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Short video clips of the Fallowfields grounds

October 7, 2011

  These lovely short clip videos have been created by Chris Smith of the Oxford Media Factory, please check out his details at the end of this post.  1 Quail Corner- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MSFe9_akCdk These little birds provide eggs and of course meat for the table. They need to be caged, as, they are incredible escapologists and, to [...]

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The Govenment’s Tourism Strategy is about as useful as a wet blanket!

April 22, 2011

Picture this – the UK’s Tourism industry is this country’s 3rd largest export earner; it comprises over 200,000 business in the UK; it provides over 4% of this country’s jobs, and, spends about £90 billion into the UK economy. Then, last year, the PM himself, pledged to make our visitor economy one of the top 5 in the [...]

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February News in Hospitality and Tourism

February 25, 2011

Vat Rate – Travelodge chief executive has called for the Goverment to reduce the rate of VAT for the hospitality business to 5%. there has been a provision in EU law since 1975 which would enable this. The argument is our hotels are just too expensive. The average rate of VAT for hotels in Spain, [...]

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News from around the hospitality sector.

December 10, 2010

Congratulations – The Cornish Cheese Company has taken the crown and become World Champion at this year’s British Cheese Awards In London, there has been a rush of bookings in April around the date of the Royal Wedding – wish they were getting married in Kingston Bagpuize church! Customers are beginning to return to the [...]

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Location Oxfordshire – for film, TV and Photography locations.

October 6, 2010

Recently, “Location Oxfordshire” has been set up, with the support of Oxfordshire Economic Partnership [I am a director on OEP's board]. “Location Oxfordshire’s” remit is to provide informationa and support for companies, crews and creatives filming in Oxfordshire. For our visitors to the Hotel, you can follow in the footsteps of Harry Potter, Inspector Morse, [...]

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