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<p>DCMS appreciates the important role that the events sector plays in the UK’s economy,
and that the Covid-19 pandemic presents a significant challenge to many businesses
operating in these sectors.</p><p>The Secretary of State provided a major £1.57 billion
support package for key cultural organisations to help them through the coronavirus
pandemic. This funding will provide targeted support to organisations across a range
of cultural and creative sectors. This support package will benefit cultural sector
services by providing support to cultural venues and many other organisations in the
Creative Industries that host live events, to stay open and continue operating.</p><p>From
15th August, and as part of the Government’s 5 stage roadmap to get performing arts
and live entertainment sectors back up and running as soon as possible, organisations
can now put on live indoor performances in front of a socially-distanced audience.
This is in addition to the earlier announcement that from 11 July we can all enjoy
performances outdoors with social distancing.</p><p>We are committed to continuing
to work with the events sector to understand the difficulties they face and help them
access support through these challenging times and through recovery.</p><p><strong>
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