Reading Time: 4 minutesUK: Prime Minister Boris Johnson has unveiled plans for the nation to exit lockdown in a “one-way road to freedom”, with hotels, pubs and restaurants permitted to open indoors from May 17.

Reading Time: < 1 minuteEstonia: Accor has announced plans for a 124-key Novotel Living extended stay hotel in Tallinn.

Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: A 133-bed aparthotel in the former Fenwick department store in Leicester is on schedule to open by early autumn.

Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: International Hospitality Media (IHM), the publisher of Serviced Apartment News, is delighted to announce new sponsors for its online and live events.

Reading Time: < 1 minuteUS: Choice Hotels has highlighted the strong performance of its extended stay portfolio in a recent earnings call.

Reading Time: < 1 minuteSingapore: The 12 on Shan serviced apartment building has been put on the market with a guide price of S$93 million (£50 million).

Reading Time: 3 minutesUK: The Scottish government has announced it will extend the business rates relief until March 31 2022, with UKHospitality calling on the British government to outline a clear reopening plan for hospitality.

Reading Time: < 1 minuteUK: Thames Valley serviced apartment company House of Fisher has launched hof Fisher Living, which it describes as “the new easy way of renting an apartment”.

Reading Time: < 1 minuteUK: The Flexistay Reading West Aparthotel could be converted in to 20 residential apartments, with a further 20 built alongside it if a recent planning application is successful.

Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: The entry period for the sixth annual Serviced Apartment Awards is now open and will run until April 30th.