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Update the RHLG guidance so that it includes event hire & exhibition companies
Closed
2,514 signatures
What the petition asks
Update the guidance sent to local councils so that it includes ‘event hire’ and ‘exhibition’ companies.
This will allow councils to pay these companies the grants and reduced business rates that they have been promised by the Chancellor.
This will allow councils to pay these companies the grants and reduced business rates that they have been promised by the Chancellor.
The Chancellor said in the House of Commons that event hire & exhibition companies fell under the umbrella of leisure & hospitality and as such would qualify for the Retail, Leisure & Hospitality Grant.
The guidance sent to local councils does not include them, and as such, they are being refused the support promised.
Councils need the guidance to be updated in order to support an industry devastated by Covid-19. The government is using some of the venues we work in as Nightingale Hospitals.
The guidance sent to local councils does not include them, and as such, they are being refused the support promised.
Councils need the guidance to be updated in order to support an industry devastated by Covid-19. The government is using some of the venues we work in as Nightingale Hospitals.
Timeline
| 19 Aug 2020 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 19 Feb 2021 | Closed to new signatures |
Key facts
Signatures
2,514
Status
Closed
Opened
19 Aug 2020
Closed
19 Feb 2021
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.