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Travel Counsellors in plea to govt over help for agents

Independent
Gary Noakes
27 January 2021

Travel Counsellors has launched a new campaign, Travel Forward, to press the government to support the sector and for new legislation to protect consumers.

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Chief executive Steve Byrne has written to aviation minister Robert Courts and consumer minister Paul Scully to ask for an urgent review of both issues.

“It is time for the government to look forward to provide more support to both travellers and the travel industry,” said Byrne. 

“We are calling for two things here; support from the government to help those excluded from the SEISS [Self-Employment Income Support Scheme], such as businesses that have been recently set up and may be operating via limited companies as directors.