Rejected petition Include events industry in ‘retail, hospitality and leisure businesses’

For the UK Government to broaden their definition of ‘retail, hospitality & leisure businesses’ to include businesses in the events industry. This change would mean businesses in the events industry could access the Retail, Hospitality & Leisure Grant and receive Business Rates relief for 2020-2021

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The Business Visits and Events Partnership has estimated that the UK events industry is worth £70bn and provides work for over 700,000 people, yet has been overlooked by the Government as being part of the retail, hospitality and leisure sector in their response to COVID-19. The Events Industry Forum conducted a recent survey and found that 60% of the UK’s event industry’s supplier base is facing collapse within 3 months unless event businesses receive additional support from the Government.

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You may wish to sign this petition calling for the same action: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/301186

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You may also be interested to know that because of the large number of petitions that have been started in relation to coronavirus, the Petitions Committee has been questioning the Government about its response to the coronavirus outbreak.

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Date submitted 16 April 2020
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