VisitBritain’s Domestic Support Fund awards a total of £200,000 to help kick-start the UK business events industry

Applications have now closed for VisitBritain’s Domestic Support Fund, an initiative that was designed to help kick-start the recovery of the UK business events industry.

The Purple Guide has added a new chapter covering Pandemics.

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• Local Directors of Public Health can significantly influence events
• Organisers should appoint a suitably competent health manager
• A health risk assessment should be undertaken
• Regular cleaning and disinfection are important
• Good ventilation is a key factor in preventing infection
• Avoid Crowding and Pinch Points
• Consider using the NHS Test & Trace and the NHS Pass at times of pandemic such as COVID-19

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The ERP Data Dashboard has now been published: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/events-research-programme-phases-i-ii-and-iii-data-release.

The Data Dashboard shows how many people with positive PCR test results (cases), reported through the NHS Test and Trace system, reported that they had attended an event that was part of the Events Research Programme. No policy recommendations are being made at this time with respect to this data.

The Business Travel Association (BTA), has revealed the UK has lost £4.45 billion in GDP last week due to the decline of business travel trips following Covid-19*.

The live events sector is set to get a boost with a world-leading government-backed insurance scheme worth over £750 million, which will help them plan events with confidence through to next year, the Chancellor Rishi Sunak announced today (5 August).