The DoT updated their weekly transport figures but there was no change from last week on public transport use: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/transport-use-during-the-coronavirus-covid-19-pandemic The Covid guidance for Scotland was updated to take account of changes announced on the 26th April: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/coronavirus-covid-19-information-for-individuals-and-businesses-in-scotland …
Coronavirus Restrictions The guidance on Coronavirus restrictions has been updated to include a new section on travel to and from Scotland in order to take account of the changes that come into play today. In case you were wondering, there…
Welcome Back Fund Q&A On 16th April the Government published the guidance on the Welcome back Fund – this is a £56m fund to support the return to high streets safely and it builds on the £50m Reopening High Street…
DMO Review Seminar Not Coronavirus related but it is now loaded the DMO seminar onto youtube. So if you would like to view it, here is the link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5OZWbBxOlU4 DCMS Q&A Update Attached a copy of the new DCMS…
Heritage Locations Guidance Updated The primary guidance for heritage locations has been updated to take account of the relaxations associated with Step 2 of the roadmap. There is nothing that is particularly new in the guidance but there has been…
Transport Use DfT has released the transport data from this first day of Step 2. While this shows that there has been an uplift in the number of people travelling as a result of the easing of restrictions, there is…
Impact Of Coronavirus on Tourism Businesses The GDP figures out today show the severe impact that coronavirus is still having on the UK tourism industry compared with other sectors of the economy. The figures show that, compared to February 2020:…
Updated Reopening Guidance The guidance on which businesses can reopen has been updated for Step 2. There is nothing new in this but it is good to bookmark this guidance document as a reference for the next five weeks. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/covid-19-guidance-for-small-marriages-and-civil-partnerships/covid-19-guidance-for-small-marriages-and-civil-partnerships…
Global Travel Taskforce Report The GTTF report has been published which provides more detail than this morning’s press release. The recommendations of the report are broken down into four sections. 1. Progressing a risk-based reopening of international travel, making use…
Green: Arrivals will need to take a pre-departure test as well as a PCR test on or before day 2 of their arrival back into the UK but will not need to quarantine on return (unless they receive a positive result)…