MORE than £6m has been invested in three Dorset holiday parks ahead of the 2021 season. Parkdean Resorts has invested heavily in its Dorchester, West Bay and Poole resorts as part of an overall spend of £70m across the holiday park operator s business nationwide. At Warmwell, near Crossways, £2.5m has been invested to refurbish more than 60 chalets, introduce new luxury lodges, and to create a new ski lodge with an outside viewing area of the dry ski slope. At West Bay, £400,000 has been spent on refurbishing the bar and restaurant and creating a new outdoor seating area for alfresco dining.
West Bay Holiday Park
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Noble High students named winners in academic competition
Four Noble High School students are winners in the Academic World Quest competition by the World Affairs Council. Team members Sofia Dillon, Sage Study, Ryan Menter and team captain Rain Bugado now move on to represent Maine in the national competition in April.
The first ever regional, virtual Academic World Quest competition was organized in collaboration with seven sister councils of the World Affairs Council of Maine. Twenty-six teams slogged through 100 questions detailing everything from the future of the U.S. Foreign Service, to the International Labor Organization and Uzbekistan.
Martin Luther King Magnet School in Tennessee and Eastern Valley High School in Illinois won top honors, and will receive scholarships for CIEE’s High School Global Navigator summer programs. Maine will be represented at the national competition in April by Gould Academy, Thornton Academy, and World Quest newcomers, Noble High Sch
Classical musicians protested outside the U.K. Parliament in 2019.
When the pandemic dies down and U.K. artists can resume touring, new regulations may put European dates and even merchandise sales out of reach.
LONDON Amid a worsening coronavirus crisis, leading representatives of the British music industry hastily convened virtually on Jan. 20 with
Oliver Dowden, U.K. secretary of state for culture, media and sport, to solve another looming problem: how Brexit and the recent European Union trade deal could keep U.K. artists from touring freely in countries like France and Spain and European acts from doing the same in the United Kingdom. When live shows return, tours could face extra customs checks, higher costs and border delays not to mention possible taxes on everything from T-shirts to vinyl. Crews and musicians could also need new work permits for shows in Europe.
The Brexit Effect on European Concerts: ‘Nobody Wins From the Current Situation’ Billboard 1/29/2021 Brexit
LONDON Amid a worsening coronavirus crisis, leading representatives of the British music industry hastily convened virtually on Jan. 20 with
Oliver Dowden, U.K. secretary of state for culture, media and sport, to solve another looming problem: how Brexit and the recent European Union trade deal could keep U.K. artists from touring freely in countries like France and Spain and European acts from doing the same in the United Kingdom. When live shows return, tours could face extra customs checks, higher costs and border delays not to mention possible taxes on everything from T-shirts to vinyl. Crews and musicians could also need new work permits for shows in Europe.
Connecticut tech startup DineSafe helps prove restaurant cleanliness, safety
HARTFORD, Connectitcut (Hartford Business Journal) Connecticut restaurants have had a tough year as COVID-19 has forced temporary and permanent closures and made some customers skittish about eating out.
Now a Connecticut tech startup is developing a new web-based platform that aims to give diners reassurance that the restaurant they’re eating at is following proper health codes and protocols.
DineSafe has six co-founders who all live or have roots in Connecticut including CEO Ryan O’Donnell, a Hartford lawyer who also serves as general counsel for the Connecticut Restaurant Association, a lobbying group that has been at the forefront of promoting policies to keep eateries afloat amid the pandemic.