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Official safety guidance for conferences and meetings

The Meetings Industry Association (mia) has published a dedicated roadmap that is signposted as a key official resource in both the Government’s ‘Visitor Economy

Business events remain banned, with groups of over 30 illegal

A huge blow for the industry

Prime minister’s address: “bitter pill for events industry”, says BVEP chair

Conference and exhibition centres have been told they are not allowed to reopen on 4 July, prompting the urgent need of a restart date

Half of UK travel jobs in danger, warns BTA boss

In a speech to the BTA’s online conference, 22 June, CEO Clive Wratten warned members of the seismic consequences for the sector of the

Social distancing reduced, but grave risk remains to sector without events restart date

The UK risks losing in excess of £50bn of direct spend and the loss of over 500,000 jobs in the events industry

Events industry petition to be debated in Commons

The industry, which is suffering huge financial challenges as a result of postponed and cancelled events, employs 700,000 people

Extended furlough measures needed as firms admit more cuts are likely

Venues admit that they will have to make redundancies regardless of the circumstances, with 18% admitting that they will need to cut staffing

Smyle offers free one-to-one advice to vulnerable events businesses

Rick Stainton founder of Smyle Group, is offering help for smaller businesses which may need help ahead of rebuilding

Ireland could permit gatherings of up to 5,000 people from September, says Taoiseach

Varadkar also announced a further €25m (£22.3m) package of support

1.6m freelancers not eligible for SEISS, IPSE calls for action

The statistics, published by HMRC, show that up to 3.4m of the UK’s 5m self-employed are eligible for SEISS. Of these, 2.4m claimed a total

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