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New Medieval gallery opened at V&A
IN THIS ISSUE
New £30m gallery includes 10 exhibition spaces and more than 1,800 artefacts
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By Luke Tuchscherer Woodland workout scheme
Wakefield plans revealed
The Victoria & Albert Museum
(V&A) in London has opened
its new Medieval and Renais-
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sance Gallery, as part of a
Holiday village approved
£120m revamp project.
Silverstone unveils designs
Spanning the east wing of
the museum, the gallery’s 10
exhibition spaces contain
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artefacts dating between 300 Everton plans binned
and 1600 and feature exhibi-
Rugby House opens
tions including Medieval
Monasteries, Gothic Architec-
ture, Charlemagne and Aachen
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and Rudolph II & Prague. The gallery was designed by McInnes, Usher, McKnight Architects Jewish Museum reopens
Some of the objects include
Mivan bags contracts
stained glass from Mairawald 1800 objects from the medieval named the FuturePlan project,
Abbey in Germany, an oak and renaissance collections. were put into action in 2001,
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staircase from Morlaix, France, The gallery was designed by when the £30m British Galleries
the Book of Trades (Das MUMA (McInnes, Usher, were opened.
A taste of Mexico
Standebuch) from Frankfurt and McKnight Architects) and was The next phase of the project
Blythswood hotel opens
an edition of Aesop’s Fables partly funded by grants from is the completion of the
published in 1485. In total, the the Heritage Lottery Fund. The Ceramic Galleries, which is
galleries present more than wider plans for the museum, scheduled to open next year.
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Chapter Arts Centre reopens
UK leisure companies returning to recruitment
ACE funding criteria
16 PARKS & COUNTRYSIDE
By Tom Walker
Bury scheme begins
Only a fraction of leisure and
Heartwood plans approved
hospitality businesses are
looking to cut jobs in the new
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year, with 89 per cent of
companies either looking to
Camberwell Baths revamp
recruit new blood or keep
Altitude for Dundalk
current staff levels.
A study from banking giant
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Santander shows that only fi ve A quarter of small companies are currently looking to recruit staff
per cent of small and medium-
sized UK companies plan to industries. The overall number said: "SMEs have proved
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shed jobs during 2010, with a of unemployed people in the remarkably resilient throughout Tourism still buoyant
quarter (24 per cent) looking to UK has reached a 14-year high the recession. It is encouraging
Hadrian's Wall all lit up
create new positions. of nearly three million. to see the confi dence recorded
The fi gures seem to buck the Steve Pateman, head of in our report may be translated
trend of job cuts across other Santander Corporate Banking, into jobs."
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LA Fitness teams up
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25 JOBS
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