NOEA Launches Respect Campaign at Annual Convention
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- Friday, 17 January 2020
The National Outdoor Events Association has launched a new campaign to encourage better treatment of staff, volunteers and attendees of events. The new campaign, simply branded ‘Respect’, will include a Respect Charter that events-based organisations can sign up to. The aim is for events businesses to demonstrate a zero-tolerance approach to harassment of any kind while at an event.
EIF Grants Available
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- Tuesday, 14 January 2020
The Events Industry Forum is looking for worthy projects to support with grant funding that will be of benefit to the outdoor event industry. If you have such a project – or know of one that would benefit from support – please let us know as soon as possible for consideration at our next Board meeting. The closing date for receipt of grant applications is 1st February, 2020.
VB - New Events Are GREAT creative promotes UK as top destination for business events
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- Friday, 10 January 2020
National tourism agency VisitBritain has refreshed its Events Are GREAT creative to highlight to global meeting and incentive planners why the UK is a leading destination for international business events.
Holiday greetings and a year-end message from the BVEP
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- Friday, 13 December 2019
Dear BVEP supporters,
In wishing all those in the Events Industry a fabulous Christmas and a busy and successful New Year, I am pleased to report the progress made by the Partnership during the current year and our plans for next year.
The Business of Events announces revised dates for London and Scotland Programmes in March 2020
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- Thursday, 12 December 2019
The Business of Events (TBOE) has today announced that its London and Scotland events, which were postponed due to the early general election, will now take place on the 17th and 24th March 2020.
The TBOE Senior Leadership Forum and Reception, which has been rescheduled for the 17th March 2020, will be held at The Mermaid London and will be followed by the Senior Leadership Dinner at 10 – 11 Carlton House Terrace, the home of The British Academy, in partnership with Searcys. The revised date for The Parliamentary Debate will be announced once details of the parliamentary timetable have been released.
TBOE Global Policy & Practice Forum Barcelona 2019
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- Monday, 09 December 2019
Please see below videos of the event which took place in Barcelona on 18th November 2019 during ibtm Global Policy & Practice Forum:
IBTM Global Policy and Practice Forum - Melissa Riley, VP Convention Sales & Services Destination DC
EventLAB Podcast - Interview with Michael Hirst, OBE, Chairman of the BVEP
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- Friday, 29 November 2019
Michael Hirst OBE, Chair of the BVEP, appeared on the EventLAB podcast, by Hire Space, to discuss the organisation's new Manifesto for Britain's events industry, released in the run up to the UK 2019 general election.
Listen to the podcast here.
BVEP delivers a Manifesto for Britain's Events Industry
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- Wednesday, 27 November 2019
The Business Visits and Events Partnership (BVEP) has published its report ‘Events Deliver Growth, Jobs and Opportunities. A Manifesto for Britain’s Events Industry’ to illustrate its contribution to the UK economy ahead of the upcoming general election on Thursday 12th December 2019.
BVEP Shapes up for Future Events Industry Representation with Updated Terms of Reference
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- Thursday, 14 November 2019
The Business Visits and Events Partnership (BVEP) has confirmed updates to its terms of reference as it prepares to step up its advocacy and representation on behalf of the UK Events Industry.
The new terms, which were agreed at a recent member meeting in NewcastleGateshead, outline the BVEP’s revised vision, mission and objectives.
VisitBritain Research - Understanding Business Visits
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- Monday, 11 November 2019
Foresight Issue 172 'Understanding Business Visits' has been published by Visit Britain. It is available at https://www.visitbritain.org/sites/default/files/vb-corporate/Documents-Library/documents/foresight_172_-_understanding_business_visits.pdf.
Outdoor Events Contribute over £30 billion to UK Economy
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- Wednesday, 06 November 2019
New research, carried out by Bournemouth University for the Events Industry Forum, has revealed that outdoor events have been much undervalued for the contribution they make to the UK economy, both locally and nationally, with a Gross Value of over £30 billion and providing employment for some 589,000 people.
The research, funded by sales of the Purple Guide, is thought to be the first comprehensive study of the market to be undertaken.
EIB - Minutes of Meeting (06.09.2019)
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- Saturday, 19 October 2019
Please note that the minutes from the Events Industry Board Meeting on 6th September 2019 are available to download here.
TIC Update - T Level Consultation
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- Wednesday, 16 October 2019
A quick update: As part of the Tourism Sector Deal, the government committed to launching a new T Level in Professional Catering. On 15th November, The Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education launched it's consultation on the content of the qualification.
ConferenceNews (October 2019) - Bridging the Gap (Cover Story)
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- Monday, 14 October 2019
The cover story for the October issue of ConferenceNews 'Bridging the gap' looks at the evolving relationship between government and the UK events industry and includes comment from Michael Hirst and Helen Whately MP. Click below to take a look at the feature or follow the link to read the full issue” - https://bit.ly/2OE9T7k.
