Since the virus first emerged as a potential public health threat in January, we, along with our sister associations the AEV and ESSA, have been supporting our members in a number of ways, including representing members to government and agencies at the highest level, to help ensure business continuity for our members and the industry at large.

The Minutes from the 29th January meeting are now posted on the EIB website and is also available to download below.

The National Outdoor Events Association has launched a new campaign to encourage better treatment of staff, volunteers and attendees of events. The new campaign, simply branded ‘Respect’, will include a Respect Charter that events-based organisations can sign up to. The aim is for events businesses to demonstrate a zero-tolerance approach to harassment of any kind while at an event.

The Events Industry Forum is looking for worthy projects to support with grant funding that will be of benefit to the outdoor event industry. If you have such a project – or know of one that would benefit from support – please let us know as soon as possible for consideration at our next Board meeting. The closing date for receipt of grant applications is 1st February, 2020.

National tourism agency VisitBritain has refreshed its Events Are GREAT creative to highlight to global meeting and incentive planners why the UK is a leading destination for international business events.