- By: Simon Garrett
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A government review into fire legislation by Dame Judith Hackitt has called for ‘simplified and unambiguous’ regulations and guidance on fire safety. When the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order (RRO) came into force in 2015 it was designed to achieve just that and it did sweep away a complex system of overlapping legislation. Examination of the legal position following the Grenfell fire, however, has highlighted a number of flaws. The events industry needs to ensure that its voice is heard in any future reviews and is worth briefly considering where we currently stand:
- By: David O'Beirne
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What happens when the target market that you serve decides that they don’t like the product that your business depends on?
- By: Markey Coffee
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When you’re next offered a coffee at an exhibition or conference before you dispose of your cup take a closer look. If it’s made from paper, which it probably is, it’s likely to be printed with lots of reassuring logos and statements to let you know that it’s made from recycled materials and is itself recyclable.
- By: Simon Garrett at X-Venture
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Two fairground workers have been found guilty of manslaughter by gross negligence after a bouncy castle blew away in high winds with a seven-year-old girl still inside.
- By: David O'Beirne at The Exhibition Agency Ltd
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I was lucky enough to be at the Surbiton Tennis Championship very recently, on a glorious sunny day.
- By: Simon Garrett at X-Venture
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The EU’s General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR) came into force on 25th May. Regulated by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) the overall legal liabilities are much the same as health and safely law with the risk of prosecution by the ICO for breaches of GDPR and civil law suits from individuals who feel that they have a legitimate claim against an organisation for misuse of their personal data. The ICO has played down press scaremongering saying that they will act proportionately and to put it into context the ICO issued 57 monetary penalties and carried out 19 prosecutions in 2017. Notwithstanding this is a considerable expansion of current regulations and the sanctions have increased from a maximum of £500,000 per breach to the greater of 4% of group global turnover or €20 million so it needs to be taken seriously particularly by large organisations.
