NCC Events, organiser of the upcoming Motorhome & Caravan Show has announced (on Monday 10 October 2022) that with just over one week to go, advance ticket sales for the Show have surpassed the 100,000 mark. A further update is expected the day before the Show, which runs at Birmingham’s National Exhibition Centre from 18-23...
A written question on the Welsh Tourism tax was tabled in the National Assembly of Wales on 23 September 2022 and answered on the 3 October 2022. Andrew R.T. Davies asked: “How can the Welsh Government guarantee that any tourism tax receipts will be spent on improving or maintaining tourism facilities?” Minister for Finance and Local...
The Welsh Government has released a consultation on proposals to provide discretionary powers for local authorities to apply a visitor levy in their areas. This consultation explores issues relating to the design and operation of a visitor levy. Key choices will include: The principle and purpose of a visitor levy Who should pay a visitor...
Blackstone and Bourne Leisure have announced they have agreed to the sale of Butlin’s to a newly formed company backed by the Harris family. The Harris family was one of the original founders of Bourne Leisure in the 1960s. Butlin’s was founded in 1936 by Billy Butlin and today it operates three resorts (in Minehead,...
On 2 August the Minister for Economy, Vaughan Gething MS made the following statement in response to a question from Sam Rowlands who asked: “What discussions is the Welsh Government having with the tourism sector regarding the potential impact of a tourism tax? “The Welsh Government is engaging widely with the tourism sector. Engagement activity...
With the big summer getaway in full swing, CaravanGuard has asked owners where they would be going on their motorhome holidays this summer. Sixty-nine percent said they would be staying in the UK. Aside from a UK-based motorhome holiday, the second most popular motorhoming destination was France with a fifth of the votes. A longer...
The Government has recently published a consultation on digitalising business rates (DBR). The aim is to allow taxpayers to access their tax and business rates information in the same place online – an objective of the government, as stated in their Business Rates Review published at the Autumn Budget in 2021. Their aims are to:...
Jeep® has compiled a ‘Remote Charge Point Index’, listing some 20 remote electric charging points, including the top five most remote charge points in England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland. With over 42,000 electric vehicle charge points located across the UK, the research was carried out by Jeep® to show that, while the majority of charge points...
More than half (52%) of respondents in a YouGov survey said the cost of a pint of beer is now unaffordable, in research commissioned by the Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA). This percentage has increased since 2019, when 42% thought pints unaffordable. Pubs and bars are struggling with rising prices, with inflation in the food...
The Daily Telegraph’s headline on 4 August was “Staycation fatigue spells end of great British summer holiday boom”. “The holidays at home boom is over, tourism bosses have said, blaming ‘staycation fatigue’ for a slump in bookings at even the most popular UK destinations”, so writes the magazine’s Associate Editor, Gordon Rayner. The paper says the catch-up...