Published today – “Let’s Shape the Future: working in partnership to reconstruct a resilient future for the visitor economy in Wales” A new recovery plan for the tourism, hospitality and events sector has now been published. Developed in consultation with the Tourism Taskforce and informed by wide-ranging conversation with other important groups, stakeholders and businesses across the sector, the plan includes a shared partnership framework of essential themes around which interventions will be built to support businesses through short to medium-term recovery. The 8 essential themes include: Supporting business.Valuing people.Reopening safely.Rebuilding consumer confidence.Stimulating and managing demand.Developing local visitor economies.Transforming the sector to be more resilient.Developing tailored recovery plans. Given the […]
Attached is an employer brochure which details the current skills and recruitment support available for employers via Welsh Government’s Skills Gateway. Employers-brochure-Support-to-help-you-train-and-recruitDownload
Describes changes to alert levels taking account of vaccination and the dominant Kent strain. The updated Coronavirus Control Plan sets out the following phased steps for moving from alert level four into alert level three: From Monday 22 March: First phased opening of non-essential retail – restrictions on the sale of items will be lifted for shops, which are currently open;Garden centres re-open. From Saturday 27 March: Next week, Ministers will confirm if the conditions allow for the following relaxations to come into force: Stay local requirement lifted, moving Wales into alert level three;First phased opening of the tourism sector as self-contained accommodation opens;Organised outdoor children’s activities resume;Limited opening of […]
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The survey is a research study amongst overseas and UK visitors to Wales for 2019. The study covers three separate categories of visitors. UK staying visitorsUK day visitorsOverseas visitors wales-visitor-survey-2019-uk-staying-visitorsDownload wales-visitor-survey-2019-uk-day-visitorsDownload wales-visitor-survey-2019-overseas-visitorsDownload wales-visitor-survey-2019-qualitative-research-findingsDownload https://gov.wales/wales-visitor-survey
The National Minimum Wage and National Living Wage rates will increase on 1 April. In addition to the new rates, the age from which workers become eligible for the National Living Wage will be lowered. From 1 April all workers aged 23 and over must be paid the National Living Wage or above. 23 and over21 to 2218 to 20Under 18ApprenticeApril 2021 (new rate)£8.91£8.36£6.56£4.62£4.30 https://www.gov.uk/national-minimum-wage-rates
The latest Tourism Business Barometer report is now available. Findings, from the survey conducted in late February with 800 tourism businesses, indicate that around two thirds of businesses are taking advance bookings. Two thirds of these businesses report fewer bookings than usual, and only 1 in 10 have more than they would normally expect at this time of year. https://gov.wales/tourism-barometer-coronavirus-covid-19-impact-survey-wave-6-2021