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The Prime Minister will set out the government’s roadmap for cautiously easing lockdown restrictions in England.

Latest Treasury announcement brings the extra funding provided since March 2020 to the devolved administration in Wales to £5.85 billion.

UK Government provides devolved administration in Scotland with additional £1.1 billion to help tackle coronavirus

Businesses that took out government-backed Bounce Back Loans to get through Covid-19 will now have greater flexibility to repay their loans, the government announced.

From 15 February anyone travelling to the UK from a country on the UK’s travel ban list will be required to quarantine in a government-approved facility for 10 days.

English language provider Trinity UK has announced a new range of destinations for English Summer Camps

Hostelling has been disproportionately hit by COVID-19. Yet hostels contribute more than any other aspect of hospitality to wellbeing, connection with nature and the rural economy

During COVID we were pleasantly surprised to see how often businesses were able to issue full refunds or work to find a positive compromise for both parties. These gestures of goodwill across the industry was a wonderful thing to see, which made me feel glad to be part of it

Deal takes total number of Valneva vaccines to 100 million, to be manufactured in the UK in Scotland

The UK is formally applying to join one of the world’s largest free-trade areas, deepening trade ties with some of the fastest-growing markets in the world

The Supreme Court has today delivered its judgment in the Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA)’s business interruption insurance test case

Study finds past coronavirus (COVID-19) infection provides some immunity for at least 5 months, but people may still carry and transmit the virus

A survey of more than a thousand hospitality and tourism businesses by the Cut Tourism VAT (CTV) Campaign, UKHospitality, the Tourism Alliance and the Association of Leading Visitor Attractions demonstrates the importance of the decision by Chancellor Rishi Sunak to apply a reduced rate of VAT at 5% in protecting employment and the survival of those businesses

One of the core missions at Learn Away has always been to support language learning outside of the classroom

As we head towards COVID recovery I think the opportunities are that people still want to travel and learn English and that people now more than ever value experiences, new skills and making memories which is what we are all about!

International arrivals required to prove negative COVID-19 test result before departure for England.

Community testing offer to be expanded across all local authorities in England to test people without symptoms

Construction will begin on the new home for Manchester Metropolitan University’s Faculty of Science and Engineering and the refurbishment of its existing John Dalton complex in January 2021.

Businesses in the retail, hospitality and leisure sectors are to receive a one-off grant worth up to £9,000, the Chancellor has announced

Thousands of students will be able to study and do work placements across the world through a brand new scheme that replaces the UK’s participation in Erasmus+.

Tourism and hospitality businesses across Scotland are to benefit from a £104.3 million package of support in the New Year.

The furlough scheme has been extended until the end of April 2021 with the government continuing to contribute 80% towards wages – giving businesses and employees across the UK certainty into the New Year, the Chancellor announced.

A change to the self-isolation period from 14 to 10 days has been announced.

Students offered testing for Covid after Christmas as universities asked to stagger returns

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

The future of youth hostelling lies in the hands of local MPs

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.

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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