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Thursday, January 10, 2008
Thomas Cook campaign for an extra UK public holiday
Thomas Cook began a campaign on Boxing Day to get an extra bank holiday in the UK, and so far over 100,000 people have signed the petition.
It might look like a cheeky publicity stunt but their argument is reasonable. There are only 8 public holidays per year in the UK, compared to 12 in some European countries. Spain tops the list with 16 Bank Holidays a year, with only Romania stopping the UK being at the bottom of the list.
There are 121 days between the last Bank Holiday in August and the next public holiday at Christmas, nearly a third of the year.
UK residents can sign the Bank Holiday petition at any Thomas Cook branch or online at www.thomascook.com
It might look like a cheeky publicity stunt but their argument is reasonable. There are only 8 public holidays per year in the UK, compared to 12 in some European countries. Spain tops the list with 16 Bank Holidays a year, with only Romania stopping the UK being at the bottom of the list.
There are 121 days between the last Bank Holiday in August and the next public holiday at Christmas, nearly a third of the year.
UK residents can sign the Bank Holiday petition at any Thomas Cook branch or online at www.thomascook.com
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