The collapse of Shearings has highlighted a "crazy" gap in government support for hundreds of vital British travel and tourism businesses, the Coach Tourism Association (CTA) has said.
The CTA believes around 300 coach touring businesses, supporting 40,000 jobs and generating £6 billion a year, could be at risk as they are not classified as part of the leisure industry.
This means they cannot seek certain elements of government financial support during the coronavirus crisis, such as those available to the rest of the hospitality sector.
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