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@DCMS @lucyfrazermp Between 10 & 14% cut in funding to the Arts Council in N.Ireland, already the lowest spend per person in the UK, a savage reduction in “investment“.

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@hmtreasury Except Northern Ireland. Despite producing some of the best actors, director, writers, designers & technicians the arts have consistently been grossly under funded and are looking at a further 10% reduction this year. Not that long ago HM Gov was telling us to retrain 😡

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@HospUlster The events industry and suppliers has to be included in any support. Excluded from most support for the past two years. No events no nighttime hospitality.

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@Economy_NI @gordonlyons1 Yet more “funding” for Hospitality and Retail but nothing for the events industry and suppliers that are still under draconian restrictions.

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@HospUlster What about the events industry, we have not had anywhere near the level of support given to hospitality.

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@SkyNews So Borris, why the need to raise taxes with the £350,000 a day saving that you promised the NHS during your Brexit campaign.

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@StepWalkTV What is their logic / science for this decision. We can happily wander around shops, sit around tables at weddings but no exhibitions / conferences. But worse of all these sectors continue to be excluded from any support!
SUPPORT THIS SECTOR UNTIL WE CAN REOPEN.

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@OliverDowden @AnythingGUK @BarbicanCentre This time last year your college’s were telling us to all re train!

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@Economy_NI @gordonlyons1 @FSB_NI @retail_ni @MichaelAodhan @HospUlster @niexecutive Once again Millions being “pumped” into retail and hospitality but nothing for the events industry. Theatres and Venues only just allowed to open, but with capacity restrictions. Exhibitions and conferences still not allowed - what’s the logic / science there?

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@HospUlster @Economy_NI @gordonlyons1 @CB_PRandPA @LCNmagazine Once again what about the events industry, that has largely been excluded from help from Stormont. When will you understand they go hand in hand.

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@DeirdreHargey Is N.I going to see anything of the £300m Oliver Downing announced last week as the final part of the Culture Recovery Fund and will you ensure the events industry is not excluded from receiving funding this time

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@OliverDowden @UEFA @FA Showing your utter contempt for the Arts & Events industry.
How is this possible but you continue to force events to 50% capacity or to cancel.

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@duponline @HospUlster @edwinpootsmla Meanwhile the events industry is on its knees - bit like their Tory chums DUP and its Stormont ministers ignoring our plight.
Excluded from most funding.
What little we received is now being stopped because hospitality is open again - but not events, months away!

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@OliverDowden How can you have a City of Culture when you continue to destroy the events industry. let’s not forget you told all the actors, dancers, musicians & crew to retrain. No support for the supply chain.

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@CommunitiesNI @DeirdreHargey @ArtsCouncilNI @CraftNI @LyricBelfast @OhYeahCentre @HeritageFundNI @NI_LGA @FeileBelfast @UniAtypical @niexecutive @theatredanceni 2nd round of ACNI funding needed! 1st round grossly oversubscribed - did that not ring alarm bells? All other funding is ending soon but it will be months (maybe a year) before the industry is back to “normal“.

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@BBCJayneMcC No doubt the minister will be looking free tickets. England & Scotland managed two to three rounds of funding to venues & the supply chain - N. I £9m from £33m given and that was it. Another round of proper funding needed if we are to survive.

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@OliverDowden Ironic that you retweet about The BRIT Awards 2021 when your government is In the process of destroying the UK Music industry with your incompetence over touring to Europe, continued failure to support musicians, crew & suppliers.

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@DCMS @BFI @OliverDowden @cj_dinenage @hmtreasury Come on Oliver, Like for Like.

What about the thousands of theatre / music events and thousands of jobs YOU could support if you opened this scheme up to the other sectors of the Events Industry

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@AIB_NI Online payments made at the weekend still not processed, despite numerous promises it would be sorted by "close of business".
Mortgage & rent payments missed!
Not good at all.

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@VisitScotNews @scotgov Well done Scotland.
The muppets in charge in N.Ireland can't event get the funding out that Rishi Sunak handed out in June last year, and the whole events supply chain has been excluded.