Insurance specialists Caravan Guard, incorporating Leisuredays, has been shortlisted in two categories at this year’s UK Broker Awards. The caravan and motorhome insurance specialists have been named as finalists in the Customer Service Award and Personal Lines Broker of the Year categories. The awards are planned to be held in London in September and celebrate...
PRESS RELEASE UK holiday park owner Bridge Leisure has launched an innovative way to provide evening entertainment at their parks and provide much needed work to the struggling artists and acts who would normally be performing at holiday parks up and down the country. Because holiday parks are not allowed to have live acts on...
As part of a rapid response to Covid-19 and the cessation of classroom-based training, the NCC Training Academy, in an exciting partnership with Greater Lincolnshire LEP, is offering selected online courses to yourself and your staff. These are on a fully funded basis through the Coastal Communities Fund. This is a pilot project that will be available initially on...
South Derbyshire Conservative MP Heather Wheeler is supporting calls from two local businesses to re-open caravan holiday parks and, by extension, the whole caravan manufacturing and supply chain industry. Heather Wheeler MP commented: “The caravan industry, is one of the UK’s manufacturing success stories and crucially is a seasonal business with the prime selling period...
This year, National Camping and Caravanning Week has been rebranded as ‘The Stay Home National Camping and Caravanning Week’, It will run from Monday 25 May 25 to Sunday 31 May, and Camping and Caravanning Club President, Julia Bradbury, will head up The Friendly Club Camp-out on Bank Holiday Monday (May 25) from her garden...
Notification has been received from the organisers of The World of Park and Leisure Homes South of England Show 2020 at Ardingly that the event is now postponed until next spring. Organiser Pat Turner said: “I am sure you will understand and agree, the safety of all our exhibitors and visitor to our events is...
The Hull and East Riding of Yorkshire Caravan Manufacturers’ Association (HERCMA) has announced the dates for its exhibition next year at the Great Yorkshire Showground in Harrogate. The public days (3 to 5 September) will be followed by three trade‐only days from 7 to 9September. HERCMA announced in March that the 2020 event would not...
The NCC Training Academy (NCCTA), the centre for training and specialised skills development for the leisure vehicle and holiday park industries, has published details of new industry courses at www.nccacademy.org.uk/news This includes information about the latest Department of Education Skills Toolkit (which gives access to free online digital and numeracy courses to build skills during...
Supplier to the industry, Arleigh Group, is continuing to trade through these difficult times, as they satisfy demand for critical supplies from parks, mobile home and caravan businesses, and marine professionals. “We took the decision that we have products which are required by those living in mobile homes, and did not want to switch off...
Parkdean Resorts has been busy ensuring that its food and cleaning stocks during the lockdown period were distributed to local food banks and community groups. Its parks at Whitley Bay, Vauxhall, Torquay and Southview have entered in a partnership with NHS trusts, handing accommodation over to front line healthcare workers unable to return to their...