The successful summer for the English tourism season has been attributed to two main factors - the warm weather and Wallace & Gromit.

Two of the biggest names in the British coach tour business announced plans today to join forces in a deal worth £200m (€288.7m).

British coach and holidays operator Shearings put the brakes on its planned £50m (€75.9m) flotation today as jitters continued to grip the London market.