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Monthly Archives: January 2015

Countryside is GREAT

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, January 29, 2015 — Tourism

Helen Grant is the Minister for Sport and Tourism

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I don’t know about you, but I’ve always thought that we were pretty well blessed here in the UK when it comes to countryside and natural landscapes.  The Jurassic Coastline in the west country, the wild beauty of the Scottish Highlands, Snowdonia’s splendour, the mysteries of the Giants’ Causeway in Northern Ireland and the richness…
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Inspiring Women into Sport

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, January 28, 2015 — Sport

Helen Grant is the Minister for Sport and Tourism

Let’s be clear: you don’t have to be sporty to work in sport.  If football is your passion, you don’t need to have played a season or two in the Premiership to land a really good job in the sport.  And you don’t need to be able to cover 100 metres in under ten seconds…
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Coast Communities Fund boosts North East seaside resort

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, January 27, 2015 — Tourism

North Tyneside has benefitted from over £5m from the Coastal Community Fund, including more than £4 million towards developments in the seaside town of Whitley Bay. Patrick Melia, North Tyneside Council’s Chief Executive, explains what this means for the community: This latest news of an further £2 million for North Tyneside from the Coastal Community Fund…
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Creative England three years on

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, January 23, 2015 — Media, broadband and creative industries

Following on from the inaugural Creative England Live – an event in Central London to showcase and celebrate the regionally based businesses and individuals who we believe are highly innovative, supremely creative, and that undoubtedly have the potential to grow in scale and shape the future of their industry, Caroline Norbury CEO of Creative England…
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Home turf

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, January 21, 2015 — Sport

Ed Clancy
Olympic Cycling Champion and Team GB rider Ed Clancy shares his excitement about the inaugural Tour de Yorkshire route announced today. The Tour de France coming to this country in 2014 was incredible and I still can’t quite believe the sheer number of fans that turned out on the roadside to watch the world’s biggest bike…
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Tour de Yorkshire

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, — Sport

2 x Olympic Gold Medalist. 5 x World Champion. Rides for Team JLT Condor.
As details of the Tour de Yorkshire route are revealed, British Cycling president Bob Howden looks at the benefits the race will bring to cycling and Yorkshire tourism. This time 12 months ago planning was in full swing as Yorkshire prepared to welcome the greatest bike race in the world to the region for The Grand…
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My creative path

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, January 20, 2015 — Media, broadband and creative industries

It’s important to know your industry before you begin to work in it. Without experience how can you hope to succeed? I run Chloé Nelkin Consulting which specialises in bespoke PR services in art, theatre and opera. We’re really passionate about the arts and that’s why we strive to communicate the importance of culture to…
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Protecting a cats’ home, and preserving our aural heritage

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, January 16, 2015 — Culture

Ed Vaizey was appointed Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Culture, Communications and Creative Industries in May 2010 and promoted to Minister of State for Culture and Digital Industries in 2014.

Earlier this week I had the chance to go to a place in London that I hadn’t visited before; a place with a reputation for being something of a national treasure but, at the same time, one that I suspect very few people would recognise from a photograph. A brilliant institution The place – Battersea…
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