Leeds' Utc Travel receives £275k investment to grow online offer and create jobs

A subscription-based travel club that offers members discounted holidays has landed £275,000 investment from Finance Yorkshire to grow its online platform.

Leeds-based Utc Travel, which launched in 2021, will use the funding to add a multiple destination tool to its online system - giving members the opportunity to build holiday itineraries on their site. The money will also go towards recruitment at the firm's customer service centre and be used to establish an AI chatbot that will field questions from customers.

Utc's model is membership based, meaning users pay