The experience of our sister Company Planning Solutions Limited (PSL) in developing and managing leisure businesses adds great strength to our team. Our strategic advice is also based upon our own management and operational experience which we believe increases its robustness and validity.

Conkers, National Forest
PSL was selected after tender as operators of Conkers (www.visitconkers.com), a £16 million high profile environmentally themed national attraction in a rural area of  Leicestershire which opened in April 2001 (the also operated the former Heart of the National Forest Visitor Centre).

Conkers Waterside – 1st Phase

PSL operational responsibility covers a 120 acre site which attracts 220,000 visitors Annually (including 35,000 education visits and 60,000 visits from our community membership scheme.)

The range of tasks involves the direct operation of the interactive attraction, three lakeside restaurants, specialist shops, the events and educational programmes and the marketing and corporate strategy.

Conkers Discovery 2nd Phase

Benefits of Conkers include:

• Creating a tourist destination in an area not known for its tourism product
• Creating significant number of jobs
• Developing a new (and positive) branded identity for the area
• Attracting significant inward investment to the area
• Extending the tourist season

We were also responsible for carrying out the market assessment, financial modelling, business planning, planning application and marketing & promotional strategies.

National Brewery Centre, Burton upon Trent
Following the closure of the Coors Visitor Centre and Museum of Brewing in 2008 (formerly the Bass Museum), Planning Solutions Limited has invested in and opened a visitor centre and museum in Burton upon Trent called the National Brewery Centre.

It retains key elements of the existing facilities, updating and reorganising the site to create a unique visitor attraction that will ensure the site’s success. The National Brewery Centre is an important heritage asset which tells the story of
brewing in the UK.

They also operates a Harry Ramsden’s franchise in Brighton, the cafe in the Peckham Pulse Healthy Living Centre and a vending machine business in a number of leisure centres.

Supertubing, Ebbw Vale
Super Tubing is a new extreme adventure experience in Ebbw Vale, where visitors experience an alpine adrenaline rush in the Valleys. Super Tubing is a new extreme adventure experience in Ebbw Vale, where visitors experience an alpine adrenaline rush in the Valleys.

Onboard TV Limited
PSL  also operate and own Onboard TV Limited. OnBoardTV works closely with transport providers to create self-funding digital signage solutions tailored to passenger demographics.

The company brings together highly experienced and creative TV production crews, software and hardware installation experts, sales teams, market researchers and skilled management to create a one-stop Digital Signage solution for our clients.

OnboardTV  screens across 80 screens on Wightlink’s car ferries and passenger FastCats sailing between the mainland and the Isle of Wight.  OnboardTV manage and operate this network, screening programmes on ten’s of thousands of journeys each year between the mainland and the Isle of Wight. A mix of advertising, original features and editorials reach over 5 million passengers.