery has secured lottery funding for the £3.5m modernisation of its art gallery at Newcastle University.
29-Jul-2015


Galliard Homes and Lulu Group are to develop a £100m five-star hotel at Great Scotland Yard in London by 2017, with the creation of 250 jobs.
28-Jul-2015


Frederic Robinson is to invest £23m in the expansion of its Stockport-based chain of 300 pubs over the next five years.
28-Jul-2015


Ladbrokes is to merge with Gala Coral to create a combined group of more than 4,000 betting shops.
27-Jul-2015


SS Great Britain Trust has secured lottery funding of £4.8m to set up a new £7.1m museum called Being Brunel in Bristol in 2017.
27-Jul-2015


Fairline is to open a luxury motor yacht dealership in Ipswich in August.
27-Jul-2015


Burnley Football Club is planning to develop a new 780,000 sq ft football academy near its existing site.
27-Jul-2015


Wolverhampton Council has approved plans from Adventure Forest to set up a trampoline centre in Wednesfield, with the creation of 80 jobs.
27-Jul-2015


SSE is to build a £4m visitor centre at its hydroelectric dam in Pitlochry by 2016, with the creation of 12 jobs.
23-Jul-2015


Southend Council is seeking funding to develop a new £40m museum at the Western Esplanade.
23-Jul-2015


Savoy Cinemas is planning to open a six-screen 18,000 sq ft cinema at Doncaster's Civic & Cultural Quarter in 2016, with the creation of 100 jobs.
22-Jul-2015


Simworx has secured a £4.5m BGF investment to expand its Kingswinford-based media-based attractions business, with the creation of 20 jobs.
22-Jul-2015


Travelodge is to accelerate the expansion of its chain of 519 budget hotels by opening 45 new sites over the next two years.
21-Jul-2015


Staffordshire County Council is to seek lottery funding to create a new £4m heritage centre and records office in Stafford.
21-Jul-2015


Westminster Council is to consider plans from Grosvenor to build a new 190-room luxury hotel at Hyde Park Corner in London.
20-Jul-2015


Forest Green Rovers has unveiled plans to build a 10,000-capacity football stadium at Stonehouse near Gloucester, as part of a 100-acre green technology centre.
20-Jul-2015


Portsmouth Cultural Trust is looking to invest £15m in improvements to Portsmouth Guildhall over the next ten years.
20-Jul-2015


Slough Town has won approval to build a new £8.5m football stadium at Arbour Park by 2017.
15-Jul-2015


32Red has acquired the Roxy Palace remote online gaming business for £8.4m.
15-Jul-2015


MK Dons has unveiled plans for a new football training centre at Cosgrove in Northamptonshire.
15-Jul-2015


Gymbox is planning to open a 38,000 sq ft flagship gym at 120 Holborn in London.
13-Jul-2015


Chelmsford City Council has approved plans for a new £25m Riverside Ice & Leisure Centre by 2018.
13-Jul-2015


Exeter Canal & Quay Trust is to seek lottery funding for a new £4m theatre and nightclub at Exeter Quay.
13-Jul-2015


Royal Pier Waterfront has unveiled plans for a £400m investment in Southampton, including a hotel, casino and market.
13-Jul-2015


Wear Inns has secured funding of £8m to support the expansion of its chain of 26 pubs across the North East and Yorkshire.
09-Jul-2015


Ceredigion Museum has unveiled plans for a £1.3m investment in new facilities for its Aberystwyth-based museum.
09-Jul-2015


Leeds City Council is to contribute £5m to the £14m refurbishment of the West Yorkshire Playhouse.
09-Jul-2015


Eden Club is to invest £12m in the expansion of its private members club at Pittormie Castle in Fife, with the creation of 40 jobs.
08-Jul-2015


Suffolk County Council is seeking lottery funding for a new £17m heritage centre and records office at the UCS campus in Ipswich.
08-Jul-2015


Heritage Lottery Fund has awarded £3m for the expansion of the Mo Sheringham Museum and the Wells Maltings in Norfolk.
07-Jul-2015


CPL Training has acquired ABV Training, the Staffordshire-based hospitality training firm, for undisclosed terms.
07-Jul-2015


Reading Football Club is in talks with Reading Borough Council about proposals for a new entertainments complex on its stadium site.
07-Jul-2015


Jurys Inn is planning to merge with Puma Hotels to create a combined group of 89 UK hotels with 8,000 staff.
07-Jul-2015


Dominvs Group has unveiled plans for a £30m 150-bedroom hotel on Paradise Street in Oxford, with the creation of 80 jobs.
07-Jul-2015


Glasgow City Foundation has unveiled proposals to build the UK's first women's football stadium in East Dunbartonshire.
07-Jul-2015


FanDuel is looking to double the 225-strong workforce at its sports entertainment operations in Edinburgh, Glasgow and the US.
06-Jul-2015


Heineken is to invest up to £30m in the expansion of its Star Pubs & Bars estate, and will also open its first managed pub site.
06-Jul-2015


ITC Luxury Travel of Cheshire has acquired Rainbow Tours, Regent Holidays and Villa Select from Western & Oriental for undisclosed terms.
06-Jul-2015


JD Wetherspoon is to invest £9m opening four new hotels next to pubs in Camborne, Tavistock, Worcester and Barrow over the next few months.
06-Jul-2015


Travelodge is planning to invest £100m in Scotland, with the addition of about 30 new hotels and 500 jobs.
22-Jun-2015


Baylis Estates has unveiled proposals for a new ice rink, hotel, indoor skydiving and ski centre at Cribbs Causeway near Bristol.
22-Jun-2015


Jump Nation has submitted plans to open an indoor trampoline centre at Bentley Mill Way in Walsall, with the creation of 114 jobs.
18-Jun-2015


Malmaison Hotel du Vin, the chain of 29 hotels in 25 cities, has been acquired by Fraser Centrepoint of Singapore for £363m.
18-Jun-2015


TUI UK is to create 15 new jobs at its travel call centre in Swansea this summer.
18-Jun-2015


Auto-Trail is planning to expand its motorhomes factory at Europarc in Grimsby by 53,000 sq ft, with a gradual increase to the 175-strong workforce.
17-Jun-2015


Global Travel Management has acquired Stanmore Business Travel, the Watford-based travel firm with seven staff.
17-Jun-2015


Beannchor is planning to open a £4m 55-bedroom hotel in Belfast city centre in 2016, with the creation of 100 jobs.
17-Jun-2015


Britannia Hotels has acquired the Palace hotel in Buxton and the Basingstoke Country hotel for an estimated £12m.
16-Jun-2015


Derwent London has won planning permission for a 192-room hotel and 42,000 sq ft office development at 40 Blackfriars Road in London by 2018.
16-Jun-2015


Salford Council is to consider plans from Bounce Central to set up a 12,000 sq ft trampoline park on the Wheatsheaf Estate, with the creation of 25 jobs.
16-Jun-2015


David Lloyd Leisure is planning to open a fitness club opposite the Weston Homes stadium in Colchester, with the creation of 70 jobs.
16-Jun-2015


The Crystal Maze is conducting a crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo to fund the development of a London-based visitor attraction based on the former TV show.
16-Jun-2015


Unite has won permission to build a £35m 170-bedroom hotel and conference centre at Eastside in Birmingham, and 225 staff will relocate to a new 55,000 sq ft office.
15-Jun-2015


Anytime Fitness is planning to expand its chain of 46 fitness clubs with 44 new sites this year, and hopes to reach 700 by 2025.
15-Jun-2015


Haulfryn Group is to submit plans to Teignbridge Council for the £12m expansion of Finlake Holiday Park, including 95 new lodges.
15-Jun-2015


LiveWire has submitted plans to Warrington Council for the £16m redevelopment of the Great Sankey Leisure Centre by autumn 2016.
15-Jun-2015


Swindon Borough Council is to consider plans from Moirai Capital Investment to develop a £120m ski centre and concert venue at North Star by 2017.
15-Jun-2015


FT Leisure, the Manchester-based swimming pool engineering firm with 52 staff, has undergone a management buy-out for undisclosed terms.
11-Jun-2015


Teamsport UK is to create up to 40 jobs at a new indoor karting track due to open in Liverpool later this year.
11-Jun-2015


21CC Group of Edinburgh has acquired Online Fireworks, the Largs-based pyrotechnics supplier.
11-Jun-2015


Sheffield City Council is to consider plans for the £50m redevelopment of the Don Valley Stadium site, including a 3,000-seat indoor sports arena.
09-Jun-2015


Stonegate Pub Company has bought Maclay Inns, the Glasgow-based chain of 15 pubs, out of administration.
09-Jun-2015


Harbour Hotels is planning to open a new 77-bedroom luxury hotel on Brighton seafront next year.
08-Jun-2015


EasyHotel is to develop a £6m 114-bedroom hotel at Bradley House in central Manchester by summer 2016.
08-Jun-2015


Churches Conservation Trust has secured lottery funding to develop a £3.6m cultural centre at the Church of Holy Trinity in Sunderland.
03-Jun-2015


Center Parcs, the operator of five holiday villages, is to be acquired by Canadian investment firm Brookfield for about £2.4bn.
03-Jun-2015


Weald & Downland Museum is to invest £5m in a new gateway, education centre and cafe at its outdoor museum near Chichester.
02-Jun-2015


Pure Gym is to acquire LA Fitness, the chain of 43 fitness clubs, for undisclosed terms, taking its network to 130 sites.
01-Jun-2015


ZEDfactory has unveiled proposals for an eco-friendly holiday resort at the former Shoreham cement works in West Sussex.
01-Jun-2015


English National Ballet is to relocate its London headquarters to Canning Town in 2018.
01-Jun-2015


Welsh Rugby Union is to proceed with plans to develop a 100-bed hotel and conference centre at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff by 2019.
28-May-2015


Tropical Sky has acquired Just Seychelles and Just 2 Mauritius, the Crawley-based tour operators, from Aviareps for undisclosed terms.
28-May-2015


Blackpool Council is planning to open a 300-seat restaurant and bar at the former Tower Lounge site, with the creation of 120 jobs.
28-May-2015


Auckland Castle in County Durham has secured a £9m lottery grant to develop the site as a museum and tourist destination.
28-May-2015


Scarborough Athletic Football Club has unveiled plans for a new 2,000-capacity stadium, sports centre and swimming pool in Scarborough.
26-May-2015


Flight Club is to set up a 7,000 sq ft darts bar at the Alphabeta building in the City of London.
26-May-2015


Cardiff University, Clwb Ifor Bach and S4C are planning to set up a Welsh language and culture centre at the Old Library in Cardiff.
26-May-2015


Burning Night Group is looking to expand its Leeds-based bars business across the country, including the Bierkeller and Shooters Sports Bar brands.
26-May-2015


Luminar is to rebrand as The Deltic Group, and will invest £3m in the transformation of former Chicago Leisure sites into its new Bar & Beyond format.
21-May-2015


Intouch Games is to create 60 new jobs for programmers, graphic designers and call centre staff at its Stourbridge-based online casino business over the next year.
20-May-2015


Heritage Lottery Fund has awarded £100m for projects at Glasgow's Burrell Collection, Derby Silk Mill, Jodrell Bank, Lincoln Cathedral and museums in Dorset, Leicester and London.
20-May-2015


Natural Retreats is to create 25 hospitality jobs at new facilities under development at Lews Castle near Stornoway.
20-May-2015


Titanic Quarter has won permission to build an 84-bedroom boutique hotel at the H&W site in Belfast, with the creation of 75 jobs.
20-May-2015


London Zoo is planning to build a safari camp called Project Aslan, allowing visitors to stay in nine cabins.
20-May-2015


Specialist Tours, the Salisbury-based tour operator with 30 staff, has undergone a management buy-out backed by Kings Park Capital for undisclosed terms.
19-May-2015


Cambridge United is to submit plans to expand its football stadium with 3,000 new seats, as well as conference and social facilities.
19-May-2015


Magicseaweed, the Devon-based surfing products and forecasting firm with 22 staff, has been acquired by Surfstitch of Australia in a £7m deal.
18-May-2015


Marston's is planning to expand its Wolverhampton-based chain of 1,600 pubs with the creation of 1,250 jobs over the next year.
18-May-2015


Premier Marinas, the operator of eight marinas on the south coast, has been acquired by Wellcome Trust for about £200m.
14-May-2015


Wyldecrest Parks has acquired Beechwood Park at Dawlish Warren in Devon, taking its chain of residential and holiday park homes to 43.
14-May-2015


New World Trading Company is planning to launch a new chain of Trading House pubs, with the first site opening on London's Gresham Street in June.
13-May-2015


Everyman Cinemas is to open a 10,800 sq ft boutique cinema at the Crossrail Place development in London's Canary Wharf in 2018.
11-May-2015


Showcase Cinemas is to invest £10m in the luxury rebrand of some of its cinemas, including recliner chairs and lounge bars.
11-May-2015


Wynyard Hall Hotel is looking to recruit 30 staff to work at its new £5.3m Walled Garden visitor centre on Teesside.
07-May-2015


Park Resorts is to invest £20m a year in improvements to its 49 holiday sites.
06-May-2015


Sadler's Brewery is looking to develop a chain of up to six tap house bars in the West Midlands, having just opened the Brewhouse & Bar in Stourbridge.
06-May-2015


Enjoy Pubs has acquired Parity Bars for £2.4m, taking its portfolio of venues to 17.
05-May-2015


Ramside Hall Hotel near Durham is looking to recruit 70 staff for a new spa due to open in July.
30-Apr-2015


Drum Property Group has submitted plans for a new 90,000 sq ft 210-bedroom hotel in the North Dee area of Aberdeen.
30-Apr-2015


Whitbread is planning to expand its Premier Inn hotel chain from 60,000 to 85,000 rooms by 2020, and will also open 569 Costa coffee shops.
29-Apr-2015


British Land is linking up with Xcite to launch a 5,000 sq ft events space on one of the top floors of the Cheesegrater in London this summer.
29-Apr-2015


Port of Dover has appointed Bride Hall to develop plans for the creation of a major new waterfront tourist destination, including hotels, shops and bars.
29-Apr-2015


GLH is to launch a new budget hotel brand called Thistle Express, with the first of ten sites opening in London next year.
27-Apr-2015


Original Bowling Company is to acquire the Bowlplex chain of bowling centres for £30m.
27-Apr-2015


Royal Academy of Arts is expected to appoint John Sisk for the £30m revamp of its Burlington site in central London.
27-Apr-2015


Aberdeen City Council and the University of Aberdeen have unveiled plans for the £6m expansion of Aberdeen Sports Village.
27-Apr-2015


Plymouth City Council has approved plans from British Land for a £42m cinema and restaurant development at Bretonside.
27-Apr-2015


Away Resorts, the Hemel Hempstead-based holiday parks operator, has undergone a management buy-out backed by private equity firm LDC.
27-Apr-2015


Bounce is to open its second London-based table tennis entertainment venue in Shoreditch in October, ahead of an international expansion programme.
27-Apr-2015


Playtech is planning to expand the 4,000-strong global workforce at its gaming software business with 300 new jobs this year.
23-Apr-2015


Zip World, the operator of zip wire attractions, has submitted plans to Gwynedd Council for a £1.6m headquarters in Bethesda, with the creation of 20 jobs.
22-Apr-2015


Grand Hotel & Spa is to invest £15m in the expansion of its five-star hotel in York, with the creation of 45 jobs.
22-Apr-2015


Gloucester City Council and Stanhope are considering plans to build an ice rink as part of the Kings Quarter regeneration scheme.
21-Apr-2015


Tendring District Council is to consider plans to set up a new Hasty's Adventure Park in Clacton, with the creation of 30 jobs.
21-Apr-2015


Virgin Active is to sell an 80% stake in its global chain of 267 gyms to South African investment firm Brait for £673m.
20-Apr-2015


Dunecht Estates is considering plans to set up a £1.5m visitor centre at Dunnottar Castle near Stonehaven.
20-Apr-2015


City Pub Company is planning to invest £15m in the expansion of its London-based chain of pubs over the next six months.
20-Apr-2015


EasyHotel is to open a £3m 68-bedroom budget hotel in Liverpool in 2016.
20-Apr-2015


Royal Mint is to set up a £7.7m museum and visitor centre at its site in Llantrisant by 2016.
15-Apr-2015


Whitbread is to create more than 6,000 apprenticeships at Costa and Premier Inn sites across the country by 2020.
13-Apr-2015


Malmaison is planning to set up a new 255-bedroom boutique hotel at Schoolhill in Aberdeen, with the creation of 100 jobs.
13-Apr-2015


Neath Port Talbot Council is to consider plans from KRNS Properties for the expansion of the Hollywood Park cinema complex, with the creation of 40 jobs.
08-Apr-2015


Welsh Mountain Zoo is planning a £6m expansion project at its Colwyn Bay zoo, including new reptile and rainforest areas.
08-Apr-2015


Be At One is planning to expand its chain of 24 cocktail bars with eight new sites this year.
07-Apr-2015


South Lanarkshire Council has approved plans for the development of a £7m luxury hotel at Birkwood House near Lesmahagow by 2016.
07-Apr-2015


Manchester City Council has approved plans from GB Taekwondo and UK Sport for a new £2.7m 28,000 sq ft National Taekwondo Centre in Newton Heath.
07-Apr-2015


Glasgow City Council is to help fund the £66m revamp of the Burrell art collection in Pollok Park by 2019.
07-Apr-2015


Gray Dawes Travel has acquired The Business Travel Partnership of London for undisclosed terms.
07-Apr-2015


Total Fitness, the Wilmslow-based chain of 17 health clubs, has undergone a management buy-out backed by NorthEdge Capital.
02-Apr-2015


Museum of Science & Industry of Manchester has secured funding of £1.8m to open a new gallery by 2018.
02-Apr-2015


JD Wetherspoon is considering plans to set up a 300,000 sq ft distribution centre at Logistics North in Bolton.
02-Apr-2015


Xercise 4 Less is planning to open a further ten budget gyms in Scotland this year.
02-Apr-2015


National Theatre of Scotland is to build a new £5.8m 40,000 sq ft headquarters at Speirs Wharf in Glasgow by 2016.
31-Mar-2015


Bulldog Hotel Group has secured funding of £4.5m to double its Lincolnshire-based chain of seven inns over the next four years.
31-Mar-2015


Doncaster Racecourse has revived plans to build a £15m 150-bedroom hotel by 2017.
31-Mar-2015


Marriott is planning to create 20,000 new jobs for young people in its hotel chain by 2020.
30-Mar-2015


Harrow Council has secured a £3.6m lottery grant to restore Headstone Manor and set up a new museum and visitor centre by 2017.
30-Mar-2015


Dark Star is planning to expand its West Sussex-based brewery with up to 20 new pubs over the next five years.
30-Mar-2015


Scottish National Gallery has secured lottery funding for the £15m expansion of its site in Edinburgh by 2018.
30-Mar-2015


JacTravel has acquired TotalStay Group, the London-based provider of business hotel accommodation with 240 staff.
30-Mar-2015


Alexandra Park & Palace Charitable Trust has won a £19m lottery grant to go towards the £27m restoration of the historic palace in London from 2016.
26-Mar-2015


The Museum of London is reported to be considering plans to relocate from the Barbican to Smithfield Market.
26-Mar-2015


Better Capital is seeking suitable locations to expand its chain of 32 Jongleurs and Walkabout bars.
23-Mar-2015


Castle Stuart Golf Links is to submit plans to develop a new 18-hole links course on the Moray Firth near Inverness by 2019.
23-Mar-2015


Trump International has submitted plans for the multi-million pound expansion of its golf resort in Aberdeenshire, including a new course and banquet hall.
19-Mar-2015


Galgorm Resort & Spa is to open a £10m extension at its luxury hotel near Ballymena in September.
19-Mar-2015


Church of England is looking to relocate its Oxfordshire headquarters from North Hinksey to a larger site.
18-Mar-2015


Upham Pub Company is planning to expand its Hampshire-based chain of 11 pubs to up to 40 over the next two years.
18-Mar-2015


Marriott International is planning to build a 152-bed hotel in Southampton, with the creation of up to 60 jobs.
17-Mar-2015


Eden Project has submitted plans to Cornwall Council to build a £6m hotel, with the creation of 25 jobs.
17-Mar-2015


Wiggle is to recruit 150 staff for a new 320,000 sq ft online cycling warehouse due to open in Bilston over the next few months.
16-Mar-2015


Titanic Quarter is to build a 64,000 sq ft temporary exhibition centre on Queen's Road in Belfast by autumn 2015.
16-Mar-2015


Cineworld is to open a further three Picturehouse cinemas in London this year.
16-Mar-2015


Altitude is planning to develop a new chain of 12 indoor trampolining centres over the next two years.
16-Mar-2015


The Gym Group is planning to open up to 30 gyms a year, and is seeking 15,000 sq ft sites across the country.
12-Mar-2015


Twycross Zoo is investing £55m in the expansion of its Warwickshire-based attraction, in order to double visitor numbers.
11-Mar-2015


Weston Museum has secured a £1m lottery grant to go towards the revamp of its museum in Weston-super-Mare over the next two years.
11-Mar-2015


Aberdeen City Council is to consider plans for the £7m restoration of the Music Hall, including a new studio and auditorium.
11-Mar-2015


Accor is planning to increase the number of apprentices in its hotel chain from 150 to 300 by 2017.
11-Mar-2015


New Forest District Council is to consider plans for the £2m expansion of the St Barbe museum and art gallery in Lymington.
11-Mar-2015


Greene King is to recruit a further 2,000 apprentices this year, due to a shortage of chefs in its Suffolk-based chain of pubs.
10-Mar-2015


Tolent Construction is to submit plans for a £47m development at the St James Metro station in Newcastle, including a hotel, shops and flats.
10-Mar-2015


Aberdeen City Council has approved outline plans from Henry Boot to develop a £333m exhibition and conference centre by 2018.
09-Mar-2015


Llandudno Bay Hotel & Spa is to create up to 100 new jobs with the reopening of its hotel in North Wales this June.
09-Mar-2015


St Albans City & District Council is seeking a £2.8m lottery grant to relocate the Museum of St Albans to the Town Hall in 2017.
09-Mar-2015


One Creative Environments has unveiled proposals for a £12m Skywalk project in Worcester by 2018, in order to link parts of the city with a raised walkway.
09-Mar-2015


Hull City Council is considering proposals to develop a £20m 50-metre swimming pool and ice rink in the city centre.
05-Mar-2015


Hilton Liverpool is planning to expand its Grace Suite with a larger events space and restaurant, with the creation of 100 jobs.
05-Mar-2015


North Lincolnshire Council is planning to build a new £5m leisure centre at The Axholme Academy in Crowle.
04-Mar-2015


Somerston Hotels is planning to expand its chain of 47 Holiday Inn Express hotels to 60 over the next few years, having changed its name to Atlas Hotels.
03-Mar-2015


Lowry Arts Centre has won permission from Salford Council for a £3m expansion project, with the creation of ten jobs.
02-Mar-2015


Aberdeenshire Council is to consider plans from FM Group for a new £80m golf and leisure development on the Ury Estate near Stonehaven, with the creation of 200 jobs.
02-Mar-2015


Scottish Borders Council is to help fund the development of a new £1.2m Jim Clark motor racing museum in Duns.
02-Mar-2015


Whitbread is to invest £700m in the expansion of its Premier Inn and Costa coffee chains this year, and is particularly interested in freehold hotel sites in London.
26-Feb-2015


Bury FC is to relocate its football training ground to the 22-acre former Manchester City site at Carrington.
25-Feb-2015


Union Hanover Securities has submitted plans for a £100m investment in two new hotels at Stratford in East London.
25-Feb-2015


Arsenal has won approval from Hertsmere Council to expand its 57-hectare football training ground in London Colney.
24-Feb-2015


Saltdean Lido has secured a £4.7m lottery grant to renovate its historic swimming pool in Brighton.
24-Feb-2015


Resorts World Birmingham is looking to recruit 300 staff for its new £150m hotel and casino due to open in Solihull later this year.
23-Feb-2015


Heritage Lottery Fund has awarded £2.6m for the transformation of the Pontmorlais YMCA building in Merthyr Tydfil into eleven commercial units.
23-Feb-2015


Colchester Council is planning to transform a former bus depot into a museum of local artefacts called The Wonderhouse.
23-Feb-2015


Castleford Tigers has won approval from Wakefield Council to build a new 10,000-capacity rugby stadium in Glasshoughton, as part of a £135m development by Lateral Property.
23-Feb-2015


Kids Company is looking to relocate its London-based children's charity to a new head office of up to 36,000 sq ft.
23-Feb-2015


CTT Group has acquired Pettitts Travel, the Kent-based bespoke holidays firm.
23-Feb-2015


Northern Stage Services has acquired Oxford-based Lancelyn Lighting and Lancelyn Theatre Supplies, with the transfer of 24 staff.
23-Feb-2015


De Montfort University and the Hong Kong-based Sunwah Group are to develop a multi-million pound business school at Leicester Castle by 2016.
23-Feb-2015


Ipswich Borough Council has unveiled plans to invest £23m in improvements to Ipswich Museum, the Wolsey Studio theatre and Ipswich Art School by 2019.
23-Feb-2015


Brooklands Museum has secured a £4.6m lottery grant to restore its racetrack and aircraft hangar in Weybridge by 2016.
19-Feb-2015


Revolution Bars is planning a £200m flotation to fund the expansion of its chain of 58 vodka bars with five new sites a year.
18-Feb-2015


Parkdean is to invest £13m in improvements to its chain of 24 holiday parks.
18-Feb-2015


Sceptre Leisure, the Lancashire-based gaming machines operator with 354 staff, has been acquired by ADP Gauselmann of Germany.
18-Feb-2015


Heritage Lottery Fund has awarded a £4.9m grant to transform a building at Belfast's H&W shipyard into an 84-room boutique hotel, with the creation of 100 jobs.
18-Feb-2015


Gfinity is linking up with Vue to launch an eSports gaming arena at the Fulham Broadway multiplex in London in March.
18-Feb-2015


St Austell Brewery is looking to recruit 30 apprentices to work in pubs and restaurants across Cornwall.
17-Feb-2015


Brymbo Heritage Group has unveiled proposals to develop an industrial heritage attraction at the former Brymbo Ironworks near Wrexham over the next ten years.
17-Feb-2015


Willow Tea Rooms Trust is to set up a 20,000 sq ft Charles Rennie Mackintosh visitor centre in Glasgow city centre.
17-Feb-2015


Jura Consultants is to develop proposals to transform Inverness Castle into a major tourist attraction.
16-Feb-2015


Heritage Lottery Fund has awarded £3.7m for the regeneration of Harvey's Foundry in Hayle, Cornwall, into 18 office units, with the creation of 80 jobs.
16-Feb-2015


Museums Greenwich is planning a £12m investment at the National Maritime Museum, in order to create four new galleries by 2018.
16-Feb-2015


Renfrewshire Council is to consider plans for a new £3.5m luxury hotel called the Patternmaker in Paisley, with the creation of 50 jobs.
16-Feb-2015


Titanic Brewery is planning to expand its chain of nine pubs with 22 new sites in Staffordshire, Cheshire and Derbyshire by 2020.
12-Feb-2015


Hatherley Manor Hotel has won permission from Tewkesbury Borough Council for a new £3m spa and health club, with the creation of 15 jobs.
12-Feb-2015


Glastonbury Town Council is to consider a proposal from the founder of the music festival to develop a £3m heritage visitor attraction at St Dunstan's House.
12-Feb-2015


Go Ape is planning to expand its Suffolk-based chain of 28 adventure sites this year, including more Air Space indoor trampoline parks.
12-Feb-2015


Seafood Pub Company is planning to expand its Lancashire-based chain of six pub-restaurants to up to 20 sites over the next few years.
11-Feb-2015


Genting Casinos is planning to set up a 30,000 sq ft 24-hour casino at the Holiday Inn in South Kensington, London.
11-Feb-2015


Park Leisure has acquired Plas Coch Holiday Homes of Anglesey for £15m, and now employs 300 staff at 11 sites.
11-Feb-2015


Travelodge is planning to invest £1.3bn in the expansion of its chain of 500 budget hotels with up to 205 new sites.
09-Feb-2015


Charterhouse Coventry Preservation Trust has secured lottery funding for a £11m project to restore the Charterhouse and its 70-acre heritage park in Coventry.
09-Feb-2015


Royal Academy of Dance is looking to relocate its London headquarters, and is seeking a suitable site of up to 75,000 sq ft.
09-Feb-2015


The National Trust has secured a £3.9m lottery grant to restore the Quarry Bank Mill cotton estate in Cheshire.
09-Feb-2015


Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) is to relocate its Exeter office to a 4,700 sq ft unit at Broadwalk House early this year.
05-Feb-2015


Shakespeare Birthplace Trust has secured lottery funding to develop a £5.2m tourist attraction at New Place in Stratford-upon-Avon.
05-Feb-2015


Rothesay Pavilion has secured lottery funding of £3.3m to transform itself into a new cultural centre for the Isle of Bute in 2016.
04-Feb-2015


Highlands & Islands Enterprise is to help fund a £5.5m investment in new facilities at the Glenshee and Glencoe ski centres.
04-Feb-2015


Accor is to open seven Ibis hotels in Barnsley, Birmingham, Canning Town, Crewe, Greenwich, Haydock and Heathrow over the next two years.
04-Feb-2015


Guildford Cathedral has secured lottery funding of £4.6m for a restoration programme.
04-Feb-2015


Northumberland National Park Authority has secured a £7.8m lottery grant to support the development of a £14m landscape discovery centre called the Sill.
03-Feb-2015


Smithsonian Institution is planning to set up a £33m 40,000 sq ft museum at the Olympics site in east London by 2021.
02-Feb-2015


Sheffield Wednesday Football Club has been acquired by the Thai Union Frozen Group for an estimated £30m.
02-Feb-2015


Virgin Hotels is seeking a suitable site for a new hotel in London.
02-Feb-2015


Northampton Borough Council is to transform the Vulcan Works site into a £10m community arts centre, creating 57 workshops and about 200 jobs.
02-Feb-2015


Cirrus is planning to expand its chain of 14 pubs to 30 over the next two years, and is particularly interested in Sussex, the Cotswolds and Home Counties.
29-Jan-2015


Barrhead Travel is to create 100 new jobs at holiday call centres and stores in Larbert, Cumbria, Edinburgh and Glasgow.
27-Jan-2015


Sky Betting & Gaming is to create 90 new jobs in Leeds, with vacancies in IT, customer service and marketing.
27-Jan-2015


Studio Octopi has unveiled proposals to build a £10m swimming lido near Victoria Embankment in London.
27-Jan-2015


Department for Social Development (DSD) is to help fund two new hotels due to open in Londonderry this year, with the creation of 77 jobs.
27-Jan-2015


Bristol City Council is seeking a contractor to build a £90m 12,000-capacity events arena near Temple Meads by 2017.
27-Jan-2015


Lincolnshire County Council is planning a £2.7m investment in a marine observatory at Chapel St Leonards and a visitor centre at Gibraltar Point by 2016.
27-Jan-2015


Sunderland City Council and Seaham Marina are to invest £2m in new watersport facilities and other coastal amenities, with the creation of 100 jobs.
27-Jan-2015


Jurys Inn, the chain of 31 hotels with 2,000 staff, is to be acquired by Lone Star Funds for £680m.
27-Jan-2015


Punch Taverns is investing £45m in improvements to pubs across the country.
27-Jan-2015


Geffrye Museum is seeking lottery funding of £11m for the proposed expansion of its London-based domestic interiors museum.
27-Jan-2015


Durham County Council is to consider plans from Eleven Arches Trust for a multi-million pound historical leisure park at Auckland Castle.
27-Jan-2015


Soccerworld is expanding into golf with the acquisition of a driving range and tuition centre in Clydebank for undisclosed terms.
27-Jan-2015


Aspect Architecture has unveiled plans for the £12m Forest Lakes development near Easingwold in North Yorkshire, including 46 luxury lodges and 124 jobs.
26-Jan-2015


Bulldog Hotel Group is to invest £20m in the expansion of its chain of seven regional hotels over the next five years.
26-Jan-2015


Pure Gym is planning to expand its chain of 90 fitness clubs with 40 new sites this year.
21-Jan-2015


Bridge Leisure has undergone a £36m management buy-out backed by Phoenix Equity Partners, and will acquire the Silver Sands holiday park near Lossiemouth.
21-Jan-2015


East Dunbartonshire Council has unveiled plans to develop a £3.6m sports complex at Huntershill in Bishopbriggs by 2016.
20-Jan-2015


Coniston Hotel is to open a new spa at its site in Skipton in October, with the creation of 50 jobs.
20-Jan-2015


Grand Heritage Hotel and Birchall Properties are to build the £400m Peak Resorts leisure complex at the Birchall Estate near Chesterfield, with the creation of 1,300 jobs.
19-Jan-2015


City of Edinburgh Council is considering plans to replace Meadowbank athletics stadium with a new £43m sports centre.
19-Jan-2015


Afonwen is to open a second £4m laundry in Reading in May, with the creation of up to 60 jobs.
19-Jan-2015


Perth Racecourse is to invest £1.8m in new facilities this year, including a stable block and boutique hostel.
19-Jan-2015


NEC Group, the Birmingham-based exhibition centre operator, is to be acquired by private equity firm LDC for £307m.
19-Jan-2015


Highbullen Hotel is planning to develop a further 94 holiday lodges and apartments at its 125-acre estate in North Devon, with the creation of 40 jobs.
15-Jan-2015


Starwood Capital Group has acquired two Town House Collection hotels in Edinburgh and Glasgow, with the transfer of 270 staff.
15-Jan-2015


Topland has acquired the Feathers chain of eight hotels in Chester, Liverpool, Manchester, Preston and Warrington.
14-Jan-2015


Development Securities has won permission for a leisure development in Broughton, including a hotel and up to 250 jobs.
14-Jan-2015


Thorpe Park has won approval to build a new 28,000 sq ft indoor attraction at its Surrey-based theme park by next year.
14-Jan-2015


Fitness First is to invest a further £86m revamping its chain of 377 gyms this year, with the creation of 400 jobs.
13-Jan-2015


Xercise 4 Less has raised a further £31m to expand its chain of 24 gyms to 100 sites over the next five years, with the creation of 4,000 jobs.
13-Jan-2015


Mole Valley District Council is considering plans for a £4m investment in new sports facilities at the Meadowbank football ground in Dorking.
13-Jan-2015


Yorkshire Wildlife Park is looking to create almost 100 jobs this year, with vacancies in customer service and catering.
13-Jan-2015


Scunthorpe United has submitted plans to build a new £18m football stadium at the Lincolnshire Lakes development by May 2016.
13-Jan-2015


North Devon Council is to seek lottery funding to invest £1.6m in the expansion of Barnstaple museum by 2018.
12-Jan-2015


Royal Artillery Museum is to relocate from Woolwich to Salisbury Plain in 2019, with the creation of 50 jobs.
12-Jan-2015


Kenwick Park has submitted plans for the £4.5m redevelopment of the leisure and beauty complex at its Lincolnshire-based hotel.
12-Jan-2015


East Devon District Council has appointed Grenadier Estates to develop a £3m watersports centre on Exmouth seafront.
12-Jan-2015


Leicester Tigers has submitted plans for the £8m expansion of the Clubhouse Stand at its Welford Road rugby stadium.
08-Jan-2015


Glasgow School of Art is to invest £10m in the expansion of its teaching and research operations in the Highlands, with the creation of 20 jobs.
07-Jan-2015


Apex Hotels is to invest £10m in the acquisition and revamp of the 104-bedroom Marks Hotel in Glasgow city centre by June.
07-Jan-2015


Wigan Council has unveiled plans to develop a new leisure complex called the Wigan Pier Quarter, including a 1,200-capacity performance venue.
07-Jan-2015


Heritage Lottery Fund has awarded grants totalling £21m for the restoration of parks in Barnsley, Bedfordshire, Brighton, Carmarthenshire, Dorset, London and Nottingham.
07-Jan-2015


East Northamptonshire Council is to consider plans to transform Nene Park stadium in Irthlingborough into a retail and leisure centre, with the creation of up to 300 jobs.
06-Jan-2015


Norad Travel Group has acquired Howard Travel of Wiltshire, taking its total workforce to 52.
06-Jan-2015


JD Wetherspoon is to invest £400m in the expansion of its chain of 930 pubs with 200 new sites, with the creation of 15,000 jobs over the next five years.
05-Jan-2015


Beeston Group has unveiled plans for the multi-million pound redevelopment of the ten-acre Mundesley holiday village in Norfolk.
05-Jan-2015


Brent Council is to consider plans from Wembley Theatre to develop a 1,300-seat 86,000 sq ft theatre on Olympic Way.
05-Jan-2015


Hartlepool Borough Council and the National Museum of the Royal Navy are discussing plans to transform the Maritime Experience site into a major tourist attraction.
05-Jan-2015