1. Industrial Strategy and Other Current Challenges
Kurt Janson
Director

2. Tourism Industry Deal Skills Productivity Connectivity
Four Asks:
Skills
Productivity
Connectivity
Tourism Action Zones

3. Tourism Action Zones Partnership between Industry, Local Authority LEP
Cover any Area – rural to urban and successful to needing help
Develop Plan with Seasonality/Productivity Targets for Independent Board
Give and Take - what will be provided locally and what is needed from Govt

4. Delays New Secretary of State who wants to understand and change Bid
BEIS reviewing Industrial Strategy process
Brexit
Has Been To Star Chamber but Treasury wasn’t Present

5. Opportunities for Growth
Highlight the Importance of Tourism
to the UK’s Post-Brexit Economy
10 “Big Ideas” that will Boost Growth
and Employment
Highlight Brexit Opportunities
Launch on 1 April 2019

6. Two Other Issues Package Travel Regulations
Migration Advisory Committee

7. Package Travel Regulations
Introduced on 1 July 2018
Expands Definition of a Package
Different products on the same premises
Products sold within 24hours of each other
Introduces Linked Travel Arrangements
Covers Links/ Recommendations/ Discounts
Significant New Requirements
Information Provision
Customer rights on cancellations
Insolvency Insurance
Being Reviewed in January

8. Migration Advisory Committee
Reviewed EU Migration and Recommended:
Treating EU Nationals the same as Non-EU Nationals
Removing caps on skilled workers
Lowering skill level for Tier 2 but retaining £30k salary level
Removing requirement to prove vacancy can’t be filled within the UK
Expanding Youth Mobility Scheme to cover the EU
TA looking to expand Youth Mobility Scheme – “4 by 34”

9. Keeping Up-to-Date on Regulation
Kurt Janson
Director