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The De Vere Grand Harbour up for sale

The Southampton De Vere, one of the cities best known hostelries, is up for sale.

The De Vere Group, owned by Lloyds bank is selling three of its best known hotels, the other two being the Royal Bath in Bournemouth and the University Arms Cambridge.

De Vere are intending to use the money to increase their portfolio of 21 Village hotels. Currently they have another 18 in the pipeline and at £19 million per hotel, I guess Lloyds Bank weren't offering a big enough overdraft!

The distinctive luxury £20m waterfront venue, with its massive pyramid-shaped glass atrium, is set to be sold by owners the De Vere Group.

The 173-room hotel was built nearly 20 years ago by the group as the "ultimate business and leisure hotel".

But its five-star rating was downgraded to four stars three years ago and it is now to be sold to fund an expansion of the group's three star Village Hotels business.

The hotel in West Quay Road also includes a popular bar, brasserie style restaurant, leisure club and spa, and conference and meeting rooms.

YMT arrives in Devon

With 30 venues already listed YMT has opened a Devon website, bolting

on to the "Wessex" - Next stop Somerset. We will be launching a new

filter early Jan which will allow you to search initially by County,

then drill to an area - So Dorset will be broken into

Bournemouth Poole & Christchurch
North Dorset
Dorchester and South Dorset
Weymouth and Portland

A Remarkable Young Man

Inspirational, remarkable, awesome are some of the adjectives which have been applied to 32 yr old Bruce Allardyce. He is dying. There is nothing anyone can do about it. His time is now considered in weeks or months. He has just married his long term and very lovely girl friend, Jay.

He is my childrens' cousin, and I hope that I can in some small way pass on a little of the immense admiration I have for an exceptional young man who has been condemned to an unfairly early exit in life by the random brutality of "Fate"

Take 60 seconds and read his BLOG. It may just add a little pespective to your life, it has to mine.

Bruce's Father was murdered in the early 1990s and I remember taking him aside after the funeral to talk to him. Bruce, even then, showed a remarkable stoicism which is now amazingly evident in his blog.

Next time anyone feels sorry for themselves, angry at their lot, pxxxed off with their boss, job, bank manager, etc well read this.

Aplogies for not adding a "foodie item" - but sometimes the way people behave in life demands a special place

Lots of Good News from Bransgore

The Three Tuns has been enjoying a real purple patch

Two AA Rosettes awarded - the fouth year on the trot !
£5500 raised for Charities at their Beer Festival in September
£1100 raised from the McMillan Coffee morning also in September
£3000 raised at Firework night for Bransgore Primary

Nearly £10,000 raised for charities is no mean achievement

Nigel Glenister and his team of helpers have had good reason for celebration over the past few weeks - As most sucessfull businessmen know - looking after the community and putting something back - is good for business

A New Face Book Fan Page - Win a £50 dinner for 2

Check out our New Face Book Fan Page and you could win a dinner for two this month. Just tell us about your favourite venue

Simplz !

No Nasties please after all we're not Trip Advisor !

14 Old English Inns Join YMT

Greene King's premier division of destination venues, Old English Inns have just added no less than 14 new venues to our websites !

Spread across Dorset and Hampshire the GK Inns will add an even greater variety of choice and information on YMT ! - and their meals are really great value too!

Take a look at;-

Cart and Horses KIngs Worthy Winchester
Fishermans Rest Titchfield
Fox and Hounds Wimbourne
Luzborough House Romsey
Queen's Head Burley
Rising Sun Warsash
Royal Oak Langstone Havant
St Leonards Ringwood
The Antelope Poole
The Bear Havant
The Commodore Bournemouth - Southbourne
The King's Head Wimbourne
The Manor Yeovil (Live from mid November)
The Red Lion Fareham

YMT Franchises. -Earn £50K+ OTE

We are looking for high calibre, self motivated people to extend YMT across the South.. The right candidate will receive 100% subsidy and could earn well in excess of £50K.

Like most things in life you get out as much as you put in. If you are prepared to work an area, develop the contacts and talk to the venue operators then you can do very well indeed in a self employed and a very sociable environment.

We will help but it is your business.

Ideally we would like candidates based around Portsmouth, Chichester, Worthing and Brighton. However other areas adjacent to the current site are also open. If you are a good communicator, like meeting gregarious people - perhaps even involved in the licensed trade, there could be a terrific opportunity for you.

We will set up the website and the area - if you will take the time to talk to the venues in the area.

FACT : Well over 90% of the operators who have taken 15 minutes to look at the YMT presentaion have subscribed.

OTE £50K+

Interested then call on the 0800 number or email admin@yourmealticket.co.uk

Recommend a Restaurant and Win £100

Tell your Favourite "Eatery" about "YourMealTicket" and win up to £100 *

We mean it! Seriously! Your input as a customer to the restaurant, pub or hotel is ten times more effective than a "sales call".

Behind the scenes YMT has some unique reporting facilities and

instant

accessibility that only the subscribing venues can see and use. Over 9

out of 10 elect to join YMT when they have seen "behind the scenes". So

you just have to make the introduction - we do the rest.

Here's what you do

Tell the venue management about the website - do make sure though that it is someone who is responsible for the venue

Tell us who you told. Call 0800 988 5355 or email

sales@yourmealticket.co.uk. And you could very swiftly receive a cheque

for up to £100* to spend however you choose. Prizes are allocated as

follows:

Only 1 prize awarded per venue
Not valid for venues already listed
Payable on receipt of payment from the venue
For Full Annual Subscription paid £100
For Full Seasonal Subscription paid £60
For Full Subscription paid by Monthly DD £40
For Seasonal Subscription paid by monthly DD £30

Look who's just joined !

Little Buddha on Shirley High Street has joined - with a raft of great offers!