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Tourism Business Support Warwickshire County Council has a Tourism Development Unit that can assist with general queries. Please see enjoywarwickshire.com/contact for further information. For more specific advice, please see the links below to partners who can offer specialist advice within their field. | ||
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The Heart of England Tourism Awards The Heart of England Excellence in Tourism Awards are a celebration of the very best in tourism in the West Midlands and showcase the diverse and fantastic range of attractions, accommodations and tourism venues that the region has to offer. | |  |
Previous award winners have seen a higher public profile lead to a direct increase in bookings and visitors, so there are real business benefits to entering. The 2010 year’s awards will culminate in a glittering awards ceremony on Thursday 21st October 2010 when all finalists will be able to celebrate their achievements and find out who will pick up the awards. | ||
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London 2012 Olympic Games For details of opportunities for Warwickshire businesses from the forthcoming London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games and how to get involved, please see our London 2012 pages Do you want to grow your customer base and win new business? FREE Business Opportunities Workshop with Business Link West Midlands, at Coventry & Warwickshire Chamber of Commerce on Wednesday 2nd March 2011 Over £400m-worth of contracts have already been awarded to businesses based in the West Midlands as a result of the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games coming to the UK. There have been contracts of varying sizes won by businesses both large and small through the CompeteFor website. Of the direct Olympic contracts that have already been won, 76% have been secured by small and medium-sized businesses. They have ranged from construction, fencing, flooring, seating and safety equipment contracts to cleaning, software, security, event management and consultancy contracts. So whatever the nature or size of your business - there are opportunities to be won. With just under 2 years to go there is still £500m-worth of contracts to be awarded in a huge number of areas and the bulk of these contracts will be awarded over the next 12 months, so time is limited if you want to be in with a chance to access these opportunities. To help businesses find out what opportunities are available and how they can access them, Business Link is running a FREE workshop organised by Coventry & Warwickshire Chamber of Commerce. Venue: Coventry & Warwickshire Chamber, Oak Tree Court, Binley Business Park, Coventry, CV3 2UN Date: Wednesday 2nd March 2011 Registration: 8:45am Close: 13:00pm Places are Limited so to reserve your FREE place please contact Coventry & Warwickshire Chamber of Commerce on 024 76654108 or email chriss@cw-chamber.co.uk | |  |
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Business Link West Midlands General Advice Business Link West Midlands have a team of specialist advisors offering vast experience and expert knowledge of the sector. Business Link Support Leaflet (PDF - 3.6 MB) Business Link West Midlands we are committed to delivering real advice and support to businesses across the region. Business Link can connect businesses to a whole raft of services including:
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e-Business Support As well as a full programme of events on all aspects of Information technology, there are full details on other initiatives For more information call 0845 113 1234, email info@businesslinkwm.co.uk or visit www.businesslinkwm.co.uk | | |
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Quality Assurance Schemes A quality assurance rating provides an independent assessment of what a guest can expect to find. Whatever the size of accommodation or the facilities offered, it gives an invaluable guarantee that a guest's stay will meet expectations and be of high quality. Accommodation Please note that Visit Britain as well as Warwickshire County Council only promote accommodation that has been Quality Assured. Quality in Tourism is the assessment service provider for Visit Britain. It offers a national quality assurance standard across a range of accommodation, including luxury hotels, small B&Bs, holiday cottages, holiday parks, hostels and even visitor attractions. The AA also offers a full accommodation grading service and is fully recognised by Visit Britain. Tourism Attractions Visit Britain also offer a Visitor Attraction Quality Assurance Service. Launched in 2001 the scheme plays an important role in helping to identify business strengths as well as also highlighting development areas, based on industry standards. See www.vaqas.org.uk for details. | |   |
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National Accessible Scheme - **Joining fee waived for 2009/10!** Can you afford to turn away paying guests? Even if your business has steps to the front door or no ground floor bedrooms, there are easy things you can do to ensure your business is as accessible as possible. For a small fee payable only once every three years Quality in Tourism (appointed by Visit Britain) can benchmark your level of accessibility against national standards and award appropriate ratings for mobility and/or hearing and/or visual impairments. You can then use these to promote your business and tap into a huge segment of the visitor market. Over one quarter (27.2%) of the UK population have a long-standing health problem or disability – consider their needs now to reap the financial rewards. | |  |
See the following National Accessibility Scheme Leaflet (PDF - 1.4 MB) for details, or call 0845 300 6996 for an information pack and quote NAS2009 to take advantage of a waived joining fee for 2009/10! | ||
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Local Tourism Associations Joining a local tourism association can have many benefits - as well as being able to market your business more effectively by inclusion in visitor guides and other advertising material, there is also the benefits of expertise from other members.
Town Centre Managers If you are a business based within a town centre, contact your local Town Centre Manager who will be able to advise on local organisations and areas of support for your business. | |     |
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Enjoywarwickshire.com See Enjoywarwickshire.com, the county tourism website for information on tourism attractions in Warwickshire, as well as details on towns within the county, images and photographs, accommodation, getting to Warwickshire, history, famous faces and lots more. | |  |
For full details on tourism statistics and visitor trends see our Tourism Statistics pages, that include details on Economic Impact Assessments (EIAs) and other research. There are also further links to Government websites such as National Statistics. | ||
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Brown Signs in Warwickshire The tourist industry has long recognised the benefits of adequate and distinctive signs for visitors and tourists. Brown tourist signs help visitors to find the attraction as well as promoting the attraction to potential visitors. There are two authorities that control signs:
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Visitor Economy Strategy The Coventry and Warwickshire Visitor Economy Strategy 2005 - 2009 (PDF - 1.5 MB) is positioned as a Visitor Economy Strategy rather than a Tourism Strategy. It is the recognition that Tourism is as much about attracting people who live locally as it is about attracting people from far away. It details the strategy for 2005-2009. Refer to policies within the VES when making applications to funding, or for planning purposes. This will tie you into the strategy for the sub-region and give you a better chance of your application being successful. For further details please contact Tourism Development at Warwickshire County Council on 01926 412136. or email tourism@warwickshire.gov.uk | |  |
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