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15 Oct 2001
Glasgow's City Arts Centre Re-opens
Glasgow's Centre for Contemporary Arts (CCA) re-opens next week after a £10.5m revamp. The redeveloped venue, designed by architect David Page of Page and Park, now has six different performance spaces for arts events and club nights, plus a café, bar and bookshop. Morag Hendry, The CCA's head of marketing and development, said: We acquired four new buildings which have been pulled together to create one big
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15 Oct 2001
New Development on the Banks of Loch Lomond
A new £60 million public/private leisure and retail development, situated at the southern end of Loch Lomond in west Scotland, is set to open next spring. Loch Lomond Shores will feature a castle-styled visitor centre with a top-floor viewing gallery, a National Park orientation and a 65,000 sq. ft gallery offering a range of shops and restaurants, all set among 100 acres of woodland and countryside. The
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15 Oct 2001
New Lease of Life for the Roundhouse
The Heritage Lottery Fund has earmarked £2.42m for the restoration of the Roundhouse in Camden. The Roundhouse, a Grade II listed building, has fallen into disrepair since it closed in 1983. The Lottery Fund money will help to turn the old Victorian railway shed, built in 1846, into an adaptable performance space and creative education centre. Major redevelopment work will take place on the building and
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15 Oct 2001
Wedgwood Story Wins Tourism Award
Wedgwood's £4.5 million-visitor attraction The Wedgwood Story has won an award in the 2001 Excellence in Tourism Awards. The one-year-old visitor centre was voted 'best attraction drawing more than 100,000 visitors' in the awards, organised by the Heart of England Tourist Board. The Wedgwood Story has attracted more than 100, 000 visitors since January, and incorporates a tour of the factory floor
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10 Oct 2001
Development of Pembrey Country Park
New proposals have been unveiled by Carmarthenshire County Council for extensive development in the Pembrey Country Park, West Wales. Plans include a new, all-weather visitor centre and the refurbishment of the existing restaurant and campsite. The authors of the development brief want to see a greater emphasis placed on a wildlife and conservation area and propose more walks and trails, as well as a new lake
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9 Oct 2001
Sport and Leisure Mix with Nature in Greater Manchester
Plans are underway for a new 700 hectare recreation and tourism facility in the heart of Salford. Salford Forest Park will provide opportunities for recreational, sporting and leisure activities while ensuring protection of the countryside and wildlife. Peel Holdings, who also own the Manchester Ship Canal Company and the Trafford Centre, will develop existing woodland and countryside to create the Salford
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8 Oct 2001
New resort to regenerate Skegness
Plans have been announced for a multi-million pound facelift for the Skegness seafront. John Woodward, the founder and chairman of Lincolnshire-based leisure developers Blue Anchor Leisure, has announced plans for a retail and leisure project that will transform a prime site which is currently a car park. The plans are for a period promenade development with retail units in keeping with the resorts
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8 Oct 2001
New strategy to solve hospitality staffing problems
A new programme has been launched to solve the problems of recruitment, retention and skills shortages in the hospitality industry. The hospitality industry employs 1.8m people in the UK, representing £21.5bn in tax revenue to the Treasury, and is predicted to create 310,000 new jobs by 2009. But the industry has problems recruiting and retaining staff. The aim of the Workforce Development Plan, launched by
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3 Oct 2001
Wales to host 2010 Ryder Cup
The award winning Celtic Manor Resort near Newport, Wales, will host the 2010 Ryder Cup. The resort fought off stiff competition from venues such as Gleneagles in Scotland to win the two-yearly golf tournament between European and US teams. The bid benefited from the support of politicians in the National Assembly led by First Minister, Rhodri Morgan, Minister for Sport, Jenny Randerson as well as the Welsh
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3 Oct 2001
Hunt for European Capital of Culture
The hunt for the UK's European Capital of Culture 2008 gets underway as Culture Secretary Tessa Jowell establishes an independent panel to help the government choose the UK's nomination. The Secretary of State is looking for people to assess applications and ensure that the city which wins the honour has the potential to put on an outstanding programme during the year. Cities across the UK have six months to
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3 Oct 2001
Man's best friend is saved
The future of the Dog of Alcibiades, the Roman marble sculpture of a Greek Molossian dog at the British Museum, is secure thanks to a grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund. The grant of £362,000 was made following the recent £100,000 donation from the National Arts Collections Fund which brought the funds raised to almost the halfway. This latest donation means that the three foot sculpture dating from the 2nd
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28 Sep 2001
New best practice forum launched
A new best practice forum has been launched to improve the competitiveness of the UK's tourism, hospitality and leisure industries. Launched by Tourism Minister Kim Howells, the forum - Profit through Productivity - aims to create a world class tourism, hospitality and leisure industry through the recruitment, retention and motivation of staff and the provision of unbeatable, value for money services. The
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28 Sep 2001
Changes recommended to improve ride safety
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has recommended changes to improve ride safety in fairgrounds and amusement after a year long review of the current procedures. Commissioned after five fatalities and a series of serious accidents at fairground and theme parks, the HSE's Review of Fairground Safety examined the current safety regime to make recommendations on issues needing further development. The
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