The government made an announcement on 8 July 2020 allowing VAT registered businesses to apply a temporary 5% reduced rate of VAT to certain supplies relating to: hospitalityhotel and holiday accommodationadmissions to certain attractions The temporary reduced rate will apply to supplies that are made between 15 July 2020 and 12 January 2021.If you’re a VAT registered business, check if you can temporarily reduce the rate of VAT on supplies relating to hospitality, accommodation, or admission to certain attractions. https://www.gov.uk/guidance/vat-reduced-rate-for-hospitality-holiday-accommodation-and-attractions
A new temporary reduced rate of VAT of 5% was announced on 8 July 2020 for admission to certain attractions. This temporary rate will apply from 15 July 2020 to 12 January 2021. Check which attractions are eligible for the temporary reduced rate of VAT from 15 July 2020. https://www.gov.uk/guidance/vat-on-admission-charges-to-attractions
High Level Software have launched new contactless functionality for their booking system for hotels & B&B’s. It functionality allows guests: Mobile, contactless check-in, accessed by auto SMS or emailOne-touch, online digital registration formRoom service and table service mobile ordering appMobile, contactless guest payments, using ‘tokenised’ or new cardMobile, contactless check-outAuto-email of invoices upon check-outAll updates delivered in real-time to HLS PMSDelivered to any smartphone or tablet For further information please contact Julie O’Reilly at julie.o@high-level-software.com or call 07487 530745. https://highlevelsoftware.createsend.com/campaigns/reports/viewCampaign.aspx?d=d&c=336498D5BB0C77E0&ID=F40A608535747C3E2540EF23F30FEDED&temp=False&tx=0&source=CampaignSent
The Chancellor will make a statement to the House on Wednesday 8 July. He will outline plans to support the economy. The Chancellor’s statement is being labelled as a ‘summer economic update’. https://researchbriefings.files.parliament.uk/documents/CBP-8957/CBP-8957.pdf Plans include a new £2bn scheme to create thousands of job placements for young peopleThe chancellor announces a temporary change to stamp duty – immediately increasing the threshold to £500,000Temporary cut to VAT on food, accommodation and attractions from 20% to 5% is announcedChancellor announces new job retention bonus for employers who bring back furloughed staffA £2bn “green homes grant” to help make homes more energy efficient is also unveiled https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/uk-politics-53333253 https://www.gov.uk/government/news/rishis-plan-for-jobs-will-help-britain-bounce-back
This guidance is primarily for owners and operators of toilets for public use including but not limited to: Local Authorities, town councils and town/city centre managers/forumsTown and Community CouncilsNational ParksThird sector organisationsHeritage and tourism sitesCommercial or business premises where toilet access is provided to the publicHospitality sector (e.g. cafés, bars, restaurants) https://gov.wales/providing-safer-toilets-public-use-coronavirus-html
Business Owners Are Invited To Peninsula Webinar Covering HR and H&S Obligations Around Coronavirus and beyond. • What are my H&S obligations and what happens if I get it wrong?• How do I write a COVID-19 risk assessment?• Do I need to train staff before they return to work and how do I do that?• How can I reduce my staff’s hours if their contract states full time?• Can I close the business temporarily due to lack of work?• How do I plan for redundancies if our business situation deteriorates?• How can I support my employees during this worrying time?• What Policies should I have in place if Coronavirus returns?• […]
The First Minister today confirmed the conditions in Wales allow the requirement to stay local to be removed from Monday.Under the new arrangements, from Monday 6 July: The legal requirement to stay local (and the associated guidance about the 5-mile rule of thumb) no longer applies.There will be no limitation on travel but holiday accommodation in Wales will not be allowed to be open – self-contained accommodation is preparing to re-open from 11 July.People from 2 separate households will be able to join together to form one exclusive, extended household. But they can only be part of one extended household.Everyone joining the extended household must belong to the two households, […]
The Minister signalled the first phase of a planned reopening for bars, restaurants and cafes with outdoor spaces following a rapid review of the sector. https://gov.wales/timetable-phased-reopening-tourism-sector
Heart Radio are running a big station led promotion called Heart’s Holiday Hero’s as a way of supporting our tourist attractions in North Wales. It will give you the opportunity to talk about how you are opening safely and what there is to enjoy whilst visiting your attraction. Lois-Oli-talking-to-attractionsDownload To get involved please email giselle.twist@communicorpuk.com
North Wales Tourism have made some updates on their Go North Wales website to make it easy for you to communicate COVID-19 response information to visitors.Providing this information is going to be increasingly important so changes have been made to the platform which will allow us to display essential information including new awards and COVID-19 related facilities. Visit Britain ‘We’re Good to Go’ and The AA Covid-19 Confident Awards We have added the Visit Britain ‘We’re Good to Go’ (https://goodtogo.visitbritain.com) and The AA Covid-19 Confident (https://www.ratedtrips.com/aa-covid-confident) Awards to the site so that it can be assigned to your product entry. The new logos will appear on the product detail page […]