Ericferret:- My employer currently provides bed and breakfast if overnighting, £4 for lunch, £18 without receipt or reasonable amount above this receipted for evening meal including a glass of wine or beer.
Grimweasel:- My wife works for very large US company based in UK (and the world) and she is paid full expenses when away on courses that the company dictates she will attend. She said it was a true dereliction of leadership by the seniors for letting this go thru and I tend to agree!
Yes, it is a known fact that civilian business concerns cover the expenses of their employees when they are required to travel on behalf of the company. However, any expenses incurred in the course of such undertaking are recuperated from their business clients in the bill for the services provided or in the cost of the articles they are producing or selling. They certainly do not do it out of charity.