Nottingham City Business Club for Senior Executives

Best place to stay in the world

The Lace Market Hotel has been chosen
by prestigious international hotel guide
Conde Nast Johansens as the Most
Excellent City Hotel 2007. All properties in
the guide represent the finest standards,
excellent service and best value for
money in luxury and independent hotels
throughout the world – and now the Lace
Market Hotel has emerged as pick of the
crop, based on guest survey reports.

Fine for dining

Nottingham is the fifth-best city for posh
nosh outside London, according to a
national survey. It was named above
Birmingham, Liverpool, Newcastle and
Bristol by Harden's UK Restaurant Guide.
Seven Nottingham restaurants were rated
‘very good’ or ‘outstanding’ including
World Service, Hart's, La Toque and the
Victoria Hotel, both in Beeston, and city
centre deli Atlas.

Tales from the River Bank

The next chapter in Nottingham’s exciting regeneration story is underway. Plans for the £390m, 20-acre Waterside development on the banks of the River Trent have been submitted to Nottingham City Council this week. National regeneration specialists ISIS Regeneration and English Partnerships are behind the plans which include proposals for over 2000 homes, restaurants, bars and offices, all within 20 minutes walk of the city centre. Community facilities including a doctor’s surgery and a nursery are also planned. ISIS and English Partnerships are being backed by Nottingham Waterside Ltd - a joint venture between Nottingham Regeneration Limited, British Waterways, Nottingham City Council and the East Midlands Development Agency.

NEMA Flying High

Nottingham East Midlands Airport (NEMA) has picked up another award, this time for Best Regional Airport 2006. Hundreds of travel agents from across the UK and Ireland voted as part of the annual Selling Long Haul and Short Breaks and Holidays Awards. Competition was tough with more than 10 other airports fighting it out in the same category. This latest award will sit nicely alongside its Best UK Airport Award - picked up at last year’s British Travel Awards.

Tp awrd 4 nw srvce

TripMobile – Nottingham’s new service
offering information about bus and tram
services direct to mobile phones – has
scooped a top prize in the prestigious UK
Bus Awards. Nottingham City Council
received the Award for Enterprise for its
TripMobile service, believed to be the first
of its kind in the country. It allows anyone
with an internet-ready phone to download
their timetable and travel information. The
judges said the service could help attract
younger people to use buses or trams.
More information at www.triptimes.co.uk.

EMDA Board Members Required

EMDA are advertising for two non-executive Board Members to join the emda Board.

With remits that continues to grow, the Regional Development Agencies are now established as a proven model for driving sustainable economic development and change in the regions.

emda uses its strategic influence and resources to make quality interventions on several fronts and have already demonstrated strong regional leadership within the East Midlands, delivered flagship regional programmes with major impact, and ensured that the 'regional case' is understood at the highest levels.

Board membership is regularly changed in line with good governance practice. Board Members, with their significant relevant experience, represent all the key members of the economic stakeholder family: business, local government, the voluntary sector and the trade unions. All help us to continue to promote and deliver improved conditions for increasing wealth creation and sustainable economic growth.

They are looking for two Board Members with a business background to join the Board in 2007, and full details can be found on the website of the Government Office for the East Midlands, who manage the recruitment process, at http://www.goem.gov.uk/goem/economy/rda-spon/rdaboard/?a=42496.

Chic Flicks

The £5.7m redevelopment of the
Broadway cinema has been unveiled,
featuring interior design by Paul Smith.
Two new auditoriums and two new bars,
along with a stunning blue glass façade
that will screen digital projections, will
greet visitors to the independent Hockley
cinema. Extra creative workshop space
for budding Shane Meadows has also
been provided in the re-fit, which involved
a number of local firms including
consultancy Casciani Evans Wood and
Lief Design.

Top Prize for Top Nosh

Where’s the country’s finest food? Right here in
Nottingham, of course - at Restaurant Sat
Bains, which has just won the AA
Restaurant of the Year Award 2007.
Officially the UK’s finest eatery, Sat Bains
is the only restaurant in the East Midlands
to hold a coveted Michelin Star.

Nottingham in top 5

Nottingham’s position among the top five retail cities in the UK was confirmed this week with new figures showing that shoppers spent more than £1.2bn in the city last year. This places Nottingham ahead of Leeds, Liverpool and Newcastle in terms of spending power. The retail offer is set to improve in the coming years, with the planned £450m expansion of the Broadmarsh shopping centre, the £70m Trinity Square scheme which is getting closer to completion and the neighbouring Pod and Lace Market Square development totalling £25m currently underway.

City's 'New-Look' Square Delayed

The Christmas opening of Nottingham's £7m new-look Old Market Square has been delayed because of a shortage of building materials.
The city council said contractor Balfour Beatty is having problems sourcing stone from China and Ireland.

A Christmas tree and decorations will be put in place with the big switch-on planned for the end of November.

But part of the main square will be closed off until the final work is completed in February.

The new design includes a new water feature and removal of all the old steps and walls.

The square is boarded up while the work is being done.