Businesses urged to apply for leftover Government COVID support grants

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Businesses urged to apply for leftover Government COVID support grants

English businesses are being urged to keep applying for £840m ($1.3bn/€1bn) worth of COVID-19 support grants, which are still available. Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy), Paul Scully, has urged businesses to apply for the grants, which were made available by the Government to councils across the country. Funding is made up …

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European K-Pop festival adds new date due to high demand

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European K-Pop festival adds new date due to high demand

K-Pop festival KPOP.FLEX has added a second day to its programme due to a demand for tickets from across Europe.  The festival in Frankfurt is organised by K-Pop Europa, in collaboration with PK Events and Korean broadcaster SBS Television Network. K-Pop Europa is a partnership between live events companies Live Company Group and Explorado Group.  …

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FAI abandons streaming season passes to protect match attendances

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FAI abandons streaming season passes to protect match attendances

The Football Association of Ireland (FAI) has ditched its season pass option for its LOI TV streaming service, in order to protect match attendances during the forthcoming 2022 season.  Matches across the Premier Division, First Division and Women’s National League during the 2022 season – which begins this month – will still be available to …

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Granted experiential ticketing platform launches

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Granted experiential ticketing platform launches

Granted, a new experiential ticketing platform, has announced its public launch and a $3m (£2.2m/€2.6m) seed investment.  The new platform will offer tickets to concerts and sporting events globally and aims to develop a secondary market offering to give artists and creators access to royalties.  Granted has been designed for millennials, Generation Z concert-goers and …

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Wales to relax remaining restrictions on events and venues

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Wales to relax remaining restrictions on events and venues

Wales First Minister Mark Drakeford has announced that from February 18, the legal requirement to show a COVID Pass to enter certain venues and events will be removed.  The COVID Pass was originally brought in to show proof of vaccination against coronavirus, or a negative test upon entry.  Drakeford said: “With increasing numbers of people …

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Green group reveals most environmentally friendly festivals

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Green group reveals most environmentally friendly festivals

A Greener Festival (AGF), a not-for-profit company that assists events, festivals and venues in reducing their environmental impact, has revealed its selection of the greenest events and festivals from last year.  Events across Europe, the UK and the US were hailed for the environmental efforts.  Paradise City Festival, an electronic music festival in Perk, Belgium, …

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Tourism app launched to unify ticketing system

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Tourism app launched to unify ticketing system

Chandigarh Administrator, Banwarilal Purohit, has launched a new app that unifies the ticketing system for tourist spots across the Indian city of Chandigarh.  Purohit is also the Governor of Punjab and developed the app in conjunction with India’s Tourism Department.  Users operating both Android and iOS systems will be able to download the app, which …

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M&B Promotions and Simple Ticketing cease trading 

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M&B Promotions and Simple Ticketing cease trading 

M&B Promotions has ceased trading, leaving a number of cancelled high-profile gigs in its wake. The promoter announced on its website that it had gone bust due to “financial strain” caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. It means that a number of shows and concerts have been cancelled including performances by McFly, UB40 and Craig David. Other …

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