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Government backs new Stonehenge plans
BY Pete Hayman | 14 May 2009
A new £25m visitor centre is set to be built at Stonehenge in Wiltshire after a scheme to revitalise the World Heritage Site was provisionally given the green light by the government.
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Beetles threaten Uffizi collection
BY Tom Walker | 14 May 2009
A colony of common furniture beetles has infested a large number of paintings and pieces of art at the Uffizi gallery of art in Florence, Italy.
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Southern Star rekindles Six Flags bid
BY Tom Walker | 12 May 2009
Southern Star, a company set up to take over and operate the Six Flags New Orleans theme park, has restarted its efforts to secure a deal for the park.
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New attractions for Tokyo Disneyland
BY Tom Walker | 12 May 2009
Disney will open two new attractions at its Tokyo
theme park. The first of the two, a Y2bn (US$21m,
£14m, 15m euro) walkthrough attraction, will be
located inside the Cinderella Castle in park’s
Fantasyland zone and will open in time for the
2011 season.
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2009 Art Fund Prize shortlist unveiled
BY Pete Hayman | 08 May 2009
Four museums and galleries have been shortlisted for the 2009 Art Fund Prize, one of the UK's largest arts prizes, which aims to recognise the most innovative cultural schemes at venues across Britain.
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Historic garden reopens at Kenilworth Castle
BY Pete Hayman | 05 May 2009
A historic garden at Kenilworth Castle in Warwickshire, which was originally designed by Robert Dudley, earl of Leicester, in a bid to impress Queen Elizabeth I, has been reopened by English Heritage (EH).
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Jewellery museum expands
BY Tom Walker | 01 May 2009
The Museum of the Jewellery Quarter in Birmingham has undergone a £330,000 revamp which has added more than 753sq ft (70sq m) of new exhibition space to the attraction.
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Merlin reports continued growth
BY Pete Hayman | 27 Apr 2009
Merlin Entertainments, UK-based owner of Legoland, Alton Towers and The London Dungeon, has reported a 37 per cent increase in revenue during 2008.
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UK landscapes in line for HLF cash
BY Pete Hayman | 27 Apr 2009
Six rural regeneration and landscape conservation schemes across the UK are in line for a major funding boost after receiving first round passes worth £7.9m from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF).
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Trust in bid to save Portsmouth museum
BY Pete Hayman | 23 Apr 2009
Final negotiations are taking place between Gosport Borough Council (GBC) and Portsmouth Naval Base Property Trust in a bid to secure the future of a naval museum at Priddy's Hard, Hampshire.
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New amphitheater planned for New York's Coney Island
BY Caroline Wilkinson | 22 Apr 2009
A US$46.7m (£31.8,€35.9) amphitheater is to be built at the nine-acre Asser Levy Park in Brooklyn, New York, US, as part of the regeneration of Coney Island – a former resort and amusement park site.
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Hard Rock Park changes name
BY Tom Walker | 20 Apr 2009
The new owners of the beleaguered Hard Rock theme park in Myrtle Beach, US, have changed the park's name to Freestyle Music Park, as part of efforts to revitalise the US$400m (£267.6m, 287.4m euro) attraction.
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Safari Parks opens new outdoor arena
BY Tom Walker | 20 Apr 2009
West Midland Safari Park (WMSP) has opened a new £1m outdoor arena and sea lion show at its Seaquarium site in Rhyl, Wales.
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Stanwick Lakes unveils new visitor centre
BY Pete Hayman | 20 Apr 2009
A new £2.2m visitor centre has opened at the Stanwick Lakes countryside attraction and nature reserve near Higham Ferrers, Northamptonshire, as part of a two-phase project at the site.
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Science North's grants upped
BY Tom Walker | 20 Apr 2009
The government of Ontario is to double the funding of the Science North science centre in Sudbury, Ontario, Canada.
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£700,000 boost for Discover Greenwich
BY Pete Hayman | 20 Apr 2009
A funding gap in plans for a major new tourist attraction dedicated to the maritime heritage of Greenwich, south east London, has been filled after the DCMS pledged £700,000 towards the scheme.
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Taylor Made Designs
Founded in 1993, Taylor Made
Designs supply corporate clothing
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ProSlide Technology, Inc.
A former national ski team racer, ProSlide® CEO
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Alterface
Alterface’s Creative Division team is
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Simworx Ltd
The company was initially established
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