{"id":11617,"date":"2013-08-06T20:52:40","date_gmt":"2013-08-06T11:52:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.exhibitionindustrynews.co.uk\/?p=3783"},"modified":"2013-08-06T20:52:40","modified_gmt":"2013-08-06T11:52:40","slug":"bvep-backs-air-tax-campaign","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eventbiz.net\/english\/?p=11617","title":{"rendered":"BVEP Backs Air Tax Campaign"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_3784\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"width: 210px\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.exhibitionindustrynews.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Michael-Hirst-BVEP-Chair-LR.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[3783]\" title=\"BVEP Backs Air Tax Campaign\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3784\" alt=\"Michael Hirst BVEP Chair LR 200x300 BVEP Backs Air Tax Campaign Exhibition News\" src=\"http:\/\/www.exhibitionindustrynews.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Michael-Hirst-BVEP-Chair-LR-200x300.jpg\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" title=\"BVEP Backs Air Tax CampaignExhibition News\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Michael Hirst, BVEP Chair, LR<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The Business Visits and Events Partnership (BVEP) today backed a new campaign aimed at putting pressure on the Government to introduce fairer levels of taxation on air passengers.<\/p>\n<p>The campaign, launched last month by <i>A Fair Tax on Flying <\/i>(<a  rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.afairtaxonflying.org\/business\">www.afairtaxonflying.org\/business<\/a>), has been designed to encourage local businesses to sign a petition to be sent to the Treasury and highlights the damaging impact Air Passenger Duty (APD) is having on the UK\u2019s economic growth.<\/p>\n<p>International business visits and spend are growing at a faster rate than other visitor segments \u2013 2% growth in 2012 in volume, the best year since 2008, APD continues to put UK business events at a competitive disadvantage. There is a growing call to support the promotion of business visits and events and build on the existing efforts of those involved in the sector.<\/p>\n<p>Michael Hirst, Chairman of the Business Visits and Events Partnership said; &#8220;It\u2019s crucial that policy-makers look at, and understand the detrimental impact of APD on the UK economy. APD makes the UK less competitive than our international neighbours and hurts our connectivity with developed and emerging markets. It is important we follow the work already being carried out by national tourist boards and government agencies like UKTI who support trade engagement and promotion of business extender travel overseas. Events boost Britain\u2019s image overseas and business travellers spend on average 2.5 times more than leisure travellers, their impact on Britain\u2019s economy is undoubted.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The World Economic Forum\u2019s recent tourism competitiveness report ranked the UK 138th out of 139 countries for air ticket taxes and airport charges. It has been estimated by consultancy PwC that APD represents an additional \u00a3500m per year tax on UK businesses. A similar amount is also levied on corporate travellers visiting the UK \u2013 creating a barrier to trade and business. According to PwC the GDP boost to the UK economy from cutting or abolishing the tax would amount to at least \u00a316 billion in the first three years and result in almost 60,000 extra jobs over the longer term.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"http:\/\/www.exhibitionindustrynews.co.uk\/2013\/08\/bvep-backs-air-tax-campaign\/\">BVEP Backs Air Tax Campaign<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.exhibitionindustrynews.co.uk\">Exhibition Industry News<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Business Visits and Events Partnership (BVEP) today backed a new campaign aimed at putting pressure on the Government to introduce fairer levels of taxation on air passengers. The campaign, launched last month by A Fair Tax on Flying (www.afairtaxonflying.org\/business), has been designed to encourage local businesses to sign a petition to be sent to [&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"http:\/\/www.exhibitionindustrynews.co.uk\/2013\/08\/bvep-backs-air-tax-campaign\/\">BVEP Backs Air Tax Campaign<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.exhibitionindustrynews.co.uk\">Exhibition Industry News<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3784,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-11617","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-world-news"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>BVEP Backs Air Tax Campaign - Exhibition &amp; MICE<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbiz.net\/english\/?p=11617\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"BVEP Backs Air Tax Campaign - Exhibition &amp; MICE\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Business Visits and Events Partnership (BVEP) today backed a new campaign aimed at putting pressure on the Government to introduce fairer levels of taxation on air passengers. 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