Sir Alan Sugar's Amstrad HQ in Brentwood, Essex - made famous in TV's The Apprentice - is to be turned into a 120-room Premier Inn. Guests have already asked about staying in the Boardroom suite.

A hotel group set to open two new sites in north Essex has said the region is an area for growth. Premier Inn has planning permission for a new-build hotel on Clacton sea front and a town centre ...