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British Museum hosts Terracotta Army
BY Helen Patenall | 09 Feb 2007
The British Museum in London will host a loan exhibition from the Museum of the Terracotta Army and the Shaanxi Cultural Relics Bureau in Xi’an, China, in September.
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London attractions bounce back
BY Helen Patenall | 08 Feb 2007
Visit London has published the results of its 2006 London Attraction Monitor, which surveys the popularity trends of attractions in the capital.
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Hastings visitor centre set to open
BY Helen Patenall | 06 Feb 2007
English Heritage will open the new £2.3m visitor centre at Battle Abbey and Battlefield in Hastings on 9 February.
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England Rocks! campaign launched
06 Feb 2007
Enjoy England, the domestic marketing division of VisitBritain, has launched a new campaign to promote sites across the country linked to England’s rock and pop heritage.
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Gulbenkian nominees announced
BY Helen Patenall | 05 Feb 2007
The 10 UK museums and galleries selected for the Gulbenkian Prize for Museum of the Year 2007 long list have been announced.
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Plans for Sherwood Forest development revealed
BY Helen Patenall | 05 Feb 2007
Sherwood: The Living Legend has appointed London-based architects Make to design and build a proposed visitor complex – called The Tree – featuring walkways at Sherwood Forest, Nottinghamshire.
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£14.2m MIMA opens
31 Jan 2007
The £14.2m Middlesborough Institute of Modern Art (MIMA) has officially opened.
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Brockholes Wetland to be restored
BY Helen Patenall | 31 Jan 2007
Lancashire Wildlife Trust is set to start work on Brockholes Wetland – a former gravel extraction site near Preston.
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South Lakes launches sat nav guide
BY Helen Patenall | 31 Jan 2007
South Lakes Tourism Action Group and Cumbria Tourism have teamed up to launch a sat nav aide for coach drivers and group tour operators visiting the area.
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Model Mania exhibit to expand
BY Helen Patenall | 30 Jan 2007
Locomotion: the National Railway Museum in Shildon is expanding its traditional Model Mania event on 11–12 August.
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NMS granted £32m towards Royal Museum revamp
BY Helen Patenall | 29 Jan 2007
National Museums Scotland (NMS) has secured a further £32m to help fund its proposed revamp of the Royal Museum on Chambers Street in Edinburgh.
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Tussauds in £38m US expansion
29 Jan 2007
The Tussauds Group, the UK company that owns Alton Towers and Thorpe Park, is to open two new waxwork museums in the US as part of its international expansion programme.
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Candover takes over Parques Reunidos
BY Tom Walker | 26 Jan 2007
UK-based private equity firm Candover has acquired Spanish theme park operator Parques Reunidos in a deal believed to be worth more than 900m euro (£590m, US$1.1bn).
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£24m funding boost for heritage projects
BY Tom Walker | 25 Jan 2007
The Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) has awarded grants totalling £24m for three major heritage projects in Liverpool, Kent and Ayrshire.
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March 2007 opening for BFI Southbank
BY Sarah Todd | 23 Jan 2007
The British Film Institute (BFI) has announced it will unveil the £4.5m refurbished National Film Theatre in March 2007.
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£3m coaster for Adventure Island
17 Jan 2007
The Adventure Island theme park in Southend-on-Sea, UK, is to unveil its new £3m rollercoaster by February half term.
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Holovis
Holovis is a privately owned company
established in 2004 by CEO Stuart
Hetherington. [more...] |
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Clip 'n Climb
Clip ‘n Climb currently offers facility owners and
investors more than 40 colourful and unique
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Simworx Ltd
The company was initially established
in 1997. Terry Monkton and Andrew
Roberts are the key stakeh [more...] |
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TechnoAlpin Indoor
TechnoAlpin is the world leader for snowmaking systems. With the Indoor snow division, TechnoAlpin c [more...] |
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