Nick de Bois quits EIB as he joins Raab’s Brexit team
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- Thursday, 19 July 2018
First published in Conference News on 17th July 2018.
Events Industry Board chairman, leading Brexiteer and former Conservative MP Nick de Bois, is stepping down from the EIB role as he takes up the post of chief of staff to Brexit Secretary Dominic Raab.
Grant applications open for programme to boost international business events across UK
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- Thursday, 12 July 2018
Applications for grants are being called for VisitBritain’s programme to secure new international business events for the UK and to grow the value of existing events, boosting the economy.
VisitBritain’s Business Events Growth Programme* provides support to the UK’s business events sector with two funding strands. The ‘Bid Enhancement and Support’ strand supports UK cities in their bids for international events. The ‘International Delegate Growth’ strand supports existing business events to boost their events international attendance and profile.
Heathrow expansion puts UK in pole position for events, says BVEP chairman
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- Tuesday, 26 June 2018
(Article first published in Conference News on 26th June 2018). BVEP chairman Michael Hirst OBE says that the planned expansion to Heathrow Airport, which was approved in a vote by MPs on 25 June, will strengthen the UK’s position at the forefront of the events industry. “Heathrow is the main hub airport for business travellers into Britain”, he told CN exclusively. “Its eventual expansion will enable the essential growth in business visitors to conferences, exhibitions and other events as we strengthen the country’s position as a destination for world class events.”
BVEP Partners Meet in Bristol
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- Tuesday, 26 June 2018
Representatives from The Business Visits and Events Partnership (BVEP) held their partners' meeting in Bristol last week as guests of Destination Bristol.
The meeting received reports on current lobbying activities and discussed the progress on government representation, skills and infrastructure being made by the Events Industry Board and the arrangements being made by the All Party Parliamentary Group for a Parliamentary Debate this coming autumn. The Business Events Growth Programme being introduced by VisitBritain was also reviewed.
APPG for UK Events Industry to Hold Series of Evidence Sessions
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- Tuesday, 26 June 2018
Please download news release below for more details.
BVEP enrols GTMC
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- Thursday, 21 June 2018
The Business Visits and Events Partnership (BVEP) has announced today that the GTMC has become a partner of the organisation.
The GTMC is the representative body for travel management companies (TMCs) and the business travel community in the UK. Members of the GTMC range from some of the world’s largest TMC groups to specialist travel businesses. The trade body works with its members and industry partners to raise the profile of the economic impact of business travel and lobby those at the highest level within the sector and government.
New Research Reveals An Evolving UK Meetings Market
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- Tuesday, 19 June 2018
New research into the UK’s conference and meetings sector, entitled the ‘UK Conference and Meeting Survey 2018’ (UKCAMS), reveals an estimated £18.1 billion of direct expenditure generated by conference and meeting delegates in venues and in wider destination spend in 2017. While the overall number of conferences and meetings held in 2017 was lower than in 2016, the average size of events was up slightly on 2016.
EIB - Minutes of Meeting (21.05.2018)
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- Friday, 15 June 2018
Please note that the minutes from the Events Industry Board Meeting on 21st May 2018 can now be found online at: https://www.gov.uk/government/groups/events-industry-board. It is also available to download below.
How UK Cities Excel at Hosting Conferences in Advanced and Creative Industries
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- Tuesday, 20 March 2018
Skift has launched this report in collaboration with VisitBritain. It looks at the ways in which UK cities are linking their bidding for international conferences in advanced and creative industries with the particular strengths of their local economies in these sectors. The report can be downloaded for free at https://skift.com/2018/01/05/skift-report-how-uk-cities-excel-at-hosting-conferences-in-advanced-and-creative-industries/
Creative Industries Sector Deal Launched
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- Wednesday, 28 March 2018
(First published on 28th March 2018 at https://www.gov.uk/government/news/creative-industries-sector-deal-launched).
Making Britain the best place in the world for the creative industries to thrive. Britain’s world-leading creative industries are set to consolidate the country’s position as a global creative powerhouse, following a groundbreaking new Industrial Strategy deal agreed between government and the Creative Industries Council (CIC) on behalf of the sector.
Events Industry Board calls for industry engagement with its new Working Groups
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- Thursday, 22 March 2018
The Events Industry Board is encouraging members of the events industry to get involved with its new Working Groups.
The Groups – which will continue detailed work on the priority issues affecting the industry - will be led by members of the Events Industry Board with contributors drawn from across the sector. Chair of the Board, Nick de Bois, is now actively calling for industry representatives to get in touch.
Industry representatives set out key issues for new Minister
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- Wednesday, 07 March 2018
Speaking at a meeting of the Business Visits and Events Partnership on Monday, Michael Ellis MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Arts, Heritage and Tourism, thanked partners and all those working in the industry for their hard work in delivering success for the UK and confirmed his enthusiasm and willingness to offer more support.
