BHA Member: Blythswood Square Restaurant

Press: June 2011

BHA’s partnership with Government is delivering results

June 24, 2011

The BHA’s partnership with the government is delivering results, Ufi Ibrahim (left), chief executive, told 500 members and guests at the association’s annual luncheon at Grosvenor House, London on Wednesday, where Ana Patricia Botín, chief executive of Santander UK, was the guest of honour. “Our work with the Secretary of State for Health, and the Responsibility Deal includes Board level representation for the industry as well as on the high level steering …

BHA’s partnership with Government is delivering results

High level of UK VAT is a deterrent to tourism growth

June 06, 2011

- BHA annual report says VAT is counterproductive to the prime minister’s growth objective Tourism is the only export of the UK which is subject to domestic VAT and its current high level is clearly a deterrent to visitors and discourages ‘staycationers’, says the annual report of the British Hospitality Association, published Monday 6 June.  “The present level of VAT in the UK is one of the most pressing issues facing the …