Covid-19: Industry Support, Advice, Resources
In response to Covid-19, Women in Tourism has compiled a list of industry resources which are intended to help members and anyone else who may find them useful.LATEST UPDATE: FRIDAY 27 MARCH 2020
Industry Support, Advice, Resources
What’s missing from the list? If you have information and updates you believe would be valuable for our industry and worth sharing, or you wish to contribute to the Women in Tourism blog, contact us:
- Via email info@womenintourism.co.uk
- Tweet us at @WITScotland –(our most frequent method of communication right now)
- Join the Women in Tourism LinkedIn Group or post to our LI industry page
Key Sources: Industry Updates
Scottish Tourism Alliance – sign up for daily Covid 19 and industry updates
VisitScotland – Industry advice and updates
Scottish Government– news, updates, business information and more
VisitBritain – latest advice and updates for businesses
ASSC – check the blog for news and updates
ASVA – daily Coronavirus updates on the website
ETAG –regular updates and news for the industry
Scotland Food and Drink – daily updates and support on Corona Virus
The Caterer: Corona Virus Advice Hub for Hospitality Operators and Employees
Eventsbase: industry updates for events professionals
Business Support, Help and Advice
Find Business Support – Coronavirus advice for businesses in Scotland
Scottish Enterprise ScotentCOVID-19 Business Support27Mar2020
Sign up for regular email updates from Scottish Enterprise.
A new free-to-use jobs portal to help workers from the tourism and hospitality sectors who have found themselves displaced as a result of the COVID-19 has been launched. Supported by the Scottish Tourism Alliance (STA) and UK Hospitality, the recruitment portal is designed to help tourism and hospitality staff find at least temporary employment in other sectors such as food retail and supply, health care and delivery that now require high volumes of staff to get through the crisis. The portal will not be visible to the public and can only be accessed by the tourism, hospitality community through a link provided by Harri. If you would like access, please email mailto:hHospitalityUnite@Harri.com
Covid-19 Job Retention Scheme 2020 – last updated 26 March 2020
For further regular tourism industry updates across the country, sign up to the private Destination Leaders Programme LinkedIn Group to hear from tourism industry leaders across Scotland, as to what’s happening in their part of the country, and what advice and information they are sharing. To join, connect with WIT board members Aileen Lamb or Lesley Judge on LinkedIn and/or ask to join the group.
Highlands and Islands Enterprise
Business Gateway: offering webinars instead of workshops, support, resources
HMRC: for the latest on tax relief and status for businesses
Institute of Directors has a Corona Virus Support Hub – accessing Government support
IPSE (Independent Professionals & the Self Employed): news & advice for freelancers
Scottish Chambers of Commerce – offering advice and support to members across Scotland
Business Women Scotland – advice and support for businesswomen in Scotland
Interface: support for SME’s – innovation and product development with academic partnerships
Federation of Small Businesses: support, updates and advice for SME’s
Scottish Licenced Trade News (SLTN) – latest updates
Entrepreneurial Scotland: useful advice, information and articles
General Business news by sector – Business Insider
Webinars and Videos
See Scottish Enterprise and Business Gateway for webinars and online tutorials
Travel Massive is running webinars and online events with industry topics
Business Responses & Adapting to the Crisis
Working from Home
Tips for businesses setting up home working
The Drum: Preparing for the new normal of working from home
Mental Health and Wellbeing
Looking after health and wellbeing during the Corona Virus Outbreak
Looking after your mental health during coronavirus outbreak
About mental health, self help and well-being: coronavirus and your mental wellbeing
Support and Advice for Carers: Looking after your health coronavirus19
Leisure Time
Positive thoughts from The Happy Broadcast Instagram
Stuck at home and need inspiration for what to cook? The Bootstrap Cook can help
More time on your hands for reading? TryRandom Acts of Kindness
Have a digital pint with your friends – the rise of Zoom and Google Hangouts
How to be social while self-isolating: everything from virtual wine tastings to sofa singers
The internet apps getting us through quarantine
Digital/Tech
Scotland IS launches Online Hub to offer free Digital tools to Scottish Businesses
FutureScot: sign up to the newsletter for weekly email briefings on tech/digital
Social Media Management in times of crisis
Learning & Personal Development
Sign up for an online course – work at your own pace
Google Digital Garage: work through videos and tutorials
Mentoring: Women in Tourism members are entitled to a 60-minute mentoring session and can be matched with an industry mentee from within the membership. Get in touch if you’re interested in being a mentor or mentee: info@womenintourism.co.uk
Thought Leadership
Medium is a valuable resource to read about anything, you can publish articles too.
The Harvard Business Review is publishing daily articles on how to manage yourself, your team, and your company through the Covid 19 crisis – read more on the blog or sign up for updates
What’s missing? Tell us > info@womenintourism.co.uk /@WITScotland
