The report will provide an overview of the pandemic’s impact on the events sector; the road to recovery – focusing on what the sector needs to do in the short term and the support it requires; and building back better – the future of the events sector in the longer term – the opportunities and challenges it faces. BVEP has started gathering insights from its partners but is also encouraging other businesses and organisations to contribute and identify the changes that have emerged due to the pandemic. Other content for the report will be based on existing plans, policies and research. Simon Hughes, chair of the umbrella association, said: “We need to understand the impact of the pandemic on the sector, identify the plans that the industry has, what changes have emerged due to the pandemic, what might shape policy and the future role of events in a global Britain through the use of events as part of its soft power to grow domestic and international opportunities.”