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UK live events industry takes part in ‘Red Alert Day’ to call for sustained government support
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nme.comcoronavirus pandemic.Tonight (August 11), hundreds of venues across 20 cities and towns in the UK, including London, Edinburgh, Cardiff and Manchester, have turned their lights on red in solidarity with the #WeMakeEvents campaign, symbolising the state of the industry while calling for sustained support from the government.The Royal Festival Hall, Tate Modern, the London Eye, and the National Theatre are a few of the venues that feature thousands of socially distanced volunteers asking the government to “throw a line” to the sector.Trade association PLASA (Professional Lighting and Sound Association) is asking that the government makes grants – not loans – available to businesses in the events supply chain, as well as extend the furlough.
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