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UKEVENTS welcomes new members to Working Group for Advocacy & Government Relations
UKEVENTS, the umbrella body for the UK events industry, has announced that Clive Wratton, CEO of the Business Travel Association and Martin Fullard, Director, News & Content at davies tanner and The Business of Events have joined its Working Group for Advocacy & Government Relations. The role of the Group is to continue to raise… Read more
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Spring Budget update: business visitor rules to be relaxed
The Government’s has announced that it will make changes to business visitor rules “to make it easier and more attractive to do business in the UK”. In Section 3.43 of the Spring Budget ‘Red Book’, delivered by Chancellor Jeremy Hunt, 15 March, it is noted that changes to these rules will include expanding the range of short-term… Read more
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Cvent acquired for $4.6bn by Private Equity firm Blackstone
Event technology organisation Cvent has announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to be acquired by an affiliate of private equity funds managed by Blackstone in a transaction valued at approximately $4.6bn. Blackstone has existing interests in other major event businesses, including the NEC Group, Hilton, and AV production company Encore. Under the terms of… Read more
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Ministerial update
The Department of Culture, Media and Sport has confirmed that Julia Lopez, MP for Hornchurch and Upminster, has been appointed as the Minister of State for Media, Tourism and Creative Industries. In this newly defined position which combines both tourism and the creative industries, Minister Lopez carries the brief for the events industry, which was… Read more
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Policy Unit launches with opening of sector-wide Consultation
The Business of Events, the not-for-profit independent Think Tank for the events industry, has launched its Policy Unit and opened the first stage of its sector-wide Consultation. The aim of the Consultation is to gather sentiment among those owning, running, managing, and working in the events industry, which will lay the foundation for a comprehensive… Read more
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Meetings Industry Association and VisitBritain join forces for destination events
The Meetings Industry Association (mia) is partnering with VisitBritain to host two events designed to help UK destination marketing organisations and convention bureaux attract more business events and demonstrate their value and impact. Read more