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Meeting with Baroness Blake - Labour member of the House of Lords and shadow spokesperson for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy and International Trade

Meeting with Baroness Blake - Labour member of the House of Lords and shadow spokesperson for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy and International Trade
Baroness Blake
Recognising industry value, a meeting with Baroness Blake

Objectives:

  • Driving advocacy
  • Recognising industry value
  • Supporting our manifesto

As part of our Government engagement programme we met with Baroness Blake of Leeds, a Labour member of the House of Lords and Shadow Spokesperson for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy and International Trade.

The EIA met with Baroness Blake who was interested to learn more about the business events industry’s impact on the economy, the challenges it faces and the many opportunities that our industry could create to drive further growth and support the UK economy. Baroness Blake was sympathetic to the difficulties the sector is currently facing and recognised the need to advocate for the industry across a number of Government departments.

In summary, Baroness Blake affirmed her support for the Events Industry Alliance and indicated a willingness to raise awareness of the value of the business events sector and the measures necessary to help the UK business events industry carry on being world leading.

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  • The events industry is only as good as the sum of its parts – the EIA represents all parts of our amazing industry. We are members because together we are so much stronger and are therefore so much better placed to deal with both our challenges and the massive opportunities that lie ahead.
    Simon Parker
    CIBSE
  • The EIA serves as the quintessential industry forum and working group representing the cornerstones critical to all events; the organiser, the venue and the supply chain providing goods and services to the sector. Whilst it’s always been a valuable alliance for the industry, in these times of post-pandemic economic uncertainty and geo-political challenges, the ability for the industry to convene, confer and communicate as a unified sector is imperative as we seek to grow and have an even greater impact on the UK’s social and economic landscape.
    Shaun Hinds
    Manchester Central
  • The EIA is a great forum for collaboration between three of the major UK business events associations. It’s so important as an industry that we speak with one voice, that we collaborate on the biggest issues that we face and that we build mutual understanding and respect. The EIA provides the opportunity to do all of these things and is a made more powerful by all of our contributions.
    Carina Bauer
    IMEX

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