Europe’s largest Assay Office has just opened in a new purpose-built facility in Birmingham’s Jewellery Quarter.

The modern headquarters replace the former Assay Office which had been based in Newhall Street for the previous 137 years.

As well as testing and verifying your golf ingots, jewellery and silverware, the new Assay Office is also opening its facilities to Jewellery Quarter communities with space for training, conferences, meetings and other events.

The Assay Office is located in an enterprise Zone bounded by Icknield Street, Pope Street and Moreton Street, a short walk from the centre of Birmingham.

Details: www.assayofficebirmingham.com


ArenaMK is now open in Milton Keynes. ArenaMK combines large event space - up to 3,420sq-mt of multi-use space with an on-site  230-bedroom DoubleTree by Hilton Milton Keynes hotel, a very convenient central geographic location and large car parks.

ArenaMK is spread over three floors and includes two balcony areas, green rooms, production offices and smaller breakout areas. It will accommodate up to 3,500 delegates for a conference.

DoubleTree by Hilton Milton Keynes itself offers a further 17 event spaces, the largest of which can seat a dinner for up to 650 guests.

ArenaMK is a short drive from junctions 13 and 14 on the M1 and close to the A5. It is 35 minutes by train from central London.

Details: www.arenamk.com


Exhibition Centre Liverpool has just opened alongside the Echo Arena and the BT Convention Centre on Liverpool's waterfront.

With 87,188 sq. ft. of event space Exhibition Centre Liverpool is designed to host trade and consumer exhibitions, conferences, banquets, concerts and sporting events.

Exhibition Centre Liverpool features three principal halls and a glazed atrium with waterfront views as well as cafes and meeting rooms. External areas include a riverside balcony overlooking the River Mersey as well as an outside exhibition space for events.

The four-star 216-bedroom Pullman-branded hotel alongside Exhibition Centre Liverpool is scheduled to open in January 2016.

Details: www.exhibitioncentreliverpool.com

Titanic Exhibition Centre is a brand new 5,000 square metre exhibition centre which has just opened in Belfast. It is situated in the heart of the city's Titanic Quarter with views across the slipways where the giant hull of Titanic was built over 100 years ago.

The interiors are themed on the interiors of Titanic herself, including a replica of the liner’s staircase, and are available as a venue for gala dinners, conferences and private functions. The Titanic Suite is the largest event space, pillar free with natural daylight and accommodating up to 750 delegates theatre style.

Exclusive hire of Titanic Exhibition Centre can accommodate up to 2000 delegates.

Details: www.titanicbelfast.com


Best Western Plus Pinewood on Wilmslow starts the final phase of its upgrading programme in October 2015. Over the following six months the hotel will add a new floor of 19 luxury bedrooms as well as revamping the existing hotel facade.

The new bedrooms will include a wet room or walk-in shower and Juliet balconies. The hotel will be operating as normal throughout the extension works.

Last year Best Western Plus Pinewood on Wilmslow completed a £1.5million investment, which added 12 bedrooms taking its total to 70 bedrooms. The lounge space on the ground floor was increased and a new 85-seat ground floor restaurant - One Eighty - opened.

Leisure facilities at the hotel include a gym, swimming pool, jacuzzi, sauna, steam room and spa, squash courts, a tennis court and a running track.

Best Western Plus Pinewood on Wilmslow has five fully equipped conference rooms to accommodate up to 150 delegates with the hotel grounds also available for team building activities and entertainment.

Best Western Plus Pinewood on Wilmslow is located in Handforth, Cheshire, around four miles south of Manchester International Airport and just off the A34, approximately three miles from the M60 at junction 3.
 

Details: www.pinewood-hotel.co.uk