The events industry has been heavily impacted by the health crisis, with almost 15 billion in economic benefits since the ban on events at the end of February. An in-depth study is due to be carried out shortly into the impact of this global ban on professional meetings. So, in order to protect the trades they represent and to propose concrete measures to the government that can be put in place quickly, the industry's professional organisations are proposing to the government a rescue planpresented earlier this week to Bruno Le Maire, French Minister for the Economy, and Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne, Secretary of State to the Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs.
While saluting " the strong mobilisation of public authorities for companies in the sector "These organisations - UNIMEV, LÉVÉNEMENT, France Congrès et Evénements, Traiteurs de France, as well as Coésio, which brings together French-speaking congress destinations, Créalians, which brings together stand design agencies, and Synpase, the national union of stage and event audiovisual service providers - believe that in order to safeguard the industry, " It is essential that the measures taken are strong, adopted quickly and sustained over the long term. "
Designed to support businesses for 24 months, the rescue plan drawn up by these representative organisations includes priority measures such as the exemption from employers' social security contributions until December 2021, the 18-month extension of the current partial activity scheme or converting the State-guaranteed loan into a long-term sector loan, repayable over 8 years, with a 24-month grace period.
Additional social, economic and health measures are also being discussed, such as an investment fund linked to the health security for receiving the public or maintaining monthly allowances for the self-employed. " In addition to safeguarding the very small, medium and large companies in the events sector, which account for a very significant number of direct and indirect jobs, it is also France's attractiveness as a major world destination recognised for its expertise that is at stake. "These organisations state in a press release.
