BHA Member: Memories of China

Announcements: August 2011

Single use bags – Wales

August 01, 2011

Those restaurant members who provide a takeaway service or hotels which provide packed lunches for guests in Wales will be required from 1 October to charge customers 5p including VAT for each single use bag provided. There are exemptions for bags containing only unwrapped food, but not for bags containing any totally wrapped food. For more information click here to check if this could affect your business. If it does, let us …

Single use bags – Wales

Fewer inbound and outbound

August 01, 2011

The government’s annual Travel Trends report for 2010 shows a total of 29.8 million inbound visitors, down 0.3 per cent on 2009, though holiday visits at 11.7 million were a record. There were fewer (3.4 million) North American visitors than in 1985. Inbound tourists spent 227.8 million nights here, down 0.7 per cent, and £16.9 billion, up 1.8 per cent in cash terms, but down 3.5 per cent in real terms. Britons …

Fewer inbound and outbound