The Business Visits & Events Partnership (BVEP), the advocacy group for the UK’s £70 billion events industry, has today welcomed the relaxation of the current two metre physical distancing rule and the planned opening of parts of the sector, but has called ‘shameful’ the fact that events were not specifically referred to in the Prime Ministers statement in the House of Commons today.

The Petitions Committee, which is the group of MPs who oversee the petitions system, is to debate a petition, signed by many in the industry, on “Government to offer economic assistance to the events industry during COVID-19”.

Further delay could cost over £53 billion of GDP and the loss of over 500,000 jobs

The Business Visits & Events Partnership, the advocacy group for the UK’s £70 billion events industry, has today warned of ‘a catastrophic and irreversible’ impact to the industry if the government further delay publishing clear and practical guidelines on the opening of the UK’s vital events sector and relax the current two metre physical distancing rule.

In the 4th episode of the Hire Space's Fortnight In Review Virtual Event, you can listen to Simon Hughes, Chair of BVEP, and Carina Bauer, CEO of IMEX Group, discussing how the negotiations with the government have developed over the last fortnight and how prepared we are as an industry for the return to work.

https://hirespace.com/blog/the-fortnight-in-review-episode-4/

DEADLINE - 11th June. In early April, industry associations joined together to research and present evidence on the impact of Coronavirus and the effectiveness of Government support on the Events Supply Sector. The survey we carried out together had over 1400 responses, the report it produced was delivered to treasury and along with other activity from across the wider creative sector, we’re certain it led to further support measures being announced soon after.

It is now time to ask once more for your input, taking into account measures introduced since the last report and the more recently announced tapering and removal of support packages. Please help us by completing the survey (https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/JWLCSWN). We have until Thursday 11th June to collect responses and start building our report.