Cut Tourism Vat

Election manifestos fail to mention cut in Tourism VAT

23-May-2017 By Sophie Witts

The Cut Tourism VAT campaign has criticised the UK’s major political parties for failing to pledge to reduce the tax following the general election.

Cutting tourism VAT could end UK's £13bn trade deficit

11-May-2016 By Sophie Witts

The British Hospitality Associtaion (BHA) has ramped up calls for the Government to cut the rate of tourism VAT to fix the UK’s increasingly dire trade deficit.

Budget 2016: Five things the hospitality industry wants to see

02-Mar-2016 By Helen Gilbert

With Chancellor George Osborne set to unveil his 2016 Budget Statement on 16 March, BigHospitality rounds up the key issues the industry would like addressed. 

Fears Edinburgh 'festival tax' could price tourists out of the city

09-Nov-2015 By Sophie Witts

Hospitality businesses in Edinburgh could be hit with a controversial ‘festival tax’ designed to raise up to £15m for the city.

Political support builds for Cut Tourism VAT campaign

22-Sep-2015 By Emma Eversham

Political support for Cut Tourism VAT's campaign to reduce VAT on domestic tourism from 20 per cent to 5 per cent is growing with The Liberal Democrats becoming the first main party to back it. 

Butlin's boss named as new Cut Tourism VAT campaign chaiman

29-Jun-2015 By Sophie Witts

Dermot King, managing director of Butlin's, has replaced Graham Wason as the chairman of the Cut Tourism VAT Campaign with immediate effect.

Cutting tourism VAT could provide £20bn boost to the UK

25-Jun-2015 By Sophie Witts

The campaign to Cut Tourism VAT has placed renewed pressure on the government after a study revealed that lowering the tax could be worth £20bn to the UK.

Cut food and tourism VAT and improve hospitality staff training, Select Committee tells Government

26-Mar-2015 By Sophie Witts

The Government must cut tourism VAT and give the hospitality sector greater support, according to a report published today (26 March) by Parliament’s Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee.

Budget 2015: Mixed news for the hospitality industry

18-Mar-2015 By Sophie Witts

The 2015 budget brought good news for pubs across the UK, with a reduction in duty on beer, cider and spirits, but failed to mention a cut in Tourism VAT.

Refreshed calls to cut VAT now tourism is 'important export industry'

07-Jan-2015 By Emma Eversham

Cut Tourism VAT, the campaign set up to put pressure on the Government to lower the VAT rate for tourism and hospitality businesses in the UK to 5 per cent, is calling for politicians to think again about changing the rate now tourism has been dubbed...

Tourism Council defends decision not to tackle VAT

19-Nov-2014 By Melodie Michel

To the disappointment of Cut Tourism VAT campaigners, the Tourism Council has decided not to discuss a VAT cut, but instead focus on jobs and skills.

#TaxEqualityDay: Pubs and restaurants unite for VAT cut

24-Sep-2014 By Melodie Michel

Over 15,000 pubs and restaurants across the UK cut their prices by at least 7.5 per cent on 24 September to show the positive impact reducing VAT to 5 per cent would have on the hospitality sector.

Tourism VAT cut would boost economy, finds report

07-Jul-2014 By Carina Perkins

Cutting VAT on hotels and attractions would be a ‘win-win’ strategy for Britain – helping to stimulate the tourism industry, create additional jobs and generate a net gain for the Treasury, according to a new report. 

Give Us A Break: New campaign to cut tourism VAT

30-Jun-2014 By Carina Perkins

The Sun newspaper has launched a campaign calling on Chancellor George Osborne to cut VAT on hotel accommodation and attractions to 5 per cent.

David Cameron dismisses more calls for hospitality and tourism VAT cut

19-Aug-2013

Prime Minister David Cameron has once again shunned the argument to reduce VAT for the hospitality and tourism sectors, claiming that bringing the taxes down to pre-recession levels ‘would be expensive’ for the UK economy.