New appointment (7732J)
July 05 2011 - 4:07AM
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RNS Number : 7732J
Oak Holdings PLC
05 July 2011
5 July 2011
Oak Holdings plc
Oak strengthens leisure team
Oak Holdings Plc, operator of the Rother Valley Country Park in
Yorkshire, has recruited Ian Cunningham as an Associate Director to
develop their leisure acitivities. The appointment is one of a
number of steps the board is taking to focus on achieving higher
revenues from the group's leisure activities on a cost effective
basis.
Mr Cunningham (52) is an industry professional with experience
in both the public and private sector.
He started his career with Sea life Centres which he joined in
1980. He left that business in 1995 having been the Operations
Director of a business attracting 4 milllion visitors a year. He
then founded The Real Live Leisure Company which built and operated
two aquariums before being sold in 1999. Mr Cunningham then went on
to work as Operations Director of the Eden Project before founding
another start up leisure company - Blue Reef Leisure Ltd which
focussed on purchasing and improving under performing visitor
attractions . Blue Reef was sold to the Spanish Leisure company
Aspro in 2010.
Enquiries
Oak Holdings plc
Michael Woodcock
Chairman
Tel: 020 7493 5522
Nominated Adviser to Oak Holdings plc
Cairn Financial Advisers LLP
Tony Rawlinson
Tel: 020 7148 7900
Notes to editors:
Oak Holdings plc's shares are traded on the AIM market of the
London Stock Exchange. Its principal activities are in the leisure
field and are currently focussed on three main businesses:
Rother Valley Country Park - a 741 acres country park, situated
in Rotherham within a short distance of junction 31on the M1. The
park, which was operated until May 2009 by Rotherham Metropolitan
Borough Council from whom the group holds a lease, has an estimated
900,000 visitors a year. It is. The park, which has Green Flag
status is the location for various sporting activities including
cycling, walking, running, horse riding, golf, cable water skiing,
wind surfing, sailing and fishing. It is widely used by local
schools, national sporting bodies (being used for a number of
national and international sporting meetings) and by
individuals.
Ringwood Town and Country Experience operates a museum in
Ringwood on the edge of the New Forest with historic and local
exhibits displayed in period settings. The exhibits include period
cars, a railway station and an original Dambuster "Bouncing Bomb".
In addition, the premises house a cafe and function room and a
small shop.
Oak Heritage refurbishes and restores historic cars and has a
particular specialism in Hispano Suizas.
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