The UK events industry is off to a flying start in 2018, with average event budgets up by 11.5 per cent on 2017, according to new data released by venue-booking platform Hire Space. The new data compares the first six weeks of 2018 with the corresponding period in 2017. Average budgets are driven particularly by award ceremonies, which show a 20.1 per cent increase on last year, and by meetings, which ...