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Couples who have planned summer weddings will face “painful decisions and heartache” if the UK doesn’t fully reopen on 21 June. The so-called “freedom day” would see Covid restrictions lifted and weddings able to have more than the current limit of 28 guests, plus the happy couple.
However, if the government delays the full reopening, then 50,000 weddings planned in the month from 21 June would be at risk of cancellation, the Daily Mirror reports. On its front page today the tabloid has a headline of “bride and doom” as couples desperate to marry plead: “Let us have our day.”
£325m lost a week if restrictions aren’t lifted
26 May 2021 - Submitted by Chris Barrett Submitted by Chris Barrett on 26 May 2021
The first in-person event for the live events industry for more than 14 months, the Event Production Show (EPS) has opened today at the Farnborough International Exhibition & Conference Centre.
EPS organisers Mash Media said the event had to be reduced in scale this year to meet Government guidelines, which include a requirement to limit attendance to 1,000 people at any one time. However, more than 2,000 event professionals have registered to attend the two-day event, which consists of an exhibition,
Running from 26-27 May, the event is uniting many of the live events industry’s most influential figures under one roof to discuss how best to navigate the road to recovery and the reopening of full-capacity events.
The report will provide an overview of the pandemic’s impact on the events sector; the road to recovery – focusing on what the sector needs to do in the short term and the support it requires; and building back better – the future of the events sector in the longer term – the opportunities and challenges it faces.
BVEP has started gathering insights from its partners but is also encouraging other businesses and organisations to contribute and identify the changes that have emerged due to the pandemic. Other content for the report will be based on existing plans, policies and research.
Simon Hughes, chair of the umbrella association, said: “We need to understand the impact of the pandemic on the sector, identify the plans that the industry has, what changes have emerged due to the pandemic, what might shape policy and the future role of events in a global Britain through the use of events as part of its soft power to grow domestic and international opportunities.”