Manchester Central reopens its doors and looks forward to helping rebuild the UK economy
Manchester Central, the North West’s leading conference and events venue, has reopened its doors and looks forward to restarting its events programme and helping to kickstart economic recovery.
Speaking on the impact the events sector has on the economy, Chief Executive, Shaun Hinds commented, “The events and exhibitions sector brings £30bn into the UK economy annually and even on a localised level, Manchester Central brings £150m into the city in a typical year. For every £1 spent at the venue, on average a further £6 is spent in the wider city - in hotels, restaurants, bars, shops and taxis.”
“The business of bringing people together has a significant halo effect and as such the sector will undoubtedly play an integral role to the country’s economic recovery, job creation and international competitiveness.”
Having been decommissioned as the NHS Nightingale Hospital North West in June, the 10,000 capacity venue, which attracts over half a million visitors to its events each year, has added a number of features to embrace changing trends in the live-events sector as a result of the pandemic.
Building on its hybrid and virtual event expertise, the centre has installed a TV-quality broadcast studio for podcasts, panels and recitals, in addition to its ‘plug and play’ hybrid solution in its purpose-built 800 seat auditorium, enabling content to be live-streamed in real-time to maximise audience reach.
Having already hosted several performances of this year’s successful Manchester International Festival, the venue has a further 100 events already in its pipeline for the remainder of the year, and has announced that - until confirmed measures, if any, are implemented for the sector - it will work with each organiser to determine what safety controls will be most beneficial to them in ensuring both a safe and successful show.
Hinds continues, “We recognise that a significant proportion of the public will naturally be cautious as we emerge from this pandemic. As such, ensuring all event goers feel safe will be integral to rebuilding confidence in the sector and for our own growth going forward. We have worked extremely hard to ensure we can offer full flexibility to create whatever environment or scenario our organisers need, and we are in a strong position to implement any new measures if required.”
“Safe, secure and well-managed environments have always been what business events are about and that remains a constant for us as a venue.”
He concludes, “The last 16 months have taught us all just how much we miss and take for granted the ability to interact face to face, on a personal level and on a business level. We want to continue to provide a space which not only gives businesses the confidence to restart their event programmes in earnest but gives the public the face-to-face socialisation we have all missed so desperately.”
Speaking on the impact the events sector has on the economy, Chief Executive, Shaun Hinds commented, “The events and exhibitions sector brings £30bn into the UK economy annually and even on a localised level, Manchester Central brings £150m into the city in a typical year. For every £1 spent at the venue, on average a further £6 is spent in the wider city - in hotels, restaurants, bars, shops and taxis.”
“The business of bringing people together has a significant halo effect and as such the sector will undoubtedly play an integral role to the country’s economic recovery, job creation and international competitiveness.”
Having been decommissioned as the NHS Nightingale Hospital North West in June, the 10,000 capacity venue, which attracts over half a million visitors to its events each year, has added a number of features to embrace changing trends in the live-events sector as a result of the pandemic.
Building on its hybrid and virtual event expertise, the centre has installed a TV-quality broadcast studio for podcasts, panels and recitals, in addition to its ‘plug and play’ hybrid solution in its purpose-built 800 seat auditorium, enabling content to be live-streamed in real-time to maximise audience reach.
Having already hosted several performances of this year’s successful Manchester International Festival, the venue has a further 100 events already in its pipeline for the remainder of the year, and has announced that - until confirmed measures, if any, are implemented for the sector - it will work with each organiser to determine what safety controls will be most beneficial to them in ensuring both a safe and successful show.
Hinds continues, “We recognise that a significant proportion of the public will naturally be cautious as we emerge from this pandemic. As such, ensuring all event goers feel safe will be integral to rebuilding confidence in the sector and for our own growth going forward. We have worked extremely hard to ensure we can offer full flexibility to create whatever environment or scenario our organisers need, and we are in a strong position to implement any new measures if required.”
“Safe, secure and well-managed environments have always been what business events are about and that remains a constant for us as a venue.”
He concludes, “The last 16 months have taught us all just how much we miss and take for granted the ability to interact face to face, on a personal level and on a business level. We want to continue to provide a space which not only gives businesses the confidence to restart their event programmes in earnest but gives the public the face-to-face socialisation we have all missed so desperately.”
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