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Travel accountant meets with culture secretary to argue industry's case

Government
Sophie Griffiths
25 June 2021

A leading travel accountant is urging the travel trade to contact their local MP following a successful meeting with his representative culture secretary, Oliver Dowden.

Wall has urged the CAA to be "cautious about making too many substantive changes" to a system that "largely functions effectively"

Jonathan Wall, managing director of Elman Wall, met with Dowden, MP for Hertsmere, on 25 June, two days after the Travel Day of Action.

“I contacted him a couple of weeks ago and was subsequently invited to a constituency meeting,” Wall told TTG.

“[Advantage chief executive] Julia Lo Bue-Said had said to me, ‘who better than an accountant in travel to tell the government how money is earned in the travel industry’, so I thought this was a really good opportunity to describe to my MP how it works and why this sector needs urgent support.”