BVEP - Business Visits and Events Partnership

BVEP Publishes Strategic Plan of Work for 2022-2023

The Business Visits & Events Partnership (BVEP), the collective voice of the UK’s world leading events sector, has today published its Strategic Plan of Work for the coming year, as the organisation continues to engage with the new government on behalf of the UK events industry.

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BVEP Statement

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The Business of Events Returns for 2022 Series of Events & Reports

The Business of Events returns this year, after an enforced two-year break, with a new series of events, reports and activities and a refreshed brand identity.

The 2022 programme kicks off with a new event, the UK Policy Forum, which is being held in partnership with the Department of Digital, Culture, Media & Sport (DCMS) and VisitBritain.

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Opinium - LIVE Music Trade Body: Buying tickets Key Findings Report

Report published in June 2022 by Opinium. See insight blog - Live music is back, but some fans will need a nudge at https://www.opinium.com/live-music-is-back-but-some-fans-will-need-nudge/ and click below to access report.

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New research identifies the beginnings of recovery for the UK meetings market

New but well-established research into the UK’s conference and meetings sector, entitled the ‘UK Conference and Meeting Survey’ (UKCAMS), has identified and quantified the beginnings of a recovery following the catastrophic impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020-2021, while also providing some tentative timelines for the sector’s full recovery.

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DCMS - Live Events Reinsurance Scheme: Statistics (May 2022)

DCMS has produced a new analysis of the support provided by the Live Events Reinsurance Scheme. The analysis shows that the scheme has provided events with £117m of cover and that these underwritten events generated investment of £400m. There is also an analysis of which regions benefited from the staging of these events which shows that 94% of the value accrued to London.

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Major boost for live music and touring industry specialist hauliers to move more freely between countries

Hauliers serving music concerts, sports and cultural events will be able to move their vehicles freely between Great Britain and the EU thanks to new measures for the haulage sector announced today (6 May 2022).

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All Party Parliamentary Group For Events Re-Elects Theresa Villiers as Chair – Publishes 2022 Plan of Work

At its official Annual General Meeting, held on Monday 28th March 2022, the All Party Parliamentary Group for Events (APPG) re-elected the Rt Hon Theresa Villiers MP, Member of Parliament for Chipping Barnet, as its Chair.

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DCMS Select Committee Report on Cultural and Sporting Events

The DCMS Select Committee is launching today the report 'Major Cultural and Sporting Events' Ninth Report of Session 2021-22. The report and summary are available on the UK Parliament website here and the full report can also be downloaded at the end of this article.

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EIF Red Diesel Letter to the Chancellor

On 3rd March, the EIF has sent the letter (accessible below) regarding Red Diesel to the Chancellor of the Exchequer and a number of MPs etc. on behalf of both EIF and BVEP. They have also been in contact with LIVE who are also going to be writing to their Parliamentary contacts. Please feel free to circulate this to your members and encourage them to lobby their MPs.

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NOEA - Red Diesel Letter to the Chancellor

A copy of a Letter to the Chancellor from the office of the President of the National Outdoor Events Association (NOEA) relating to Red Diesel Legislation is available below.

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CoreCities - One Young World Announces Manchester as 2022 Host City

Originally posted on One Young World here.
Rishi Sunak, UK's Chancellor of the Exchequer Supports OYW2022

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EIB - New Remit and Minutes of Meeting (01.02.2022)

The details of the revised Events Industry Board, together with its new remit and notes from the recent meeting of the 1st February are now available on the Events Industry Board Working Group’s website here.

Financial Impact Survey - Update

DCMS/TA carrried out a Financial Impact Survey to seek 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. Responses were invited until 10th January 2022.

The final analysis for the Events sector with the staff and cost analysis is available below. Its noticeable that event business have reported increases in input and material costs almost double that of other tourism businesses.  

BVEP to re-ignite the Events Industry Apprenticeship Scheme

In support of this year’s National Apprenticeship Week, BVEP and its partners are delighted to announce that they have started the process of reinvigorating the events industry apprenticeship scheme at a time when recruitment challenges are impacting all types of businesses across the sector.

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BVEP Elects Chris Skeith as New Chair & Expands Executive Committee to Support Recovery of UK Events Sector

The Business Visits & Events Partnership (BVEP) has today elected Chris Skeith OBE, currently Director of EIA – representing AEO/AEV/ESSA, as its new Chair. The appointment, which takes place with immediate effect, will see Chris take up the role on a two-year term taking over from Simon Hughes, who moves into the role of Immediate Past Chair.

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PLASA Survey Report

PLASA, the events association for Event technology has just published, jointly with #WeMakeEvents, the results of its latest survey, looking at the current situation and future recovery of the Live Events industry.

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Event First Steps Launch Research on Racial Diversity in Events Industry For Second Year Running

Today Event First Steps have launched a second survey as part of their ongoing, sector wide research into Racial Diversity in the Events Industry. This is a follow up to their successful first survey and is supported by Dr. Caroline Jackson of BVEP, and data analyst Nigel Williams.

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New Year message from Simon Hughes, Chair of BVEP

Please find below a message from Simon, reflecting on what has been another challenging year.

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HBAA's Response to Chancellor's grants

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.”

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Guidance on Mandatory Certification

DCMS Guidance on mandatory certification - Just so you are aware, the three central guidance pieces on mandatory certification have now been published online.

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National Outdoor Events Association Report Highlights 2022 Staff Shortages

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.

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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”

says Juliet Price, consultant executive director of HBAA beam.

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