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Jan Fredrik Karlsen, the driver together with, among others, Petter Stordalen, eventbyrået All-In AS. Eventbransjen is hit hard by coronapandemien, and find that it has fallen between two chairs. Now are the players unsure where to go to get help to get out of the crisis.
You are very unsure of where to go. It may seem that the ministries are uncertain about who has responsibility. We are referred to as a kulturnæring because we are a large purchaser of kulturtjenester, but the market goes far beyond it, ” says Jan Fredrik Karlsen to Dagbladet.
his Company produces including the VG-list concerts in collaboration with VG, NRK and the Monster. Because of the restrictions may not All-In AS work as usual.
What we primarily do is to create seminars, conferences, congresses, etc. It is not a part of kulturnæringen, it is purely business – so it is for our clients. Then ask yourself about who should take responsibility for us?
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Karlsen explains that eventbransjen have access to the public subsidy where companies get up to 80 per cent of the fixed costs covered
But unlike kulturnæringen and other industries are not embraced by the støtteordningene, ” says Karlsen.
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Employers have the opportunity to lay off 19 weeks extra without the to pay salaries to the employees, in addition to the 30 weeks it has been the opportunity to lay off for now under the coronaen. Karlsen hope that the government will expand by 52 weeks.
We were going to have to lay off on day 13. march. It will say that 30 weeks is right around the corner. We hope for an extension, if not, we will all lose our jobs. It’s strange to say it, for it is very brutal, ” he says.
Karlsen now hope that the industry gets the opportunity to help the authorities to understand what they need.
– We want to be heard. Several of us in the industry have plenty of energy to talk and share, myself included. Let us come to the table, ” he says.
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Eventbransjen is a revenue-generator for very many industries in Norway. Everything from technical suppliers, conference venues, catering companies, bus companies, artists, printers and photographers.
All of these obtains the major part of the turnover from us. There are tens of thousands of jobs. Many of these have already received support for the lost revenue, but not we.
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Karlsen believes that it has never been more important for the Norwegian business sector to have communicated with their employees, suppliers and customers.
Our industry is the best can help to do this safely in the future, regardless of format or channel.
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That eventbransjen falls between two chairs is illustrated well when the Newspaper is trying to get answers on who has responsibility for the industry.
Dagbladet has been in contact with the ministry of culture, which refers to the Ministry of industry and ministry of fisheries.
– Eventbransjen is a key supplier to the world, and are therefore often of cultural policy decisions. But the industry is as fully a part of the business sector, which is covered by the næringspolitiske schemes on an equal footing with other businesses. Eventbransjens affected, therefore, of the policy as embodied both in the Ministry of culture and the ministry of Trade and ministry of fisheries, says Christine Spersrud Bunch, acting head of communication for næringsministeren to the Newspaper.
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She says that businesses in the eventbransjen basically not been banned from kontantstøtteordningen and the scheme for the cancelled or postponed cultural events.
– For the latter scheme was eventbransjen including, most recently, the 26. June. There are several pre-requisites to fall within the scope of the two schemes, which are that the company must be registered in the Norwegian register of business enterprises and not be subject to bankruptcy proceedings, ” says Bunch.
She says that the government follows developments in the business sector on an ongoing basis, and will therefore consider the need to maintain the existing support measures or possibly introduce new ones for these areas in time to come, as for example, an extension of the permitteringsukene.
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