ACE publishes details of how to apply for Culture Recovery Fund 30th July 2020 Arts Council England (ACE) has released details of how festival, events, arts and cultural organisations can apply for the Culture Recovery Fund: Grants Programme. The fund specifically offers financial...
BVEP launches events reopening survey ahead of Oct 1 go date 28th July 2020 The Business Visits and Events Partnership (BVEP), the umbrella body and advocacy group for the UK’s £70 billion events industry, has launched its BVEP Partner Events Reopening Survey, which will provide an...
Scientists plan to conduct experiment to see how COVID spreads at concert 27th July 2020 Scientists are holding a huge scientific experiment in an arena in Germany to see how coronavirus might spread at a concert. A team from the University Medical Center of Halle (Saale) has launched...
Scottish Gov releases £10m funding package for events 27th July 2020 A funding package of £10 million has been established to help the events sector recover from the COVID-19 pandemic. Funding streams will be set up to provide direct support to organisers of cultural,...
21CC Group launches Wondrous Woods light trail event 24th July 2020 21CC Group, a Scottish-based events producer, has launched Wondrous Woods, an outdoor sound, lighting and effects event. It will take place in the grounds of Hopetoun Estate from October 21 until November...
Gov “too slow” to react to needs of DCMS sectors during pandemic 23rd July 2020 The COVID-19 crisis presents the biggest threat to the UK’s cultural infrastructure, institutions and workforce in a generation. That’s one of the headlines from a Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS)...
B2B events take part 40 per cent hit to valuations, says Arrowpoint study 20th July 2020 A review of the B2B live events sector reveals that listed event operators are, on average, trading at a 40 per cent discount to valuations at the start of January 2020 as a direct result of COVID-19. The...
Liverpool leaders call on Gov for urgent timeline for reopening of events 16th July 2020 The Mayor of Liverpool, Joe Anderson, alongside senior business leaders from the city, is calling upon the Government to provide an urgent timeline for the return of business events. In a letter to the...
VisitScotland publishes events supply chain survey findings 13th July 2020 VisitScotland has released the findings of an industry survey that asked event suppliers for an honest account of the impact that COVID-19 has had on their business. The survey, which generated more than...
Hospitality experts create Epicure Secure, a new catering hygiene solution 6th July 2020 A new catering solution, Epicure Secure, will provide the events industry with a cost-effective and sustainable cutlery cleaning product that is COVID-secure. Created by Iain Shelton and Julian Ebbutt, the...
