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Government urged to lift ban on venue site inspections

The ban is preventing contracts from being signed

Governor clears way for organisers to run large events in Vegas to 50% capacity

State officials in Nevada, USA, have confirmed they will loosen restrictions and increase permissable capacities for large gatherings from 15 March. The news means

Edgbaston Stadium to be used as NHS Covid-19 vaccination centre

Edgbaston Stadium has announced that its Exhibition Hall will be transformed into an NHS Covid-19 vaccination centre from 15 March.

Event Industry Alliance demands Government provide update on Events Research Programme

The letter tells of the EIA’s “extreme dismay” at the lack of information

Business Design Centre opens as vaccination centre, but events will go ahead later in year

The Islington-based venue is expected to remain a vaccination centre until the end of Spring

Local Authorities told to consider events businesses eligible for grants

Events businesses of all kinds have not been explicitly told to close by Government in the same way as the retail, hospitality and leisure

NHS Nightingale hospitals to shut at the end of April

The field hospitals were built to provide extra capacity for patients needing critical care, but insufficient numbers of medical staff meant they were not

Minister hints that events industry will need yet more evidence to get insurance help

Responding to a letter from the chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Events, Theresa Villiers MP, Caroline Dinenage said the bar for considering

BVEP: April pilots will determine if testing is required from 21 June

BVEP has said that social distancing and other Covid mitigation measures are expected to remain in place once restricted-capacity events take place from 17

Tourism minister calls on Local Authorities to pay out grants to events businesses

Although the fund is discretionary, Huddleston urged Local Authorities to consider event organisers and similar businesses as eligible

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