Evaluating Brexit's Impact on Event Industry Recruitment (BSc)

This report investigates the multifaceted impacts of Brexit on the event industry, specifically focusing on recruitment challenges and market dynamics. It begins by evaluating various sources, including B2B venues and academic research, to understand how Brexit has reshaped the economic and social landscape, particularly in terms of skill shortages and changes in recruitment practices. The report analyzes data presented in a bar graph depicting Europe's busiest airports, highlighting trends and differences to illustrate the broader context of the event industry's operational environment. The core of the report provides academic writing that examines the effects of Brexit on the job sector within the event industry, discussing the implications of changing policies and regulations, and the challenges in recruiting skilled workers, including expatriate managers. The report also includes reflective writing, using Gibb's Reflective Cycle to evaluate the author's presentation skills and understanding of persuasive writing. The findings underscore the significant impact of Brexit on the event industry, particularly in terms of recruitment capabilities and market expansion. The analysis highlights the need for strategic adaptation to navigate the evolving regulatory and economic landscape. This document is contributed by a student to be published on Desklib.

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Topic: Impact of BREXIT on the recruitment of event industry
Task 1: Evaluating sources
B2B venues (2016). Will Brexit affect the B2B events industry?. [online] Available at:
http://b2bvenues.com/will-brexit-affect-the-events-industry/ [Accessed 14 Mar. 2019].
The event industry recruited skilled and efficient workforce in order to maintain the
creativity of the same while operation on the different programs. However, Brexit has brought
about significant changes in the economic and social scenario of Britain. Britain’s referendum to
exit the EU (European Union) markets will be affecting the trade relations of the same along
with the economic depression. B2B venues (2016) noted that the event industry has encountered
significant changes in the structure, which has affected the capabilities of the same while
undertaking recruitments. It has been noted in the research that more than two thirds of the total
recruitments were downsized, which affected the capabilities of the event industry in undertaking
recruitments.
Wain, M. (2016). What does Brexit mean to the Events Industry?. [online] linkedin.com.
Available at: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/out-what-does-brexit-mean-events-industry-
michaela-wain [Accessed 14 Mar. 2019].
Wain (2016) noted that the post referendum phase encountered a 5% drop in the equity
markets, which also affected the capabilities of the event industry in undertaking robust
recruitment of talents. The lack of such talents in the event industry has affected the capabilities
of the same of retaining the creativity as per the concerns. Wain (2016) noted that the Brexit has
also affected the capabilities of the event organizers while undertaking collaborations with other
businesses. The restrictions that were faced by the event organizers while undertaking B2B

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functions also affected the needs of the same in undertaking recruitment of talents for the
industry.
Citmagazine.com (2016). Brexit reaction: Event planners outline pros and cons of leave vote
(updated). [online] Citmagazine.com. Available at:
https://www.citmagazine.com/article/1400091/brexit-reaction-event-planners-outline-pros-
cons-leave-vote-updated [Accessed 14 Mar. 2019].
The application of Brexit has brought about significant changes in the structure of the
markets and the economies, which has resulted to skill shortages in the industry. It has been
reported that the various pros and cons of Brexit has shaped the rate of employment that is
provided to the people in the event industry (Citmagazine.com 2016). Alan Newton stated in the
article that the event industry relies heavily on the contribution of the skilled migrants, which
will be affected through the application of Brexit (Citmagazine.com 2016). Therefore, Brexit
brought about significant changes in the events industry related to recruitments.

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Task 2: Discussing data in academic writing
Figure 1: Europe's Busiest Airports
(Source: Armstrong 2019)
Description of the data
The data is represented on a bar graph and it focused on identifying Europe’s busiest
airports. The data clearly identified the capability of the European airports in handling
passengers, which was computed in the year 2016. The data was derived from statista
infographics.
Summary of the data

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The data reflected o the busiest airports of Europe and the capabilities of the airport staffs
in monitoring and controlling the people. The presentation of the data on the bar chart has helped
in identifying the position of the different airports related to crowd handling in the year 2016.
Important trends and differences
The data portrayed the London Heathrow airport as the busiest airport in Europe with
around 75.7 million people visiting the same. On the other hand, the data portrayed Stockholm
Arlanda airport as one of the least busy airport in Europe with people around 24.7 million
visiting the same. The representation of the data in the bar graph has helped in differentiating the
popularity of the airports in Europe.
Explanation of what the data is showing
The data aimed at providing an overview of the European airports while handling most of
the people. The data clearly portrayed the busiest airports in Europe and helped in contrasting the
information of the different airports. The total visits that are encountered by the airports has
helped in identifying the busiest in Europe. The data clearly portrayed the number of people that
visited the airports at 2016. The information has helped in documenting the chart and thereby
identify the busiest airport in Europe.
Recommendation for further action resulting from data
Therefore, from the above assessment of the graph it might be stated that the least visited
airports must take steps to develop a range of services in order to maximize the rate of tourist
visits. On the other hand, the enhanced number of flights to different destinations will help the
least visited airports in enhancing the rate of tourist visits.

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Task 3: Academic writing
BREXIT affected the job sector of the event industry dynamically. The different aspects
of change that are undertaken by the organizations in the industry are dependent on the
recruitment of skilled workforce (Vasilopoulou 2016). However, Brexit affected the capabilities
of the event industry in recruiting skilled migrants, which affected the overall shape of the
industry. Wadsworth et al. (2016) stated in a research that the equity markets dropped by 5% due
to the referendum that was voted by most of the people in Britain. On the other hand, Dhingra et
al. (2016) stated that the major impact of Brexit on the recruitment process of the event industry
will be based on the differences in the recruitment based policies and regulations from that of
EU, which might create chaos and disagreement among the existing workers or the new recruits.
Dhingra et al. (2016) stated that the activities of the event industry depended on recruiting
expatriate managers. However, Brexit has restricted the market scope, which might affect the
recruitment capabilities of the event industry due to lack of proficient expatriate managers. The
rising cost of operations and the lack of skilled workforce due to restricted market expansion
scopes have affected the event industry in maintaining the synergy between the operations and
the recruitment process.
The changes in the policies and regulations in the industry will be affecting the
capabilities of the HR managers in maintaining the efficiency of the recruitment process. The
restricted market scope will again affect the capabilities of the organizations in the event industry
to undertake recruitments. Brexit has reformed the market structure and the different regulations
that supervised the operations of the event industry. However, Kierzenkowski et al. (2016)
argued that the creation of autonomous policies and regulations, which is different from that of
the regulations made by the EU, has helped the event industry in facilitating market expansion.

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On the other hand, it has been researched that the imposition of Brexit will be reducing the
prospects of the event industry in undertaking recruitment of expatriate managers from the EU
regions (Colantone and Stanig 2018).
The event industry mostly depended on hiring managers and expatriates from different
nations in EU (Goodwin and Heath 2016). Therefore, the Brexit will reduce the scope of
recruitments from the EU regions. Lack of recruitment of proficient talents in the industry would
affect the workflow (Sumption 2017). The different changes that are planned by the event
industry are dependent on the managerial expertise of the expatriates from different nations.
However, the imposition of Brexit will limit the organizational capabilities of recruiting and
retaining workforce from the EU nations. The statutory changes in the policies and regulations
would affect the capabilities of the HRM practices that are undertaken by the event industry.
Skill shortages would challenge the capabilities of the event industry in undertaking recruitments
in accordance to the needs of the same.
The different changes in the event industry depended on the recruitment of skilled
workforce. However, the imposition of Brexit will bring forth significant changes in the
availability and supply of skilled workforce from EU. Guma and Dafydd Jones (2019) stated
that the modifications in the regulations and the supply of labor force would affect the event
industry. The skill shortages have affected the capabilities of the event industry in undertaking
recruitments. Ferris et al. (2018) noted in a research that 9.6% of the event developers agreed to
the fact that Brexit had a negative influence on the recruitment capabilities of the same. On the
other hand, Filimonau and Mika (2019) stated that there was a huge economic impact of Brexit
on the event industry as most of the major businesses would shift their headquarters from
London, which will affect the scope of the events agencies. The economic impact would

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challenge the sustenance and growth of the event industry in UK. The diminished economic
growth will challenge the capabilities of the event industry in undertaking recruitment of
proficient workforce. The lack of clarity of the Brexit referendum affected the understanding of
the event developers while framing alternative course of actions (Goodwin and Milazzo 2017).
Brexit has brought about subtle regulatory changes in the wages and remuneration, which has
affected the capabilities of the event industry in retaining the existing workforce or attract the
attention of the new candidates.
Task 5: Reflective writing
Figure 2: Gibb’s Reflective Cycle
(Source: Pianpeng and Koraneekij 2016)

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The presentation that was created by me helped in identifying the different aspects of
persuasive writing. The application of the Gibb’s reflective cycle model in this context would
help in delineating the reflection on the experience that was gathered during the presentation.
The presentation delineated the concept of persuasive writing and the manner in which it differed
from other forms of literature. On the other hand, the form of writing was based on the
transmission of sequential feelings through which the reader might be convinced and persuaded.
The evaluation and analysis of the persuasive writing skills are based on the metrics that I
observed while undertaking the presentation. The delineation of the metrics helped me in
understanding the effectiveness of the operations that might be considered while reviewing a
persuasive piece of literature. The conclusion to the reflection and the action plan will be helping
to develop a clear insight of the different drawbacks in me and thereby support the same through
systematic activities.
The persuasive writing skills will help the students in maintaining the efficiency of the
academic researches while convincing the readers on their viewpoints through suitable
argumentation. The persuasive form of writing is solely dependent on coherent definition of
thesis through better identification of intentions of the reader, which will help the students in
convincing and persuading the readers towards the estimated findings. On the other hand, the
persuasive form of writing would also help the professionals like marketing agents and business
managers. Persuasive form of content would help the marketers in attracting the attention of the
target customers and persuading them to make a buy of the products through development
coherent content. On the other hand, the business leaders make use of the persuasive form of
writing in order to maintain the change readiness and smooth functioning of the workforce.

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Available at: https://www.statista.com/chart/11452/europes-busiest-airports/ [Accessed 22 Mar.
2019].
B2B venues (2016). Will Brexit affect the B2B events industry?. [online] Available at:
http://b2bvenues.com/will-brexit-affect-the-events-industry/ [Accessed 14 Mar. 2019].
Citmagazine.com (2016). Brexit reaction: Event planners outline pros and cons of leave vote
(updated). [online] Citmagazine.com. Available at:
https://www.citmagazine.com/article/1400091/brexit-reaction-event-planners-outline-pros-cons-
leave-vote-updated [Accessed 14 Mar. 2019].
Colantone, I. and Stanig, P., 2018. Global competition and Brexit. American political science
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Filimonau, V. and Mika, M., 2019. Return labour migration: an exploratory study of Polish
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Wain, M., 2016. What does Brexit mean to the Events Industry?. [online] linkedin.com.
Available at: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/out-what-does-brexit-mean-events-industry-
michaela-wain [Accessed 14 Mar. 2019].