Business events for up to 4,000 people will be allowed to take place from December 2, the prime minister has revealed. The limit of 30 people for business events has been scrapped, as Boris Johnson revealed the details of the updated tier system set to apply to England when national lockdown ends next month.
The Event Supplier and Services Association, Association of Event Organisers (AEO), Association of Event Venues (AEV), and Meetings Industry Association (mia) have today made the following joint statement
The business events sector warmly welcomes today’s Prime Minister’s announcement that the sector will be able to reopen under the revised Tier system. This integrates the business events sector with sports and performing arts sectors, providing the consistency for which the associations have been fighting.
Since the start of the pandemic members of all four associations have worked tirelessly with their constituency MP’s and government officials to get the industry reopened. Today’s news provides welcome relief to many individuals and businesses hit hard when the industry was stopped suddenly in March 2020.
Today’s news provides welcome relief to many individuals and businesses who were hit hard in March
The associations have also welcomed initiatives such as rapid testing and the deployment of vaccines, all of which will be needed to rebuild the position of economic powerhouse occupied by the sector before the pandemic.
Capacity limits remain in place, however, it has been demonstrated through the pilot events that it is now possible to build confidence across the customer base and, whilst the road to recovery will no doubt have a few bumps, this is a start.
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