Leisure Business News - Dogs are a man s best friend. We spend most of our time with our four-legged friends, might let them sleep on our beds, and spend quality time together when we go for walks.

Leisure Business News - A new holiday complex in County Durham would contribute significantly to the millions of pounds pumped annually into the local economy if it gets the planning green light.

Leisure Business News - The Parkmore Hotel has experienced a flurry of enquiries for new and existing wedding bookings following the government s lifting of restrictions on the number of guests at ceremonies.

Leisure Business News - With the COVID-19 pandemic forcing us into multiple lockdowns, hiking became the go-to hobby for many of us throughout 2020. Although walking isn t everyone s preferred choice of activity, the last year left us no other option but to make some compromises with how we spend our time.

Leisure Business News - A new family extravaganza is coming to West Sussex this summer. Organisers have chosen the South of England Showground in Ardingly as the first location for its new Labyrinth Challenge Summer XL attraction as large scale events get ready to return.

Leisure Business News - Tyneside Golf Club has welcomed members back to the North East s oldest inland course and is keeping them connected thanks to an investment in fibre broadband. The Ryton-based club, which upgraded to the latest fibre broadband technology, faced a deluge of enquiries from golfers eager to return to the greens following successive lockdowns.

Leisure Business News - One of Cumbria s top tourist attractions has welcomed back visitors as lockdown is eased with a revamp overseen by Frank Whittle Partnership FWP . The architecture, design and masterplanning practice has provided its full range of services for the comprehensive internal remodelling of Rheged, near Penrith.

Leisure Business News - Camping and caravanning is one of the most popular staycations in the UK. In fact, over 9 million trips were made to popular sites across the four nations in 2019, with that figure hopefully getting back to normal once restrictions are eased.

Leisure Business News - Despite lockdown restrictions easing and the swapping of Saturday nights in for Saturday nights out, Cozi Hoodie sales are still increasing. Driven by the boom in outdoor hospitality and chilly UK weather, the in-demand giant wearable blankets are a saviour for outdoor socialising this summer.

Leisure Business News - A micro wedding is defined as a wedding with fewer than twenty guests. These weddings are considered to be a more intimate form of celebration, often with a shorter running time, a smaller budget, and a more relaxed atmosphere.

Leisure Business News - Over the last twelve months, queuing for basics has become as much a part of our routine as face masks and hand sanitiser. At the height of lockdown, it was common to see long queues winding around a supermarket car park, and where our pre-pandemic selves would have run away to another shop at the sight of such a queue, nowadays, we wait patiently in line.

Leisure Business News - 90,000 sq. ft of rides for 12-day event The UK s biggest indoor funfair is coming back to Liverpool later this year and this time it s even larger and visiting the city for longer. More than 25 rides and inflatables will feature across the full 90,000 sq. ft of space at Exhibition Centre Liverpool for the 12-day event in August.

Leisure Business News - Football-mad businessman Rob Burkitt has temporarily switched his allegiance to support Newton Abbot RFC. The 34-year-old, who is on the board of Torquay United Supporters Trust, has signed up to have his oven cleaning service Ovenu Newton Abbot featured on a pitchside board.

Leisure Business News - Duncan Bannatyne is predicting that the UK staycation is here to stay with his hotels experiencing a significant rise in bookings.

Leisure Business News - 2020 will go down in the history books as the year we stayed home Between lockdown restrictions and furlough pay, our time has been stretched to its limits looking for new hobbies and activities to end our new-found nine-to-five sofa routine. But while we ve been confined to our own homes, for many the desire to fix-up and mop-up our living spaces has been overwhelming.

Leisure Business News - Bannatyne Health Clubs across England, Scotland and Wales are celebrating the return of indoor group exercise classes, alongside the reopening of sauna and steam rooms when lockdown restrictions ease further on May 17th.

Leisure Business News - The Mayor of Preston is opening a new permanent indoor inflatable park next week which is the biggest attraction of its kind in the North West. Jump Maniax is a 250,000 COVID-secure arena, off Mercer Street near the city centre, which is set to open next Monday 17th when the latest phase of government restrictions are lifted.

Leisure Business News - Here, we decided to look into which decade different regions in the UK are missing the most in terms of music and fashion with Google search data from 1st February 2020 to 31st January 2021. Fashion is forever Fashion is always being recycled.

Leisure Business News - At the height of the pandemic, many Hackney drivers, who are self employed, were unable to continue trading as fare bookings plummeted to an all time low. Now, there is a sudden surge in bookings since the shops have reopened, with operators reporting bookings up to 60 higher than pre-covid.