Up to 30 jobs have been axed at a Brighton-based tour operator after the company was taken over by a rival firm.

Richmond Road-based 3D Education and Adventure has been sold to PGL Travel, which plans to close the Brighton office before the end of the year.

PGL wants to merge the head office with its existing headquarters in Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire. Some members of staff will be offered jobs in the Welsh-border town but it is not known how many will want to relocate.

Previously owned by Center Parcs UK, 3D runs residential courses for school and youth groups with outdoor education centres in Devon, Dorset and on the Isle of Wight.

PGL is the best-known school activity and adventure operator in the country and has centres in Britain, France and Spain.

Thursday July 22, 2004