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Barrhead Travel, Bill Munro

Opinion: RIP high street? – regroup, invest, prosper

Bill Munro, founder and chairman of Barrhead Travel on why many high streets are alive and well and why he is backing TTG’s Trust in Travel Agents: Backing our British High Streets campaign

 Cheshire agent continues fight  to keep her village shops alive

Cheshire agent continues fight to keep her village shops alive

A Cheshire-based travel agent has vowed to hassle her MP until he replies to her TTGletter lobbying him on parking problems and high rents and rates

Parking charges

Parking to be prioritised, says government

The housing minister has committed to making it easier and cheaper for shoppers to park in their local towns

Mary Portas

Backing our British high streets: Green light for Portas's 'catalyst' project

The government has accepted nearly all of retail guru Mary Portas’s recommendations on the high street and has pledged £10 million to regeneration schemes

Agent lobbies local MP over ‘damaging’ rents

Agent lobbies local MP over ‘damaging’ rents

Penny Bones of Southern Cross Travel is the latest travel agent to lobby her MP in our Trust in Travel Agents: Backing our British high streets campaign

Trust in Travel Agents

Advantage gets behind Trust in Travel Agents

Advantage has thrown its weight behind our Trust in Travel Agents: Backing our British high streets campaign

George Osborne with the budget

5.6% 'business rates robbery' to hit agencies

Chancellor George Osborne has been criticised for failing to address the 5.6% rise in business rates on April 1, which will hit small businesses the hardest

Trust in Travel Agents

Are you a Trust in Travel Agents service star?

Abta and TTG are teaming up to highlight the value of customer service in our Trust in Travel Agents: Backing the British high street campaign

Premier Travel

Travel agent takes on Royston parking charges

A Hertfordshire travel agency is playing a lead role in the battle over car parking charges in the town of Royston

Trust in Travel Agents

MP heeds Classic Collection's lobbying call – in 30 minutes

A tour operator has urged the travel industry to rally together on contacting local representatives, after he was immediately phoned by two MPs having sent them our suggested letter

Haslemere Parking campaign

Trust in Travel: Haslemere parking victory

Haslemere Travel is celebrating after its town has abandoned plans to introduce paid for parking in the town’s main retail areas

Broadland Travel’s Becky Magarson, assistant manager and Vicky Samwell, travel consultant

Norfolk agent helps drive agenda forward

An agent who has got behind our Trust in Travel Agents campaign is hopeful of a small victory in his town

Trust in Travel Agents

Minister revs up campaign to preserve free parking in town

Business minister Norman Lamb has praised TTG for highlighting parking issues in town centres

Trust in Travel Agents

The three-point manifesto:

Rent and rate relief - We will lobby government to look into rent prices and campaign for the issue of business rates to be raised in parliament.

Expensive parking in town centres – We will push for local councils to look into creating one free day of parking a week for town centres.

Local incentive schemes – We will examine how existing local incentive schemes work and provide advice on how these can be set up in your local town. We will liaise with agents who want help in creating such a scheme, and will help them contact other local businesses to set these up.

Lobby your MP on the issues that matter most to your business

Trust in Travel agents - MP letter template

You need to act now to save our high streets and the role they play in local communities. Download your own letter for your local MP, which can be personalised.

Trust in Travel agents - write to them

To find out who your local MP is, and to email them directly click here.

We will also emphasise, build on and promote the four key elements to a travel agents’ business:

• Service
• Value
• Protection
• Community

The Agents' Charter

Trust in Travel agents - print charter

Download and print the Trust in Travel Agents Charter here.

Remember to let us know if you sign the Charter and send us a photo: email us at feedback@ttgdigital.com

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