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Local Council Distribution of Funds

The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy has updated the local authority reported payments to 27 February 2022 for the following Grants Additional Restrictions Grant & Omicron Hospitality and Leisure Grant

Museums and galleries urged to bid for culture funding

Welcome to Yorkshire is encouraging museums and galleries across the region to bid for funding from the £4 million allocation to the Museums and Galleries Improvement Fund to improve access to arts and culture.

Register to Support Homes for Ukraine - Organisations

Registration opened on 14th March 2022 for the “Homes for Ukraine” scheme which has both a private and organisational registration process.

Welcome to Yorkshire’s Annual Campaigns, Walkshire a...

As Yorkshire’s tourism businesses emerge from the pandemic and robustly rebuild, Welcome to Yorkshire’s year-long annual campaigns, Walkshire in 2021 and this year’s Yorkshire Menu, have brought the county together to promote all that’s great about Yorkshire. From breathtaking countryside to vibrant cities, picturesque coast to bustling towns, world-class heritage locations, amazing arts, fabulous food and drink, there’s much to showcase to the world.

VAT cut campaign supported by Welcome to Yorkshire

Hospitality and tourism bodies have called for a permanent VAT reduction following a study that suggests a permanent reduction could save £4.6bn and create over quarter of a million jobs over the next decade.

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Welcome to Yorkshire and Tourism Alliance Survey Res...

Welcome to Yorkshire has published the results of a survey conducted jointly with the Tourism Alliance on how the Government can best assist the region’s tourism and hospitality businesses emerge from the pandemic.

Prominent tourism champion to head Welcome to Yorksh...

John Gallery, owner and manager of York-based Great Potential, will lead an internal review on the future direction of Welcome to Yorkshire.

Welcome to Yorkshire calls for support to restore in...

Welcome to Yorkshire announce ‘Yorkshire Menu’ as th...

Celebrating Yorkshire’s fabulous food and delicious drink is the order of the day … and year … as Welcome to Yorkshire launches Yorkshire Menu on New Year’s Day 2022. The aim is to showcase Yorkshire as the food and drink capital of the UK in the biggest ever year-long promotion of the county’s delicious delights … regionally, nationally and internationally, scrumptiously showcasing the very best of Yorkshire’s culinary creations across the globe.