The Events Industry Alliance launched its manifesto at a parliamentary reception on Wednesday 19th October, including guests from a cross party group of MPs in addition to Government and Shadow Ministers and many association members.

**UPDATE** - It has been announced on 20th October that Lord Kamall, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, will now be making the keynote address at The Business of Events : UK Policy Forum, on 02 November at the QEII Centre, Westminster.  

On 19th October, The Business of Events announced the programme for its 2022 UK Policy Forum, which will take place on 02 November at the QEII Centre, Westminster, London.

The newly formed Protect Duty Events Industry Group will ensure event professionals are prepared for the upcoming government-proposed legislation on event security. Read full M&IT article here.

On 30th September 2022, Tom Clements, President of NOEA sent an open letter, 'The UK's perilous events industry', to the Prime Minister.  A copy of the Open Letter is available below.

VisitBritain has created and updated some key documents on our VisitBritain Business Events - Resources page to support our British destinations and stakeholders across their key activities, client engagement, business development and team training. The library of new resources includes the following: