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Skills & Talent
UKEVENTS SKILLS & TALENT GROUP
The working group's key priority objectives and areas of policy are as follows:
- Continued and further professionalisation for all of those who work within the events industry.
- Strengthening of the entry to and pipeline of those working in events and improved progression and cross-fertilisation throughout the industry.
- Ensure the further development of diversity and inclusion policies and practices that promote equity in the events industry are integrated into skills and talent practice.
(Revised on 23rd January 2024)
Working Group Members:
Chair: Glenn Bowdin (AEME)
Alysha Sargent/Mark Sandamas – NOEA
Candice Kass – ABPCO
Claire Fennelow – EVCOM
John McEvoy – PSA
Juliet Price – beam
Kerrin MacPhie - MIA
Lou Kiwanuka - ESSA
Naomi Hollas - Event Grads
Jenny Flinn
Richard Waddington – EMA
Events Apprenticeships is a sub-Working Group of the UKEVENTS Skills, Talent & Diversity Working Group.
Events Apprenticeships sub-Working Groups Members:
Priya Narain - UKEVENTS representative
Richard Waddington, Chair, Event Marketing Association (EMA); EAP Lead
Candice Kass, Association of British Professional Conference Organisers (ABPCO) and EAAP project lead)
Claire Fennelow, Executive Director; Event and Visual Communication Association (EVCOM)
Juliet Price, Executive Director; beam
John McEvoy, Council Member; Production Services Association (PSA)
Alysha Sargent, Vice President; National Outdoor Events Association (NOEA)
Lou Kiwanuka, Chair; Event Supplier and Services Association (ESSA)
Business Events News
UKEVENTS BUSINESS EVENTS WORKING GROUP
The working group's key priority objectives and areas of policy under the UKEVENTS Strategic Plan of Work 2022-23 are as follows:
- Continue to support the business events sector through its post pandemic recovery, working with partners to highlight specific issues and opportunities and to develop new ways of working.
- Develop a plan to quickly adopt the new sector specific SIC/SOC codes to support clearer identification of the organisations that work within business meetings and events and to improve the collection and quality of relevant data.
- Focus on the issue of sustainability and the role business events can play in supporting the UK’s journey to net zero.
Working Group Members:
Chair: Rachel Parker, EIA -
Heather Lishman, ABPCO
Suzanne Singleton, ICCA
Kerrin MacPhie, MIA
Lisa Hatswell, UVL
Paul Black, VisitBritain
Rory Archibald, VisitScotland / Business Events Scotland.
Outdoor Events
UKEVENTS OUTDOOR EVENTS WORKING GROUP
The working group's key priority objectives and areas of policy under the UKEVENTS Strategic Plan of Work 2022-23 are as follows:
- Promote the entire UK outdoor sector and to re-establish a more competitive supply chain.
- Endorse and advocate for more free movement across the labour market.
- Encourage increased training within sustainability, diversity, equity & inclusion and the promotion of sector specific apprenticeship
programs.
Working Group Members:
Chair: Tom Clements (UKEVENTS Vice Chair / NOEA)
Cris Cicirello – Wasserman Experience
Tom Clements – NOEA
Steve Heap – EIF
Simon Hambley – STRATA
Paul Hooper – ASAO (Agricultural shows)
Amelia Shepherd – TRO
Susan Tanner – NOEA
Jim Winship – EIF
Andrew Orr – TRO
Des Fitzgerald – The Showmen’s Guild
Gary Elson – BADA
Advocacy & GR
UKEVENTS ADVOCACY & GOVERNMENT RELATIONS WORKING GROUP
The working group's key priority objectives and areas of policy as follows:
- Continue to raise the Industry’s profile, making influencers and policymakers have more understanding of Industry and of the economic and social benefits from aligning the Industry’s activities with the government’s growth objectives.
- Working with Partners and other allied organisations to provide the evidence to secure greater support for the Industry through regulatory changes and fiscal incentives to boost growth in the Industry.
- Promote a one team approach across the UK Government to establish a standalone body that takes a policy lead on delivering a nationwide event strategy and to win new business for the UK.
- Maintain a collaborative approach across Industry bodies and government departments on issues that promote the interests of the Industry.
(Revised on 6th March 2024)
Working Group Members:
Chair: Michael Hirst OBE, UKEVENTS Advocacy & Government Relations Lead
David Tremmil, Beam / UKEVENTS Vice Chair
Clive Wratten, BTA
Rachel Parker, EIA
Shonali Devereaux, MIA
Susan Tanner, NOEA / UKEVENTS Vice Chair
Peter Heath, PLASA
Paul Black, VisitBritain
Neil Brownlee, VisitScotland
Heledd Williams, VisitWales
Simon Hughes, UKEVENTS Immediate Past Chair
Martin Fullard, UKEVENTS Executive Committee Member for Communication.
Research & BI
UKEVENTS RESEARCH & BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE WORKING GROUP
The working group's key priority objectives and areas of policy under the UKEVENTS Strategic Plan of Work 2022-23 are as follows:
Be the primary resource, collector and reference point for all research, insights and market intelligence related to the UK events
sector, and to specifically:
- Extend the sample audience for the Quarterly Business Barometer to achieve a more balanced market view.
- Complete and publish a new version of the UK Events Industry Report (last completed in 2019 and published in 2020) in early 2023 to provide an update and comparison for the sector both pre and post pandemic.
- Create annual research on the volume and value of events within the UK, potentially in collaboration with VisitBritain.
Working Group Members:
Chair: John Gallery
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