New Year message from Simon Hughes, Chair of BVEP
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- Wednesday, 22 December 2021
Please find below a message from Simon, reflecting on what has been another challenging year.
HBAA's Response to Chancellor's grants
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- Wednesday, 22 December 2021
Juliet Price, consultant executive director of HBAA, trade association for meetings, events and accommodation sectors says: “The Chancellor’s grants are in principle, welcome. But we wait to see the ‘small print’ to see how many of our 200 plus member organisations will be eligible for them. £6,000 may be helpful to small businesses but it won’t sustain larger venues or agencies with greater liabilities and no appreciable income in sight for most of Q1 next year.”
Financial Impact Survey
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- Thursday, 16 December 2021
Together with other members of the Tourism Alliance, the BVEP is responding to the request by DCMS to carry out a business survey. It is understood that the introduction of Plan B measures and the changes to international travel rules, which have been brought in to manage the rise in numbers of people infected with the Omicron variant, is already impacting on consumer confidence, visitor numbers and bookings. DCMS is seeking to build data in order to better understand and demonstrate the issues that businesses are facing across the sector, and variations between sub-sectors, and of overall resilience and commercial outlook, given the ongoing impact of the Covid pandemic.
Guidance on Mandatory Certification
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- Monday, 13 December 2021
DCMS Guidance on mandatory certification - Just so you are aware, the three central guidance pieces on mandatory certification have now been published online.
National Outdoor Events Association Report Highlights 2022 Staff Shortages
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- Monday, 13 December 2021
96% of event organisers are suffering from staff shortages, according to a survey taken on by the National Outdoor Events Association (NOEA), on behalf of the Department for Culture Media and Sport (DCMS). The report also found that, of this number, 51% said they struggled to find staff, with a further 38% reporting that trained staff was the primary issues.
HBAA beam - “Business events and hospitality need Plan B4E – Plan B for Events - immediately now that Plan B has been confirmed. Maintaining the lower level of VAT and extending the Kick Start are essential to sustain newly created jobs”
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- Thursday, 09 December 2021
says Juliet Price, consultant executive director of HBAA beam.
Final Results Of Events Research Programme
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- Friday, 26 November 2021
The final results of the Events Research programme have been published. These consist of two scientific notes and a summary document. More details at https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/events-research-programme-phase-ii-and-iii-findings
Live Events Reinsurance Scheme update (19 November)
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- Friday, 19 November 2021
A useful meeting was held with the DCMS team on the Live Events Reinsurance Scheme at which further clarification on the Scheme’s operation was sought. As a result an update to the Q&A can be downlaoded below together with other information below:
LIVE & The Association of British Orchestras drive progress as Spain waives visas for UK touring artists
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- Wednesday, 17 November 2021
Artists touring to Spain will no longer need visas for short-term engagements in a dramatic change to the current onerous rules. The change follows months of dedicated work from LIVE and the Association for British Orchestras (ABO), working alongside Spanish counterparts Asociación Promotores Musicales.
The development represents a significant boost for the sector which has, as a result of Brexit and the Trade and Cooperation Agreement, seen European touring become more expensive, more complicated, and more difficult to execute.
VisitBritain/VisitEngland appoints Paul Black as Head of Business Events
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- Tuesday, 16 November 2021
VisitBritain/VisitEngland has today announced the appointment of Paul Black as Head of Business Events.
Paul is an experienced destination sales and marketing professional having worked with leading tourism organisations and convention bureaus from all over the world.
Stand Out Magazine article - Events industry presents 'Net Zero Carbon Events' pledge at COP26
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- Thursday, 11 November 2021
The article was first published at https://standoutmagazine.co.uk/net-zero-carbon-events-initiative-officially-launched-at-cop26/
Leaders from the global events industry presented a united pledge and roadmap for a net zero carbon future for events at the UN Climate Climate Change Conference (COP26). Industry leaders from SAP, UFI, Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre (Management), Informa Markets, eSkootr Championship (eSC), Freeman, Raccoon Events, and Scottish Events Campus were live on stage in Glasgow to represent and demonstrate the commitment of the events industry community to fight climate change.
NOEA Sheds Light on the Outdoor Events Industry to APPG Chair
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- Friday, 05 November 2021
The National Outdoor Events Association put forward an update on the current status of the outdoor events industry to Theresa Villiers, Chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Events, at the Showman’s Show last month.
COP26 and the UK event sector
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- Tuesday, 02 November 2021
During COP26 there is an urgent call to action for the event sector. BVEP asks all members and their communities to make a net zero carbon commitment HERE.
“Business rates discount and UK Air Passenger Duty are good news, but hard-pressed events businesses need more support” HBAA comment on Autumn Budget
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- Wednesday, 27 October 2021
says Simon Richards, treasurer of HBAA beam, commenting on Chancellor’s Autumn Budget Statement.
VisitBritain to showcase the very best of business events at ‘MeetGB Virtual’ 2022
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- Wednesday, 27 October 2021
VisitBritain has today announced that registration is open for its free flagship business event, ‘MeetGB Virtual’ 2022.
Taking place in February, the online tradeshow for Meetings, Incentives, Conferences and Exhibitions/Events (MICE) will showcase the very best of business events in the UK on a virtual stage.
Northern Ireland unveils £1m conference support scheme in major boost to business events
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- Friday, 17 September 2021
Tourism recovery lift for association conference organisers with £50 per delegate offered as extra incentive to bring business events to the region. Northern Ireland’s Department for Economy today announced a £1 million conference support scheme to help secure more business events in Belfast, Derry and the region.
VisitBritain’s Domestic Support Fund awards a total of £200,000 to help kick-start the UK business events industry
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- Thursday, 16 September 2021
VisitBritain’s Domestic Support Fund awards a total of £200,000 to help kick-start the UK business events industry
Applications have now closed for VisitBritain’s Domestic Support Fund, an initiative that was designed to help kick-start the recovery of the UK business events industry.
New Research Quantifies the Catastrophic Impact of Covid-19 on the UK Meetings Market
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- Thursday, 16 September 2021
Long-running research into the UK’s conference and meetings sector, entitled the ‘UK Conference and Meeting Survey’ (UKCAMS), throws into stark relief the huge impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, while also providing some tentative timelines and a baseline for the sector’s recovery.
Business events industry forecast to be worth £27.6bn by 2026, but measures to support rapid post-Covid recovery are critical
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- Thursday, 09 September 2021
- New economic impact analysis by Tourism Economics suggests the UK’s business events industry is forecast to grow 43% by 2026
- However, research also predicts business events sector unlikely to rebound to 2019 levels until 2023 at the earliest, indicating a slower recovery than for the rest of the economy
- With spending on business events plummeting by around 80%of 2019 levels due to Covid
- Attracting more international inbound delegates is key to turbo-charging sectoral recovery, with international delegates estimated to be worth six times more than domestic delegates by 2026 (£1078 for inbound delegates versus £180 for domestic delegates)
- Business leaders call on Ministers to do more to support sectoral recovery, including measures to boost inbound international delegate market by further easing international travel restrictions safely
BVEP publishes its ‘Shape of Events’ Report
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- Monday, 06 September 2021
The Business Visits & Events Partnership (BVEP), the umbrella body and advocacy group representing the UK events sector, has today published its Shape of Events Report.
The report was compiled using responses from over 300 professionals and organisations from across the UK events sector and authored by Richard Smith from Team Tourism Consulting and John Gallery, Chair of the BVEP’s Research Group.
ERP Data Dashboard
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- Friday, 20 August 2021
The ERP Data Dashboard has now been published: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/events-research-programme-phases-i-ii-and-iii-data-release.
The Data Dashboard shows how many people with positive PCR test results (cases), reported through the NHS Test and Trace system, reported that they had attended an event that was part of the Events Research Programme. No policy recommendations are being made at this time with respect to this data.
BVEP to Launch The Shape of Events Report
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- Thursday, 19 August 2021
The Business Visits & Events Partnership (BVEP), the umbrella body and advocacy group representing the UK events sector, is to launch its Shape of Events Report.
The report, which is sponsored by brand communications agency davies tanner, will be published in early September and has been produced to support both BVEP partner organisations and the wider event industry in the UK. It will provide an insight into the complex eco-system that currently exists and the continuing challenges that the events industry is facing because of the pandemic.
BTA reveals £4.45 billion loss to UK GDP
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- Friday, 13 August 2021
The Business Travel Association (BTA), has revealed the UK has lost £4.45 billion in GDP last week due to the decline of business travel trips following Covid-19*.
Government-backed insurance scheme to give boost to events industry
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- Friday, 06 August 2021
The live events sector is set to get a boost with a world-leading government-backed insurance scheme worth over £750 million, which will help them plan events with confidence through to next year, the Chancellor Rishi Sunak announced today (5 August).
HBAA - 65% of event professionals are seeing a boost in business confidence to book events
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- Thursday, 05 August 2021
A new HBAA poll has revealed that almost two-thirds of event professionals (65%) in the business events, meetings and accommodation industry are seeing a boost in client confidence to book and confirm events, following the UK government’s “Freedom Day”, which is when many Covid restrictions were relaxed.
Statement from the Business Visits & Events Partnership
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- Tuesday, 06 July 2021
Following the announcement from the Prime Minister yesterday, the Business Visits & Events Partnership (BVEP) has today issued the following statement:
“While we welcome the news announced by the Prime Minister yesterday that all legal restrictions are due to be lifted on July 19th, we continue to engage with Government at all levels to push for additional targeted support, the introduction of more measures to aid a long term sustained recovery and, most importantly, a binding assurance that the industry will not face further restrictions on their ability to operate, both on a local and national level, as a result of a further rise in infection levels. On this vital point, we have today written to the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, asking for his department to work collaboratively with the sector, to ensure events of all kinds, and the industry as a whole, can operate safely and fully into the future.”
Simon Hughes, Chair, Business Visits & Events Partnership
Please download below a Copy of letter to Secretary of State for health and Social Care.
