News
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Wednesday, 19 June 2013
UKinbound is a member of A Fair Tax on Flying It has launched a new campaign to encourage thousands of businesses to sign up on line to a petition calling for Air Passenger Duty (APD) to be made fairer.
To register your support www.afairtaxonflying.org/business
Keep up to date with progress by following @fairtaxonflying and @ukinbound on twitter.
More information from co-ordinator Olly Kendall olly@westminsterpa.com... Read More
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Camping & Caravaning
Monday, 17 June 2013
Director General of The Camping and Caravanning Club Robert Louden has been awarded an MBE for services to the Outdoor Recreation Industry in the Queen's Birthday Honours List.
Robert is also a former Chairman of Forest Holidays and currently Chairman of Camping in the Forest, both joint ventures with the Forestry Commission. He is a current member of the Club Care Insurance Management Committee. He is also a board member of the Outdoor Industries Association (OIA) and is a member of the nominations committee at the Sport and Recreation Alliance (SRA).
He... Read More
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Tourism Infrastructure
Friday, 14 June 2013
The Superfast Cymru programme, which will provide high speed broadband to Welsh homes and businesses, has seen first new fibre broadband cabinet was unveiled
in Bangor. The project, a partnership between the Welsh Government and BT, will take fibre broadband the length and breadth of Wales, and Welsh Government Minister,
Edwina Hart MBE OSt.J AM, unveiled the first new fibre broadband cabinet in High Street, Bangor which will serve hundreds of homes and businesses in the area. Further street cabinets are being installed in the locality to serve many more.
Mrs Hart said:... Read More
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Consultations
Friday, 14 June 2013
In November 2012 the Welsh Government published a revised Planning Policy Wales Chapter 7 on Economic Development. The Welsh Government recognised that the policy needed to be supplemented by a technical advice note to provide more detailed guidance to assist local planning authorities prepare their Local Development Plans and make planning decisions. This draft TAN is the result of that process. A detailed practice guide will also be produced to advise local planning authorities about undertaking Employment Land Reviews, and this will be the subject of a further consultation that... Read More
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Research
Friday, 14 June 2013
Visit Britain released research this week showing that overseas visitors love our parks and gardens, with around a third of visitors going to a park or garden during their stay, and over half of all “holiday” visitors explore our green surrounds each year.
Around a third of the 31 million people who visit Britain each year, enjoy going to a park or garden. Surprisingly around 2.4 million tourists aged between 24 and 35 years are more likely to visit a park or garden than visitors in any other age group. This... Read More
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Research
Friday, 14 June 2013
The latest International Passenger Survey shows a picture of steady visitor numbers but increases in visitor spend.
Overall visitor numbers are down by 1% for the month of April 2013, but expenditure is up by 13% over April 2012.
While monthly figures can vary considerably, the year to date figures are showing a similar trend, with revenue up 12% over 2012 while visitor numbers are up just 1%.
Following the growth seen in recent months the first four months of 2013 have seen record spend (in nominal terms) of £5.21 billion.
Within these headline... Read More
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Attractions/Activities
Wednesday, 12 June 2013
A share offer has been launched today (June 10) to give the people of Wales an opportunity to become early stage investors in the planning and design stages of the Swansea Tidal Lagoon. With no minimum stake required, shares are priced at £800. The offer is open for 5 weeks.
More information see attached press release
www.tidallagoonswanseabay.com to register for a copy of the investor memorandum
Offer closes 15 July 2013... Read More
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Consultations
Friday, 31 May 2013
The Commission on Devolution in Wales is holding a number of public consultation events across Wales in June 2013. A series of drop in sessions and public meetings has been planned to obtain a broad range of views on the review of the current devolution settlement. More information on dates, times and venues contact
commissiononwelshdevolution@walesoffice.gsi.gov.uk
If you are unable to attend an event put forward your views by visiting
http://commissiononoevolutioninwales.independent.gov.uk/get-involved... Read More
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Research
Friday, 31 May 2013
The £25m GREAT campaign coordinated by Visit Britain targeted 14 major cities in nine countries. It is currently VB's prime advertising campaign and aims to attract a greater number of overseas visitors to all parts of Britain.
Analysis of the first year of the campaign has revealed that it has potentially driven an additional 422,000 visitors to Britain, which would result in an additional £200 million of visitor spending over the next two years. All audiences surveyed agreed the campaign made them want to visit a wide variety of locations in... Read More
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Sustainability
Thursday, 30 May 2013
The Ecosystem Markets Task Force is a business led review of the business
opportunities that arise from valuing nature correctly. The work of the Task Force is a key commitment in the UK Government’s Natural Environment White Paper, ‘The Natural Choice’.The White Paper’s ambition is to create “a green economy, in which economic growth and the health of our natural resources sustain each other, and markets,business and Government better reflect the value of nature.”
The recent Industrial Strategy: UK Sector Analysis from the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills identified “increasing demand... Read More
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