In UK acquisition news, ELC Brighton/Eastbourne has reached an agreement to acquire English in Chester (EiC) following years of frequent collaboration.

English Language Company, an ELT business operating in Asia and Australia, has won an award for its enterprise in Malaysia and commitment to helping build up an English skills infrastructure in the region, scooping the ARFF ASEAN Outstanding Business Award for international education.

Nearly four years after making its foray into the study travel sector, European travel conglomerate TUI Travel has closed down EAC, its UK-based summer centre operation, which had been running 13 summer centres offering English language training and activities on a residential campus. It said its business model was no longer sustainable in current trading conditions.