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To enable more students to continue their academic dreams of a UK higher education, Stay Campus London is offering 20% off tuition fees to all students who book a University Foundation Programme before 31 December 2020.

Anna Goodband, School Principal at Liverpool School of English, joined the House of Lords Economic Affairs Committee. Along with other Liverpool based companies they discussed the impact that Covid-19 restrictions and Liverpool being placed into Tier 3 have had on local businesses and the economy.

Passengers arriving into England will be able to reduce mandatory self-isolation by at least a week, as the government launches its new strategy for testing international arrivals.

Small businesses in England will receive a significant £2.2 billion from the government to help them through the current period of national restrictions

The new figure comes from WTTC’s latest economic modelling, which looks at the punishing impact of COVID-19 and travel restrictions on the Travel & Tourism sector.

Education charity UFA (University of the First Age) are offering fun, safe residentials with appropriate Covid-19 safety measures, for international school students staying in the UK over Christmas due to coronavirus restrictions.

Communities in 7 areas across England are set to benefit from up to £178.7 million in new Town Deals.

The KickStart Government placement scheme goes live in November

BUNAC Travel Services, a global work and travel company, announces it has been acquired by David Andrews, Lioncourt Investments, who has invested new capital to support BUNAC’s growth ambitions.

Hostelworld aims to unite hostel industry to tackle the root causes of plastic pollution and lessen the impact on the environment

Theatre Workout has been awarded £50,000 as part of the Government’s £1.57 billion Culture Recovery Fund (CRF) to help face the challenges of the coronavirus pandemic and to ensure they have a sustainable future, the Culture Secretary has announced today.

East Anglian insurance firm One Broker celebrated the launch of its brand-new website, which delivers an improved online experience to its customers

The government announced it will significantly increase the generosity and reach of its winter support schemes to ensure livelihoods and jobs across the UK continue to be protected in the difficult months to come, supporting jobs and helping to contain the virus.

Online and virtual experiences are here to stay and it’s how we use these as a supplementary offering for schools and not a substitute for a physical experience

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A new Global Travel Taskforce to support the travel industry and the safe recovery of international travel has been launched by the government

After announcing the Job Retention Bonus (JRB) earlier in the summer, the government has now produced the guidance providing the detail of how the JRB will work in practice.

In response to industry demand, BETA delivered its inaugural Youth Travel Workshop Online on 10th September Attended by 90+ businesses from the UK and overseas, all with a focus on revitalising our sector, reviving industry partnership and making steps to recover the business lost during Covid-19. Feedback from the day was fantastic with the event far exceeding the delegate’s expectations:  100% rated the event good or excellent99% made new contacts99% said it is excellent for negotiating new business99% feel it’s important to be represented at this event98% said the event was excellent value for money95% rated the calibre of buyers & suppliers as excellent97% secured new products and partners on the day98% said it was an excellent forum for raising awareness of their products and services BETA’s Executive Director, Emma English said, I was delighted with the results and delegate feedback from this event. Clearly having to cancel our face to face event earlier in the year meant that an important opportunity to connect buyers and suppliers was missing from our activity.Being able to host the event online, using the technology that we have all now become so familiar with really helped us to reach a wider audience, with buyers in attendance […]

In an ever-changing situation, the importance of being an expert, adapting and keeping customers up to date has been key

This summer, we launched a brand new tour for Londoners to see the city like never before

Language Study Centres becomes Bayswater Summer

We have been using the unexpected downtime to work on making our courses even better and planning for our every popular summer school for 5-17 year olds in 2021

The government has announced further national measures to address rising cases of coronavirus in England.

As of the start of the 2020 school year, UNOSEL conducted a survey of teachers to find out about their educational school trip plans for the coming year.

Commercial tenants will be protected from the risk of eviction until the end of

The Student route and Child Student route will open on 5 October 2020 to the best and brightest international students from across the globe.

Businesses across England and Wales like pubs, restaurants, hairdressers and cinemas, are being urged to ensure they have NHS QR code posters visible on entry so customers who have downloaded the new NHS Covid-19 app can use their smartphones to easily check-in The move comes ahead of a national launch of the NHS Covid-19 app across England and Wales on Thursday 24 September. The government will be supporting businesses and venues to display the QR codes, which can be downloaded via a website to display as posters in premises. Following the launch of the new Covid-19 app, customers and visitors in England will be able to check-in on entry with their phone instead of filling out a check-in book or tool specific to a business. This will allow NHS Test and Trace to contact customers with public health advice should there be a COVID-19 outbreak. In England, using QR codes will help businesses meet the new legal requirement to record the contact details of customers, visitors and staff on their premises. With coronavirus cases rising in the UK in the last few weeks it is essential businesses capitalise on the benefits QR codes can bring to protect themselves and their […]

The Kickstart Scheme will create hundreds of thousands of new jobs for young people

The CMA has published further detail on its views on the law in relation to cancellations and refunds during the pandemic

Stay Campus London, a UK provider of student accommodation and English language programmes, has launched a free two-week self-isolation offer for international students who are subject to quarantine rules.

Our main demographic is ready to travel but want to ensure they don’t miss out on anything while travelling now. This is obviously an opportunity. If you nail this, you will be fine!

To assist venues re-open post-down Umi Digital has used some of the ‘off season’ while many of their clients were closed to create some industry-specific technical solutions to ease the transition back into running operations hotels, restaurants, bars and more.

Hospitality Insurance Group Action (HIGA) is to offer an Advice Clinic for hotels, restaurants, cafés, bars, and other businesses within the hospitality sector who may be unsure about the right way to proceed with their Covid19 business interruption insurance claims.

The British Council is pleased to announce a £1million boost of advertising for Study UK in 16 key markets in a bid to drive up student enrolment for 2020. The campaign will also promote the incoming Graduate Route as a key incentive for international students.

In December, the short-term study visa (STSV) route will close and anyone who wants to study here for six months or less can enter on a standard visitor visa.

Fighting Travel Bans with Innovation: UK Tour Operator Brings Back Holidays for Travellers this Summer

I feel that travelling with “purpose” will become more important than ever. Students will want to experience things that are unique and personalised

Londonist is very excited to announce that they have 4 new residences in London!

London’s NHS and frontline workers are being offered free overnight accommodation by YHA (England & Wales)

The new system will come into effect from 1 January 2021 once freedom of movement within the EU has ended

After months of closure and already halfway through its peak season, the London tourism sector has today joined forces to urge the UK Government to act now or face an economic crisis in the capital

As part of the summer statement from the Chancellor a bonus scheme for the CJRS was also announced

Cultural and heritage organisations to be protected with £1.57 billion support package

Public asked to leave a name and number with venues to help stop the spread of COVID-19

English language school Stay Campus London and its sister brand The Stay Club have expanded their offering throughout the wake of Covid-19

Visitors arrived at ZSL London Zoo to enjoy the official reopening of the historic attraction – three months after it closed to the public for the first time since WW2.

Anglo Educational Services have recently welcomed their newly built Hoxton apartments into their property portfolio. These Hoxton apartments are hot off the market, with construction only finishing in recent weeks

We are back and open for business! After a period of uncertainty, we are once again opening our doors to travellers and groups looking to explore two of Europe’s most exciting cities

A NEW study reveals the shift in travel expectations of young backpackers amidst COVID-19…including where and how they want to travel post-lockdown and how ‘hostels’ will have to adapt