Local businessman finds gap in unused holiday market

A local man has come up with an innovative business to help holiday makers.

Transfer Travel is the brainchild of Simon Powell and allows people who can no longer go on their holiday to sell it on at the last minute or for a cheaper price. 

The business launched in the summer and the website is already well populated with buyers and sellers - an updated site is due to be launched next year. 

Simon came up with the idea after not being able to go on his own holiday and struggling to offload the tickets to someone else.

He says he thinks he's found a gap in the market as the 'unused holiday' market is huge: