Protestors demand Liverpool City Council cancel Electronic Warfare Conference planned for October 2021, in response councillors agree to request ACC Liverpool Group adopt an Ethical Charter

By John Brace (Editor)
and
Leonora Brace (Co-Editor)

First publication date: Saturday 24th July 2021, 6:18 PM (BST).

Before a public meeting of all Liverpool City Council councillors on 21st July 2021 there was a protest outside (pictured above). The one pictured above was just one of three different protests. This piece is about the protest calling on the Electronic Warfare Conference planned for October 2021 at the Arena and Convention Centre Liverpool to be cancelled.

City Council Meeting (Liverpool City Council) 21st July 2021 Part 3 of 4 (ACC Liverpool Group)

City Council Meeting (Liverpool City Council) 21st July 2021 Part 4 of 4 (ACC Liverpool Group)

As you can see from the two video clips above, councillors were told that Liverpool City Council owned the Arena and Convention Centre Liverpool. Liverpool City Council also solely owns the company ACC Liverpool Group Limited that runs the Convention Centre.

The latest accounts of the company state, “The support from the parent undertaking, Liverpool City Council, is committed under the terms of the management agreement between the Company and Liverpool City Council. The management agreement states Liverpool City Council shall pay the Company (when properly required by the Company) such sums as are necessary to meet expenditure properly incurred in accordance with the relevant budget by the Council, in excess of revenue received by the company from its own account.”
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