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'Plan C would be devastating - let event planners do our job'

December 16, 2021'Plan C would be devastating - let event planners do our job'Back in February, Taylor Lynn Corporation MD Liz Taylor reflected on the practicalities and moral dilemmas a vaccine passport scheme would pose for event professionals. Now that the Covid pass scheme has come into law in England, Taylor shares her thoughts on what this means for event planners...

Get prepared for track and trace, mia urges event professionals

September 21, 2020Get prepared for track and trace, mia urges event professionalsWith venues legally obligated to register delegates’ information as of Friday (18 September), the Meetings Industry Association (mia) is encouraging event professionals to get prepared with track and trace systems.

Birmingham hotel highlights lack of guidance for venues

June 11, 2020Birmingham hotel highlights lack of guidance for venuesThe Park Regis Birmingham has reopened for events following a stint as accommodation for key workers based at the nearby Queen Elizabeth Hospital.

DRPG staff show True Colours in tribute to NHS frontliners

May 18, 2020DRPG staff show True Colours in tribute to NHS frontlinersDRPG staff have paid tribute to frontline NHS staff by starring in a thank you video - which was then projection mapped onto the front wall of the agency's West Midlands HQ and streamed live on social media.

Absolute Corporate Events unveils industry all-star charity pop video

May 13, 2020Absolute Corporate Events unveils industry all-star charity pop videoAbsolute Corporate Events and their industry friends have remade Peter Kay's famous (Is This The Way To) Amarillo video to raise money for the NHS.

Strata helping deliver one million meals to frontline NHS staff

May 12, 2020Strata helping deliver one million meals to frontline NHS staffStrata Creative Communications has delivered 40 metres of beMatrix exhibition kit as infrastructure to help create ‘NASA Style facility’ at the Oxfordshire base of SalutetheNHS.org, which aims to serve one million meals to the NHS frontline in three months.

Nightingale Hospital at ExCeL London to be placed on standby

May 4, 2020Nightingale Hospital at ExCeL London to be placed on standbyThe Nightingale Hospital at ExCeL London is set to be placed on standby and will no longer admit patients.

UK sporting venues transformed into COVID-19 testing centres

April 22, 2020UK sporting venues transformed into COVID-19 testing centresTwickenham Stadium and AMEX Stadium, two of the UK's major sporting venues, will become drive-through COVID-19 testing facilities for NHS staff and essential workers.

Tourism minister discusses government support for business events sector

April 7, 2020Tourism minister discusses government support for business events sectorThe UK’s Minister for Sport, Tourism and Heritage, Nigel Huddleston MP, led an online discussion with more than 20 industry CEOs about how the government can support the UK's £70bn business events sector.

'Bigger opportunity for events outside London', says BVEP's Hirst

March 30, 2020'Bigger opportunity for events outside London', says BVEP's HirstWith ExCeL London having transformed into the 4,000 bed NHS Nightingale hospital to treat coronavirus patients, what does this mean for events in the capital?