Reading Time: < 1 minuteUK: A plan to convert the former Victoria Hospital for Sick Children on Hull’s Park Street has been given conditional approval.

Reading Time: < 1 minuteUK: Bristol serviced apartment provider Your Apartment is set to open Merchants House, a converted former student accommodation building in December.

Reading Time: 2 minutesWith these new units, Ascott has added a record high of more than 5,600 units across 26 properties, which represent a 60 per cent year-on-year

Reading Time: 3 minutesUK: The UK Government is placing the City of London under “high level” Tier Two restrictions, effective from midnight on Friday / Saturday morning, affecting around nine million citizens in the capital.

Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: International Hospitality Media, the publisher of Serviced Apartment News, has hosted the first in a series of limited capacity business networking events.

Reading Time: < 1 minuteUK: Supercity Aparthotels has opened Q Square in Brighton, its second property outside London.

Reading Time: 2 minutesAustralia: CEM Group of Companies, one of the largest franchises of Quest Apartment Hotels properties has ceased trading, resulting in the closure of at least three properties.

Reading Time: < 1 minuteUS: Aimbridge Hospitality has added 16 Extended Stay America properties to its portfolio, and now manages 36 properties for the brand, with more in the pipeline.

Reading Time: < 1 minuteUS: Red Lion Hotels has relaunched its GuestHouse International brand as GuestHouse Extended Stay, an upper-economy flag suitable for conversions.

Reading Time: < 1 minuteUAE: Grand Heights Hotel Apartments has officially opened in Dubai’s Barsha Heights district.