o The Radisson Blu hotel in Leeds is spending £3.5 million on a revamp, due to be completed in 2016. Half of the hotel’s 147 bedrooms have been refurbished, along with the meeting spaces, and a cocktail bar and grill restaurant have been added. (The Business Desk)

o Bredbury Hall Hotel and Country Club, near Stockport, has been bought out of administration after 15 months by a Bangladeshi investor who plans to spend an initial £1 million on it. This is to refurbish the 147 bedrooms, along with the nightclub, central lounge and reception, and planned for 2016 are new leisure and spa facilities. (The Business Desk)