Accor, the world’s leading hotel operator and market leader in Europe, has entered into a franchise agreement with Dominvs Hospitality to open the Mercure Sheffield Parkway hotel. Formerly the Aston Sheffield hotel, the 78-room hotel is located in the heart of the Sheffield Business District, just 4 miles from Sheffield city centre and within a stone’s throw of Meadow Hall … [Read more...]
Marco Pierre White to launch Steakhouse Bar & Grill at Hiltons in London and Cambridge
Marco Pierre White is launching new Steakhouse Bar & Grill restaurants at both Hilton London Syon Park and at the DoubleTree by Hilton, Cambridge this April. Renowned for his no-frills food philosophy, Marco Pierre White will now be tickling West Londoners’ taste buds with his simple yet exquisite cuisine, within the historic 200-acre Syon Park Estate, and serving up … [Read more...]
3,500 jobseekers gain work through new training scheme
A programme designed to help jobseekers into work has succeeded in finding jobs for more than 3,500 people and saving more than £17.5m of public money. The programme is run by the skills and workforce development charity People 1st, and has been operating nationwide since September 2012 with an impressive success rate of getting 53 percent of jobseekers trained into … [Read more...]
B&B businesses to be ideal home for pension windfalls?
Simon Wells, hotels analyst at Colliers International, believes the chancellor’s announcement freeing up pension pots could further stimulate the UK B&B market as fifty somethings look for a safe long term investment – as well as a good work life balance – running a British B&B. Simon says: “Chancellor George Osborne has presented fifty somethings with a golden … [Read more...]
Telford’s Southwater opens with hotel then restaurants
Telford & Wrekin Council is now able to announce more details of the phased opening of the £250m Southwater development – which is transforming the skyline of the town centre, and is close to completion in the town centre. Starting with Premier Inn In April and May the first buildings to open will be the Premier Inn and the multi storey car park with space for over 600 … [Read more...]