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He’s a towering figure in the tourism industry. Last night he was named CEO of the year

[ad_1] Winston Churchill famously said, “Never let a good crisis go to waste.” It’s a phrase that immediately comes to mind when talking to Grant Webster, chief executive of Tourism Holdings and this year’s Deloitte Top 200 Chief Executive of the Year. When the country’s borders closed in early 2020 in response to the Covid […]

Tourist tax cost the Treasury £200m last year

[ad_1] The Treasury missed out on more than £200 million last year because it scrapped VAT-free shopping, according to new estimates. The controversial ‘tourist tax’ cost British retailers £1.5 billion in lost sales in 2022, said the Association of International Retail (AIR) in evidence sent to the Chancellor Jeremy Hunt in an effort to get […]