A tour guide operator has successfully launched its own app and grown its commercial offering by 15% after receiving support from DigitalBoost, Scotland’s national digital upskilling programme, delivered by Business Gateway. Based in Aberdeenshire, Grampian Escapes and Tours offers single day food tours in the city of Aberdeen and other tours around the North East of Scotland, combining […]
Virgin Money has partnered with Edinburgh based golf company, Shot Scope, providing a funding package of £1.5m to help the company scale internationally. Shot Scope, a leading manufacturer of golf improvement technology provides wearable, global positioning, laser and shot tracking devices designed to aid decision making and improve golf performance. On average golfers of all […]
Woodlands Glencoe is a family-run tourism business based in Ballachulish, Argyll, Scotland and was named UK Small Business of the Year at the Federation of Small Businesses’ (FSB) annual Celebrating Small Business Awards in May. Established in 2009, and located on the mouth of Loch Leven, the Highland estate has been transformed by the Young […]
A mountain bike business has achieved a 50% surge in bookings compared to last year by employing skills developed through DigitalBoost, Business Gateway’s national digital upskilling programme. Based in Aberdeenshire, nestled between Deeside, Donside and the Cairngorms National Park, Ride in Peace Adventures (RIPA) offers high-quality mountain bike coaching, guiding, and riding adventure. With a […]
Kidspace Adventure Holdings (KAHL) has begun construction of its fourth site and second Hobbledown adventure park, located on over 100 acres in Hounslow Heath, London. After a £13m investment, Hobbledown West London is due to open in the Summer of 2022 and will feature a range of indoor and outdoor adventure play that will be […]
Specialist business property adviser, Christie & Co, has today launched its mid-year review of the UK hotel market, reflecting on activity, trends and challenges in the first half of 2021. The review also shares the results of Christie & Co’s latest operator sentiment survey, providing an outlook for the sector and business operations in the […]
CaixaBank has financed the RIU Group for the acquisition of 49% of 19 hotels, owned by the tour operator TUI, which operate under the RIU Hotels & Resorts brand, and for the development of new business projects. Thanks to this loan of 825 million euros of capital, the hotel group will have the liquidity needed […]
June saw the output of UK hospitality businesses grow at the fastest rate in nine years, as more consumers took advantage of lockdown-easing, according to the Lloyds Bank Recovery Tracker. The tourism and recreation (63.1) sector recorded its strongest output growth since January 2012. Prior to April 2021, the sector’s output had fallen every month […]
Global Motion Ltd, industry leaders in delivering time-critical events for the music and entertainment industries, has been supported with a £2m working capital funding package by leading alternative finance provider to mid-sized SMEs, ThinCats. Established in 2003 by MD, Adam Hatton, Global Motion offers services in the event transport and tour logistics space; from air, […]
The arts, entertainment and recreation industry reported that 57% of businesses are experiencing a decrease in turnover compared with normal levels for this time of year (late June 2021). The arts, entertainment and recreation industry continue to report the highest proportion of its workforce on furlough leave, at 15%. The arts, entertainment and recreation industry, […]
