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The Linen Group - Fresher than ever 25 years on

The Linen Group – one of the most experienced companies operating in the speciality linen hire and laundry sectors – celebrates 25 years in the industry with the launch of its new website. The Manchester-based business has been operating since 1987, successfully servicing the most demanding linen requirements of the hospitality and leisure industries across the [...]

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Regional hotels outperform London in February

By Kat Barns
date 2012-04-02 comment Comments (0)
Regional hotels bucked recent trends by outperforming their London peers in February for the first time since August 2009, according
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VisitEngland Launches Biggest Ever Domestic Tourism Marketing Campaign with Thousands of Special Offers

By Shaun Turner
date 2012-03-08 comment Comments (0)
VisitEngland, the national tourist board together with the Rt Hon Jeremy Hunt, Secretary of State for Culture Media,
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City’s annual tourism spend rises

By Shaun Turner
date 2012-03-06 comment Comments (0)
Tourism was worth £5.8bn to the Greater Manchester economy in 2011, up 7.8% on 2010, according to new research. There were
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Restaurant insolvencies jumped in 2011

By Kat Barns
date 2012-02-16 comment Comments (0)
Restaurant insolvencies jumped by nearly a third in the last quarter of 2011, with nearly 200 companies going bust, research
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Strong branding drives global revpar growth of 6.2% for IHG

By Shaun Turner
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Strong branding helped deliver a 6.2% growth in revenue per available room (revpar) for InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG), according to
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Croston Mill Hotel owner in administration

By Kat Barns
date 2012-01-27 comment Comments (0)
The owner of the Mill Hotel in Croston, Lancashire, has gone into administration. John Whitfield of Duff & Phelps was appointed
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Robert Cook in job swap as new chief executive of De Vere Village

By Kat Barns
date 2012-01-16 comment Comments (0)
Robert Cook has been appointed as chief executive of De Vere Village to expand the group of 26 new-build hotels
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Like-for-like sales leap 13% for restaurants at Salford’s Lowry Outlet Mall

By Kat Barns
date 2012-01-09 comment Comments (0)
Plaza restaurants at Salford’s Lowry Outlet Mall have seen like-for-like sales leap by 13% in 12 months, helped by the
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Restaurants show signs of discount addiction

By Kat Barns
date 2012-01-05 comment Comments (0)
Deloitte has raised concerns that some restaurant operators are becoming reliant on discount vouchers, after research in the company’s Taste
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SBG Restaurants ‘shell-out’ for Livebait Manchester.

By Shaun Turner
date 2011-11-28 comment Comments (0)
Richard Muir, director if SBG Restaurants has recently acquired the successful Manchester City Centre restaurant, Livebait. The restaurant which currently turns
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