Coronavirus: Numerous UK venues close in single day
VMS Live venues the Welly and the Polar Bear shut their doors for good, as Manchester's Gorilla and Deaf Institute also close due to Covid-19 pressures
News By IQ | 16 July 2020
A number of UK venues declared they were closing for good today, as the insolvency of two companies making up UK event and venue management specialist VMS Live leads to the shuttering of Hull venues…
the Welly and the Polar Bear, and Mission Mars-operated Gorilla and Deaf Institute in Manchester also announce permanent closures.
Hull Live reports that VMS CEO Bert van Horck and non-executive director Kate Forster yesterday (15 July) transferred their authority as directors for the VMS…