Joining PASC UK is easy, a single property is just £90 (plus VAT from 1 January 2025) per annum. Membership gives a range of benefits including email and phone support and numerous sector specific papers on topics ranging from legal papers providing Terms and Conditions, CCTV etc, plus papers dealing with VOA, Business Rates, EV Charging etc as well as access to discounts via the PASC UK Buying Club.
CUMULATIVE IMPACTS ON THE SELF-CATERING SECTOR
This image highlights all current interventions from both the Westminster Government and the Senedd. PASC UK is actively engaged with each of these, aiming to drive positive change and reduce the most harmful impacts. The PASC UK Policy Team review each one every week. Our priorities shift depending on which issues are having the greatest effect at any given time. When meeting with MPs, Members of the Senedd, officials, and councillors, we present clear, evidence-based representations. We continue to grow and strengthen relationships with key decision-makers to ensure the voice of the sector is heard and considered in the policies that directly affect our members and the wider industry.
THREATS TO OUR SECTOR
The Westminster Government has been pressed into announcing an Overnight Visitor Levy by the Metro Mayors. This is in effect a ‘bed tax’ as the only businesses that will have to charge it are accommodation providers. With UK rural and coastal domestic tourism in decline, adding further cost to domestic holidays this is the wrong tax at the wrong time….
The impact caused by the change from 70 days to 182 days letting to remain on Business Rates has been massive. It is a one size fits all measure that for most is almost impossible. 85% are discounting to hit it. If you miss, you’re not a business, and pay Council Tax, plus Premiums….
Anticipated to go ‘live’ in England in the latter part of 2026, the scheme will capture the data on the sector that we have been calling for. It will myth bust much of the negative narrative around the sector and enable better policy decisions. Owners will be required to self-certify that they are compliant…..
In the rush to push through legislation for a Tourism Levy in Wales, the Welsh Govt has got itself in knots about the Registration scheme, now only for the purposes of collecting Levy payments and are proposing a really complex and arduous Licensing Scheme……
Despite opposition from all parts of the hospitality sector, this was pushed through the Senedd at speed. It’s a fundamentally flawed proposal, that may cost more than it raises, penalises low-cost family holidays and will cost private sector jobs whilst creating public sector jobs…
These three changes on a single day had a massive impact, all suppliers to our sector are putting prices up by more than inflation to cover the impact, and we as a sector are struggling to increase prices. Margins are under huge pressure…
The previous Government’s decision to abolish our tax regime, followed through and implemented by the current Government, had major impacts. The first is to cost every business around £1500 per annum per unit, and the second to continue to erode recognition that any of us are businesses….
WHY JOIN PASC UK
All PASC UK Members get direct access to the team that are here to support you. The PASC UK team has grown dramatically over the last 18 months, and all are experienced in the sector to both support and advocate on your behalf.
All Members get email support. Over the years we have been asked thousands and thousands of questions that we have researched and checked before responding. This knowledge bank is the best in the sector.
Regular online Members Meetings. These meetings are held by Zoom and enable PASC UK Members to ask questions face to face with the PASC UK team and other Members. We hold General PASC UK Members meetings and Wales Specific ones due to the additional threats in Wales.
In Person meetings held across England and Wales, during the course of the year, we try to visit as many of the regions of England and Wales so that we can meet as many Members face to face as possible and get feedback about their businesses and what more PASC UK can do to support them.
Legal Pack, this includes draft Terms and Conditions, written by expert solicitors and ready to use. The pack also gives you all the guidance you need to do CCTV legally, plus pre-written Cookie Policies and Privacy Policies.
Large resource of Members only papers, the PASC UK Members area has a huge range of Reports and Papers to help you run your business. From EV Charging, Hampers, Business Rates, to technical papers on how you can do longer-term short term lets (winter lets) and much more.
PASC UK Buying Club, is free as part of Membership and is well established with almost 1500 PASC UK Members taking advantage of discounts from Screwfix, B&Q, Curry’s, eSpares, and more, plus an energy buying club service and so much more.
Joining PASC UK is easy, a single property is just £90 (plus VAT from 1 January 2025) per annum. Membership gives a range of benefits including email and phone support and numerous sector specific papers on topics ranging from legal papers providing Terms and Conditions, CCTV etc, plus papers dealing with VOA, Business Rates, EV Charging etc as well as access to discounts via the PASC UK Buying Club.
PASC UK Cymru has been coordinating the Review 182 Campaign since its introduction in 2023. The objective was simple, to secure meetings with Cabinet Secretaries and Officials to agree a date for a formal review of the 182-day threshold, and on what basis that review will be undertaken. Post the 2026 Election in Wales, we changed the title to 182 Bring it Down, with the majority of parties in support to either reduce or review. We have now secured a Consultation into182 and you can find out more by clicking below.
The English Government has followed the Scottish and welsh Government is proposing to introduce a Visitor Levy. PASC UK opposes these taxes. The UK tourism sector is already amongst the most highly taxed sectors in the UK. The market is soft following many other tax and regulatory changes and visitor numbers to rural and coastal areas are falling. PASC UK are working with UK Hospitality, the Tourism Alliance and many other Stakeholders to try and push back and mitigate the impact of these levies.
PASC UK is coordinating the Great British Holiday Campaign in conjunction with the wider self-catering sector. The objective is simple, to persuade the Westminster Government to introduce a robust Statutory Registration Scheme, BEFORE making any of the proposed changes to Planning that are being proposed for our sector.
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