The Business Visits & Events Partnership (BVEP) has today launched its latest report titled ‘The UK Events Report’, which provides an in-depth examination into the £70bn industry, providing jobs for 700,000 people and how it will deliver the Government’s Industrial Strategy, which was launched last year.

The BVEP Events Industry Briefing Note is available to download below:

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Some 60% of the UK’s event industry’s supplier base is facing collapse within three months, unless event businesses receive further support from the Government, according to an on-line survey carried out by the Events Industry Forum (EIF) and Business Visits and Events Partnership (BVEP) and co-ordinated by the Production Services Association (PSA) between 3-7th April, 2020. 6% of those businesses say they are unlikely to survive until the end of April!

LGA has advised Local Authorities that Conference and Exhibitions premises will be included in the Government's business rate relief scheme. Revised guidance available at https://local.gov.uk/coronavirus-business-rates-relief-hospitality-and-leisure-sector

DEADLINE 7th APRIL at 17:00 - Please encourage your members who are supply chain services providers to complete this survey looking at measuring the impact of government and other support mechanisms on the events supply chain. The questions have been designed to give DCMS the data needed to help get the support needed.