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Zip World was created by Sean Taylor, an ex-Royal Marines commando from the Conwy Valley, based on his military experiences using zip lines and sky-diving. [3] [4] [5] Taylor focused on converting heritage industrial sites into adventure playgrounds, making North Wales into an important adventure activity centre in Europe. [4]
Hospitality companies of the United Kingdom (6 C, 44 P) Pages in category "Travel and holiday companies of the United Kingdom" The following 85 pages are in this category, out of 85 total.
This list displays all British companies in the Fortune Global 500, which ranks the world's largest companies by annual revenue. The figures below are given in millions of US dollars and are for the fiscal year 2023/24. Also listed are the headquarters location, net profit, number of employees worldwide and industry sector of each company. [1]
Of the world's 500 largest companies, 26 are headquartered in the UK. [18] The economy is boosted by North Sea oil and gas production; its reserves were estimated at 2.8 billion barrels in 2016, [19] although it has been a net importer of oil since 2005. [20] The size of London's economy makes it the largest city by GDP in Europe. [21]
Attraction Ranking Rank Museum Location Country Visitors (2023) [1] 1: British Museum: London: England: 5,820,860 2: Natural History Museum: London: England: 5,688,786
The city of York, England is famous for its history and tourism, but is also the base of various companies which serve both United Kingdom, Europe and other continents. It is in the top 10 for the number of firms with 1-250 employees and in the top 15 for the number of firms employing over 250 people. [ 1 ]
The company was immensely successful but ran into financial difficulties and in 1972 was taken over by its major supplier of air travel, Court Line. However, after two years, on 15 August 1974, Court Line collapsed, taking down Clarksons with at least £7m owing to 100,000 holidaymakers and possibly twice as much.
The VisitEngland accommodation assessment schemes were run under licence by Quality in Tourism from 2012 to 2017, when the AA took on the license. [4] The scheme issues quality awards to holiday accommodation, hotel, bed and breakfast, self catering holiday cottages and others.