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Hospitality: Driving Scotland’s Local Economies Report

October 07, 2011

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 …

Hospitality: Driving Scotland’s Local Economies Report

Regional growth fund ignores Prime Minister’s tourism objectives

April 15, 2011

The Regional Growth Fund’s failure to support tourism in England in its first round of grants worth £440m has been described as a lost opportunity to meet the industry’s aim to create 236,000 new jobs. Ufi Ibrahim, chief executive, of the British Hospitality Association, said the decision to refuse VisitEngland’s £29m bid for domestic tourism promotion was very disappointing. “It ignores the prime minister’s promise in the government’s own Tourism Strategy to …