Italian AutoMoto Club news letter this morning frown

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Bristol Italian Auto Moto Festival

With regret, we have to confirm that there will be no BIAMF in 2018.

The principal reasons are as follows:

Personal – both of the organisers have matters in their personal lives that would heavily restrict the amount time they can devote to the many organisational tasks needed to
be completed to achieve a well run event.

Costs –

Bristol Council have been forced by economic circumstances to impose additional charges which will increase in future years. We cannot absorb these and would have to pass them on to the car entrants, who already bear a considerable financial load. We fear that even higher entrance fees would have a negative effect on the numbers attending.

The only other means to defray the costs would entail increased sponsorship and / or commercialisation of the event and a considerable additional workload for us as a consequence. We are therefore taking a break to consider our options for the future. We wish to thank all the entrants, marshals, sponsors and the St Nicholas Market staff who have supported us in the past and we apologise for the disappointment this announcement will cause.

As a mark of our appreciation, we will continue to promote our existing sponsors for a further twelve months.