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£7m redevelopment underway at MOSI
IN THIS ISSUE
Buttress Fuller Alsop Williams designs upgrade for iconic Manchester museum
04 HEALTH & FITNESS
By Tom Walker Spiceball opens
Rehab gym launched
Work has begun on a £7m
redevelopment project on the
Museum of Science and
06 SPORT
Industry (MOSI) in Manchester.
Active People survey
The project is being led by
New ground for Barnet
architects Buttress Fuller Alsop
Williams and funded jointly by
08 HOSPITALITY
the European Regional
Development Fund (ERDF),
Travelodge expands
North West Development Whitbread still buoyant
Agency (NWDA), DCMS,
Garfi eld Weston and a number
10 ATTRACTIONS
of other trusts and foundations. The Grade II-listed museum is to undergo a £7m redevelopment
The improvement works will
Funding for Cardiff museum
include the removal of the straight into the orientation The Experiment Gallery will Castle set for revamp
metal ramps at the heart of the area, rather than through the be expanded during the
130-year-old, Grade II-listed coffee shop as at present. nine-month revamp and moved
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building, a procedure which The entrance will be linked to from the second fl oor to a dedi-
will free up more than 1,000sq the museum's new Revolution cated, purpose-built space on
BAA wins appeal
m (10,800sq ft) of space for Manchester gallery where some the fi rst fl oor. Four new
Silverstone agrees loan
exhibition and access purposes. of Manchester's leading classrooms will be constructed
In this space, a new main inventions and objects will be to further develop the mu-
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entrance will take visitors put on display. seum's educational programme.
Opera plans on track
Birkenhead Docks revamp plans submitted
Banbury plans approved
13 PARKS & COUNTRYSIDE
By Pete Hayman Northbank West, Marina View
and Vittoria Studios.
£11m HLF grant for parks
An outline planning application Each area has been designed Yorkshire park to expand
for the transformation of East by individual architects, such as
Float, which forms the main Glenn Howells Architects,
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section of the £4.5bn Wirral BroadwayMalyan, Skidmore,
Waters regeneration project at Owings and Merrill, Allford
Barracks architect named
Birkenhead Docks, have been Hall Monaghan Morris and Canal project canned
submitted to Wirral Council. HKR.
Manchester-based developer Wirral Council leader Steve
17 PROPERTY/TENDERS
Peel is leading the mixed-use The waterside scheme is based Foulkes said: "This is a
scheme, which covers a 1.4 on fi ve individual districts signifi cant step in our vision to
million sq m (15 million sq ft) regenerate Wirral. It is
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area and will boast a range of homes, civic and community encouraging that even at a
Funding boost for Ireland
restaurants, cafés and bars, a buildings and green spaces are time of such economic
Passenger increase reported
hotel and conference centre also included in the plans, diffi culties we continue to make
and cultural attractions. which comprises fi ve individual signifi cant progress towards the
19 TRAINING
More than 13,500 new districts – SkyCity, Four Bridges, delivery of our strategy."
Job boost for young people
THE LEISURE MEDIA COMPANY PUBLISHES
Cuts for universities
20 TRAINING DIRECTORY
23 JOBS
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