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Month: January 2021

Economic Impact Assessment of the Self-Catering Industry in the UK

Posted on by Fiona Campbell

The Association of Scotland’s Self-Caterers (ASSC) and the Professional Association of Self-Caterers UK (PASC UK) have commissioned Frontline Consultants to carry out an Economic Impact Assessment of the Self-Catering Industry in the UK.

The study will consider the economic impact of all visits made to self-catering providers in the UK and will provide a country by country and area by area breakdown.

It will:

  • assess expenditure by property-owners and managers, and visitors in the local economy
  • provide an independent, evidence-based, understanding of the direct and indirect economic impact/contribution of the self-catering sector in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland
  • estimate the full-time equivalent jobs supported by the sector
  • assess the impact of COVID

The data that we glean from this survey will inform all future representative and lobbying activities to both UK and Scottish Governments.

The value of empirical data has been more than evidenced throughout the Covid-19 pandemic, and we now really need to assess the up to date economic impact of the vital self-catering Industry.

Appreciating that you have all completed a plethora of surveys for us over the last 12 moths, could we please prevail upon you to respond to one more survey?

Please click on the link below to complete the survey:

https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/pascasscoperators

All of the information you provide will be kept confidential and the figures in our report will be aggregated and will not be attributable to you or your business.

The Economic Impact of Visitor Spend

We would also like to assess the impact of indirect visitor spend from the self-catering industry on the Scottish economy. We would appreciate it hugely if you would consider distributing the following survey link to your previous guests:

“Would you like the chance to WIN A £200 AMAZON VOUCHER?

The Association of Scotland’s Self-Caterers (ASSC) and the Professional Association of Self-Caterers UK (PASC UK) have commissioned Frontline Consultants to carry out an Economic Impact Assessment of the Self-Catering Industry in the UK.

You could be the lucky winner of a £200 Amazon voucher. All you need to do is complete this 5 minute survey about your holidays.

The competition closes on 14th February 2021. The winners will be chosen randomly on 28th February 2021 and contacted by Frontline/ASSC/PASC.

The information you give will help us to assess the value of the self-catering industry to the UK economy.

The information will be kept anonymous and you will not be contacted in the future by us or anyone else.

The link to the visitor survey:

https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/PASCASSCVISITORS”

If you require any help completing the survey please contact Frontline on: SelfCateringImpact@frontlinemc.com. 

Business Interruption Insurance Claims – Supreme Court Judgement: 15 January

Posted on by Melanie Allen

The Supreme Court has announced that it will deliver its judgment on Friday 15 January 2021 at 9:45 am.

We understand that delivery of the judgment may last around 15 minutes, and the full written judgment is likely to be published on the Supreme Court’s website very soon after that.

In order to view the delivery of the judgment:

We will keep you updated with more information when available.

 

First Minister’s Questions regarding Business Support Payments

Posted on by Fiona Campbell

Today, there was an exchange between Ruth Davidson and the First Minister on business support payments at FMQs:

  • Ruth Davidson touched on the latest changes to Covid-19 restrictions affecting the business community, noting that it was the latest instance of them being subject to changes brought in unexpectedly with little consultation. She said that the new funding for hospitality, retail and leisure businesses was welcome but highlighted a number of financial support packages – including December’s £185m announcement on support for business and £55m for sports clubs; November’s Strategic Business Support Fund; October’s £30m Discretionary Fund – and claimed that she had seen evidence that only £6m had reached businesses. She called on the Scottish Government to publish evidence of how much money had actually been paid out.
  • The First Minister replied that the Scottish Government would publish evidence “as the information comes through” as local councils were largely responsible for administering the funding. She highlighted that £600m of the £715m allocated to business support since October 2020 was already live, other funds would go live later this month, and “payments were flowing to businesses”.
  • Ruth Davidson followed-up to highlight that leaked documents showed that only 7 out of 30 business funds had launched and that FSB Scotland state that funding “is trapped in an administrative logjam”. She also argued that local councils were seeking more assistance and details from the Scottish Government in order to roll out the funding packages and asked how many funds had guidance issued from the Scottish Government.
  • The First Minister reiterated the point that most of the funding announced was now live and the remainder would be going live shortly but said she had not seen the leaked documents. She also mentioned a range of funding packages that had been recently announced, including the new top-up payments and support for island businesses. She confirmed that she had held discussions with the Cabinet Secretary for Finance Kate Forbes about speeding up the process of local councils distributing funds.
  • Ruth Davidson said the First Minister merely listed announcements when the issue “was about getting money into people’s pockets and it is not getting there”. She highlighted a piece of constituency correspondence from a taxi driver who had been unable to gain access to any financial support and said that others – B&B owners, hairdressers, wedding organisers, and self-caterers – all of whom had been promised help but that the Scottish Government had failed to deliver.
  • The First Minister said she appreciated how important the issue was but accused Ruth Davidson of giving the impression that no money had flowed to businesses when in fact the Scottish Government had actually provided additional support packages. She said the Scottish Government would attempt to speed up the process of local councils administering the funds as much as possible.