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  • ABTOT Associate Smart Currency’s latest Quarterly Forecast

    Smart Currency supports ABTOT Members/ T&G clients to make the best decisions for their business by helping them understand FX risk, and how to manage it. Their forecasts are designed to educate finance managers on political and economic movements, and how the uncertainty of the currency markets can affect businesses. In this Quarterly Forecast for […]

  • Leading Travel Accountants TOMS update

    TOMS Update-EU Member State VAT Registrations Our German VAT and Croatian contacts recently shared the news that they are treating third country tour operators with effect from 1 January 2021, as subject to normal German and Croatian rules so a registration is required. In simple terms, non-EU businesses (including those in the UK) would be required […]

  • Data Protection: at last, the UK has an adequacy decision!

    Just two days before the expiry of the bridging period, on 28th June the EU Commission adopted two adequacy decisions for the UK – as a result, personal data can now flow freely from the EU to the UK where it benefits from an essentially equivalent level of protection to that guaranteed under EU law. […]

  • Day of Action – 23rd June Speak up for Travel!

    As summer begins the UK’s travel and tourism sectors face a critical moment. Before the pandemic hit, our industry was a cornerstone of the UK economy. As the third most internationally connected country in the world, we enabled tens of millions of UK residents to travel overseas, whether on business, for holidays, or to see […]

  • Travlaw advises why employers need to take discrimination seriously

    Aside from the reputational issues and staff morale, the threat of litigation is real with the rise of discrimination claims continuing to creep up each year. Not only is defending such claims expensive, but the levels of compensation for “Injury to Feelings” awards will increase as a result of updates coming into effect on 6 April 2021 […]

  • Legal firm Travlaw’s update on Brexit and Booking Conditions

    Brexit and Your Customer Booking Terms and Conditions Following the surge of Brexit articles online and the impacts of Brexit on the travel industry, you might be asking “does any of this this affect my customer booking conditions?” The answer to this will depend upon what, where and how you are selling. However, it’s likely […]

  • Travlaw furlough update

    Rishi’s done it again! The Chancellor has done it again – extended furlough in his 2021 Budget. What is bizarre is that last year’s budget didn’t even mention the word “furlough”, it is only as a result of the events of the pandemic that the word is now commonly used by employers. The furlough scheme […]

  • WHA Budget Summary 2021

    Against the backdrop of a successful vaccine programme and the proposed forthcoming easing of restrictions, Chancellor Rishi Sunak delivered his Budget to an attentive nation. This Budget was prepared with the promise of ‘…support for people and businesses and families through the remaining stages of this crisis, but also to provide a long term recovery […]