A NEW strategic partnership has been announced by the directors of Tiverton Town FC and the Best Western Tiverton Hotel.

The partnership sees the bookings of all functions and events being administered through the hotels sales office and the teams of both venues working closely to deliver a new professional booking service to the clubs customers.

Peter Buxton incoming chairman, Tiverton Town FC said: “Following the refurbishment of our function facilities, we began discussions with the hotel to see if we could utilise the hotels expertise in this area to the benefit of the club.

"I’m delighted to confirm that an agreement has been reached and we will be launching the new service on June 1.”

Rhys Roberts, Director of the BW Tiverton Hotel said: "We look forward to the new partnership building on our excellent relationship and this arrangement working well for both businesses and especially our customers.”