Announcements: October 2011

The hospitality industry can create 475,000 jobs by 2020 if barriers to growth are removed, says a new report by Oxford Economics, Hospitality: Driving Local Economies, commissioned by the British Hospitality Association, which is being distributed to every MP, MEP, MSP and Welsh Assembly member. The report, which identifies the hospitality industry’s contribution to each of the 406 local authorities throughout the country, says that the hospitality industry directly employs 2.4m people …

A new report published today by the British Hospitality Association (BHA) identifies the hospitality industry’s contribution to local authority areas throughout Scotland and finds that the industry has to overcome significant barriers to growth if it is to create more jobs and support economic recovery. The report – Hospitality: Driving Local Economies – commissioned by Oxford Economics and presented to Members of the Scottish Parliament today, shows that the hospitality industry in …