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The information below comes from the
UK Activity Report.
Golf Club Holdings has sold the Lambourne Golf Club to Lowe Destination Europe for £7.2m. 31-Dec-1999
Diageo has announced plans to open at least 85 Burger King restaurants in the UK in 2000, creating about 3,000 jobs. 31-Dec-1999
Charlton Athletic, the Aim-listed football club, has announced plans for a £3.5m share issue to fund the purchase of new players. 30-Dec-1999
Birmingham City Council has announced a plan by Richardson Cordwell to build a £25m leisure complex in the city centre in March 2000, which will include six up-market restaurants. 29-Dec-1999
North East Lincolnshire Council has approved plans from Maltgrade Estates for the development of the Meridian Point leisure complex in Cleethorpes, which will create 250 jobs. 29-Dec-1999
Lincoln City Council has approved plans for the development of a £10m multiplex Odeon cinema at Brayford Pool. 29-Dec-1999
Luminar Leisure is to set up a Chicago Rock Cafe at Newport on the Isle of Wight, with the creation of up to 60 jobs. 29-Dec-1999
Eurotunnel is to build a £9.6m hotel complex near Calais, France, in partnership with Accor, in order to provide a stopover point for UK travellers. 23-Dec-1999
Liverpool City Council is looking into the possibility of building a new 10,000-seater stadium to host sporting and entertainment events within three years. 21-Dec-1999
Advantage West Midlands has announced plans for a £4m expansion of the Custard Factory arts and craft complex near Birmingham city centre, which is expected to lead to the creation of 250 jobs. 21-Dec-1999
St Modwen Developments is planning to build a new leisure complex on the site of the Unity House tower block in Stoke-on-Trent, including multiplex cinema, restaurants and pubs. 20-Dec-1999
Amec has won the contract to build the £70m Wales Millennium Centre project in Cardiff Bay, which will become the new home for the Welsh National Opera by the end of 2002. 20-Dec-1999
Frogmore Estates is planning a 65,000 sq ft leisure development in Doncaster town centre, including restaurants, bars and a nightclub. 20-Dec-1999
Reading Borough Council is considering plans from Shipleys Bingo to develop a £2m bingo hall at the former B&Q store in Whitley, with the creation of 70 jobs. 18-Dec-1999
London Clubs International is seeking permission to set up a casino in Southend, which would create 150 jobs. 16-Dec-1999
Rank Group is to open a new call centre in Bognor Regis to handle reservations for its holiday division, with 200 new jobs being created and a further 200 being relocated from other offices. 16-Dec-1999
Bournemouth Borough Council is planning to refurbish the Winter Gardens concert venue at a cost of £5m. 16-Dec-1999
Hibernian Football Club is planning to expand its Easter Road stadium in Edinburgh at a cost of £7m. 16-Dec-1999
Sunley Turriff has won a £7m contract for the development of a National Forest Millennium Discovery Centre at Swadlincote in Derbyshire. 16-Dec-1999
Fitness First is to open a new health club in Hull early next year, with the creation of 20 jobs. 15-Dec-1999
Greenalls is to invest £150m in the expansion of its hotel and fitness operations over the next two years. 15-Dec-1999
Southwark Council is in discussions with the Savoy Educational Trust about plans to establish a new hotel school in London, which would cost up to £8m. 14-Dec-1999
The Scottish Football Association is to take over management of the financially-troubled Hampden Park football stadium in Glasgow, as part of a £4.4m rescue package. 14-Dec-1999
London Clubs International is planning to set up an offshore internet gambling business, possibly in South Africa, and will also launch a UK-based computer games web site. 14-Dec-1999
Menzies Hotels has bought the chain of four West Register hotels from the Royal Bank of Scotland for £7m, and will spend £2m on improvements. 13-Dec-1999
Virgin has bought a majority stake in Worldwide Travel, which will lead to the creation of 100 jobs at the Norfolk-based travel business over the next 12 months. 13-Dec-1999
Plymouth City Council has reached agreement with Plymouth Argyle football club about the development of a new 18,500-seater stadium, and a planning application could be submitted by March. 10-Dec-1999
East Staffordshire Borough Council is to consider plans for the redevelopment of Uttoxeter Racecourse, which would involve the creation of a tourist attraction for non-race days. 10-Dec-1999
Morrison Construction has won a £4m contract to build a new visitor centre at Urquhart Castle on Loch Ness. 09-Dec-1999
Gosport Borough Council has approved plans for the creation of a £3.5m armaments museum at Priddy's Hard, and expects to attract 40,000 visitors a year. 09-Dec-1999
Carillion is set to win a £30m contract from Gapp Holdings to build a hotel complex in the centre of Manchester. 09-Dec-1999
The government is planning a review of gambling legislation in response to the launch of new offshore and internet betting operations, and an independent review body will be established next year. 09-Dec-1999
Bass is to invest £400m in its hotels division over the next year, while £300m will be spent on restaurants and pubs and £100m on brewing. 09-Dec-1999
Staffordshire Moorlands Council is to consider plans from the Thomas Bolton copperworks at Froghall, near Cheadle, to regenerate surplus land into a business park, hotel, visitor centre and housing. 08-Dec-1999
Sunderland Council has approved plans from Taylor Woodrow for a £25m entertainment complex at Park Lane, including multiplex cinema, bowling, shops, restaurants and nightclub. 08-Dec-1999
Birmingham City Council has unveiled plans to transform the city centre over the next ten years, creating a nine-acre park and a new centre for learning, technology and heritage. 08-Dec-1999
Scottish & Newcastle is to open eight Chef & Brewer pub restaurants in Scotland over the next 18 months, in a £12m development programme that will create 250 jobs. 07-Dec-1999
Hydes, the Manchester-based brewer, is planning to expand its chain of pubs from 61 to 80, and is also launching a new corporate identity. 07-Dec-1999
Lancaster Council is considering plans from Sunterra Europe for the expansion of the Pine Lake timeshare holiday complex near Carnforth in Lancashire. 06-Dec-1999
Stanley Leisure is looking to acquire an internet company in order to set up an online casino under the Crockford's name. 06-Dec-1999
United News & Media is linking up with Sporting Index to launch an internet gaming service, offering fixed-odds betting and sports information. 06-Dec-1999
Sheffield City Council is inviting proposals for the development of a new leisure park on a 25-ha brownfield site. 06-Dec-1999
Regal Hotel, the mid-market hotel chain, has received a £56m takeover offer from Malaysian-owned Bonham Industries. 04-Dec-1999
Cambridge City Council has approved a plan from Turnstone Estates to build a £30m leisure park at the former Cattle Market, including multiplex cinema, bowling and hotel. 03-Dec-1999
Kerrier District Council has closed the Carn Brea Leisure Centre in Cornwall with the loss of 64 jobs, but negotiations are underway to re-open the facility under new management. 03-Dec-1999
Greenwich Council has awarded a contract to Morrison for the development of a £22m leisure centre in Woolwich. 02-Dec-1999
John Sisk has been shortlisted alongside Holmes Building and Costain to build a £16m multiplex cinema and leisure complex in Ilford. 02-Dec-1999
Ballast Wiltshier is discussing a plan for the £8m redevelopment of Bournemouth's Dean Court football stadium. 02-Dec-1999
Wolverhampton & Dudley Breweries is selling 284 pubs to a management company created by the Royal Bank of Scotland for £40m. 02-Dec-1999
Scottish & Newcastle has won permission to build a £3m Lodge Inn hotel in Nottingham city centre. 01-Dec-1999
Queens Moat Houses is looking to sell the five-star Caledonian Hotel in Edinburgh, which is said to be worth about £40m. 01-Dec-1999
Cardiff County Council is considering plans from Laguna Hotel Group to transform former council offices in the city centre into a 220-bed hotel. 30-Nov-1999
Scottish & Newcastle Retail is planning to relocate its 450 staff in Northampton to a new office complex nearby, and a further 200 jobs will be created. 30-Nov-1999
Groupe Chez Gerard has announced plans to open a Livebait restaurant near St Paul's Cathedral and a Chez Gerard restaurant at Heathrow. 30-Nov-1999
Nomura is considering plans to sell Quadriga, the supplier of television sets to hotel rooms, and believes the business could be used to supply e-commerce and interactive services. 30-Nov-1999
Belhaven Brewery is in negotiations to acquire four more pubs, and plans to open a Spanish-style bar called Siglo in Edinburgh next month. 30-Nov-1999
Elmbridge Borough Council is considering plans from United Racecourses for the £6m redevelopment of Sandown Park. 29-Nov-1999
Punch Taverns and Bass have won regulatory approval for their acquisition of Allied Domecq's 3,600 pubs, but will have to sell off about 50 of the outlets. 27-Nov-1999
West Berkshire Council is considering plans for the tripling in size of the four-star Hanover International hotel in Pingewood, which would create 200 jobs. 26-Nov-1999
Redditch Borough Council is seeking developers for a £20m scheme to create a cultural and recreational centre in the town. 25-Nov-1999
Chelsea Football Club has won planning permission for a £70m revamp of its Stamford Bridge stadium in London. 25-Nov-1999
West Ham United has been given the go-ahead for a £35m project to increase the capacity of its football stadium in London to 40,000. 25-Nov-1999
Torridge District Council has approved plans to develop a new swimming pool and leisure centre in Torrington, and a bid to secure lottery cash has been put together. 24-Nov-1999
Bristol City Council is to receive new plans from John Nike Leisure for a £100m leisure and sports park, including football stadium, ice-skating, ski slope, indoor arena and hotel. 24-Nov-1999
Swansea Council is to consider plans for the development of two new hotels, including a 40-bed Travellers Inn by Whitbread Property and the conversion of a residential home by CDN Developments. 23-Nov-1999
Regal Hotel Group has put Carmarthen's Ivy Bush Royal hotel on the market for £1.5m. 23-Nov-1999
Goodwood Racecourse near Chichester is planning a £4m redevelopment, involving a new weighing room, parade ring, winners' enclosure and members' entrance. 23-Nov-1999
Whitbread is to acquire Swallow, the Sunderland-based hotels and pubs group, for £730m, in order to double the size of its four-star Marriott chain to almost 11,000 rooms. 22-Nov-1999
Wyre Council is to consider plans from Glasgow-based NPL Estates for the development of a £50m housing, leisure and retail scheme at the former ICI site in Thornton. 20-Nov-1999
Down District Council in Northern Ireland has announced plans for a £7.4m facelift for the seaside resort of Newcastle, including a new promenade and amphitheatre. 19-Nov-1999
Allied Leisure is to combine its bowling business with Duke Street's Family Entertainment Division, in order to create the country's largest bowling operator. 19-Nov-1999
Millennium & Copthorne is raising £156m in a share offer in order to help fund the £395m acquisition of 28 US hotels from Regal Hotels International. 19-Nov-1999
Oxfordshire County Council has approved plans for Osborne Group's £16m Oxford Castle scheme, which will transform the former prison into a hotel. 18-Nov-1999
North Tyneside Council has unveiled plans for two new sports centres in Wallsend and Killingworth, at a cost of £14m. 18-Nov-1999
First Leisure has sold the Trecco Bay holiday park in Porthcawl to Premier Dawn for £25m. 18-Nov-1999
John Sisk has won a £18m contract for a retail and leisure development in Croydon, including multiplex cinema, nightclub and restaurant. 18-Nov-1999
Galliford has won a £4.5m contract to build a multiplex cinema for Bass in Burton-on-Trent. 18-Nov-1999
Regent Inns is seeking a buyer for the Jongleurs chain of comedy clubs, which includes outlets in London, Southampton, Leicester, Oxford and Nottingham. 18-Nov-1999
Allied Leisure is seeking permission to open a snooker club in Burnley town centre, as part of a strategy to open 25 clubs a year. 17-Nov-1999
Arsenal has identified a potential site at Ashburton Grove in north London to build a £100m football stadium, and a feasibility study will be undertaken with a view to making a planning application by October 2000. 17-Nov-1999
The Natural History Museum in London has announced plans for a £100m extension called the Darwin Centre, in order to give the public access to the museum's 300 researchers and to more specimens. 17-Nov-1999
Macdonald Hotels is in negotiations to acquire 11 hotel management contracts from Hand Picked Hotels, the newly-created group that is seeking to buy hotels from Arcadian. 17-Nov-1999
Aberdeen City Council is planning to refurbish His Majesty's Theatre at a cost of £3m, including a new foyer, box office and restaurant. 16-Nov-1999
Sir Robert McAlpine has won a £12m contract to build the National Space Science Centre in Leicester, which is due for completion next year. 16-Nov-1999
The Arts Council of England has awarded £73m of lottery grants for a number of projects throughout the country, including the £44m Music Centre in Gateshead and the Laban Centre for dance in Deptford. 16-Nov-1999
Coral has acquired Eurobet, the Gibraltar-based internet betting company, for undisclosed terms, and will use it to offer a tax-free betting service to UK customers. 16-Nov-1999
Burtonwood Brewery is looking to spend £20m on an acquisition in order to expand its chain of 500 pubs. 16-Nov-1999
Charnwood Borough Council is to consider plans from Ashquay Group for a £25m retail and leisure scheme in Loughborough town centre, including fitness centre, cinema and nightclub. 13-Nov-1999
Suffolk Coastal Council is considering plans from the Chris Parker Group for the redevelopment of the Bentwaters airbase, and plans include a golf course, nature reserve, equestrian centre, and industrial park. 13-Nov-1999
Ipswich Borough Council is in discussions with potential developers of a hotel and leisure complex in the Portman Road area. 12-Nov-1999
John Mowlem has won a £5m contract to build a multiplex cinema on the former ABC site in Aberdeen. 12-Nov-1999
Coventry University has put the Planet Nightclub up for sale at a price of almost £3m. 12-Nov-1999
Greenalls is to develop a £4m health and fitness club at Rubery near Birmingham next year, with the creation of 60 jobs. 12-Nov-1999
Bannatyne Health & Leisure has awarded a £4m contract to Balfour Beatty to build swimming pools in Aberdeen and Darlington. 11-Nov-1999
Swallow Hotels is to build a £18m hotel at Enderby in Leicester, including 210 rooms, conference facilities and swimming pool. 11-Nov-1999
Glasgow City Council is to consider plans from the Scottish Youth Theatre to set up a new £3m headquarters in Cowcaddens. 10-Nov-1999
First Leisure is seeking a site for a new sports centre in Derby, while its Pink Coconut nightclub in the city is being sold to management. 10-Nov-1999
The Ambishus Pub Company is buying a further 10 pubs at a cost of £4.6m, which will take its chain to more than 60. 09-Nov-1999
Queens Moat Houses has sold eight hotels in Germany in order to raise £30m for debt-reduction purposes, and is now left with 26 German hotels. 09-Nov-1999
Burnley Borough Council is to consider plans from a local businessman for the development of a £6m leisure park near the M65 motorway, including sports and equestrian facilities. 06-Nov-1999
Hogg Robinson has acquired a 20% stake in WT Technologies, the US-based internet travel company, for £20m, and is looking to set up a similar travel business in Europe. 06-Nov-1999
Swansea Council has put the historic Associated British Ports building on the market, and is considering a £2.5m proposal to transform it into a 28-bedroom hotel. 05-Nov-1999
Plymouth City Council is considering plans for a £3m extension at the city's National Marine Aquarium, which would house a new education and discovery centre. 05-Nov-1999
Scottish & Newcastle has won clearance for its £1.1bn acquisition of Greenalls' pubs, restaurants and budget hotels, having agreed to reduce its tied estate by about 700 pubs. 05-Nov-1999
Yates Brothers Wine Lodges is planning to open a further 10 outlets by next April to add to the existing 132, and aims to reduce its dependence on the north. 05-Nov-1999
Esso is seeking permission to build a motorway service station on the M27 near Fareham with the creation of 100 jobs, and is looking for companies to run the motel and restaurants. 04-Nov-1999
Kingfisher Leisure is to open a £2.7m McClusky's pub and restaurant in Birmingham later this month with the creation of 100 jobs. 04-Nov-1999
The British Food Heritage Trust has announced plans for a £40m national centre for the culinary arts in Stafford, which is expected to attract about 1m visitors a year and create 1,000 jobs. 04-Nov-1999
Easington District Council is considering plans from Burtree Parks for a £4m expansion of the Crimdon Dene Caravan Park, including a new swimming pool and sports facilities. 03-Nov-1999
Ellesmere Port & Neston Borough Council is considering the former HH Robertson factory in Ellesmere Port as a potential site for the construction of a sports stadium to house the Chester Jets basketball club. 02-Nov-1999
Granada is planning to sell the Saint-Georges Hotel in London's West End to Cairn Hotels in a £12m deal, while discussions are taking place with property developers about the sale of the Grosvenor House on Park Lane. 02-Nov-1999
First Leisure is expected to return about £100m to shareholders once it has completed the £210m sale of its nightclub division to Candover. 02-Nov-1999
Rugby Borough Council has approved plans from Wilson Bowden for the construction of a multiplex cinema and retail complex at the former GEC site in Leicester Road. 30-Oct-1999
Gioma Restaurants is to acquire 23 outlets in the Netherlands and Switzerland for about £15m. 30-Oct-1999
Fuller Smith & Turner has confirmed plans to develop a £8m 94-room hotel in the centre of Bristol, which will open late next year. 30-Oct-1999
Newcastle City Council has awarded a contract to Shepherd for the development of a £4.2m sports centre. 29-Oct-1999
Accor has awarded a £3.8m contract to Jarvis for the development of an Ibis hotel at Gatwick. 29-Oct-1999
Flightbookers is to float its internet-based travel agency business under the ebookers.com name with a valuation of about £136m, and is looking to make acquisitions across Europe. 28-Oct-1999
First Leisure is to open a £6m health and fitness club in Oxford in January, with the creation of 70 jobs. 27-Oct-1999
Menzies Hotels is to buy the Mickleover Court four-star hotel in Derby for £10m. 27-Oct-1999
Virgin is considering plans to set up a £9m gym in Norwich, which would be its fourth Active Life Centre. 26-Oct-1999
The Royal West of England Academy in Bristol is to undergo a £4m modernisation scheme, in an effort to become one of the leading exhibition halls in the country. 26-Oct-1999
Cannock Chase Council is considering plans from Echo Estates for the development of a leisure park in Hednesford, including pub, restaurants and health club, with the creation of 50 jobs. 26-Oct-1999
Sportingbet.com is to launch its online sports betting business in Japan in partnership with J-Craft, the Japanese strategic advisory group. 25-Oct-1999
Scottish & Newcastle is said to be planning to sell 900 pubs from its managed and tenanted estates in order to raise £400m. 25-Oct-1999
Portsmouth Football Club has announced plans to build a 35,000-seater stadium next to its existing Fratton Park ground, as part of a £80m development called the Pompey Centre. 23-Oct-1999
Pillar Property is to seek planning permission for a 153,000 sq ft leisure and multiplex cinema scheme in Colliers Wood, south London. 23-Oct-1999
Peel Holdings has won permission to build two hotels, a 10-screen multiplex cinema and restaurants near Liverpool Airport in Speke. 22-Oct-1999
Copeland Council and the local development company are in discussions with a number of companies interested in building a hotel in Whitehaven, as part of the redevelopment of the harbourside. 21-Oct-1999
Wakefield Council is planning a £0.5m project to transform Sandal Castle into a tourist attraction. 21-Oct-1999
Bovis has won a £31m contract to extend the Hilton hotel at Heathrow Airport for BAA Lynton. 21-Oct-1999
Bournemouth Borough Council is planning to start work next year on a £60m leisure and housing scheme on Boscombe seafront, including a hotel, restaurants and the redevelopment of the pier. 21-Oct-1999
Wolverhampton & Dudley Breweries is in negotiations to sell 285 pubs to a partnership of Chester-based pub operator Paramount and an unnamed company. 21-Oct-1999
Dempseys, the Belfast nightclub that can hold up to 1,000 people, is up for sale and is expected to fetch about £4m. 20-Oct-1999
The National Centre for Popular Music in Sheffield has called in insolvency advisers, due to poor visitor figures and debts of more than £1m. 19-Oct-1999
Thomson Travel is in negotiations to acquire a Finnish package tour business from Finnair. 19-Oct-1999
Carmarthenshire County Council has unveiled plans to spend £1m on the enhancement of Carmarthen Castle, in order to improve its appearance and allow more public access. 19-Oct-1999
Domino's Pizza is planning to float on Aim with a market capitalisation of about £25m, in order to raise funds to expand its chain of 190 stores. 18-Oct-1999
Oriental Restaurant Group is planning to open two new restaurants in Chiswick and Islington, using the Yellow River Cafe concept. 18-Oct-1999
Airtours has launched a bid worth more than £300m for Deutsches Reiseburo, the German travel agency, in order to expand its European package holiday business. 16-Oct-1999
Whitbread is to cut 150 administrative jobs, mostly at its Luton office, as part of a reorganisation of its pubs and restaurants business designed to save more than £10m a year. 16-Oct-1999
Breckland Council has unveiled plans for a £5m swimming pool complex and fitness centre at Dereham in Norfolk. 15-Oct-1999
Taylor Woodrow and Athanaeum Developments have submitted plans for a £25m family entertainment complex in Sunderland city centre, which could create up to 300 jobs. 15-Oct-1999
Virgin Cinemas has started work on a £14m leisure complex in central Cardiff, which will include a 16-screen cinema and a movie store. 14-Oct-1999
Gioma Restaurants is planning to open eight theme restaurants in Scotland over the next three years, and is considering sites in Glasgow and Edinburgh. 14-Oct-1999
Millennium & Copthorne has won a contract to operate the 143-room four-star hotel being developed at Reading Football Club's stadium. 14-Oct-1999
Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council has awarded a £15m contract to Ballast Wiltshier for the construction of a sports and leisure complex. 14-Oct-1999
Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council is developing plans to build a £20m stadium for the town's football and rugby clubs. 14-Oct-1999
Castle Eden is planning to build a 40-bedroom hotel and pub next to the Castle Eden brewery near Hartlepool. 13-Oct-1999
The Tote pool betting operation is now expected to be sold to a racing trust, as the racing industry has put pressure on the government not to sell it to a commercial bookmaking group. 13-Oct-1999
Oxfordshire County Council is considering plans from the Osborne Group for a hotel, museum, gallery and tourist information centre at the historic Oxford Prison site. 12-Oct-1999
Groupe Chez Gerard is to expand its restaurant chain outside London by opening outlets in other cities, following a review of the business. 12-Oct-1999
Allied Leisure is looking to add a fourth division to its bowling, burger restaurants, and pool business, and plans to spend up to £35m on acquisitions. 11-Oct-1999
Virgin Entertainment is in discussions with a number of potential bidders for its 34 cinemas, which could be sold for about £230m. 09-Oct-1999
Gleneagles Hotel is considering plans to build a new executive training centre, and is in discussions with the leading business universities in the US about providing the curriculum and instructors. 08-Oct-1999
The government has selected the UK Sport office in London as the location for the headquarters of the £175m national network of centres of sporting excellence, instead of a proposed £7m facility in Sheffield. 08-Oct-1999
Kvaerner has won a £28m contract to refurbish the Brighton Dome and Museum, due for completion in May 2001. 08-Oct-1999
Greenalls is planning to set up a £7m health club at the Old Tannery building in Norwich, with the creation of 60 jobs. 07-Oct-1999
Westminster City Council has approved plans from Marylebone Warwick Balfour to build a £100m five-star hotel in Park Lane, which will be operated by Marriott International. 07-Oct-1999
The Tate Gallery is to open a gallery of modern art at a disused power station on London's Bankside in May 2000, following a £134m refurbishment. 07-Oct-1999
Derbyshire County Council has put Elvaston Castle Country Park up for sale for £2.5m, and potential uses are said to include a hotel or other leisure-related business. 06-Oct-1999
East Lindsey District Council has announced plans for the £4m redevelopment of Skegness seafront, in order to create new tourist attractions. 06-Oct-1999
Flambards International Property has won planning permission for a £25m hotel and conference complex on Huntingdon Street in Nottingham, which will be operated by Radisson SAS. 06-Oct-1999
RF Hotels has confirmed plans to open a £30m five-star hotel in Manchester in 2001. 05-Oct-1999
Rank is preparing to auction its chain of 75 Odeon Cinemas, which is expected to fetch about £300m. 02-Oct-1999
Hull City Council has unveiled plans to build a £36m stadium at the Circle cricket ground to house the city's three professional football and rugby clubs. 02-Oct-1999
Manchester City Council has approved a £10m plan to redevelop the Piccadilly Gardens, including extensive landscaping and the refurbishment of the Plaza. 02-Oct-1999
The government is to provide £100m to help fund local football, with the money being spent on new pitches and kit. 01-Oct-1999
Cammell Laird is acquiring the Camper & Nicholson luxury yacht name as well as the 160 employees at its Gosport base, as part of an expansion into the leisure marine market. 30-Sep-1999
Scottish & Newcastle is seeking approval to build a £3m Lodge Inn hotel in Nottingham, creating about 40 jobs. 29-Sep-1999
Highlands & Islands Enterprise is said to be offering to provide financial support to the £38m redevelopment of the Aviemore Mountain Resort, which will involve two new hotels, a swimming pool, retail outlets and a conference centre. 29-Sep-1999
Sheffield United football club is linking up with regional development agency Yorkshire Forward to transform a site next to the Bramall Lane stadium into a £1.6m business centre, creating 300 jobs. 29-Sep-1999
Glasgow City Council has approved plans from Marylebone Warwick Balfour for a £60m luxury hotel and office complex on Argyle Street, which will be operated by the Radisson SAS chain. 29-Sep-1999
Merthyr Tydfil Council is planning to restore the historic blast furnaces at Cyfarthfa, creating a tourist attraction that will bring 100 new jobs to the area. 29-Sep-1999
Mazaran Leisure is buying a health club in Bristol for £1.2m, which means it now owns or manages five centres. 28-Sep-1999
BAA Lynton is planning to raise a £200m partnership fund to finance the running and development of airport hotels near Heathrow, Gatwick, Stansted and Edinburgh. 27-Sep-1999
The National Centre for Popular Music in Sheffield is reorganising its management and cutting seven jobs, in response to disappointing visitor numbers since it opened six months ago. 24-Sep-1999
Gloucester City Council is to consider plans from developer Highstar for a casino, hotel and conference centre. 23-Sep-1999
WS Atkins has won an engineering design contract from Swansea City Council for a £9m swimming pool scheduled to open in 2001. 23-Sep-1999
Airtours has had its £950m bid for First Choice blocked by the European Commission, due to the effect on competition in the UK leisure travel market. 23-Sep-1999
Bank of Scotland is providing equity support to a new company called Scotsman Hotel, which aims to spend £90m launching a chain of 12 hotels across the country. 23-Sep-1999
Belgo Group is planning to expand its chain of 14 restaurants by opening a further six this year, and has recently opened its first franchise and its first US restaurant. 23-Sep-1999
Thomson Travel is introducing a low-cost holiday brand called Just, which will provide only the basics such as flight and hotel room. 22-Sep-1999
Granada is to sell London's Hotel Russell to the Principal Hotels Group for £59m, and Principal will invest £10m upgrading the facilities. 22-Sep-1999
Newcastle United is raising £55m in a bond issue in order to finance the expansion of its football stadium. 21-Sep-1999
LA Fitness is planning to raise £15m in a flotation this autumn in order to fund the expansion of its chain of 15 health clubs. 20-Sep-1999
Stoke-on-Trent City Council is to build a new sports complex in the north of the city, having won a £1m lottery grant. 18-Sep-1999
Lancaster Council has selected London-based Chelverton Properties to build a £40m leisure and shopping complex at Kingsway in the north of Lancaster, which could create 500 jobs. 18-Sep-1999
Bassetlaw Council has invited developers to submit proposals for a multiplex cinema and leisure complex in Worksop. 18-Sep-1999
Sheffield City Council is to consider plans from Speedome for a £1m expansion at its Sheffield Ski Village with the creation of 35 jobs, in order to create a self-contained leisure park with both summer and winter attractions. 17-Sep-1999
Southend-on-Sea Borough Council has appointed Glendale Leisure to run the town's leisure centres, in order to save £1.5m over five years. 17-Sep-1999
Aylesbury Vale District Council is to consider plans from Liscombe Holdings to build a £10m national centre of sporting excellence in Aylesbury Vale. 17-Sep-1999
Lastminute.com, the internet-based supplier of last-minute deals on holidays and theatre tickets, is planning to float next year with an estimated value of about £400m. 17-Sep-1999
Southampton Football Club has sold the Dell football ground to Barratt Homes for £5m, and the proceeds will go towards a new £30m stadium planned for the St Mary's district of the city. 17-Sep-1999
Hastings Hotel Group is planning to invest £12m in three of its Belfast hotels, including a new accommodation block at the Europa. 16-Sep-1999
Peters of Chichester has acquired the Opal Marine boat yard on Hayling Island for £9m, to create a combined group employing more than 150 people. 16-Sep-1999
Ask Central has launched a new pizza restaurant format called Zizzi, which will be developed as a third brand alongside its existing Ask and It's outlets. 16-Sep-1999
Fitzpatrick has won a £4m contract to build a multiscreen cinema in Huntingdon for developer Scotfield. 16-Sep-1999
Regent Inns is planning to open a further seven Walkabout sports bars this year, taking the total to 20. 16-Sep-1999
PizzaExpress is planning to open 50 overseas branches by 2001, and is seeking majority-controlled joint ventures in Poland, Spain and Japan. 14-Sep-1999
Sheffield City Council is in negotiations with a number of commercial sports companies interested in operating the Beauchief Golf Course and Graves Tennis & Leisure Centre. 11-Sep-1999
JD Wetherspoon is to invest £12m in a new hotel in Birmingham and a number of new bars across the West Midlands with the creation of 250 jobs, as part of a nationwide expansion programme. 11-Sep-1999
Leeds Sporting is in discussions with a number of potential partners for its planned £65m indoor arena and hotel project next to Leeds United's football stadium. 11-Sep-1999
Blue Anchor Leisure has announced plans to build the world's biggest roller coaster at the Magical World of Fantasy Island in Lincolnshire, at a cost of £28m. 11-Sep-1999
Associated British Ports is in negotiations with Lansbury Developments of Billericay about the possibility of building a multi-screen cinema on land owned by ABP in Grimsby. 10-Sep-1999
Plymouth City Council is inviting ideas from potential development partners about the future of the historic Mount Edgecumbe House, with one possibility being the construction of a theme park. 10-Sep-1999
Littlewoods has scrapped its Prizeball 4 online lottery game due to low demand, but has denied that this will affect its plans to run the National Lottery. 10-Sep-1999
Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council has approved plans from Chelsfield for the construction of a 20-screen cinema complex in Brierley Hill, including restaurants, offices, and hotels. 08-Sep-1999
Lincolnshire County Council is planning to set up a £5m City and County museum on the site of the Flaxengate car park in Lincoln. 08-Sep-1999
Chorion has announced plans to open seven new venues across the country, creating 840 jobs, with most of them based on the Tiger Tiger all-day cafe, bar and nightclub complex in London's West End. 08-Sep-1999
Bristol Zoo has announced plans to set up a multi-million pound environmental zoo at the Hollywood Farm site at Cribbs Causeway. 08-Sep-1999
Millennium & Copthorne is buying 29 US hotels from Regal Hotels International in a deal worth about £450m, and the two companies will form a joint venture to operate some of the hotels. 08-Sep-1999
Going Places is to open a new holiday call centre at the King's Court Centre in North Shields in December, and aims to recruit 472 staff. 07-Sep-1999
Thistle Hotels is linking up with 3D Leisure to set up health facilities at up to 30 of its hotels over the next three years. 07-Sep-1999
Scottish Media is to invest £8m in the Edinburgh-based Hearts football club, which will be spent on buying new players and improving the stadium. 07-Sep-1999
Parisa is planning to open 20 cafe bars over the next 12 months, with the creation of 800 jobs. 04-Sep-1999
Scottish & Newcastle is in negotiations to acquire Greenalls pubs, restaurants and budget hotels for up to £1bn, including 769 managed pubs that would be upgraded. 04-Sep-1999
Break for the Border has announced the acquisition of six bars and two hotels in Dublin for £15m. 04-Sep-1999
Castle Eden Brewery is acquiring 11 pubs between Sunderland and Scarborough from Hartlepool-based Pubmaster, as part of a strategy to build up a chain of 80 pubs in the north-east. 03-Sep-1999
Amec Developments has awarded a £10m contract to Shepherd for the construction of a leisure complex at The Circus in Manchester, including hotel, nightclub and bars. 02-Sep-1999
Thomas Cook has announced a £200m investment programme to reorganise its holiday operations under the JMC banner. 02-Sep-1999
Holmes Place is planning to more than double the size of its health clubs business by the end of next year by opening new outlets throughout the UK and continental Europe. 02-Sep-1999
Derby City Council is considering plans from Tower Casinos for the construction of a £4m casino on Liversage Street. 01-Sep-1999
Greenalls is to set up a health and fitness complex at Trentham Lakes in Stoke-on-Trent next year, with the creation of up to 60 jobs. 01-Sep-1999
BSkyB has acquired a 9.1% stake in Leeds Sporting for £9.2m, and will become the exclusive media agent for Leeds United football club. 01-Sep-1999
Hilton is planning to open 43 hotels over the next two years and is looking to acquire small chains of hotels in Scandinavia, eastern Europe, South America and China. 27-Aug-1999
North East Lincolnshire Council is considering plans from Bass Developments for a leisure complex in Grimsby, including a business hotel, restaurant and pub. 26-Aug-1999
Northern Leisure is in merger discussions with Luminar, which could lead to the creation of a £450m nightclubs and bars group. 26-Aug-1999
Costain, HBG and PS Turner have been shortlisted by Priorshaw of Wakefield for the £15m Piaza hotel and leisure scheme in Manchester. 26-Aug-1999
North Tyneside Council is considering plans for a £60m leisure complex in Whitley Bay, including hotel, multiplex cinema and houses. 26-Aug-1999
Forte is to invest £100m revamping its three-star Posthouse hotels and developing a new sub-brand called Posthouse Premier. 25-Aug-1999
Accor of France is to spend £50m transforming a former bank on London's Pall Mall into a 190-bed four-star hotel. 25-Aug-1999
Chichester Council is considering plans for the £1m redevelopment of Goodwood racecourse, including a new paddock featuring an amphitheatre. 23-Aug-1999
Rank is negotiating the sale of its 40 nightclubs and 10 themed bars to Northern Leisure, in a deal that could be worth up to £160m. 21-Aug-1999
Milton Hotels is to relocate its headquarters from Fort William to Stirling next year, as it prepares to double in size over the next 10 years. 20-Aug-1999
Blackburn Borough Council is to consider plans from Preston-based Valley House Holdings for the construction of a 32-bed hotel near the M65 outside Blackburn. 19-Aug-1999
Shell is planning to build a leisure complex at its headquarters in London's South Bank, including multiplex cinema, restaurants and health club. 19-Aug-1999
Cannons is to open 21 health and fitness clubs in 30 months as part of a £100m development plan. 18-Aug-1999
Rank has taken its Tom Cobleigh pubs chain off the market, as it failed to attract a sufficiently high bid. 17-Aug-1999
Basildon Council is considering plans from Basildon United for the construction of a new football stadium, including pitch, pavilion and training ground. 16-Aug-1999
Arena Leisure has announced a £10m plan to transform Worcester racecourse into one of the country's premier racing venues, including the construction of a new hotel and grandstand. 13-Aug-1999
Northern Leisure is planning to spend about £30m on new nightclubs this year and aims to increase the number of venues by around 15 a year. 13-Aug-1999
Mazaran Leisure has acquired the Chelmsford Squash & Fitness Centre in Essex and plans to extend the building to 20,000 sq ft. 13-Aug-1999
First Choice Holidays is to create 600 jobs in Scotland by the end of the year in an expansion of its new Travel Choice division, including a call centre in Ayrshire and 35 travel shopping outlets. 13-Aug-1999
Ladbroke is planning to set up a tax-free telephone and internet betting operation in Gibraltar. 13-Aug-1999
Carillion has won a contract from US-owned Malmaison Hotels to build a £20m hotel on the site of Birmingham's Mailbox development, which will create 200 jobs. 12-Aug-1999
The Rugby Football Union is looking to set up its own entertainments division and reorganise itself along more commercial lines. 12-Aug-1999
Lunn Poly is to set up a call centre in Glasgow for its direct holiday and travel sales business, with the creation of up to 1,000 jobs over the next five years. 11-Aug-1999
Millennium & Copthorne is looking to spend up to £300m on hotel acquisitions, and is particularly interested in key cities in the US and Asia. 11-Aug-1999
Peel Hotels is buying two hotels in Leeds and Newcastle-upon-Tyne from Grace Hotels for £9.6m. 11-Aug-1999
Alton Towers has announced a £30m plan to build a second hotel with the creation of 320 jobs. 10-Aug-1999
Plymouth City Council is to consider plans from Rotolok Holdings for the development of a multi-million pound visitor attraction on Drake's Island, including a high-tech interactive museum. 09-Aug-1999
Camelot has formed an alliance with the Post Office to prepare a bid for the renewal of its National Lottery licence, which will involve the Post Office paying £20m for a 20% stake in the consortium. 07-Aug-1999
Welcome Break is to convert its 19 motorway lodges and hotels to the Days Inn brand under a strategic agreement with Premier Hotels. 06-Aug-1999
Norwich Union is planning to build a hotel, leisure facilities, shops and offices, on the site of the Norwich bus station. 06-Aug-1999
Rank is to cut 465 administrative jobs and will consider selling some businesses, including its stake in the Universal joint venture with Seagram which could raise £300m. 05-Aug-1999
Friendly Hotels is planning to move into the budget lodge sector by launching the Sleep Inn brand in the UK and Spain, and has signed agreements with three developers for the construction of at least 35 properties over the next five years. 04-Aug-1999
Portsmouth City Council has chosen Brighton-based Marlborough Leisure as preferred developer to transform Hilsea Lido into a modern leisure complex. 03-Aug-1999
Swallow Hotels has acquired the four-star Regents Plaza Hotel in London's Maida Vale for £36m. 03-Aug-1999
SFI Group is planning to open 20 new branded pubs this year, taking its chain of Litten Trees to 36 and Bar Meds to 22. 03-Aug-1999
Greenalls is said to be considering plans to sell off its pubs and restaurants in order to focus on hotels and fitness centres. 02-Aug-1999
Jarvis Hotels has bought the Hilton hotel at London's Regent's Park from the Hilton Group for £70m. 02-Aug-1999
Stoll Moss Theatres, the owner of London theatres, has been put up for sale by Heytesbury of Australia, and could fetch up to £100m. 02-Aug-1999
Daiwa Europe is in discussions to sell the Avebury Taverns chain of 705 pubs to Cabot Square Capital for about £130m. 31-Jul-1999
Norwich Union has bought nine hotels from Hilton for £69m, and Jarvis Hotels has been awarded the operating leases. 31-Jul-1999
Redrow Commercial has been chosen as preferred developer for a multi-million pound leisure centre project in Liverpool city centre, including 14-screen cinema, budget hotel, bars, restaurants, and health club. 30-Jul-1999
Sunderland Council has approved a £25m plan from Bowey Construction, Helios Properties, and Napper Partnership, for a cinema and leisure scheme in the High Street West area of the city. 30-Jul-1999
Orange is to launch an internet cafe with video conferencing under the Studio brand in Birmingham in September, and the concept will then be rolled out across the country. 30-Jul-1999
Invicta Leisure has won planning permission to build a health and racquet club in Swansea, which will create 70 jobs and include 10 tennis courts, swimming pools, squash courts, and restaurants. 29-Jul-1999
Harland and Wolff has announced plans to build a £400m housing, tourism and technology development on Queen's Island in Belfast, including a replica of the Titanic. 27-Jul-1999
Thistle Hotels is selling the four-star 188-bedroom Charles Dickens Hotel in central London to Ryan Hotels for about £20m. 27-Jul-1999
Derby Rugby Football Club is planning to move from its present site on Kedleston Road to the former Qualcast Sports Ground at Darley Abbey. 26-Jul-1999
Swallow Hotels is to build a £21m hotel near the M1 motorway at Leicester, including 200 bedrooms and conference facilities. 24-Jul-1999
Ultimate Leisure is to raise £24m in a flotation on Aim, in order to fund the expansion of its chain of bars throughout the north of England. 23-Jul-1999
First Motorway Services has secured financing of £11m in order to develop a new service area on the M5 in Bridgewater, Somerset. 22-Jul-1999
Calderdale Council is considering plans for the conversion of the Perseverance Mill in Brighouse into a 43-bedroom hotel. 22-Jul-1999
Castle Eden Brewery is to launch its own pub estate in the north east of England, and has already acquired four outlets. 22-Jul-1999
Rank is looking to sell its chain of 103 Tom Cobleigh pubs, which could result in a £120m sale to either a trade or financial buyer. 22-Jul-1999
Enic is considering plans to move into the offshore betting market in partnership with Gibraltar-based Victor Chandler. 22-Jul-1999
Luminar is raising £9m in a share issue in order to fund the expansion of its bars and nightclubs. 21-Jul-1999
First Choice is in discussions to acquire Meon Holdings, as part of a strategy to expand its portfolio of tour operator brands. 21-Jul-1999
Newport County Borough Council has secured £6.5m of lottery funding to build a 500-seat riverside theatre and arts centre. 20-Jul-1999
Clubhaus has made a preliminary takeover approach for rival golf course owner PGA European Tour Courses. 20-Jul-1999
Dunbartonshire Enterprise is funding a £60m visitor attraction at Loch Lomond, including a film theatre, shops, hotel, and restaurants, and the creation of up to 1,000 jobs. 19-Jul-1999
Old Monk Company is planning to open a further five pubs by the autumn, as part of a nationwide expansion programme. 19-Jul-1999
The English Tourist Board is being replaced by the English Tourism Council, which will aim to promote domestic tourism with an annual budget of £10m. 19-Jul-1999
Rank has announced that more than 500 jobs will be created at the £40m Sky Dome leisure complex in Coventry. 16-Jul-1999
Aberdeen City Council is considering plans from local development company Fleet Transport for a £5m hotel and office complex at Dyce. 16-Jul-1999
Havant Borough Council has selected Next Generation as preferred developer of the multi-million pound tennis and fitness facility at Campdown. 16-Jul-1999
Stanley Leisure is in talks with potential joint venture partners to set up an offshore betting division, and the company is also planning an internet betting service. 16-Jul-1999
Warwick Racecourse has started work on a £3m redevelopment, including improvements to the grandstand, a new restaurant and a betting hall. 15-Jul-1999
MJ Gleeson is expected to win the £35m contract to build a leisure complex in Warrington, including multiplex cinema, fitness club and restaurants. 15-Jul-1999
The Concorde Club in Eastleigh is building a 35-bedroom hotel next to its existing facilities, and 15 jobs will be created when it opens next spring. 14-Jul-1999
Springwood Leisure is planning a £4m refurbishment of the former Odeon premises in Derby's London Road, in order to create a 2,500-capacity nightclub and entertainment venue. 14-Jul-1999
Granada is acquiring a 9.9% stake in Liverpool Football Club at a cost of £22m, and will help the club with commercial issues such as merchandising, publishing and media rights. 14-Jul-1999
Capital & Regional Properties has identified potential sites in Germany and Belgium to set up ski centres, including hotels and retail space. 14-Jul-1999
Wilson Bowden is planning to build a cinema and retail complex in Rugby, due for completion by the end of 2000. 13-Jul-1999
Oriental Restaurant Group is planning to set up a chain of Yellow River Cafes aimed at middle-market customers, and hopes to have 10 outlets within two years. 13-Jul-1999
Hartford Group is in discussions to acquire the Montana chain of London restaurants. 13-Jul-1999
Gala is to open a new bingo club in Banbury later this year with the creation of 40 jobs. 12-Jul-1999
Camelot has a 10% stake in the consortium that has won the right to set up a national lottery in South Africa. 10-Jul-1999
Barnsley Council is passing control of its nine leisure and sports centres to an independent company called Barnsley Premier Leisure, which will involve the transfer of 350 staff. 09-Jul-1999
Charville Estates is planning to build a £6m leisure centre next to the Wharfside Centre in Penzance, including swimming pool, dance studio and fitness suite. 09-Jul-1999
Stirling University is planning to set up a £5.6m National Swimming Academy for Scotland, including a 50-metre Olympic-size swimming pool. 08-Jul-1999
Fife Council has approved plans from the St Andrews Bay Development Company for a £50m golf development at Kingask, including a hotel, conference centre, spa, clubhouse, two golf courses, and the creation of 275 jobs. 08-Jul-1999
Redcar Council is considering plans for a £1.4m project to rebuild the historic Saltburn pier. 08-Jul-1999
Winchester City Council has won a European grant to transform the new Winchester Walk into a tourism attraction, in order to promote the city's links with King Alfred and create up to 40 jobs. 08-Jul-1999
Aberdeenshire Council is to consider plans for a £100m leisure complex near Aberdeen, including a hotel, golf course, tennis, and swimming. 08-Jul-1999
Bath & North East Somerset Council is considering plans from local developer RSW for the construction of a multi-million pound performing arts centre, hotel and restaurant, in Bath. 07-Jul-1999
Basildon Council is considering plans from UCI to double the size of the Festival Leisure Park multiplex cinema to 20 screens. 07-Jul-1999
Bromsgrove District Council is to consider plans for the construction of a £4m golf driving range and motel complex at Heath Farm in Wythall, which would create about 60 jobs. 07-Jul-1999
Brighton & Hove Council is to consider plans from Prestbury for the transformation of the seafront by the derelict West Pier, including a new swimming pool, health club, casino, bar and restaurant. 06-Jul-1999
Salford Council has announced that the government has approved plans for a £85m SnoWorld leisure complex, which will include ski slopes, shops and multiplex cinema, and create about 2,600 jobs. 06-Jul-1999
Thomson Travel is in negotiations to acquire DER, the German package holiday company. 06-Jul-1999
Gold Medal Travel is to set up a call centre in Preston employing 400 people, as part of a £10m office and leisure development on the docks. 05-Jul-1999
Kirklees Council has approved plans for the transformation of the Providence Chapel in Cleckheaton into a conference centre and restaurant, which will create 60 jobs. 05-Jul-1999
Scottish & Newcastle is planning to spend £36m expanding its chain of Bar 38 bars to about 40 locations over the next three years. 03-Jul-1999
Stroud District Council is considering plans from the Stroudwater Redevelopment Partnership for a £20m leisure, retail, and residential project at Stroud's Ebley Wharf. 02-Jul-1999
Ipswich Town has announced plans to build a sports village next to its Portman Road football stadium, including a dome-covered indoor training centre. 02-Jul-1999
Scottish Highland Hotels has received a takeover approach from venture capitalist Alchemy Partners, and a £40m deal could be announced within weeks. 02-Jul-1999
Rank has sold five former Butlins Holiday Hotels to a new company called Grand Hotel Group for £20m. 02-Jul-1999
Jurys Doyle Hotel Group is to spend £10m extending the Clifford Ford Hotel in London, and is also looking to acquire additional hotels in London and other UK cities. 02-Jul-1999
Zetters is selling its bingo operations to Riva Clubs for £8m, and is now seeking a buyer for its football pools division. 02-Jul-1999
Sports Internet is in discussions to acquire Surrey Group, the betting shop operator. 02-Jul-1999
City of Edinburgh Council has approved plans for a £100m leisure and business complex at the derelict Greenside Place site, including multiplex cinema, restaurant, nightclub, and health club. 01-Jul-1999
Dudley Council has approved plans for the construction of a 142-room hotel in Brierley Hill, which will operate alongside the existing Copthorne Hotel. 01-Jul-1999
John Mowlem's Maple Oak subsidiary has won a £4m contract to build a leisure centre near Lichfield. 01-Jul-1999
Hull City Council is preparing plans for a £100m redevelopment of the city centre, including a giant canopy, multiplex theatre, hotel, retail space and housing. 01-Jul-1999
Fife Council is considering plans for a hotel, business centre, and football academy at Dunfermline Athletic's stadium, which could create up to 500 jobs. 29-Jun-1999
The White House Hotel off London's Marylebone Road has been bought by Sol Melia of Spain, and planning permission will be sought for a £9m refurbishment. 29-Jun-1999
McDonald's has won permission to build a drive-through restaurant at Camborne in Cornwall with the creation of 60 jobs. 28-Jun-1999
Rank is looking to sell its nightclub division in order to raise about £100m, and is also in talks to sell its amusement machines business. 28-Jun-1999
Pacifico is planning to raise £1.5m in a share issue on Ofex, in order to fund the opening of eight new Mexican restaurants over the next three years. 28-Jun-1999
Whitbread has won approval to build a £30m leisure complex in Cheltenham, including bowling alley, cinema, shops and restaurants. 25-Jun-1999
First Leisure is in discussions to sell its family entertainment division, which includes bowling, bars and nightclubs, in order to focus on health and fitness clubs. 25-Jun-1999
Bannatyne Health & Leisure is to open a £3m health club in Aberdeen with the creation of 50 jobs, and is also seeking approval for a site in Darlington. 25-Jun-1999
Isle of Wight Council is considering plans from a local businessman for the construction of a hotel, conference and exhibition centre near Ryde, which would create about 140 jobs. 25-Jun-1999
Fitness First has raised £40m in a share issue in order to fund the expansion of its chain of health clubs to 300 over the next five years. 25-Jun-1999
Clydeport and Bank of Scotland have confirmed plans for a £500m development on the river Clyde in Glasgow, including leisure facilities, shops, housing and offices. 25-Jun-1999
Lagan Developments is seeking permission to build a £250m self-contained village in County Antrim, which would house 4,000 people and take 10 years to build. 24-Jun-1999
Liverpool Museum is planning a £16m refurbishment project and a contractor is expected to be announced next month. 24-Jun-1999
Bass is to invest £900m over the next two years expanding its luxury hotels business throughout the world, and is also aiming to double the size of its mid-market Holiday Inn brand in the UK, Germany, Italy and China. 24-Jun-1999
Bradford Council has given Leeds-based Contract Experts the go-ahead to build a new hotel in Baildon, creating dozens of new jobs. 22-Jun-1999
Enterprise Inns is appointing Scottish & Newcastle to handle its distribution and warehousing, which will enable it to negotiate lower prices with other brewers and drink suppliers. 18-Jun-1999
Hardys & Hansons is planning to open 12 pub-restaurants in West Yorkshire over the next two years, and has already started work on the first at the Pennine Business Park in Huddersfield. 16-Jun-1999
First Leisure has confirmed that 200 jobs will be created with the opening of three venues at the new Barbican Leisure Park in Plymouth, including the Superbowl, the Destiny nightclub and the Heroes sports bar. 16-Jun-1999
Arcadian International's 11 UK-based hotels have been put up for sale by its US parent Patriot American Hospitality, and are expected to fetch about £80m. 15-Jun-1999
City of York Council is considering plans for a multi-million pound leisure, office, and housing development in the Hungate area of the city, and Land Securities and Evans of Leeds have already started survey work on the site. 14-Jun-1999
Nomura International's Unique Pub Company is arranging a £130m loan facility that will be used to acquire up to 600 pubs. 14-Jun-1999
Flightbookers is considering plans to float its internet-based travel agency business under the ebookers.com name. 14-Jun-1999
Macdonald Hotels is planning to build a £14m 200-bedroom hotel at Leeds-Bradford International Airport, which could create more than 100 jobs. 11-Jun-1999
Greenalls has revealed details of its £12m leisure development in Manchester city centre, including a health and fitness club, a 147-bedroom Premier lodge and a Henry's Cafe Bar, creating 100 jobs. 11-Jun-1999
Wallace Arnold has extended its Wallace Hotels chain to seven properties with the acquisition of the Pentire Hotel in Newquay. 11-Jun-1999
Enterprise Inns is acquiring 217 pubs from Bass for £69m. 11-Jun-1999
Citygrove Leisure has announced plans to build a £25m leisure complex in Chichester, including multiplex cinema, bowling alley, restaurants, nightclub, and 61-bed hotel. 10-Jun-1999
Plymouth City Council has announced plans to build a £2.4m glass-fronted, four-storey visitor centre on the Barbican to tell the story of Sutton Harbour. 10-Jun-1999
North Devon District Council expects to start awarding contracts in August for the redevelopment of the river-front in Barnstaple. 10-Jun-1999
The government's property agency has agreed plans for the redevelopment of the historic code-breaking centre at Bletchley Park in Buckinghamshire, involving a visitor's centre, leisure facilities, and the creation of hundreds of jobs. 10-Jun-1999
BAA Lynton is to start work at the end of the year on a £50m extension to the Hilton Hotel at Heathrow, which will incorporate 245 bedrooms and a convention centre. 10-Jun-1999
Camden Borough Council is seeking contractors for a £20m project to redevelop the Swiss Cottage leisure centre in London. 10-Jun-1999
Imax of Canada is planning to build four more 3D theatres in the UK, in a joint venture with UCI. 10-Jun-1999
Mansfield Brewery is planning to spend £30m acquiring pubs in the Cambridge area. 09-Jun-1999
Jarvis Hotels is in discussions with Accor which could result in Jarvis gaining a master franchise for some of the French company's UK hotels. 09-Jun-1999
Cambridge City Council is considering plans from Cambridge United Football Club for the construction of two new stands at the Abbey Stadium. 08-Jun-1999
Castlemore Securities has revealed plans to build a five-star hotel at Temple Quay in Bristol, including health and fitness centre, conference facilities, two restaurants and shops. 08-Jun-1999
Forth Ports is in discussions with Accor of France about the construction of a new 200-bedroom hotel, as part of a £30m redevelopment of Dundee's harbour. 08-Jun-1999
Bass is seeking a major leisure company to operate a planned £1.2m health and fitness complex at the Centrum 100 business park in Burton, which will create 50 jobs. 07-Jun-1999
Bradford Council is negotiating the sale of land to Landmark Development Projects of Leeds for the construction of a £5m budget hotel. 04-Jun-1999
Airtours is to have its hostile bid for the First Choice holidays business investigated by the European Commission, due to concerns about the effect on competition. 04-Jun-1999
Virgin Cinemas has started work on a new £4.5m nine-screen cinema complex in Hull, and 60 jobs will be created when it opens next year. 03-Jun-1999
Simons Estates has announced plans for a £80m development in Leeds, that will include a 240-bedroom hotel, offices and a health club. 03-Jun-1999
Torridge District Council is to consider plans for a £4.5m four-star hotel and golfing complex at North Devon's Hartland Forest Golf and Leisure Parc. 03-Jun-1999
Bowmer & Kirkland has won a £5.7m contract for the construction of a 162-bedroom Holiday Inn Express in Greenwich. 03-Jun-1999
Belhaven Brewery has opened five Drouthy Neebors Scottish-themed pubs in student centres across Scotland, and is preparing to launch the brand in England. 02-Jun-1999
Parisa is to open five cafe-bars in London, Newbury, Bromley, Harpenden and Leeds, with the creation of 200 jobs. 02-Jun-1999
JD Wetherspoon has confirmed that construction work on a new £2.5m pub in Plymouth will start in six weeks, one of 80 new outlets being planned throughout the country. 02-Jun-1999
Mansfield Brewery is acquiring seven town-centre pubs in the Midlands and south-east from Morland for £10m. 02-Jun-1999
Jurys has acquired the Central Club on London's Great Russell Street, and will convert it into a 170-bedroom four-star hotel. 02-Jun-1999
Camelot is launching a new online game called Thunderball in response to falling sales of its existing National Lottery operations. 02-Jun-1999
Portico has revealed plans to convert Ecclesgreig Castle near St Cyrus in Scotland into a hotel and leisure centre with the creation of up to 60 jobs. 01-Jun-1999
BGR is planning to expand its chain of Fish restaurants, and hopes to have about 50 outlets nationwide within six years. 01-Jun-1999
Middlesbrough Borough Council is considering plans from the St Hilda's Partnership for a visitor's centre to be built at the Transporter Bridge, a famous local landmark. 31-May-1999
Raglan Properties is planning to acquire Premier Marinas, the operator of a number of marinas on the south coast, for £15m. 28-May-1999
Travel House, the Swansea-based travel agency, is planning to create 800 jobs in the city over the next three years following its acquisition by Thomson Travel, and it will move to a larger call centre to run Thomson's Teletext operation. 27-May-1999
Portsmouth City Council is considering plans from Munroe K for the construction of a health and fitness centre as part of the £5m expansion of Port Solent that will create 300 jobs. 26-May-1999
Airtours is to invest £1m in a new system that will enable customers of its Direct Holidays subsidiary to make bookings via the internet. 26-May-1999
Whitbread has announced a £2.36bn agreed offer for Allied Domecq's pubs and off-licence business, and the deal will be presented to Allied shareholders on July 2. 26-May-1999
Newcastle City Council has approved a £120m plan from Stamford Developments to transform Swan House into a luxury hotel and build a shopping mall with an 11-screen cinema, and up to 700 jobs will be created. 25-May-1999
Oriel Leisure is to build a £4m Holiday Inn Express hotel on Gloucester's Waterwells Business Park, creating at least 20 jobs. 25-May-1999
Lincoln City Council has approved plans to transform the city's Drill Hall into a 700-seat entertainments venue, in order to host concerts, exhibitions and conferences. 25-May-1999
Wolverhampton & Dudley Breweries is looking to sell a further 300 pubs in order to raise £50m to reduce debt and focus on its core managed brands. 25-May-1999
Chelsfield has sold London's Westbury Hotel to an unnamed buyer for £68m, but will retain a 16,000 sq ft retail site within the building. 25-May-1999
The Yorkshire Sculpture Park near Barnsley has secured £6.5m of funding for an expansion that will transform it into a major tourist attraction, and several hundred jobs will be created. 24-May-1999
Regal Hotel Group is looking to sell a package of about 30 hotels in order to establish a more coherent portfolio, and is spending £75m upgrading the majority of its 114 hotels to the Corus brand. 24-May-1999
Virgin is in talks with the Post Office about a joint bid to win the contract for the National Lottery from current operators Camelot. 22-May-1999
Pubmaster is raising about £300m by securitising its estate and the funds will be used to buy the freeholds of 629 of its pubs for £100m. 22-May-1999
Easington District Council is considering plans from Matthew Fox Developments for a £36m retail and leisure complex at Murton in East Durham, including multiplex cinema, bowling alley, hotel, health club and factory shops. 21-May-1999
Isle of Wight Council is looking to dispose of the Ryde Arena ice rink on a long lease to a private company, following an approach by Planet Ice. 21-May-1999
Sheffield City Council has agreed to underwrite a £2.5m loan to enable the £15m National Ice Centre to be built in Attercliffe. 20-May-1999
Going Places has awarded a £3m contract to Sir Robert McAlpine for the construction of a travel agency call centre in North Shields. 20-May-1999
Sevenoaks District Council has awarded a £4.7m contract to Try Accord for the construction of a leisure centre. 20-May-1999
Manchester City Council has announced plans for a £100m scheme to redevelop the Piccadilly area, by setting up gardens and providing links to surrounding areas. 20-May-1999
Bromley Borough Council has approved plans from London & Regional Properties for the construction of a £58m leisure and cinema complex at Crystal Palace. 20-May-1999
Greenalls is to spend £14m building seven hotels in the car parks of London Underground stations, with the creation of almost 200 jobs. 20-May-1999
Punch Taverns has had a majority stake sold to Texas Pacific Group for undisclosed terms, and the US company is to support its bid to acquire Allied Domecq's retailing business. 20-May-1999
RF Hotels has announced a development plan for a £60m golfing complex on the Archerfield Estate near Muirfield, including a 180-room hotel and three golf courses. 19-May-1999
Enterprise Inns is considering plans to spend up to £100m on acquisitions to expand its chain of pubs. 19-May-1999
The British Museum has secured funding for its £98m millennium project, that will involve the restoration of the original courtyard. 19-May-1999
Wokingham District Council has revealed a £3.8m plan to transform Loddon Valley Leisure Centre into a modern sports centre, including swimming pool, fitness suite and restaurant. 19-May-1999
Brands Hatch Leisure has won a contract to host the British Grand Prix motor race from 2002, and will spend £20m upgrading the Kent circuit. 15-May-1999
Ladbroke has put 13 of its 91 hotels up for sale following its takeover of Stakis, and has also announced the sale of the Detroit Racecourse for £18m. 15-May-1999
Fratelli Sarti is planning to set up four Italian restaurants in Glasgow with the creation on 400 jobs. 14-May-1999
First Leisure is seeking 150 staff for its new bowling alley, nightclub, and bar at the Barbican Leisure Centre in Plymouth, while Pizza Hut and the Old Orleans restaurant chain are also opening outlets at the site. 14-May-1999
Whitbread is seeking 75 staff for its new £2.3m Travel Inn at Hayle in Cornwall, which is due to open in June. 13-May-1999
Grimsby Town has announced plans to build a 12,000 capacity football stadium, including retail, hotel and restaurant facilities. 13-May-1999
Southampton Football Club is to build a 32,000-capacity stadium in the St Mary's area of the city, and Mowlem will start work on the project in the summer. 13-May-1999
South Hill Park Arts Centre in Bracknell is to undergo a £3m refurbishment that will create a digital arts studio and a new theatre. 13-May-1999
The government has confirmed that the Tote betting business will be sold off, but has left open the possibility that it could be acquired by some sort of racing trust in order to keep the profits in the sport. 13-May-1999
Chris Wilkinson Architects has revealed its plans for the £37m Magna Millennium Project that will transform Yorkshire's Templeborough steelworks into a visitor attraction, and completion is due in 2001. 12-May-1999
Rank is seeking 180 staff for a new call centre at Bognor, which will become the national headquarters for holiday reservations for all Rank holiday companies. 12-May-1999
Michelin has confirmed plans to develop a 55-acre industrial park and hotel at Sideway near Stoke-on-Trent, creating up to 1,200 jobs. 12-May-1999
Luminar, the restaurant and nightclubs operator, is planning to open a further 22 outlets this year to add to the existing 67. 12-May-1999
Derby County has announced plans to build a new £5.5m football academy and training ground near the Pride Park stadium. 11-May-1999
Bradford City Football Club is considering plans for a flotation in the summer, in order to raise cash for its first season in the Premiership. 10-May-1999
Rank Group is looking to sell four holiday parks in the south of England, including the Harcourt Sands Holiday Village on the Isle of Wight which is on the market for about £2.7m. 10-May-1999
PizzaExpress is to focus on the nationwide development of its Cafe Pasta restaurants, while its five Pasta di Milano restaurants are being converted into PizzaExpress and Cafe Pasta outlets. 10-May-1999
First Leisure is in discussions to sell its nightclubs and bowling operations in order to focus on health and fitness, and a shortlist of bidders is being drawn up. 08-May-1999
Airtours has acquired a 40% stake in EVS Beteiligungs, the German tour operator, for undisclosed terms, as well as a 65% stake in the Blue Bay resorts chain which operates hotels in Mexico and the Caribbean. 08-May-1999
Manchester United is seeking to set up a chain of amusement parks in Singapore, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Thailand and China, in order to reproduce the experience of visiting its Old Trafford football stadium. 07-May-1999
Hull City Council is backing a plan to build a new stadium to house the city's three major football and rugby clubs, and 10 sites are being considered. 06-May-1999
Sir Robert McAlpine is set to win a £170m contract for the design and construction management of a new international exhibition centre at the Royal Victoria Dock in east London. 06-May-1999
Cardiff County Council has approved plans for a £200m international sports village on the waterfront, including athletics stadium, swimming pool, two ice rinks, two hotels and a ski centre. 06-May-1999
Thomson Travel is planning to increase the number of holidays it sells by 21%, at a cost of £30m over two years, but has denied that a price war could develop. 06-May-1999
Whitbread is to invest £60m in the north-west this year with the creation of 1,000 jobs, including a new David Lloyd Leisure centre at the former Bolton Royal Infirmary site and others in Warrington, Speke and Kirkby. 05-May-1999
Northern Leisure is changing its management through the acquisition of Fife Group, a cash shell, for £17m, and the aim is to expand the business by making acquisitions in mass market leisure. 05-May-1999
British Land is planning to demolish former car showrooms in Plymouth's Millbay Road in order to make way for a £7m hotel, pub and car showroom complex. 04-May-1999
Sheffield City Council has received a number of offers for the refurbishment of the St Paul's Chambers Victorian terrace into bars and cafes. 04-May-1999
East Lindsey District Council has announced plans to set up a £1m business and tourism centre in Skegness, providing training, help for job seekers, and advice for businesses. 04-May-1999
SFI Group is to step up its expansion programme with the launch of an upmarket coffee bar chain called Cafe Litten and the opening of a further three Bar Med outlets, two in London and one in Manchester. 04-May-1999
Nottingham City Council has announced plans for a £25m city centre leisure scheme that will include a 14-screen cinema, 100-bed hotel and restaurants, creating 150 jobs. 03-May-1999
Cardiff Bay Development Corporation has announced plans for a £4m scheme to transform the original entrance to Cardiff Docks into an amphitheatre, which will show open-air concerts and seat about 5,000 people. 03-May-1999
Whitbread is in discussions to acquire 3,600 pubs from Allied Domecq for about £2.3bn, and Whitbread may have to sell its brewing division in order to win regulatory approval for the deal. 03-May-1999
Scottish & Newcastle is selling 172 leased pubs to the Royal Bank of Scotland, but will continue managing them on the bank's behalf. 01-May-1999
Paul Cockcroft Properties is planning to build a leisure park between Brighouse and Elland, including a 30-bedroom hotel, holiday cottages and sports facilities, with the creation of 100 jobs. 30-Apr-1999
Airtours has launched a £800m hostile takeover bid for First Choice, the tour operator that has agreed a merger with Kuoni, and a holiday price war could develop if its bid is successful. 30-Apr-1999
Bradford Council has approved plans from the Stadium Group to build a leisure complex on the city's Vicar Lane site, including a 16-screen cinema, a 100-bedroom hotel, six restaurants, bowling and a family entertainment centre. 29-Apr-1999
North Tyneside Council is considering a number of potential schemes to transform Whitley Bay into a major tourist resort, including a casino, an arts centre, and a four-star hotel. 29-Apr-1999
Newport County Borough Council is to consider plans from Deeley Freed Estates to build a £20m leisure complex, including a 360-degree Imax theatre. 29-Apr-1999
Bristol Zoological Society has announced plans to set up a new multi-million pound environmental zoo near the existing Bristol Zoo. 29-Apr-1999
Whitbread is to build a 260-room Travel Inn in Belfast's Victoria Street, creating 100 jobs. 29-Apr-1999
Bradford Council has approved plans from Horsforth-based Sterling Capitol for the £80m redevelopment of Odsal Stadium into a 30,000-seat arena. 29-Apr-1999
HBG has won a contract to build a £5m fitness centre in Leeds for Virgin Active. 29-Apr-1999
Alfred McAlpine and Catesby Property are part of a consortium that has won a £20m contract to build a new stadium for Doncaster Rovers and the local rugby league club. 29-Apr-1999
First Leisure and Cannons have ended talks about a merger of their health and fitness clubs due to disagreement over the financial terms, prompting speculation that First Leisure could become a takeover target. 29-Apr-1999
Bass Developments has won approval from the East Staffordshire planning committee to build a £7m nine-screen cinema with restaurants and a pub in Burton, creating 140 jobs. 28-Apr-1999
Celtic Manor, the £100m hotel complex near Newport in Gwent, is seeking 200 additional staff following an expansion that has left it with 400 rooms, two restaurants, two health clubs and a conference centre. 27-Apr-1999
Jarlaw of Aberdeen is planning to build a £25m hotel and retail complex on the site of Glasgow's former Post Office headquarters in George Square. 27-Apr-1999
Lambert Smith Hampton is acting as agent for a £4m retail and visitor attraction being planned by the Moygashel Development Association in Mid Ulster, which could create up to 400 jobs. 27-Apr-1999
Forth Ports has won planning consent for the £100m Ocean Terminal development on Leith waterfront, including retail space, five-screen cinema, health club and restaurants. 27-Apr-1999
The Playhouse Theatre in London has been put up for sale by its overseas owners. 27-Apr-1999
Inverclyde Council is considering plans from Gallacher Estates for a £45m retail and leisure development at the former Scott Lithgow site in Port Glasgow, including food store, hotel, petrol station, restaurant area, and warehousing. 26-Apr-1999
Plymouth City Council is seeking a partner to redevelop the historic Mayflower Steps, in a project linked to the £2.4m Sutton Harbour visitor centre. 26-Apr-1999
Littlewoods has set up a separate board to run its football pools and betting operations, but has denied that the division is being put up for sale. 26-Apr-1999
English Heritage has announced plans to build a major new visitor centre at Stonehenge, and bids are being invited from potential developers. 24-Apr-1999
First Leisure and Cannons are in discussions to merge their health and fitness operations in a move that would create the largest such business in the UK. 24-Apr-1999
Queensborough is planning to raise funds by undertaking sale-and-leaseback deals on its properties and by selling its day visitor attractions business, which includes Lightwater Park in Yorkshire. 24-Apr-1999
Jagged Globe, the operator of tours for climbers, is to set up a new headquarters at the Foundry climbing centre in Sheffield, creating 20 jobs. 23-Apr-1999
Leicester City Council is to conduct feasibility studies into a number of potential arts projects, including the construction of a £30m three-auditorium flagship theatre complex. 23-Apr-1999
Highland Council has agreed the sale of land at the site of the former Glebe Street swimming pool in Inverness to builders Upland Tulloch for the construction of a £10m hotel and conference centre, which will create 100 jobs. 23-Apr-1999
Birmingham City Council has approved plans from architects Hulme Upright Weedon for a 240-bedroom City Inn hotel in the Brindleyplace district, creating 100 jobs. 23-Apr-1999
Greenalls is planning to build a £12m 98-bedroom hotel in Dudley under the Village brand, including leisure club and swimming pool. 22-Apr-1999
Tomorrows World Travel has acquired three additional branches - Perimark Travel of Oadby, Hunter-North Travel of Loughborough and Tardis Travel of Leicester - while its business travel operation has been sold to Quorn Travel Services. 22-Apr-1999
Inn Business, the pubs company, is in discussions that could lead to a takeover offer, and the approach is thought to have come from the private equity company Alchemy Partners. 22-Apr-1999
A new company called Festival Parks Europe is being set up to build and operate 10 factory shopping and entertainment complexes across Europe, with the first opening in Majorca next year. 22-Apr-1999
Macdonald Hotels has won approval to build a £7.5m four-star hotel and country club on the River Tweed at Cardrona in the Borders, which will create 100 jobs. 21-Apr-1999
Plymouth City Council is putting the historic Tinside Pool and Hoe foreshore up for sale, and is seeking developers to transform the waterfront. 21-Apr-1999
Weaver, the Bromsgrove-based construction group, is to start work on a £2m extension at the Copthorne Hotel in Dudley, in order to create a 10,000 sq ft conference centre. 21-Apr-1999
Andras House has announced plans to build what it claims will be Northern Ireland's largest leisure and entertainment complex at Great Victoria Street in Belfast, including hotel, cinema, and restaurants. 21-Apr-1999
Whitbread is resubmitting plans for a £30m leisure development on Cheltenham's old Flowers Brewery site, including multiplex cinema, bowling alley, restaurant and shops. 20-Apr-1999
Morrison Developments has won permission to include 13 bars and restaurants at the £60m Broadway Plaza project on the site of the old Birmingham Children's Hospital. 20-Apr-1999
English Heritage has announced plans to spend £1.5m creating gardens at 10 historic properties, and will use leading contemporary designers. 17-Apr-1999
Airtours is planning to launch a hostile counter bid for First Choice, the tour operator that has agreed a merger with Kuoni. 17-Apr-1999
Chepstow Racecourse is in discussions with Dunraven Management Services about setting up a five-star hotel and luxury international tourist destination at nearby Piercefield Park. 16-Apr-1999
Stevenage Borough Council is considering plans from Milton Keynes-based Phoenix Arena for the construction of a multi-million pound ice rink and concert venue with 2,500 seats. 16-Apr-1999
Stafford Borough Council is considering plans to set up a £3m sporting and arts venue on Westbridge Park in Stone, and private sector funding is expected to be required. 15-Apr-1999
East Riding of Yorkshire Council has approved plans for a leisure and retail development on the outskirts of Bridlington, including garden centre, pottery, and craft units. 15-Apr-1999
Newark & Sherwood District Council is considering plans from consultants John Martin & Associates for the construction of a £2m hotel at a former maltings site in Newark. 15-Apr-1999
Northern Leisure is discussing plans for a reverse takeover by Fife Group, the former engineering company that is seeking to move into the leisure sector. 15-Apr-1999
EasyJet is planning to open a 500-seat internet access centre in London in June under the EasyEverything brand, and additional outlets will be opened later in the year. 15-Apr-1999
Greene King has won permission to build a 40-bed hotel in Basildon, creating 14 jobs. 14-Apr-1999
Fuller Smith & Turner is seeking permission to convert a five-storey building in the Welsh Back area of Bristol into a £7.5m 90-bed hotel. 14-Apr-1999
Aston Villa is to submit plans to Birmingham City Council to spend £18m modernising its football stadium and building a food superstore and industrial estate, with the creation of up to 1,000 jobs. 13-Apr-1999
Brighton & Hove Albion has revealed plans to build a £30m 25,000-seat football stadium at Falmer. 13-Apr-1999
Greenalls has bought Dunston Hall in Norfolk for £16m. 13-Apr-1999
North East Lincolnshire Council is planning to set up a community history museum at the former Welholme Galleries in Grimsby. 12-Apr-1999
Penwith District Council is considering plans for a £5.5m swimming pool and leisure centre in Penzance, and is expected to approach the private sector for funding. 09-Apr-1999
Paramount Hotels has bought the Old Ship Hotel on Brighton seafront in a £5m deal, and plans to invest £2m to improve facilities over the next 18 months. 09-Apr-1999
Chelverton Properties has announced plans for a £35m leisure and retail development at the Kingsway site in Lancaster, including hotel, multiplex cinema, bowling alley, fitness centre, and nightclub. 09-Apr-1999
Swallow has put its estate of 664 tenanted pubs up for sale, and hopes to agree a deal by the time its Sheffield and Sunderland breweries are closed in July. 09-Apr-1999
Littlewoods is to create a further 300 jobs in Warrington and Knowsley in order to expand its telephone-based gambling operation. 08-Apr-1999
Chesterton, the Bristol-based estate agent, is looking to sell a beach at Brean Down Cove near Weston-super-Mare for about £350,000. 08-Apr-1999
Friendly Hotels is planning to double in size and become the UK's largest middle-market chain, and it aims to have 600 hotels across Europe within four years. 08-Apr-1999
Swansea Council is considering plans for a £6m sports and country club in Blackpill, including swimming pool, weight-training, and tennis courts. 08-Apr-1999
West Norfolk Council is being asked to consider plans for a multiplex cinema at the Hardwick Narrows industrial estate near King's Lynn. 08-Apr-1999
Sunderland Museum & Art Gallery is to undergo a £13m refurbishment, and will reopen at the end of next year. 08-Apr-1999
Calcot Hotels is being split into two separate companies - Wyborn Hotels which will run the Calcot Hotel in Reading, and Stone Manor Hotels which will run other trading concerns. 08-Apr-1999
Wiggins is seeking planning permission to build a £50m racecourse at Fairlop Waters in East London. 07-Apr-1999
Hartlepool Borough Council has approved plans from Springhealth Leisure for the construction of a £2.5m gym and health club in Hartlepool, which will create about 90 jobs. 07-Apr-1999
Birmingham City Council is planning to sell the Farmers Gate site next to the National Exhibition Centre, and expects the land to be used for a 250-bedroom hotel. 07-Apr-1999
Havant Borough Council is considering alternative proposals from leisure operators Chris Lane, Next Generation and PowerPlay Supersoccer for the construction of a £11m sports centre at Portsdown Hill. 06-Apr-1999
Scottish Widows has announced plans to build a £6m leisure complex in Scarborough town centre, including multiplex cinema, restaurants and shops. 06-Apr-1999
Allied Domecq has sold 28 Tetley pubs in Yorkshire to Commer Inns, which takes Commer's estate to 75 pubs. 06-Apr-1999
Whitbread is planning a £100m expansion programme for its Pizza Hut chain that will create 100 new stores and 3,500 jobs by 2001. 05-Apr-1999
Chesterfield Properties is considering plans to sell its entertainment division, which includes eight West End theatres and a film and TV distribution business. 05-Apr-1999
Collard Grosvenor, Price Nicholson, and John Taylor International have formed a consortium called Sports Dome 2001, which is bidding to transform the Millennium Dome in Greenwich into the world's largest indoor sporting facility. 03-Apr-1999
Stoke-on-Trent City Council is conducting a feasibility study into a 120-bedroom £8m hotel development in Hanley, which would include conference and leisure facilities. 02-Apr-1999
Stafford Borough Council is to consider a £100m plan from developer St Modwen to restore the historic Trentham Gardens estate, and the plans include holiday lodges, restaurants, pubs, a farm and fishing centre. 02-Apr-1999
The West Midlands Regional Development Agency is planning to set up a £25m food heritage centre in Stafford, which will create 150 jobs and attract 500,000 visitors a year. 01-Apr-1999
The South West Regional Development Agency has taken control of Plymouth's historic Royal William Yard, and will consider a number of options for the development site. 01-Apr-1999
Redditch Council is considering plans for a £35m leisure development next to the Abbey Stadium in Bordesley that will include a swimming pool, indoor tennis, restaurants and multiplex cinema. 01-Apr-1999
Swansea Council has revealed plans for the new £70m National Waterfront Museum which is expected to attract 1.5m visitors a year and create 200 jobs. 01-Apr-1999
Leeds Sporting is diversifying its business with the launch of a training company and a club for horseracing fans. 01-Apr-1999
East Staffordshire Borough Council has approved plans from the Branston Golf and Country Club to build a new 33-acre golf course. 31-Mar-1999
Torbay Council is considering plans from McDonalds and Kentucky Freid Chicken to set up fast food outlets on the outskirts of Paignton, which could lead to the creation of 100 jobs. 31-Mar-1999
The Heritage Lottery Fund has awarded grants worth more than £5.5m to renovate historic sites throughout Scotland. 31-Mar-1999
The Ironbridge Gorge Museum is planning a £6m project to transform former workshops into an engineering museum, having won £4m from the Heritage Lottery Fund. 31-Mar-1999
Belfast City Council is in discussions with a number of unnamed companies about the possibility of setting up a theme park, and council-owned parks are being considered as possible locations. 31-Mar-1999
Clubhaus is planning to acquire more golf clubs over the next few months to add to the existing 19, and is particularly interested in Germany, Spain and Portugal. 31-Mar-1999
Plymouth City Council has given the go-ahead for the commercial development of a four-acre site near Derriford roundabout, and possible uses include a pub, travel lodge, fast food restaurant and car showroom. 30-Mar-1999
Greenalls is planning a £2m refurbishment for the Tramps nightclub in Birmingham, which will lead to the creation of 70 jobs. 30-Mar-1999
William Hill is to launch an internet site based in the Isle of Man that will enable gamblers in Europe and Asia to bet on football and other sports. 30-Mar-1999
Liverpool football club is considering a number of possible refinancing options, including a flotation and the sale of a stake to a media group. 29-Mar-1999
Kuoni, the new company formed from the merger of First Choice and Kuoni Reisen, is looking to expand its European holidays business through joint ventures and co-operation deals rather than acquisitions. 29-Mar-1999
Ladbroke is to change its name to Hilton Group to reflect the increasing emphasis on its hotels business, although the betting shops will retain the Ladbroke name. 27-Mar-1999
Birmingham City Council is to consider plans for the construction of a speedway track at the Birmingham Wheels Park for motor sports in Bordesley Green. 26-Mar-1999
Belgo Group is planning to open new restaurants in cities such as Glasgow, Edinburgh and Oxford, and is also looking to expand its US business through a joint venture with Avado Brands. 26-Mar-1999
Ask Central is planning to open a further 20 pizza restaurants this year to add to the existing 53. 26-Mar-1999
Holmes Place is raising £31m in a rights issue in order to fund health club openings and upgrades. 26-Mar-1999
Northern Leisure is planning to add six dance clubs by the end of April, with one opening each month for the rest of the year. 26-Mar-1999
City Centre Restaurants is planning to open 25 restaurants this year, taking the total to 330. 25-Mar-1999
Stanley Leisure has launched a £80m takeover bid for Capital Corporation, the casino company. 25-Mar-1999
Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council is considering bids from contractors for the construction of a £15m sports and leisure complex next to Bolton Wanderers' football stadium. 25-Mar-1999
Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council is planning to build a £40m music hall in Gateshead, and contractors are being invited to send in prequalification requests. 25-Mar-1999
Kier is expected to win a contract from Castlemore Securities for the construction of a £70m leisure and commercial development in Maidenhead. 25-Mar-1999
The Motorsport Initiative Trust is planning to set up a national exhibition centre for Scottish motor sport at Duns in Berwickshire. 24-Mar-1999
Scarborough Borough Council is considering plans from Evans, the Leeds-based property developer, for a multi-million pound marina and leisure scheme in Whitby. 23-Mar-1999
Scottish Highland Hotels is to build a £1.4m health and leisure club at the Hellaby Hall Hotel in Rotherham, creating 20 jobs. 23-Mar-1999
Airtours is to close its travel sales offices in Darlington, Sunderland and Newcastle, and relocate the operations to a new site at the Royal Quays development in North Shields. 23-Mar-1999
Fife Council is considering plans from the St Andrews International Golf Club for an £18m golf and leisure development on a 500 acre site at Scooniehill. 23-Mar-1999
Regent Inns and SFI have abandoned their merger negotiations as they could not agree on the future prospects for a combined pubs business. 23-Mar-1999
Charterhouse Development Capital is to invest £20m at its Alton Towers theme park over the next four years, which will result in new rides and attractions. 22-Mar-1999
The government has announced that pubs, libraries, colleges and shopping malls will be included in the network of centres for the University for Industry, in an attempt to reduce the number of adults excluded from the education system. 19-Mar-1999
Kingston Council is considering plans from Clearwater Estates for the construction of a £36m entertainment complex, including Odeon cinema, health and fitness club, cafes, shops and bowling. 18-Mar-1999
Whitbread Inns' Hogshead Pub division is investing £0.6m in a new pub in Plymouth city centre, with the creation of 30 jobs. 18-Mar-1999
Regent Inns is planning to open a further 11 Walkabout sports bars this year, following the success of its Birmingham outlet which shows live sport and music. 18-Mar-1999
Waterfall Holdings is seeking to merge its pool bars, nightclubs and bowling business with European Leisure, which could have an impact on European's proposed merger with Allied Leisure. 18-Mar-1999
The National Maritime Museum is to donate exhibits for a new £17m maritime museum that will be set up in Falmouth over the next two years, and 70 jobs will be created. 17-Mar-1999
Tulloch is to build a £10m hotel and conference centre in Inverness, which will create 100 jobs. 17-Mar-1999
Warner Brothers has won approval to build a multiplex cinema in Colchester, as other potential operators have withdrawn from the planning inquiry. 17-Mar-1999
Direct Holidays is to open a customer service support centre in Glasgow in May, with the creation of 150 jobs. 17-Mar-1999
Punch Taverns is considering plans to sell its 1,500 pubs to a rival, in a deal that could value the group at more than £900m. 17-Mar-1999
The government is to contribute £3.6m to Merseyside's £34m NMGM2001 project, which will create ten new visitor attractions at the Liverpool Museum, Walker Art Gallery and the Museum of Liverpool Life. 16-Mar-1999
Bradford Council has received bids from 20 leisure developers interested in buying the Vicar Lane car park, which is seen as a good site for a multiplex cinema. 16-Mar-1999
Invicta Leisure has bought the Humberston Country Club in Cleethorpes, and will invest £0.5m improving the club's facilities. 16-Mar-1999
Torbay Council is to consider plans for the development of a tourist attraction in Goodrington, which will include a wildlife refuge and educate visitors about the natural world. 15-Mar-1999
Scottish & Newcastle is to spend £150m over the next two years on the expansion of its Lodge Inns budget hotels business, its new coffee bar and Italian restaurants, and its chain of City Limits catering establishments. 15-Mar-1999
JD Wetherspoon is selling nine pubs to the Ambishus Pub Company for £4.7m, and is also raising about £80m through the sale and leaseback of 55 pubs. 13-Mar-1999
The government has announced plans to develop parks and playing fields across the country, and £125m of National Lottery grants will be made available. 13-Mar-1999
Uttoxeter Leisure & Development Company is planning a £2.5m development at Uttoxeter racecourse, in order to create a major tourist attraction and 200 jobs. 12-Mar-1999
Thomas Cook is to create an additional 200 jobs at its holiday call centre in Falkirk and 100 jobs at Glasgow Airport, but there will be about 120 job losses in Ayrshire and Clydebank. 12-Mar-1999
Derby City Council has approved plans from the university to set up an £8m exhibition centre for art, and construction work is expected to start next year. 12-Mar-1999
Queens Moat Houses is to add in-house health clubs to four of its 31 UK hotels this year. 12-Mar-1999
Chorion is planning to roll out its Tiger Tiger bar nightclub format with new venues in Birmingham, Leeds and Manchester. 12-Mar-1999
Wembley has finalised a £106m deal to sell the London football stadium to the English National Stadium Development Company, thus clearing the way for the construction of a £250m sports arena. 12-Mar-1999
Leicester City Council is to consider plans from Magnet Property Investments for a £30m leisure, cinema and shopping development on the St George's Tower site in Leicester. 11-Mar-1999
Norwich City Council is considering plans for a new 65-bedroom hotel, as part of the St Anne's Wharf development linking King Street and the Riverside. 11-Mar-1999
Longley has won a £10m contract to build the Ocean Music Venue in Hackney on behalf of the Central Hall Trust. 11-Mar-1999
Glasgow City Council has approved plans from JJ Gallagher for the construction of a £10m hotel in Jamaica Street. 11-Mar-1999
Holmes Place is to spend up to £40m opening another 10 health clubs this year, to add to the existing 26. 11-Mar-1999
Newport council is considering plans from Rafiki Property Company and London & Cardiff Properties for a £10m cinema and retail development in Newport, Wales. 10-Mar-1999
First Choice is in merger talks with Kuoni of Switzerland to create a combined European tour operator with activities in 15 countries. 10-Mar-1999
The Tourist Information Board in Newcastle upon Tyne is planning to relocate from the central library to a new site in the Grainger Town area. 09-Mar-1999
Business Travel, the Gateshead-based supplier of travel services to local companies, is looking for a site in Middlesbrough to expand its operations. 09-Mar-1999
Felixstowe Town Council is seeking to replace the town's crumbling pier with a new one that would feature a variety of tourist attractions. 09-Mar-1999
Brands Hatch Leisure is seeking to acquire some of the 250 karting operators around the country, and may build new circuits in areas such as London's Docklands. 09-Mar-1999
Groupe Chez Gerard is to close the head office of the Richoux cafe chain as part of a new cost-cutting campaign, but will continue with plans to open another eight restaurants by July 2000. 09-Mar-1999
Thomson Travel is acquiring Robert Sibbald Travel Agents, the Scottish chain of 11 travel shops, for £3.5m, and is now looking to expand further into continental Europe. 09-Mar-1999
Loughborough University is planning a £17m expansion of its sports facilities in order to fulfil its role as one of the government's ten regional centres of sporting excellence. 08-Mar-1999
Sheffield United has revealed plans for the £50m redevelopment of its football stadium, and a hotel will be run in partnership with a major operator. 08-Mar-1999
Heron International is acquiring sites in Brussels, Lisbon, Madrid, Milan and Nuremberg, as part of a £1bn plan to set up a chain of Heron City entertainment centres throughout Europe. 08-Mar-1999
The government has invited offers from companies around the world to find a use for the Millennium Dome after the year-long exhibition comes to an end, and property agents say it could be sold for between £50m and £100m. 05-Mar-1999
The Forest Inn pub at Fence near Burnley is planning a £2.5m refurbishment to create a 66-bed hotel with conference and leisure facilities, and 140 jobs could be created. 04-Mar-1999
Gloucester City Council has given Crest Nicholson Properties the go-ahead to build a 106-bedroom Holiday Inn Express hotel at the Quedgeley business park, creating up to 60 jobs. 04-Mar-1999
Hartlepool Borough Council is seeking government approval to set up a multi-million pound National Tall Ships Centre, as part of a development that will include retail, leisure, hotel, office and industrial facilities. 04-Mar-1999
The Octagon Theatre in Bolton is to shed 18 of its 60 jobs as part of a cost-cutting campaign. 04-Mar-1999
HBG has won a £32m contract to refurbish the Hippodrome Theatre in Birmingham, and completion is due in December 2000. 04-Mar-1999
The government is supporting plans for the construction of an extra 10,000 hotel rooms in London, in an effort to reduce prices and attract more visitors. 04-Mar-1999
Ladbroke is planning to relaunch its Easy Play football-based National Lottery game as sales are below expectations. 04-Mar-1999
The Palace of Westminster may be opened up as a tourist attraction during summer 2000, hosting up to 170,000 visitors. 04-Mar-1999
JD Wetherspoon is planning to build one of the country's largest pubs in Plymouth later this year, with the creation of 50 jobs. 03-Mar-1999
Warings Contractors has won a £2.5m contract to build a 78-room Granada Travelodge in Portsmouth, which will create 30 jobs. 03-Mar-1999
Seaquest UK expects to recruit an extra 20 workers to produce a new marine floating system that can support hotels and offices. 03-Mar-1999
The Ministry of Sound nightclub is to set up a £1m venue in Birmingham with the creation of 50 jobs, and other sites are being sought around the country. 02-Mar-1999
First Choice, the tour operator, has received a number of bid approaches, prompting speculation that Preussag of Germany is seeking to build up its UK operations. 02-Mar-1999
Sunderland Football Club has submitted plans to spend £5.5m increasing the size of its stadium by almost 6,000 extra seats. 01-Mar-1999
The government has announced plans to set up a £140m network of sporting centres of excellence, with a headquarters in Sheffield and ten regional centres. 01-Mar-1999
Sheffield Council has started work on the construction of a £35m Millennium Gallery, which will include a museum and winter gardens and will be operated by the city's Museums and Galleries Trust. 01-Mar-1999
JD Wetherspoon is planning to open two new bars in Leeds, having identified suitable properties in The Headrow and Kirkgate. 01-Mar-1999
Greenalls has announced joint ventures with St David's Hotels and Burnden Leisure to expand its chain of De Vere hotels with new sites in Chester and Bolton. 01-Mar-1999
Scottish & Newcastle is to invest £50m opening 90 T&J Bernard pubs in town centres, with the creation of 1,450 jobs. 27-Feb-1999
Newcastle Discovery has announced plans for a £7.5m revamp to transform it into the North East's top museum. 25-Feb-1999
Miller Group and Gregory Properties have won planning permission for a £40m waterfront development in Leeds, including a 195-bedroom hotel and offices. 25-Feb-1999
Portmeirion has won planning permission to set up a £6m visitor centre at its pottery works in Stoke-on-Trent. 25-Feb-1999
Leeds City Council is expected to approve plans for the construction of a luxury hotel and conference centre on the Thorpe Park office development in Leeds, which will create 160 jobs. 25-Feb-1999
Cannons is planning to add another four health clubs this year and seven next year, and has earmarked £40m for acquisitions of small chains of clubs. 25-Feb-1999
Shepherd Construction is expected to win the contract to build a £30m indoor leisure centre on Southport seafront, including a water park, hotel and multiscreen cinema. 25-Feb-1999
Allied Leisure has confirmed that merger discussions are taking place with European Leisure, the snooker and nightclubs group. 24-Feb-1999
BGR is to open four new restaurants this year, under the Bank & Fish format. 23-Feb-1999
Morrison Construction is planning to build a £60m leisure, retail and residential development called Broadway Plaza on the site of the former Birmingham Children's Hospital, creating 700 jobs. 22-Feb-1999
JD Wetherspoon is planning to build a £1m pub in Bridlington with the creation of 25 jobs. 22-Feb-1999
Granada has begun a £50m expansion of its budget chain of Travelodge hotels across London, and a site has been acquired near Liverpool Street station in an attempt to benefit from the shortage of rooms in the City. 22-Feb-1999
Gowrings is to open 21 Burger King restaurants in the Midlands over the next three years. 22-Feb-1999
Berkeley Group has won approval from Portsmouth magistrates to set up 26 bars, cafes and restaurants at the £100m Gunwharf development, and negotiations are underway with potential operators. 19-Feb-1999
Rank Group has sold nightclubs in Stockton on Tees, Birmingham and Newport, Wales, to Midlands-based bar operator Springwood. 19-Feb-1999
Leicester City has won approval to build a £25m 40,000-seater football stadium, due for completion in August 2000. 19-Feb-1999
Granada is planning to build a motel and restaurant at North Weald in Essex, which will create 40 jobs. 18-Feb-1999
Greenalls and Mansfield are to open a new hotel and pub at the Wakefield Europort site this summer, with the creation of 50 jobs. 18-Feb-1999
Capital & Regional Properties is proposing to build a multiplex cinema at Selborne Walk shopping centre in Walthamstow High Street. 18-Feb-1999
Croydon Council is considering plans from developers CDC for the construction of a 10,000 seat arena on the Gateway site, and the scheme will also include a multiplex cinema, hotel, retail units and a supermarket. 18-Feb-1999
Morrison Construction has won a £20m contract to build a leisure complex in Enfield, including a 15-screen cinema. 18-Feb-1999
Modus Properties is in talks with five contractors about the construction of a £35m leisure development in Warrington, including a multiplex cinema and a fitness club. 18-Feb-1999
Bradford council has received four alternative bids to redevelop the Odsal sports stadium, including a £150m proposal from Chelverton Properties and Yorkshire Water Estates. 16-Feb-1999
Nottingham City Council is to conduct a feasibility study into setting up a £12m swimming and sports centre at The Forest Recreation Ground. 16-Feb-1999
Vaux has bought the Four Seasons hotel in Manchester for £17.6m, which will be added to its existing chain of 36 Swallow hotels. 16-Feb-1999
Granada is to open two new motorway service stations at Derby and Doncaster and expand facilities at existing service stations, in a £70m investment that will create 1,500 jobs. 16-Feb-1999
Teesland Group has announced plans to set up a theme park at the abandoned Rosyth navy base in Fife, with the creation of more than 1,000 jobs. 15-Feb-1999
Westminster Council is considering plans from Duke of Saxony Enterprises to convert the In and Out building in Piccadilly into a £150m hotel with 246 bedrooms. 15-Feb-1999
Derby City Council has approved plans for the construction of a £9m leisure and retail complex next to Pride Park Stadium, including a JJB Sports superstore, fast-food outlets, football pitches and roller-hockey pitches. 12-Feb-1999
Leisure Parcs is to shed up to 60 head office jobs in Blackpool as part of a strategy to take a more direct involvement in the operation of its leisure facilities. 12-Feb-1999
Havant Borough Council has lined up two potential leisure operators - Chris Lane and Next Generation - for an £11m sports centre project that will include football, rugby, athletics, swimming and tennis. 11-Feb-1999
North Devon District Council is planning to set up a £12m sports and recreation complex near Barnstaple, including football, tennis, roller-hockey, and a multiplex cinema. 11-Feb-1999
Pubs 'n' Bars is planning to acquire Real Leisure Group and a number of other privately owned pub groups. 11-Feb-1999
Warner Village Cinemas is to open a £6m multiplex cinema in Birkenhead this year, creating up to 70 jobs. 10-Feb-1999
Sunderland Council has won £10m of lottery funding to rebuild the historic Winter Gardens, improve the city's museum and regenerate Mowbray Park. 10-Feb-1999
West Lindsey District Council is considering plans for a £2m leisure development at Nettleton in Lincolnshire, including country club, hotel, bowling, conference facilities and health club. 09-Feb-1999
PizzaExpress is planning to open 40 restaurants a year, creating about 5,000 jobs within five years. 09-Feb-1999
Porter & Haylett of Norfolk has acquired Emerald Star Line, the operator of 200 boats on the Irish waterways, for undisclosed terms. 08-Feb-1999
Fitness First is looking for a site in Derby to open a £1m health club. 08-Feb-1999
Rank Leisure is planning to set up a 10-screen cinema in Gloucester, in a Crest Nicholson development that also includes bars and restaurants and a health and fitness centre. 08-Feb-1999
Stakis has received a takeover approach from Ladbrokes, and it could result in a bid of more than £1bn for the hotels and casinos group. 06-Feb-1999
Fitness First is planning to expand its chain of health and fitness clubs from 27 to 45 this year, and is also looking to buy another business in continental Europe. 05-Feb-1999
South Ribble Council has approved plans from AMEC Developments for a major new retail and leisure development at Bamber Bridge near Preston, which could create up to 1,000 jobs. 04-Feb-1999
Broxtowe Borough Council is considering plans from Geo Akins for a £15m leisure development near Ilkeston, including health club, hotel, restaurant, and country park, and about 100 jobs could be created. 04-Feb-1999
Brighton Racecourse is to undergo a £5m renovation in order to provide new facilities and restore the course to its former glories. 04-Feb-1999
The London Borough of Barnet is planning to build a £14m arts centre at Tally Ho Corner, and companies are being invited to pre-qualify for the contract. 04-Feb-1999
Granada expects to create 2,500 jobs in its roadside catering and Travelodge business this year, as part of a previously-announced expansion plan. 04-Feb-1999
Bass has set up a recruitment hotline on 01332 369300 to recruit 70 staff for a new restaurant being built in Derby's Pride Park. 03-Feb-1999
Highland Council is considering plans for the construction of 120 new holiday homes and chalets at the Aviemore Mountain Resort, as part of a major redevelopment that could cost up to £25m. 03-Feb-1999
Bowey Construction is linking up with Helios Properties and others to plan a £25m leisure scheme in Sunderland, including multiplex cinema and bowling alley, that could create up to 500 jobs. 02-Feb-1999
William Hill is expected to be valued at up to £900m in its forthcoming listing, and has announced plans to expand its chain of 1,500 betting shops by acquiring small businesses. 02-Feb-1999
Regent Inns is planning to start merger discussions with SFI Group, which would create an enlarged pubs company with a market capitalisation of about £260m. 02-Feb-1999
Wakefield Council is considering plans for the construction of a £17m sports village that would include a 10,000-capacity stadium for two local rugby clubs and a 6,000-capacity football stadium. 01-Feb-1999
Birmingham Council has announced plans to restore the city's Town Hall as a concert venue, at a cost of £8.6m. 28-Jan-1999
Leicester City Council is considering plans to build a £25m sports complex by 2002, including a 2,500-seater sports hall and swimming pool. 28-Jan-1999
Allied Domecq is to build a Big Steak Pub in Ryhope, Sunderland, with the creation of 50 jobs. 28-Jan-1999
Sevenoaks District Council is considering plans from Sevenoaks Rugby Club for the construction of a £1.5m ground at Dunton Green. 28-Jan-1999
Cheltenham Borough Council is considering plans from Phoenix Arena to build a 3,000-seat ice rink with an indoor bowls facility. 28-Jan-1999
Whitbread is planning to build a £2.2m Brewers Fayre and Travel Inn in Barnstaple, with the creation of 65 jobs. 28-Jan-1999
Rank Holidays has awarded a £10m contract to Dudley Coles for the construction of a Warner Holidays Hotel at Cricket St Thomas. 28-Jan-1999
Tarmac has won a £21m contract from Manchester City Council to build the Manchester International Convention Centre. 28-Jan-1999
West Somerset District Council is considering plans from Dean & Dyball for the construction of a marina at Watchet. 28-Jan-1999
Whitbread has sold 75 managed pubs to the Alehouse Company for £24m, and most will be converted to tenancies. 28-Jan-1999
Teesfield Developments is planning to build a version of London's Covent Garden in Sheffield, including cafes, bars, shops and a nightclub, at a cost of £11m. 27-Jan-1999
Bass Leisure Retail is planning to convert the historic Titchfield mill in Hampshire into a restaurant and museum, with the creation of 50 jobs. 27-Jan-1999
Swansea City football club has won approval to move to a new 25,000-capacity stadium at a £75m leisure development on the outskirts of the city at Morfa. 27-Jan-1999
Berkeley Group is planning a £100m waterside leisure development in Leeds, in partnership with the Royal Armouries and British Waterways, including hotels, restaurants, arts centre and casino. 27-Jan-1999
Enterprise Inns is considering plans to acquire Inn Business, the chain of 488 pubs. 27-Jan-1999
Bradford Council has won a £2.2m European grant to develop tourism in the city, and the money will go towards the IMAX cinema and a number of other projects. 26-Jan-1999
Regent Inns is planning to open a further 14 pubs this year to add to the existing 83. 26-Jan-1999
English Partnerships is to provide £12m of funding to the Huddersfield Narrow Canal restoration project, and up to 400 new jobs will be created. 25-Jan-1999
The Imperial War Museum is to build a £28m branch in Manchester, and aims to attract 400,000 visitors a year after it opens in 2001. 25-Jan-1999
Thomson Travel has acquired Callers-Pegasus Travel, the chain of 34 travel shops in the north east, for £17m. 25-Jan-1999
The National Maritime Museum in Greenwich is planning a modernisation programme that will include the use of new technology and interactive displays. 25-Jan-1999
Coventry City has been given the go-ahead to build a £120m 45,000-capacity football stadium without the need for a planning inquiry. 23-Jan-1999
Stakis is to invest £119m over the next 18 months in its hotels, casinos and health clubs, creating 850 jobs. 21-Jan-1999
Swansea Council has begun work on a £5m scheme to convert the former Wind Street post office building into a restaurant, bar, and offices, and up to 300 jobs will be created or relocated there. 21-Jan-1999
North Devon District Council is considering plans for the construction of a 221-unit holiday village and leisure complex at Bishops Nympton. 21-Jan-1999
DJ Construction is expected to win a £25m contract from Grayling Sports & Leisure to build a leisure development in Llandudno, including swimming pool, multiplex cinema, health club and restaurants. 21-Jan-1999
The Coliseum Cinema in Morpeth is to be transformed into a private nightclub and entertainment complex. 20-Jan-1999
Butlins is seeking to fill more than 2,200 job vacancies in its Family Entertainment Resorts, following a £139m investment programme at locations in Minehead, Bognor Regis and Skegness. 20-Jan-1999
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