RFU launches new grass roots initiative
The Rugby Football Union (RFU) has launched the world's largest rugby union grass roots initiative in partnership with HSBC bank.
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Wetlands to benefit from Natural England funding boost
Wetlands in Devon, Hull, West Cornwall and Cumbria are to be among recipients of a major funding project announced by Natural England. more
Luxury new facility for Tróia Design Hotel
A large new 12,916sq ft (1,200sq m) spa is due to open within Portugal’s Tróia Design Hotel in January 2009.
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09 Oct 2008
Terranea resort and spa to launch in June 2009
Work on the US$450m (326m euro, £221m) Terranea resort and spa in Rancho Palos Verdes, US, is on schedule with the property due to launch in June 2009.
09 Oct 2008
Neckar Island menu expansion
The Bali Leha spa at Neckar Island has extended its offering with the addition of a range of treatments from Italian skincare company Gerard’s and the Indonesian Secrets spa line.
09 Oct 2008
Business groups say 0.5 per cent cut is not enough
Despite a welcomed half point interest rate reduction by the Bank of England, business groups are calling for rates to be lowered even further to alleviate the dangers of a major downturn.
09 Oct 2008
New sports village for Bicester Cherwell District Council has approved plans for a new 17-hectare (42-acre) outdoor sports complex in Bicester, Oxfordshire.
09 Oct 2008
New future for Broxbourne pool site? The former Lee Valley Leisure Pool in Broxbourne, Hertfordshire, is set to be transformed under plans for a new leisure development drawn up by the local authority.
09 Oct 2008
Hospitality industry losing too many graduates The hospitality industry is losing too many degree-level graduates and is in a "state of ignorance" when it comes to the number of students that enter the industry said Bob Cotton, chief executive of the British Hospitality Association.
09 Oct 2008
Cold War Park planned for Bicester A public inquiry has begun into the redevelopment of one of the largest US Air Force bases in Europe used during the Cold War, at Upper Heyford near Bicester, in Oxfordshire.
09 Oct 2008
ECB to roll-out Howzat! initiative The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) has announced that it is to expand its Howzat! initiative as part of a bid to improve cricket coaching in schools.
