Incentive & Motivation

You would have to look long and hard to find flat caps and cobbles in the Northeast today… Once the industrial centres of northern England with a proud tradition of ship building, coal mining and heavy industry, Newcastle and Gateshead have today found a new identity. Partly due to economic circumstance and partly thanks to [...]

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Plans are underway to establish an All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) to represent the events industry in Parliament. The move follows a  successful reception at the House of Commons organised by the Business Visits & Events Partnership in October, which was attended by Members of Parliament and Peers from the House of Lords. The new Parliamentary [...]

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Integrating support for businesses into the tourist budget is helping Visit Cheshire & Chester meet the needs of venues and customers more effectively What has 578 meeting rooms, 67 golf courses and 62 rhinos? The answer, for the 2010 summer season at least, is Chester. The historic English city has located the 6ft statues at [...]

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With its rich history, variet terrain, and easy accessibility, Wales offers something for everyone. Here, we offer our top five venues for corporate hire. Celtic Manor Resort Host venue for the Ryder Cup in 2010, the Celtic Manor Resort offers not only three championship golf courses, but also two luxury spas, and a range of [...]

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The UK’s leading DIY retailer has had a busy year, but the focus has always been on improvement. B&Q’s Arun Glendinning tells Anna Czerny all about it. You could say 2009 has been a good year for B&Q. Not only has UK retailer seen its profits double in the past 12 months to £58 million, [...]

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Offering history, excitement, and culture, London’s venues are a reflection of everything that is wonderful about the capital. Here we offer our top five picks for corporate entertaining The London Eye Although barely a decade old, The Eye has become a world-famous London landmark, as much a part of the city’s skyline as St. Paul’s [...]

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Scotland offers a huge choice of business venues, with a proud heritage which adds real value for delegates to meetings and conferences. The heritage and culture of Scotland make it a popular destination both for visitors from eleswhere in the UK and from around the world. However, iconic images such as tartan, whisky, haggis and [...]

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The Bourne Collection venue consortium is campaigning to bring back the business lunch at its Cheyne Walk Brasserie venue in Chelsea. To help encournage ai trend for business meetings to be held in restaurants rather than meeting rooms, Cheyne Walk is offering all delegates booking a business working lunch a complimentary cocktail on arrival as [...]

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The team which launched the Audi Quattro rooms in West London last year is to take over the management of central London events space Mayfair Audi. The Audi Quattro rooms team, headed up by commercial manager Charlotte Reeves, formerly director of corporate relations at Somerset House and chairman of Unique Venues of London, will take [...]

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QHotels has spent more than £1.1m to keep its products at the forefront of the meetings market. The investment programme covers The Queens in Leeds, Chesford Grange in Warwickshire, Stratford Manor in Stratford-upon-Avon and Tankersley Manor near Sheffield. At the iconic Queens in Leeds, £500,000 has been invested to develop a dedicated executive floor. The [...]

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