The VisitEngland Awards for Excellence campaign for 2015 has started! The new-look VisitEngland Awards for Excellence website is now ready and waiting to take applications from the best tourism businesses and support organisations across England. Kicking off in style There’s so much to look forward to in 2015, not least the Rugby World Cup generating lots of overnight … [Read more...]
Union Hanover plans destination Edinburgh hotel
Union Hanover has submitted plans for a £35m water-side hotel in central Edinburgh which it says will define the brand for its Urban Villa concept. The 180-unit hotel on Freer Street at Fountainbridge by the Union Canal Basin, consists of studios, one bed-rooms and four luxury roof top penthouses and is designed by award winning New York-based architect Grzywinski + Pons in … [Read more...]
Tulse Hill Hotel transforms
This November sees the launch of South London landmark The Tulse Hill Hotel (150 Norwood Road, SE24 9AY), housed in a beautiful early Victorian period building that dates back to 1840 when it was originally the Tulse Hill Tavern. The boutique hotel will boast nine unique and beautifully appointed bedrooms as well as a restaurant, private dining room seating up to 14 people, … [Read more...]
Fairtrade turns 20 as UK sales exceed £1.7 billion
Twenty years ago, the FAIRTRADE Mark appeared on just three products: Green & Black’s Maya Gold chocolate, Cafedirect medium roast coffee, and Clipper tea. Today, the FAIRTRADE Mark is the most widely-known ethical label in the world and UK shoppers can now choose from over 4,500 Fairtrade products including tea, coffee, cocoa, chocolate, bananas, sugar, cotton, gold … [Read more...]
Business Rates – multiplier needs to be frozen now
With today’s RPI inflation figures pointing to a £15 million rise in the business rates bill for community pubs, the British Beer & Pub Association has called for a freeze in the business rates multiplier in the Autumn Statement, to safeguard the future of many much loved locals. The businesses rates multiplier is used to calculate rates increases, each year, and is … [Read more...]