Submitted on Friday 25th September 2020
Rejected on Friday 16th October 2020
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Provide genuine and meaningful Covid-19 support to the £70bn event industry.
The government needs to provide genuine and meaningful financial support to businesses and individuals in the event industry, who cannot work or are working extremely reduced hours due to current Covid-19 restrictions. The announcement by Rishi Sunak on 24 September completely ignores this industry.
The UK events industry is worth over £70 billion to the economy and employs over 700,000 people according to BVEP UK Events Report 2020.
The announcement of the Job Support Scheme by the Chancellor on 24 September fell way short of expectations. Due to government imposed restrictions, the events industry is mainly out of work and any work that is coming in is minimal. This means that the majority of workers don't qualify for the scheme and most businesses cannot afford to contribute to it.
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