Originally written by Partner Content on Small Business
Elite Business Live, the national business advice and networking event, has announced its plans to take their annual event online. On March 11-12 2021, entrepreneurs from across the nation can interact with some of the leading names in British scale-ups, via a live stream service that is available completely free of charge.
With events often being a core part of a business’ marketing strategy, live events have been sorely missed over the last year; missed at a time when most businesses are facing elevated pressure on building pipelines and growth, in fact, arguably when they need them most. Aside from the lead generation and sales benefits events bring, they also bring much needed networking opportunities. It is often through the power of live events that you meet that golden nugget contact or hear that piece of advice that changes the direction you are going in that ultimately helps elevate your business.
At Elite Business Live, the focus is bringing to life and delivering the core aspects of live events that can help SMEs through these challenging times but doing it virtually. The team have worked hard to secure speakers who have built their business from
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Elite Business Live goes virtual – e-meet some of the biggest names in British business
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Originally written by Partner Content on Small Business
Elite Business Live, the national business advice and networking event, has announced its plans to take their annual event online. On March 11-12 2021, entrepreneurs from across the nation can interact with some of the leading names in British scale-ups, via a live stream service that is available completely free of charge.
With events often being a core part of a business’ marketing strategy, live events have been sorely missed over the last year; missed at a time when most businesses are facing elevated pressure on building pipelines and growth, in fact, arguably when they need them most. Aside from the lead generation and sales benefits events bring, they also bring much needed networking opportunities. It is often through the power of live events that you meet that golden nugget contact or hear that piece of advice that changes the direction you are going in that ultimately helps elevate your business.
At Elite Business Live, the focus is bringing to life and delivering the core aspects of live events that can help SMEs through these challenging times but doing it virtually. The team have worked hard to secure speakers who have built their business from
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Are we witnessing the death of the events industry?
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Originally written by Natalka Antoniuk on Small Business
As we know, the events industry is suffering at the hands of Covid-19. Let’s not dwell on that.
The #WeMakeEvents campaign has proven the strengths of the industry. The events workforce is highly confident that, in time, the events industry will thrive again. Until then all they can do is wait and hope that the government recognises its value.
But what about those companies that can’t wait?
An industry survey conducted by Feast It found that 61 per cent of businesses operating within the events industry have six months left to survive. Most of these businesses have not raised an invoice since March.
This might be why they are throwing everything they have at what was once believed to be a passing trend. Virtual events have dominated the lives of many event planners this year. And now businesses are adapting their product offering to tailor towards this niche.
As the UK’s most popular venue, ExCel London, announces the opening of its virtual event studio, can we assume that this marks the end of the events industry?
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The events industry was the first to be shut down. In March, when Boris Johnson announced a ban on mass gatherings,
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Are we witnessing the death of the events industry?
by natalkaantoniuk • • 0 Comments
Originally written by natalkaantoniuk on Small Business
As we know, the events industry is suffering at the hands of Covid-19. Let’s not dwell on that.
The #WeMakeEvents campaign has proven the strengths of the industry. The events workforce is highly confident that, in time, the events industry will thrive again. Until then all they can do is wait and hope that the government recognises its value.
But what about those companies that can’t wait?
An industry survey conducted by Feast It found that 61 per cent of businesses operating within the events industry have six months left to survive. Most of these businesses have not raised an invoice since March.
This might be why they are throwing everything they have at what was once believed to be a passing trend. Virtual events have dominated the lives of many event planners this year. And now businesses are adapting their product offering to tailor towards this niche.
As the UK’s most popular venue, ExCel London, announces the opening of its virtual event studio, can we assume that this marks the end of the events industry?
First to close
The events industry was the first to be shut down. In March, when Boris Johnson announced a ban on mass gatherings, planners
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What events need is a government insurance policy, says sector
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Originally written by Timothy Adler on Small Business
Coldplay bassist Guy Berryman and ex-Dragon’s Den star Sarah Willingham have called on the government to back an insurance scheme for the events sector, similar to one already up-and-running for film and TV production.
Business heavyweights including Links of London founder John Ayton and Notonthehighstreet founder Holly Tucker have signed the letter to small business minister Paul Scully, asking for the government to think seriously about an insurance scheme which would repay organisers 70 per cent of their costs if an event is cancelled due to Covid-19.
What’s at stake is an events industry, such as weddings and music festivals, which Prime Minister Boris Johnson himself acknowledged is worth £90bn and employs 700,000 people in the UK across 25,000 businesses – none of whom have had any government sector-specific emergency coronavirus business support, unlike the hospitality industry.
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The group, led by Hugo Campbell and Digby Vollrath, founders of the events planning website Feast It, said an insurance scheme for events planned from April 1 next year would give organisers confidence to plan and promote gatherings.
Nearly two thirds of events suppliers (61 per cent) surveyed by