The Prime Minister and George Osborne finally unmasked themselves in the recent budget and although they may think they are the super heroes of Government, mimicking the cape crusaders of the sixties fighting the national debt, they cannot “kapaw” “kersplash” & splat their way through the small businesses of Britain whilst ignoring the super villains of TAX avoidance.

Too many large companies that turn over billions of pounds each year from the UK pay absolutely no VAT or TAX because they are operated from outside the country.

George Osborne has raised VAT on listed buildings, Church repairs, pasties, pies and caravans as these are easy soft targets that affect a small group of businesses, but in reality we all end up paying more.  It seems to me that they are chasing the pennies but ignoring the pounds when it comes to TAX.  There are many Items that are VAT exempt or zero rated, so if this dynamic duo wants to level the tax system then let’s have fair play for all.

The double dip recession that they said would not happen but were warned about has arrived; we all understand that the debt and deficit is too high and that we all must share the burden of paying it, so why isn’t everyone paying?  Newspapers, magazines, financial services and even Aeroplanes pay no VAT.  If you added all the VAT that was not collected by the multinationals that operate outside the UK and placed VAT on newspapers, financial services and many of the other exempt items the deficit would be reduced to nothing within a few years.

The top pair claimed power and stated they wanted it known that Britain was open for business and wanted to get Britain manufacturing again, so why choose the caravan industry, one of the few UK manufacturers to take the first blood on the VAT battle.  This industry has had it hard for the past few years as the recession in 2009 saw off many of the finance houses and as the disposable income of the public was reduced so were the caravan buying customers. It makes no sense, perhaps lunch with Dave Cameron would help - can anyone lend me £200k?

article by A.Dobson

Heathergate and Springhouse Country Parks offer a great range of luxury static caravans for sale in Hexham, Northumberland. The two luxury holiday home parks offer perfect peace and tranquility and great bases to explore the wonderful Northumbrian countryside.

Springhouse Country Park nestles within the heart of Slaley Forest , just 6 miles from Hexham and offers a small, select park that is the ideal location for your very own luxury static caravan, with holiday homes starting from as little as £8,495.

An abundance of wildlife including red squirrels, deer, birds and butterflies call the park and the surorunding area “home” and the plentiful walks around the park, through the woods, and across the countryside offer a real treay for all nature lovers.

The informal children’s club has been recognised by David Bellamy for introducing children to wildlife and the countryside.

Heathergate Country Park is a small, exclusive development of just 42 holiday home pitches including luxury lodges and top-of-the-range caravan holdiay homes. The luxury static caravans for sale in Hexham at Heathergate start from just £9,995 for a luxury two-bedroom six berth model overlooking our private feature pond.

Just on the outskirts of Hexham, Heathergate is the ideal location if you want a quiet park and easy access to all the facilities of this lovely market town.

For a wide range of luxury static caravans for sale in Hexham, Springhouse & Heathergate Country Parks are two excellent holiday home parks. Call us today on 01434 673 241  or 01434 60 90 30 for more details.

Probably the most prestigious area of the park – sold out in 2010 and now 1 plot has just become available for the holiday home of your choice.

No small thought has gone in to the design, layout and landscaping of the holiday home areas of Brandedleys, and the Walled Garden is testimony to this.

Each of the modern holiday homes are afforded a spacious pitch with plenty of ground space to stretch out and unwind. The surrounding grounds and gardens have been created to sit in harmony with the existing mature pine trees to provide a lush and welcoming scene.

You’ll also appreciate that the grounds are maintained by dedicated staff throughout the year so that all you need to do is arrive and relax in your holiday home at Brandedleys.

Ample parking space is also provided and with your gas, water and electricity supplied direct to your home you’ll quickly realise that at Brandedleys nothing has been overlooked.

Holiday Homes start from as little as £19,950, with luxury lodges from £99,950 but there’s only one plot on the Walled Garden available so act now if you’re keen to get onto this prestigious development.

Call TODAY on 01387 266 700 if you’d like to come and see what we’ve got available, or want more details about what’s on offer at The Park of Brandedleys, the holiday park near Dumfries.

Luxury Static Caravans For Sale Dumfries, Scotland from £19,950

For more details on the park >>> ]]> http://www.bluesky-resorts.co.uk/static-caravans-for-sale-dumfries/feed/ 0 http://www.bluesky-resorts.co.uk/2009-proves-to-be-a-bumper-year-for-british-caravan-lodge-parks/ http://www.bluesky-resorts.co.uk/2009-proves-to-be-a-bumper-year-for-british-caravan-lodge-parks/#comments Mon, 15 Nov 2010 17:25:06 +0000 admin http://www.bluesky-resorts.co.uk/?p=1466 Figures released in July by the Office of National Statistics revealed a huge drop in Britons travelling abroad – signalling a huge rise in ‘staycations’ as UK residents spent their holiday time closer to home – and caravan parks have reaped the benefits of this trend.

Caravan Holidays were up by us much as 40% across the UK while Caravan Sales have doubled in some parts of the country. Great value new models and quality value for money second-hand models have driven this rise. Sales of top of the range new caravans have reduced but anything costing under £15, 000 is being snapped up.

Luxury Caravans, Park of Brandedleys, Dumfries

Louise Wood of the National Caravan Council said: “Dealers are complaining that they don’t have enough second-hand caravans to sell.”

Some 30% of Brits are said to be considering a caravan holiday next year.

2009 was deemed the year of the ‘staycation’, when British holidaymakers opted to enjoy their summer break on home shores. And so it has proved, with new figures showing that 2009 witnessed the fastest drop in the number of Britons travelling abroad since the Seventies.

According to Office for National Statistics (ONS) records, 58.6 million foreign trips were taken by Britons last year – a huge drop on 2008, when 69 million of us headed overseas.

Nor was it just residents of the UK who decided to keep things local in 2009. A worldwide decline in travel was reflected in the number of visitors arriving in the UK – only 29.9 million last year, compared to 31.1 million in 2008.

The figures sit in sharp contrast to travel trends over the last two decades.

Until 2009, the number of Britons travelling abroad had risen by an average of 4 per cent year on year over the previous 25 years – while visits to Britain had grown by an average of 3.2 per cent over the same time.

The fall in British visitor numbers made for bad news for overseas businesses. In total, Britons spent £5.1 billion less abroad in 2009 than in 2008, as the Credit Crunch bit.

Surprisingly, the amount of money spent by foreign visitors to Britain rose slightly in 2009, from £16.3 billion to £16.6 billion – this perhaps a reflection of the fact that, although overall visitor numbers fell, the number of tourist visits to the UK rose by a small amount in 2009 – from 10.9 million in 2008 to 11.4 million in 2009.

The ONS statistics show that London was still the most popular destination for foreign visitors in 2009, followed by Edinburgh, Manchester, Birmingham and Glasgow.

Mexico was the big victim of the tail-off in British travel, suffering a 41 per cent plunge in British visitors in 2009 – although the Swine Flu scare that originated in the Central American country in the April played as significant a role in this as the global financial situation.

At the other end of the scale, Egypt, Jamaica and Lithuania experienced a rise in the number of British visitors – while the figures for Spain and France stayed roughly constant with their 2008 counterparts.

All this is continued good news for the thriving British holiday market and caravan park operators are looking forward to another successful year in 2011.

For details on caravan for sale go to Caravans For Sale

For details on Luxury Lodges for sale go to Holiday Lodges For Sale

Blue Sky Resorts can be contacted on 0800 111 40 50.

Take “charge” of your own Enterprise. Blue Sky Resorts continues to grow and are forecasted to charge into the future.

We have an opportunity for the right individual to join our growing team of sales executives. You will be capable of taking full responsibility for your own sales enterprise and will possess an inner strength directed strongly toward achievement.

This role would probably suit someone with an existing busy lifestyle that requires their job role to be as flexible as they are. The challenges of being in charge are high and the financial and career rewards for the right person are considerable.

For an informal chat concerning this role ring Jenny on 01745 585660 or email your CV and a covering letter to jenny@bluesky-resorts.co.uk.

We want to hear from you.

Park description:

Springhouse Country Park is a beautiful countryside retreat nestling in a peaceful and picturesque forest boasting a magnificent depth of wildlife and a variety of breathtaking scenic walks. Springhouse is the perfect place for you to relax and to experience holiday home ownership.

Job Vacancy: Holiday Home Sales Executive

Take “charge” of your own Enterprise.

Blue Sky Resorts continues to grow and are forecasted to charge into the future.

We have an opportunity for the right individual to join our growing team of sales executives.

You will be capable of taking full responsibility for your own sales enterprise and will possess an inner strength directed strongly toward achievement.

This role would probably suit someone with an existing busy lifestyle that requires their job role to be as flexible as they are.

The challenges of being in charge are high and the financial and career rewards for the right person are considerable.

For an informal chat concerning this role ring Andy on 01434 673241 or email your CV and a covering letter to andyb@bluesky-resorts.co.uk

We want to hear from you.

Two Northumberland Caravan Parks have received David Bellamy Conservation Awards for the environmentally sensitive way in which the holiday parks are managed.

Springhouse Country Park in Slaley and Heathergate Country Park in Hexham have both received a “GOLD” award from the David Bellamy Conservation scheme operated for caravan parks throughout the UK.

For Heathergate it is the fourth year in a row that the park has received this prestigious acknowledgement and the five star Northumberland Caravan Park has also previously been recognised in the regions tourism awards as one of the best holiday parks in the North East. The assessors particularly liked the parks “Green Pound” scheme which rewards  its caravan owners with site fee credits when they purchase environmentally friendly products from the parks shop.

Thus buying energy saving light bulbs not only saves the customers money on their electricity bills, they also reduce their annual pitch fee at the same time. It is a scheme that has proven to be popular with holiday home owners on the park and is likely to be expanded throughout the other parks that are owned and operated by Blue Sky Resorts.

Springhouse receives the award for the second consecutive year and there have been a number of environmentally sensitive projects during 2010, a year which has also seen the park nominated as one of the best Northumberland Caravan Parks in the annual North East Tourism Awards.

October 7^th 2010

Nostell Priory upgrade completed

Nostell Priory Holiday Park, near Wakefield, has completed a £20,000 upgrade of its facilities.

John Conlon, General Manager of the five-star park which is owned and operated by Blue Sky Resorts, said the improvements included opening a new entertainment area, The Woodside Retreat, re-equipping the park’s snack bar and giving the reception area a makeover.

“With increasing numbers of people choosing to spend their holidays in the UK, it is very important to ensure that our facilities are maintained to the highest standards,” he explained.

“We have also installed what we call a cocoon on the field reserved for touring caravans and campers, so that those people who don’t have their own equipment can still enjoy the fun of camping.”

The holiday park, which was again shortlisted this year for a White Rose Tourism Award, has just achieved another David Bellamy Gold Award for its ecological approach to the management of the site.