Butlins helped term-time holidays fight

The company that owns Butlins helped fund a parent organisation’s fight against term-time holiday bans.

Bourne Leisure, which also owns Haven caravan parks and Warner Leisure Hotels, allowed Parents Want a Say free use of its PR agency. Jack Irvine, executive chairman of Media House International, said Bourne Leisure had asked him to help. He told The Sunday Times: “Butlins ... has quite a long holiday season, yet there is this mad rush for places during the very brief six-week school holiday period. Anything to ease that pressure is good news and good business.”