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Martyn’s Law – Workshops reminder from the Home Office

We invite all owners, operators, and those with responsibility for public premises to apply for one of a series of workshops around the UK covering Martyn’s Law.  

Attending one of these workshops will allow you to hear about plans for the upcoming legislation and help to scope how the legislation will work in practice, including opportunities to contribute to requirements on advice and guidance.  

Pre-reading will be required, and on the day members of the policy team behind Martyn’s Law will be on hand to answer questions and discuss specific issues. We encourage applications from those with an interest, regardless of whether you have any security-related experience. 

Workshops will last for one day (0930-1600). There is no cost to attendees for the workshop, and tea, coffee, water and lunch will be provided. The Home Office will not fund any travel or accommodation costs associated with your attendance.  

The dates and locations for the workshops are as follows:

DateLocation
02/05/23London
04/05/23Cardiff
09/05/23Birmingham
16/05/23Carlisle
17/05/23Durham
23/05/23Belfast
30/05/23Edinburgh

Please apply for one of the workshops at the below link, if you have any questions in the interim, please email ProtectDuty@homeoffice.gov.uk.  

The deadline for all applications is 07/04/2023. You will be notified if your application has been successful by 19/04/2023.  

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/martyns-law-workshops-may-2023-tickets-595896110307

Tourism Alliance Message on Lib Dem tourism breakfast briefing

TO TA Members only:

There are a handful of tickets left for our roundtable Breakfast Briefing with the Lib Dems’ Jamie Stone MP (DCMS Spokesperson) and former leader, Tim Farron MP.

This will be an informal opportunity for Jamie and Tim to meet key tourism policy leaders from across the Tourism Alliance and for us to brief them on key policy areas of interest to the sector.

  • On Tuesday 18th April
  • Between 0830-1000
  • At the offices of Historic Houses, 25-27 Buckingham Palace Road, London, SW1W 0PP

This is the last opportunity for any TA members who want to come along to grab a space. I’ve had interest from some non-members, but am reserving these back for members only for now.

In order to cover costs we are charging £30+VAT for each place. 

Book your space at the Lib Den Breakfast Briefing – https://www.tickettailor.com/events/thetourismalliance/887571

To read copy of NPoCC SIB Public Safety Events Monthly Assessment (March 2023 Official) please click here.

TA Weekly Update – 6 April 2023

   
Members’ Weekly Update In this update…6th April 2023

Parliament is in recess
Tourism Alliance Lib Dem Breakfast Briefing – two tickets left
Webinar: Port of Dover Briefing
Tourism Policy Conference 19th September – Save The Date
New Tourism Alliance website is on the way – check your member info
Visa fees frozen
Changes to TA emails for non-members    

Parliament is in recess Parliament is in recess at the moment, so this week’s update is light on policy announcements and news, but this is a good opportunity to send around some administrative notes and some some save the dates.    

Tourism Alliance Liberal Democrat Breakfast Briefing – two tickets left


There are now just two places left for the Lib Dem Tourism Alliance Breakfast Briefing. This event will be with their DCMS Spokesperson, Jamie Stone MP (Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross) and former Lib Dem leader, Tim Farron MP (Westmorland and Lonsdale).

This will be an informal opportunity for Jamie and Tim to meet key tourism policy leaders from across the Tourism Alliance and for us to brief them on key policy areas of interest to the sector.

On Tuesday 18th April
Between 0830-1000
At the offices of Historic Houses, 25-27 Buckingham Palace Road, London, SW1W 0PP
In order to cover costs we are charging £30+VAT for each place. 

With thanks to Historic Houses for hosting this breakfast briefing.  
Reserve your Breakfast Briefing place now    

Webinar: Port of Dover Briefing


The CEO of the Port of Dover, Doug Bannister, will be joining us to give an update and briefing on the
situation at the border there on Monday 17th April at 1400.


Dover has obviously been in the news recently because of the long queues to cross the border which has resulted in huge disruption for many travellers, including many school groups, coach parties etc.

Doug, who also serves as Deputy Chair of Visit Kent, will be briefing Tourism Alliance members about what’s happening on the ground, what the root causes are, what the solutions are going to be, and prospects for resolution at this online session.

TA member organisations and your members are welcome to join. 

Please register for this webinar in advance.  

Regsiter for the TA Webinar with Doug Bannister    

Tourism Policy Conference 19th September – Save The Date


The joint Tourism Alliance / Tourism Society / British Destinations Tourism Policy Conference will take place on Tuesday 19th September. 

This will be a full-day conference which will focus strongly on policy, rather than the insights focus we had at our recent event.

We will have sessions on important current and live policy areas, speeches from some high-profile politicians and decision-makers, as well as some sessions looking further ahead to policy challenges and opportunities that we may see in the next few years, including the other side of a general election.

Much more detail to come, but for now, just mark Tuesday 19th September in your calendar.    

New Tourism Alliance website is on the way – check your member info We are currently building a brand new Tourism Alliance website which will hopefully be a step change from our current site. We want to feature our members prominently on the new site to show the range and variety of our membership and of the tourism sector generally.

To that end, it would be helpful if Tourism Alliance members could review the information that we currently have about your organisation on there and update as necessary. We will have a paragraph or two as an “About” for each member organisation which should be between 100 and 200 words. Feel free to send any updates to me via Richard.Toomer@tourismalliance.com    

Visa fees frozen
One announcement we have had this week is on visa fees. I am pleased to say that fees have been frozen for the year starting 13th April which means a six month visa remains at £100 and a five year visa at £670. Now, we strongly believe that visa costs are too high, but at least we’re not going to see any further increases this year.

You can access the full table of fees on gov.uk.    

Changes to TA emails for non-members
After Easter we will be moving to a slightly different system for our weekly newsletters.

Tourism Alliance members will see no change and will continue to receive this weekly update containing information, news, policy announcements, and will continue to get timely TA Newsflashes when something urgent happens.

Non-member organisations who would qualify for TA membership will no longer receive these weekly emails, but will be instead receive different communications from us which may include items such as invitations to events which are open to non-members, and more general information.

We will ensure that organisations who currently receive all our emails who would not qualify for membership will continue to receive relevant communications from.

This change will not happen immediately, and we will update everyone beforehand, including with a change to our privacy notice so you can opt-out to anything you don’t wish to receive.

If you have any questions about this change please do not hesitate to contact me. And if you’re a non-member organisation who would like to come onboard (or if you’re not sure if you’re already a member, or would qualify for membership), likewise.