Hotel firm Travelodge is creating 700 new jobs in the UK through the construction of 35 hotels this year.

Eight of the hotels will be in London, three in Birmingham, with other hotels being constructed in Manchester, Cardiff, Liverpool, Bristol, Lancaster, Canterbury, Cambridge and Hull.

Travelodge adds it has increased its growth targets and plans to have 1,100 hotels and 100,000 rooms by 2025.