Why #WeddingBusinesses are viable and the Chancellor should please take another look at our £14.7b sector:

My UK #WeddingIndustry #ViabiltyPitch to the Business Secretary and Chancellor: instagram.com/tv/CFrh-4vjFnr… | #WhatAboutWeddings

I’m following #whataboutweddings and it’s 💔. People are loosing their business & more importantly their sense of worth. A £14.7 billion pound industry should not be ignored. #overlooked #15max #weddings Boris Johnson Rishi Sunak

Raging at Rt Hon Lord Alok Sharma essentially telling those in the wedding sector to 'get better jobs' or turn to welfare in response to Ed Miliband just now. 500,000 workers - your government has just told you that your job isn't good enough for them to bother about. #whataboutweddings

Thank you Lucy Powell MP for speaking up for weddings. You've hit the nail on the head - our viability has been taken away by the government who now. Paul Scully might have met with the wedding industry but he's clearly not grasped anything. #whataboutweddings

Let’s just focus on how we can get to the other side retaining expertise within our workforce, with minimum damage so that we can bounce back. Enough of all the other talk when we all agree we are viable.

I AM VIABLE! Don’t tell me to just get a “better job”!! I have a fully booked diary from March ‘21 onwards, I just need financial help to get there! #whataboutweddings Rt Hon Lord Alok Sharma Rishi Sunak Kay Burley

according to Rt Hon Lord Alok Sharma I need to get a "better job". I don't have a "job" I have a successful business that has had 80% of 2020s business postponed to 2021. I am a viable business that needs help to bridge the gap till weddings start again #whataboutweddings

17 years in events. But apparently I need a “better job”. Rt Hon Lord Alok Sharma Rishi Sunak Boris Johnson maybe I can have your job? Is that better? #whataboutweddings

No thanks Rt Hon Lord Alok Sharma. I am skilled, I don’t need retraining and there is no better job than the brilliant and viable one I have. #whataboutweddings

The impact is far wider than just financial. It also impacts the NHS. We need that bridge to the other side and everyone will be a lot healthier and happier #whataboutweddings

If you don’t go out for dinner that’s a lost sale. If you have postponed your wedding, that business is deferred NOT LOST. One gets support, one doesn’t. Rt Hon Lord Alok Sharma Paul Scully Rishi Sunak you need to look at the maths again. #whataboutweddings

The events sector is worth 84 BILLION POUNDS every year. Let that sink in. Rt Hon Lord Alok Sharma basically told us to give up. How is that sensible? We will not. #WeMakeEvents #whataboutweddings

Exactly why are you targeting the wedding and event sectors Boris Johnson ?! How are our sectors less viable than say... fishing... which we generate about £83bn more than every year. #whataboutweddings #WeMakeEvents

This is SO important to recognise in our sector Rt Hon Lord Alok Sharma - in the absence of affordable childcare our sector SUPPORTS working parents. Think about it. #whataboutweddings #wemakeevents

We represent every type of business in every corner of the uk. We are diverse. We contribute to society. We support real people with milestone events. We help couples celebrate joy, love, families and friends. We also happen to contribute £14.7bn a year #whataboutweddings

Thank you Paul Scully for engaging with UKweddings.org and looking for a constructive way forward to support the hundred of thousands of couples who want to get married and wedding business who are ready to thrive as we reopen.