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Advantage members seek help with Covid debts and high interest rates in spring Budget

Government
James Chapple
4 March 2024

Covid debts and high interest rates have been identified as some of the key challenges faced by Advantage Travel Partnership members ahead of this week’s spring Budget.

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Nearly half of Advantage members (44%) are still servicing Covid-19 debts, while just shy of a third (29%) said that high interest rates were impacting their businesses.


The consortium is seeking concessions from government to support travel’s rebound from the pandemic, with chancellor Jeremy Hunt poised to make his statement on Wednesday (6 March).


"The pandemic severely impacted both leisure and business travel, and many businesses were forced to use their own capital reserves to sustain their operations during the pandemic as they were continuing to operate at full capacity to serve customers cancelling and/or changing bookings," said Advantage.