MP Asks Government to Help Festival Organisers

11th January 2021 (Island Echo). In a bid to help UK music festivals – such as the Isle of Wight Festival – restart when the time is right, Island MP Bob Seely has asked the Government to support festival organisers with a Government-backed insurance scheme similar to that in place for film and television. Last month Mr Seely hosted a virtual meeting between Culture Minister, Caroline Dinenage, and some of the Island’s leading event’s organisers to discuss what could be done to support the industry this year. This month the Island’s MP has written to the DCMS Select Committee Chairman, Julian Knight

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