UKEVENTS – Summary of January 2023 Updates

UKEVENTS updates/material of interest (January 2023)

Reminder – On the homepage of the UKEVENTS website, you will find boxes signposting to key information including boxes dedicated to: Brexit Guidance; and Covid-19 Guidance.

UKEVENTS News

Events Apprenticeship Framework launches to tackle industry’s talent shortage, 17 Jan.

Partners News

TBOE – Events industry excluded from energy support scheme, 13 Jan.

APPG for Events – Lucy Powell MP, Shadow Secretary of State for DCMS joins the APPG, 31 Jan.

Latest Research News

The Value of Events Report 2022, commissioned by UK Sport, 13 Jan.

Events Apprenticeships

Events Apprenticeship Framework launches to tackle industry’s talent shortage, 17 Jan.

Sustainability

Positive Impact – What is ISO 20121?, 11 Jan.

Working Group pages

Advocacy & Government Relations Working Group – UK Events – Advocacy & GR

Business Events Working Group – UK Events – Business Events

Outdoor Events Working Group – UK Events – Outdoor Events

Skills, Talent & Diversity Working Group – UK Events – Skills Talent & Diversity < Events Apprenticeships – UK Events – Events Apprenticeships

Research & Business Intelligence Working Group – UK Events – Research & BI

Material shared with Partners along with TIER, Tourism Alliance and TIC Updates

9 January 2023 – Pelham from Positive Impact on ISO 20121.

12 January 2023 – The Value of Events Report 2022 | A press release on the Energy support scheme.

17 January 2023 – Events Apprenticeships Update | DCMS Call for Evidence Reminder | Tourism Insights Conference & Parliamentary Reception.

31 January 2023 – TIC Restructure | APPG for Events Briefing Note | Call for Action Workforce survey and focus group

Events – https://ukevents.org.uk/events

2023
12 Jan – EVCOM Event: Grow Your Agency – A Series of Masterclasses (Part 3)
27 Jan – AEO Forums and People’s Awards
2 Feb – EVCOM|FERENCE 2023 – The Business of Creativity Summit
25 Feb – AFO Conference (Virtual)
1-2 Mar – Event Production Show
1-2 Mar – International Confex
2 Mar – UKEVENTS Full Partners Meeting (at Confex)
23 Mar – Tourism Insights Conference
25 Apr – ABPCO Festival of Learning
20 Jun – UKEVENTS Full Partners Meeting (Zoom)
18-19 Oct – The Showman Show 2023
19 Oct – UKEVENTS Full Partners Meeting (at The Showman Show
12 Dec – UKEVENTS Full Partners Meeting (Zoom)

Material shared along TIER, Tourism Alliance and TIC Updates

9 January 2023

ISO 20121 – We would also like to bring to your attention to information from Fiona Pelham from Positive Impact on ISO 20121 –  Please feel free to share with your communities to ensure they know about and take advantage of the opportunity to be involved in the review of ISO 20121. https://www.positiveimpactevents.com/resources/what-is-iso-20121

12 January 2023

The Value of Events Report 2022, commissioned by UK Sport to The Sports Consultancy on the economic and social value of hosting major sporting events in the UK. See more details here – https://www.uksport.gov.uk/news/2023/01/12/new-report-reveals-economic-and-social-benefits-of-the-uk-hosting-sporting-events%F0%9F%94%97

A press release on the Energy support scheme – Events industry excluded from energy support scheme – Raising the profile of business events at https://the-business-of-events.com/2023/01/11/events-industry-excluded-from-energy-support-scheme/

17 January 2023

  • Update from the Events Apprenticeships and a reminder on their crowdfunding initiativeUK Events – Events Apprenticeship Framework launches to tackle industry’s talent shortage. Please get involved if you can.
  • DCMS Call for Evidence Reminder – Back in December we shared a request for evidence from DCMS to Partners to advise on an ongoing basis of any event business lost or relocated and enquiries not fulfilled as a result of the UK’s withdrawal from the EU. DCMS are keen to understand the impact.  A SurveyMonkey short questionnaire has been set up for you to easily regularly input the information required.  We will be collating responses on an on-going basis and will be submitting to Jamie Haworth at DCMS on a monthly basis. Please find the link below and thank you for your ongoing help on this: https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/LostBusinessUKEvents
  • Details on the Tourism Insights Conference & Parliamentary Reception shared by the Tourism Alliance.

31 January 2023

Tourism Industry Council restructure

Following on from last Thursday’s information about the restructuring of the Tourism Industry Council (TIC), The Events Industry will continue to have substantial representation on the TIC’s various working groups.

Chris Skeith, as Chair of the Events Industry Board Working Group, will also now be on the new  ‘Workstream Leads Group’ (WLG,) which will sit under the TIC, and set the Council’s strategic agenda, ensuring it is joined up with and responding to the work of the Working Groups, which cover Events, Accessibility & Inclusivity, Sustainability and International Competitiveness and Demand.

Additionally representing event interests are:

Michael Hirst – Tourism Industry Council.

Jennifer Jenkins, Worldspan – International Competitiveness & Demand Working Group.

Nick Brooks-Sykes – Marketing Manchester – International Competitiveness & Demand Working Group.

Anna Abdelnoor, ISLA – Sustainability Working Group.

Dan Thurlow – Scottish Event Campus – Sustainability Working Group.

More information on the new governance structure, terms of reference and full  membership of the Council and its working group will shortly be published on the Council’s page on gov.uk

UK Events – Workforce survey and focus groups

Survey rationale

The UK Centre for Events Management at Leeds Beckett University are running a survey which will provide important information about working conditions, experiences and opportunities in the events industry. This will provide reliable data that can be used to compare the events industry to other sectors of the economy and help shape the industry to ensure it remains a positive and appealing sector to work in. The results will provide insight on:

  • Events careers – including patterns of work, hours worked, salaries, workplace benefits (like pensions), training and development, work-life balance
  • Diversity in the events industry
  • The experiences of different age groups within the events industry

The survey has been designed to be compatible with wider workforce surveys, enabling comparison between these findings about work in the events industry and work in other sectors of the economy. We currently do not have that kind of data, so these findings will be an important opportunity for the industry to collect robust data that can be used to lobby government, to inform workforce planning and development, to educate students and potential newcomers to the industry, and to try and ensure that all jobs in the industry are rewarding.

The survey will take approximately 15-20 minutes to complete. In recognition of the time and effort involved in completion, there is opportunity to be entered into a prize draw to win one of five £200 retail vouchers. The survey can be accessed through this link:

https://lbueventstourismhosp.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_1TYxEey9OZ3yL8a

Focus group invitation

The UK Centre for Events Management at Leeds Beckett University are conducting research into work and careers in the events industry. They are seeking volunteers from [XXX] organisation to take part in an online focus group or individual interview (to suit participants). Focus groups/interviews will take a maximum of one hour and will cover issues to do with: work patterns and experiences; career development; work-life balance.

If you would be willing to take part in a focus group or interview please contact Professor Kate Dashper, the project lead, at k.dashper@leedsbeckett.ac.uk