LUXlife Announces The Winners of The 2021 Travel & Tourism Awards United Kingdom, 2021– LUXlife Magazine has announced the winners of the 2021 Travel & Tourism Awards. It’s a significant testament to the strength of the industry that businesses around the world have sought to bounce back stronger than before in the wake of the […]
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 […]
Pride month falls annually in June and brings together the LGBT+ community across the world in celebration. As we are very much in the midst of Pride Month, with many employers embracing various activities to celebrate the LGBT+ community, I thought it would be timely to talk about why employers in the travel industry must embrace […]
As t&g clients start to look at when and how they can restart their operations it is also the time to look at current risk management processes – can you improve them, can you work smarter rather than harder, now is the time to do a full review. Health, Safety and Crisis Management are integral […]
In an industry which is desperate to see holiday bookings being made and indeed the public being able to travel abroad, do employers have the same views when it comes to their own staff travelling abroad? As we approach the announcement of which countries will fall into which category under the traffic light system, employers […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Travlaw update on worker status and the impact of a recent landmark Supreme Court decision which is relevant to the Travel Industry. In a change from our usual updates on all things Covid related impacting employers, this update focuses on worker status, which was put back in the spotlight as a result of last week’s […]
By Chris Photi, Head of Travel and Leisure at White Hart Associates An important new announcement in Germany could lead to UK businesses being forced to pay Value Added Tax (VAT) when supplying travel services in Europe. You may remember our blog from December, explaining that under a new UK version of the Tour Operators’ […]
At the outset of the COVID-19 crisis, one of the first support measures put in place by the Government was to grant businesses the option of deferring VAT payments for liabilities due between 20 March 2020 and 30 June 2020. We know many of our clients utilised this HM Revenue & Customs reprieve, and as we […]
