10-710: Autosport International is a four-day motorsport event that includes a two-day trade show for industry professionals and a two-day public show. It is held at the NEC , in Birmingham , United Kingdom and operated by Motorsport Network , usually in the second week of January. The 2023 show will be held on 12 - 15 January. It typically has 32,000 trade visitors and 63,000 public visitors, 5,000 of whom are from overseas and 80% of whom are male. Many categories of track and off-road motor racing are represented, including Formula One , BTCC , and 24 Hours of Le Mans . The show also has
20-668: A "Live Action Arena" where spectators can see motorsport, including stunts. The show has close links with many industry magazines including Autosport , Motorsport News and F1 Racing , who all attend. Some industry bodies offer members discounts and offers. These include the Motor Sports Association and the British Racing and Sports Car Club This motorsport-related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . National Exhibition Centre The National Exhibition Centre ( NEC )
30-465: A network of NHS Nightingale Hospitals in response to the COVID-19 pandemic . On 1 April 2021 the hospital was closed without ever treating a patient. Lloyds Development Capital Lloyds Development Capital (Holdings) Limited (LDC), is a mid-market private equity house and subsidiary of Lloyds Banking Group , established in 1981 as Lloyds Development Capital Limited. From 1999 to 2011, it
40-674: Is an exhibition centre located in Marston Green , England, near to Birmingham and Solihull . It is near junction 6 of the M42 motorway , and is adjacent to Birmingham Airport and Birmingham International railway station . It was opened by Queen Elizabeth II in 1976. The NEC was originally going to be built adjacent to the M1 motorway (junction 21) near Leicester but it was turned down by Leicestershire County Council with claims that "The big shows won't move away from London". The building
50-715: The NEC complex, a multi-purpose indoor arena named the Birmingham International Arena (currently branded BP Pulse Live), opened in December 1980. On 23 March 1989, Queen Elizabeth II opened three new halls. Four more halls were added in 1993, and another four new halls, designed by Seymour Harris and built by John Laing , were completed in January 1998. A five-year, £40 million venue improvement programme which saw improvements made to everything from
60-521: The car parking to signage, seating and catering was carried out between 2006 and 2011. The NEC has 20 interconnected halls covering 190,000 m (2,000,000 sq ft) of floor space. Regular exhibitions in the past have included the British International Motor Show and the international dog show Crufts . The NEC has 16,500 parking spaces spread around the site, with a shuttle bus service operating to and from
70-630: The car parks. In 2020 the all-day parking fee for public exhibitions was £16.00. Parent company the NEC Group also owns and operates the Arena Birmingham and ICC Birmingham , both in central Birmingham, and the Resorts World Arena , based on The NEC site. Birmingham City Council placed the NEC Group up for sale in 2014. After short-listing three contenders to purchase the company, the sale to Lloyds Development Capital ,
80-411: The private equity unit of Lloyds Banking Group, was completed in January 2015 for £307 million. In October 2018, Blackstone acquired NEC Group from Lloyds Development Capital, paying around £800 million for the group. From early April 2020 the NEC housed NHS Nightingale Hospital Birmingham , an emergency hospital scheduled to open on 10 April, and receive its first patients on 12 April, as part of
90-656: Was designed by Edward Mills. In November 1971, the Secretary of State for the Environment granted outline planning approval for the National Exhibition Centre in Birmingham. On 16 February 1973, then Prime Minister Edward Heath travelled up from London to cut a white ribbon and initiate its construction. The NEC was opened by Queen Elizabeth II on 2 February 1976. The seventh hall of
100-405: Was known as Lloyds TSB Development Capital Limited. In 1991, investment exceeded £30 million for the first time and in, 2001, LDC completed its 300th investment. By 2007, investment exceeded £300 million and it completed its 400th investment. The company operates through the following UK subsidiaries, of which it has an interest in 100% of the issued share capital: A subsidiary not registered in
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