Charles Owen
@charlesowen.bsky.social
MD of European Pubs and Seasonal Businesses in Travel (SBIT), and a management consultant that likes snowboarding, politics, economics, films, music & tech. I wish I had more time for all of the above
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But Alan now surely raises to the level of potential national treasure ?
November 6, 2025 at 11:02 PM
But Alan now surely raises to the level of potential national treasure ?
Here is the detail from the polling. Thank you to @yougov.co.uk for running the poll ygo-assets-websites-editorial-emea.yougov.net/documents/Pu...
August 27, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Here is the detail from the polling. Thank you to @yougov.co.uk for running the poll ygo-assets-websites-editorial-emea.yougov.net/documents/Pu...
The public strongly supports closer relationship with the EU. The SBiT and ABTA YouGov poll from this weekend shows that clearly with a whopping 76% supporting a Youth Mobility Scheme bsky.app/profile/char...
Seasonal Businesses in Travel (SBiT) and ABTA have revealed new research showing strong public support for securing a youth experience deal with the EU, as it urges the government to press ahead with negotiations with the EU following May’s UK-EU Summit. 1/n
August 27, 2025 at 10:38 AM
The public strongly supports closer relationship with the EU. The SBiT and ABTA YouGov poll from this weekend shows that clearly with a whopping 76% supporting a Youth Mobility Scheme bsky.app/profile/char...
And SBiT and ABTA’s poll from the weekend shows that Brits strongly support the EU-UK Deal agreed in May by the Labour Government. With a whopping 76% supportive of a Youth Experience scheme bsky.app/profile/char...
Seasonal Businesses in Travel (SBiT) and ABTA have revealed new research showing strong public support for securing a youth experience deal with the EU, as it urges the government to press ahead with negotiations with the EU following May’s UK-EU Summit. 1/n
August 27, 2025 at 10:24 AM
And SBiT and ABTA’s poll from the weekend shows that Brits strongly support the EU-UK Deal agreed in May by the Labour Government. With a whopping 76% supportive of a Youth Experience scheme bsky.app/profile/char...
Here is the 2023 report… A new SBIT and ABTA report says a 69% drop in UK travel staff working in the is EU set to impact travel businesses’ growth. They are calling for improved UK-EU employee mobility arrangements and outline simple and sensible policy solutions. sbit.org.uk/s/SBiT-Unlocki…
https://sbit.org.uk/s/SBiT-Unlocki…
August 27, 2025 at 9:47 AM
Here is the 2023 report… A new SBIT and ABTA report says a 69% drop in UK travel staff working in the is EU set to impact travel businesses’ growth. They are calling for improved UK-EU employee mobility arrangements and outline simple and sensible policy solutions. sbit.org.uk/s/SBiT-Unlocki…
The poll also found 66% of respondents saying they believe a closer relationship would improve the UK economy. The survey also found majority support for general closer relations with the EU, with 57% in favour 7/n
August 27, 2025 at 9:47 AM
The poll also found 66% of respondents saying they believe a closer relationship would improve the UK economy. The survey also found majority support for general closer relations with the EU, with 57% in favour 7/n
Also the number of UK nationals working in tourism support roles – such as travel reps, having fallen by 69% since then. 5/n
August 27, 2025 at 9:47 AM
Also the number of UK nationals working in tourism support roles – such as travel reps, having fallen by 69% since then. 5/n
Previous research by ABTA/SBiT revealed > 1/3 of all workers, and nearly half of industry leaders, worked in similar roles earlier in their careers. There has also been a notable fall in opportunities for young people to find these roles since the UK voted to leave EU 4/n
August 27, 2025 at 9:47 AM
Previous research by ABTA/SBiT revealed > 1/3 of all workers, and nearly half of industry leaders, worked in similar roles earlier in their careers. There has also been a notable fall in opportunities for young people to find these roles since the UK voted to leave EU 4/n
This matters for the health of the UK’s outbound travel sector, which brings more than £52bn a year in GVA to the economy, because many travel workers started their careers in temporary roles overseas and around 2/3 of all UK holidays overseas are taken within the EU annually 3/n
August 27, 2025 at 9:47 AM
This matters for the health of the UK’s outbound travel sector, which brings more than £52bn a year in GVA to the economy, because many travel workers started their careers in temporary roles overseas and around 2/3 of all UK holidays overseas are taken within the EU annually 3/n
The survey, found that 76% of Brits support a deal to enable young people to work, live, and study overseas for temporary periods. There was strong support amongst all voter types, with 61% of those who voted to the leave the EU in 2016 in favour of a deal on youth mobility. 2/n
August 27, 2025 at 9:47 AM
The survey, found that 76% of Brits support a deal to enable young people to work, live, and study overseas for temporary periods. There was strong support amongst all voter types, with 61% of those who voted to the leave the EU in 2016 in favour of a deal on youth mobility. 2/n
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Incredible that this is all the same article. How utterly pathetic
August 4, 2025 at 7:43 AM
Incredible that this is all the same article. How utterly pathetic
I have always suspected that firms use these type of questions as a way of querying if employees getting them wrong should be working for the company at all 😂
June 12, 2025 at 12:26 PM
I have always suspected that firms use these type of questions as a way of querying if employees getting them wrong should be working for the company at all 😂