Latest Government Advice

On the 17 May, we reached the latest milestone on the government’s roadmap to ease lockdown restrictions across England, which means that indoor events and all remaining outdoor events can commence, subject to meeting COVID-secure requirements.

This includes business events such as conferences, trade shows, exhibitions, private dining events such as charity or gala dinners and awards ceremonies, and corporate hospitality. For more information, click here.

We are excited to welcome you back to the West Midlands.

With more than 1,000 of our hospitality businesses signed up to VisitEngland’s ‘We’re Good to Go’ consumer mark, we take our delegates’ health and wellbeing very seriously.

As the sector resumes, please get in touch with our Convention Bureau, which works alongside event organisers, offering expert guidance and insight, and invaluable support to ensure that both organisers and delegates receive the best possible welcome and experience.

The Bureau can provide you with a range of free services to deliver a successful event in the region. These include accommodation booking, venue location and social programme planning.

For more information, call 0121 202 5100, email bcb.conferencesales@wmgrowth.com or visit www.meetbirmingham.com.

See you soon!

A note for event organisers. You will need to adhere to the following three requirments:

1. Event organisers should follow all relevant COVID-secure guidance depending on the type of event, and complete a related risk assessment. This guidance varies according to the type of event.
 

2. Organisers and attendees adhere to all legal requirements, including maintaining group sizes permitted by social contact restrictions at the relevant step in the Roadmap and preventing mixing between groups, enforcing social distancing guidelines and mandating face coverings in indoor areas where required.
 

3. All reasonable action has been taken by the event organiser to mitigate risk to public health.

Social contact limits for permitted organised gatherings will be:

• Indoors - rule of 6 or 2 households
• Outdoors - 30 people
• Organised sport - exempt from social contact limits

All events recommencing at Step 3 will be subject to the following capacity caps:

1. 1,000 people or 50% of a venue’s capacity, whichever is lower at indoor events

2. 4,000 people or 50% of a site or venue’s capacity, whichever is lower at outdoor events