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3 reasons to have a wedding weekend

Your wedding day is going to be one of the most important and memorable days of your life, with months even years spent on planning it to perfection. But isn’t it a shame that is goes quicker than a blink of the eye?

Having a wedding weekend could be the ideal solution and even though it may cost a little  bit more, those extra few days will be precious for you and your loved ones. So here are 3  reasons why you should think of hiring a country house for your wedding:- (more…)

Press coverage

Well, we seem to be capturing the media attention with our big houses recently.

Tone Dale House was featured in the ITV antiques show “Secret Dealers” which was aired this week.  It featured Ben Fox who is one of the partners of The Big House Co discussing his family treasures – and parting with a few!  More details here http://www.itv.com/beontv/secretdealers/ (more…)

The Big House Picks up EFQM Award

The Big House Co now has the accreditation of EFQM after completing an eight month programme using the ‘excellence model’ set out by this organisation.  The project involved numerous seminars and lectures and carrying out three improvement projects for the Big House Co covering areas of staff consultation, product innovation and a customer loyalty scheme.  “Although it was quite time consuming the scheme allowed me to refocus on the business and actually push forward some good projects that will benefit our staff and our customers” said Peter.