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	<title>Event Industry News &#187; Credit Crunch</title>
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		<title>Festivals in Scotland have funding axed</title>
		<link>http://www.eventindustrynews.co.uk/2010/01/festivals-in-scotland-have-funding-axed.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jan 2010 16:25:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Editor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Credit Crunch]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Festival News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Big in Falkirk festival]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Connect festival]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[DF Concerts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[EH1 festival]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Festivals in Scotland]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Geoff Ellis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Live at Loch Lomond festival]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Neil Butler]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Outsider Festival]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pete Irvine]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Experts have warned Scotland is unlikely to see any new festivals launched for the foreseeable future, as it emerged a string of top events have been axed. Connect, Outsider, Big in Falkirk, Live at Loch Lomond and EH1 are among festivals shelved in the wake of poor ticket sales and funding problems. Their demise has [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Event Suppliers Remain Optimistic, Despite Sales Declines</title>
		<link>http://www.eventindustrynews.co.uk/2009/08/event-suppliers-remain-optimistic-despite-sales-declines.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.eventindustrynews.co.uk/2009/08/event-suppliers-remain-optimistic-despite-sales-declines.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2009 06:59:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Editor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Credit Crunch]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[event industry buyers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[event industry suppliers]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Although 57.1 percent of event industry suppliers have reported a decline in sales as a result of the global recession, 25 percent have actually seen them increase, according to a new survey from the Congress Rental Network. What&#8217;s more, while 45 percent of event industry suppliers have seen a decrease in event attendance, 59.9 percent [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bloom music festival is cancelled due to venue change</title>
		<link>http://www.eventindustrynews.co.uk/2009/08/bloom-music-festival-is-cancelled-due-to-venue-change.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.eventindustrynews.co.uk/2009/08/bloom-music-festival-is-cancelled-due-to-venue-change.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2009 07:44:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Editor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Credit Crunch]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Festival News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bloom music festival]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[difficult economic conditions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Festival organiser Olivia Chapman]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.eventindustrynews.co.uk/?p=1496</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Music festival Bloom has been put off until next year due to problems caused by a last minute venue change, organisers have announced. The event, which was set to take place at Chepstow racecourse on 14-16 August, featured a host of acts including Frankmusik on the line-up. Ticket holders are being offered the chance to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>T In The Park shrugs off credit crunch</title>
		<link>http://www.eventindustrynews.co.uk/2009/07/t-in-the-park-shrugs-off-credit-crunch.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.eventindustrynews.co.uk/2009/07/t-in-the-park-shrugs-off-credit-crunch.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2009 08:04:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Editor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Credit Crunch]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[geoff]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Geoff Ellis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[T in The Park]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.eventindustrynews.co.uk/?p=1345</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[As you would expect from Scotland&#8217;s biggest music festival, there is a huge amount to see and do at T in the Park Fairground rides, a ceilidh tent, food from hog roasts to Thai curry and &#8211; of course &#8211; the music. But it all comes with a hefty price tag. For organisers, staging a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pete Irvine defends cancelled Outsider festival</title>
		<link>http://www.eventindustrynews.co.uk/2009/05/pete-irvine-defends-cancelled-outsider-festival.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.eventindustrynews.co.uk/2009/05/pete-irvine-defends-cancelled-outsider-festival.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2009 07:12:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Editor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Credit Crunch]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Festival News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[economic downturn]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Outsider Festival]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pete Irvine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Scotland]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Unique Events]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.eventindustrynews.co.uk/?p=1139</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[SCOTLAND&#8217;S best-known events organiser claims the country has become swamped with festivals and big-name concerts. Pete Irvine believes the summer music circuit has reached saturation point at a time when the economic downturn is beginning to bite. The managing director of Unique Events spoke out after reluctantly pulling the plug on the Outsider Festival, which [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Heavenly Planet Festival in Reading cancelled due to recession.</title>
		<link>http://www.eventindustrynews.co.uk/2009/03/heavenly-planet-festival-in-reading-cancelled-due-to-recession.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.eventindustrynews.co.uk/2009/03/heavenly-planet-festival-in-reading-cancelled-due-to-recession.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2009 08:21:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Editor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Credit Crunch]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Festival News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[British music festival]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[global economic crisis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Melvin Benn]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Reading]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[the festival's organiser]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Heavenly Planet Festival]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A British music festival has been scrapped after falling victim to the global economic crisis. The Heavenly Planet Festival in Reading, England was due to take place in July (09) but bosses have been left with no choice but to cancel the event because of cash-flow worries. Melvin Benn, the festival&#8217;s organiser, says, &#8220;It is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The organiser of Swindon’s Gay Pride event quits over debts dispute</title>
		<link>http://www.eventindustrynews.co.uk/2009/02/the-organiser-of-swindon%e2%80%99s-gay-pride-event-quits-over-debts-dispute.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.eventindustrynews.co.uk/2009/02/the-organiser-of-swindon%e2%80%99s-gay-pride-event-quits-over-debts-dispute.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Feb 2009 08:13:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Editor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Credit Crunch]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[James Waterhouse]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[LGBT]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Swindon’s gay pride event]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[THE ORGANISER]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.eventindustrynews.co.uk/?p=1017</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[THE ORGANISER of Swindon’s first ever gay pride event has resigned amid a dispute over the debts left by last summer’s event. James Waterhouse has quit his position as chairman of the Swindon Pride committee. More than £15,000 is still owing for last August’s celebration in Town Gardens. Mr Waterhouse said he could not understand [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Festivals to have the last laugh over recession and beat the credit crunch.</title>
		<link>http://www.eventindustrynews.co.uk/2009/02/festivals-to-have-the-last-laugh-over-recession-and-beat-the-credit-crunch.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.eventindustrynews.co.uk/2009/02/festivals-to-have-the-last-laugh-over-recession-and-beat-the-credit-crunch.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Feb 2009 18:15:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Editor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Credit Crunch]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Festival News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dr Joe Goldblatt]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Edinburgh festivals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[events guru]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Study of Planned Events]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.eventindustrynews.co.uk/?p=1009</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[THEY say laughter is the best medicine. And it&#8217;s this age-old expression that could provide the antidote to the credit crunch as far as this year&#8217;s Edinburgh festivals are concerned. According to international events guru Dr Joe Goldblatt, the Capital&#8217;s festivals could see record attendance in 2009 as people seek distraction from the doom and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hydro Connect festival cancelled because of credit crunch</title>
		<link>http://www.eventindustrynews.co.uk/2009/02/hydro-connect-festival-cancelled-because-of-credit-crunch.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.eventindustrynews.co.uk/2009/02/hydro-connect-festival-cancelled-because-of-credit-crunch.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Feb 2009 09:40:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Editor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Credit Crunch]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Festival News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[downturn in the economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hydro Connect festival cancelled]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Promoter Geoff Ellis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[T in The Park]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[THIS year&#8217;s Hydro Connect Festival has been cancelled because of the downturn in the economy. Organisers of the award-winning boutique music event felt that rising overheads, mixed with fears over the recession, could prove too risky for punters &#8211; so they have decided to shelve the event this year. But the festival may return in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Confident predictions from Out There Events</title>
		<link>http://www.eventindustrynews.co.uk/2009/01/confident-predictions-from-out-there-events.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.eventindustrynews.co.uk/2009/01/confident-predictions-from-out-there-events.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Jan 2009 08:22:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Editor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Conference News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Credit Crunch]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Manchester]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Manchester Science Park’s 25th Anniversary 2-day Conference]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Marcia Incarico]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Out There Events]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[the events industry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Traffic Management and Parking Conference]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[UK Science Park Association]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Whitehall Media’s Annual Infratech Conference]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The boss of Manchester’s Out There Events believes that the current economic down-turn will prove to be good news for the events industry. Marcia Incarico’s comments come as the company wins four new contracts to be delivered before the end of the year. &#8220;We are experiencing one of our busiest times in terms of pitching, [...]]]></description>
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