This figure denotes a decrease . Founders John Hays and wife Irene were hailed heroes of the high street in 2019, after saving hundreds of Thomas Cook branches, which would have otherwise been wiped due to the collapse of the company. Staff are expected to be redeployed. The shops that will close are all former Thomas Cook stores, apart from one which was formerly a Tailormade Travel branch. Ryde Garforth Carlisle With coronavirus rampant and the usual January booking of summer holidays absent, the travel trade continues to suffer. Chelmsford Hamilton Austin, Texas - Wikipedia Wallasey Manuel Cortes, TSSA General Secretary . Hexham White Rose Killingworth Halifax It is offering options for alternative work to 388 staff affected. 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Find the actual opening hours of Hays Travel in our branch locator. services. Blackburn +44 114 407 5197 [email protected] Open now 10:00 AM - 9:00 PM Travel agency Hays Travel are fully ABTA and ATOL bonded. Bolton Victoria Sq Wrexham Ashington Crossgates Unit 8 During the lockdown, many staff are currently working from home, taking bookings for holidays for 2021 and beyond. Speaking at the time, Hays Travel owners John and Irene Hays said in a statement: "We are devastated that after all of our efforts and the huge investment we've made we now face losing some of our valued employees, through no fault of their own.". The company was assessing the performance of its high street shops when the coronavirus pandemic hit the UK in March 2020. 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Crawley Finaghy Find your local Hays Travel branch below: H Aberdare H Aberdeen Berryden Park H Aberdeen Bon Accord VIEW ALL BRANCHES 4.9/5 Hays Travel to close 89 shops - trade union blames UK Government St Albans All prices are correct at the time of posting but subject to availability and change. Comment: What makes a good holiday great? Newcastle Northumberland St Merthyr Tydfil It's never been more important to stay in touch with the news, so subscribe now to the Liverpool Echo newsletter. Hinckley South Shields Denmark Centre Horsham Connswater The UK's largest travel agency said it is offering options for alternative work to 388 staff affected. North Point When The Argus visited on Tuesday the inside had been cleared and there was a sign on the window directing customers to the Hove branch. Exeter High St Lytham Cheltenham Waitrose 3 Mar 2023 - Private room in home for $72. If you would like to know more about our pprivacy ppolicy, please folllow this link: Or by navigating to the user icon in the top right. Bridgend Westhoughton Travel firm Hays Travel is to close 89 of its 535 shops following a review into its take over of Thomas Cook. 2023 BBC. Redcar Sittingbourne Oldbury The ATOL protection does not apply to all holiday and travel Dame Irene Hays, owner and chair of Hays Travel, added: It was always our intention to review the performance of our shops at the end of the licence period we had hoped the business would bounce back in January and it has not. The travel agent said 388 staff affected by the closures would be offered alternative work options to minimise redundancies. Grimsby Maesteg Dame Irene Hays, owner and chairman, said: 'We had hoped the business would bounce back in January, and it has not. Wareham Carrickfergus Hays Travel Ltd. - Crunchbase Company Profile & Funding The family-run firm stepped in to take over all 555 Thomas Cook travel agencies as well as 2,330 former staff after the failure in September 2019. West Durrington Wythenshawe Crewkerne St Helens Church St Bebington The travel agents, based in Sunderland, said 89 shops are to close across the UK, after the latest lockdown forced the firm to accelerate a review its retail estate. Hays said it had "made every possible effort" to avoid job losses "during these extraordinary and distressing times". Gravesend Hays Travel | LinkedIn Wishaw "We are continuing with our robust two-year business plan and continue to be ready for the bounce back when it comes.". Wigan Sidmouth Manuel Cortes, general secretary of the TSSA union, said: Todays announcement of 89 Hays Travel shop closures is a sad but inevitable move. Yeovil For more information about financial protection and the ATOL Clydebank We are no longer accepting comments on this article. More than 350 jobs in jeopardy as Hays Travel closes 89 shops Longbridge Smithford Way The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. The Gyle We should have had border restrictions and effective test, track and trace implemented last spring when the virus levels could have been controlled., Cover Star Kerry Mead recalls her memorable photoshoot on board Disney Dream in Florida, Find your next role with Travel Weekly Jobs, Interviews and discussions on the biggest issues facing the industry. Maidstone Chequers Pontefract Totton Shrewsbury The spokeswoman said the firm employed about 7,700 people, many of whom were "working from home taking bookings for holidays for 2021 and beyond". The two biggest tour operators, Tui and Jet2 Holidays, have cancelled all their packages until late March. Barnsley Rhyl Corby Hays Travel currently operates 535 shops and employs 7,700 people. John Hays, who founded the UK's largest independent travel agent. Bognor Regis Chard Ulverston Southbourne Congleton St Andrews Bitterne Haywards Heath Lanark Forestside Leigh Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Learn more. The Sunderland-based firm bought the collapsed company in October 2019and deferred a review into the performance of its shops until 2021. Swinton Liverpool Allerton Road Rob Davies. Huddersfield Registered in England & Wales | 01676637 |. Ashbourne Russian minister laughed at for Ukraine war claims. Gateshead parts of your trip are not listed on it, those parts will not be ATOL Hays Travel closing stores after taking Thomas Cook shops 21:51 GMT 25 Jan 2021 Toton Aberdeen Hays Travel founders tell 5 Live why they're having to lay off hundreds of staff The firm which bought Thomas Cook shops has said up to 878 employees out of 4,500 may lose their jobs because. Havant West St Blackwood Bedminster Rugby Bradford Broadway We have done everything we could to safeguard jobs and the business thus far, and we have come up with a range of options for those at risk of redundancy to help as many colleagues as we can.. 5 min walk to Lancey train station. Hays MyHours on the App Store It was "on track for recovery" when the Foreign and Commonwealth Office stopped advising against all non-essential travel in early July, but the decision to reintroduce restrictions for people going to Spain "triggered the cancellation of hundreds of thousands of holidays". Middlesbrough Hill Street John Hays, the founder of the UK's largest travel agency Hays Travel, has died. The government must be held responsible for this shameful record.". Solihull Dorchester Belper Evesham The premises were reviewed having come to the end of their licence period. Ilkeston contact the editor here. But it is not just in Brighton and Hove that the company is cutting branches. Walton On Thames Chester 10 Bridge St Atherton The third national lockdown and travel ban leading to major holiday operators suspending flights and holidays, meant the company had to act, it said. Most popular Hays Travel locations: Map: Show Map: 1 Hays Travel. The travel agent said 388 staff affected by the closures would be offered 'alternative work options' to minimise redundancies. Reading Derby Intu Up to 2,500 jobs saved as Hays Travel buys 555 Thomas Cook shops - Yahoo! Could you save money with a social broadband tariff? "We are witnessing the death of our loved ones, the death of the high street, and chronic mismanagement of our economy by this Conservative government. Ipswich Among other options, staff will be offered the chance to join the Hays Travel homeworking division, to work from home, or take positions in other shops where there is a vacancy. Prove what Britain's worth, says MAGGIE PAGANO: Over last 20 years or so UK investors have fallen out of love Leonardo DiCaprio and Kim Kardashian quizzed by FBI over links to fugitive financier. Brecon Oldham Newark Rochdale Hull Morrisons Wakefield Asda After Hays Travel announced consultation on 878 redundancies in its Foreign Exchange and Travel Academy in September 2020, 261 permanent and temporary jobs were saved; ultimately there were 451 redundancies with the remainder moving on to other opportunities. 08:51 GMT 26 Jan 2021. Greenock Portugal. Boston Romsey 10:00 - 16:00. Dunfermline As a subscriber, you are shown 80% less display advertising when reading our articles. Hays Travel has announced plans to permanently close 89 stores across the UK, as lockdown restrictions continue to hammer the travel industry. Hays Travel to close 89 shops | Travel Weekly Stockport Explaining the branch closures, Dame Irene said: We had hoped the business would bounce back in January and it has not. Houghton Follow BBC North East & Cumbria on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. 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