Investment company, the Topland Group, has bought Hallmark Hotels to add to its clutch of Menzies Hotels which the company purchased at the end of 2013.

Hallmark has seven hotels in Croydon, Derby, Bournemouth, Carlisle, Manchester, Gloucester and Hull. Topland now has a portfolio of 30 three and four star hotels across the UK. As well as Menzies and Hallmark, the company also own the Royal Crescent Hotel in Bath.