Archive for January, 2010
Brighton Festival Fringe Goes Green!
Firefly have announced that they are to be the exclusive technical production partner for the Brighton Festival Fringe in 2010. Firefly will be with the festival to ensure internal productions are delivered sustainably. Brighton Festival Fringe is one of the largest and fastest-growing open access arts festival in the world and the largest in England. Anyone [...]
BBC’s governing body under fire for £11,000 event hospitality bill
The BBC’s governing body was under fire tonight for lavishing thousands of pounds on hospitality and expenses. Despite the painful economic climate, BBC Trust officials spent £11,000 on lunches with MPs and hosting boxes at the Proms over a six-month period. This came even though a number of them also received Proms hospitality from other [...]
MASQUERADE RELOADED 2010, The Documentary Film:
Thursday 21st January 2010 lat week saw the Premiere of this year’s hottest and most awaited Event Documentary hitting the London Noir Twitter Streets! Adrian Silas, Creative Director of Masquerade Events brought the Industry his special and unique fun offering MASQUERADE RELOADED in full Feature Film format for a special Screening for one night only [...]
ACC Liverpool hosts ‘Change Matters’ for event organisers
The city of Liverpool and host venue BT Convention Centre, part of ACC Liverpool, last week hosted the prestigious Association of British Professional Conference Organisers Annual Conference, 21-23 January 2010. Titled ‘Change Matters’, the three-day conference which drew over 50 high-profile conference and event organisers looked at how professional organisers could maximise their events in [...]
event traffic management, do it yourself event organisers told.
ORGANISERS of some major Gwent events are being told they have to manage their own traffic problems, a senior police officer says. Officers have previously helped traffic manage events such as Hoggin’ The Bridge and the Monmouth Show. But Superintendent Nigel Russell told the Argus that the police had been taking on additional responsibilities that [...]
Corporate Leisure (UK) Ltd £6m damages bill rejected by court
A former member of the RAF who broke his neck during an “It’s a Knockout” type event at an air force base has had his bid for £6m damages turned down. Robert Uren was 21 when he dived into an inflatable pool to retrieve plastic fruit at an event at RAF High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, in [...]
New deal to rid “The Gathering 2009″ of £300k debt with event suppliers
GOVERNMENT and council officials are this week planning to announce a deal to save The Gathering that formed the centrepiece of last year’s Homecoming celebrations and repay hundreds of thousands of pounds to creditors. Insiders close to the deal last night said the intention was to take over the brand rights to the event and [...]
Police traffic reforms ‘a threat to events’
MAJOR public events in Monmouthshire could be left without any traffic police support, putting their very future in jeopardy it has been claimed. Gwent Police says it may no longer provide officers to direct traffic at major public events such as Hoggin’ the Bridge and Monmouthshire Show, even if organisers wish to pay the costs [...]
Events CCTV and Communications specialists Spindlewood and CBA announce merger.
CBA Limited and Spindlewood Limited, two of the UK’s leading event technology suppliers, have announced that they are to merge. CBA has been the UK market leader in telephone and IT networks for events since 2006 and services many festivals including Glastonbury, Reading, Leeds, V festivals, T in the Park, Download, Wireless Festival and many [...]
Former Ticketmaster CEO joins board at Eventbrite
A hot ticket among start-ups in the events industry these days is San Francisco based Eventbrite. The online event ticket-selling company for event organisers is backed by $6.5 million from Sequoia Capital partner Roelof Botha, the same guy who took a gamble on YouTube, is just coming off a successful year in which it had [...]
Worst winter since the 1960s puts a spotlight on event cancellation cover
The arctic weather that has gripped the nation over the past couple of weeks has led to a rise in claims for the cancellation of trade fairs and conferences, says specialist event insurer Hiscox. As many as 1 in 10* people may have missed work last week, as much of Britain was blanketed in thick [...]
North West 200 ‘Jewel’ In Tourism Crown
One of NI’s most popular sporting events has been praised as Stormont Sports Minister Nelson McCausland joined with the North West organisers in launching the 2010 International North West 200. Speaking at the reception in the Waterfront Hall, the Minister said: “Last year proved particularly challenging for event organisers across Northern Ireland due to the [...]
Festivals in Scotland have funding axed
Experts have warned Scotland is unlikely to see any new festivals launched for the foreseeable future, as it emerged a string of top events have been axed. Connect, Outsider, Big in Falkirk, Live at Loch Lomond and EH1 are among festivals shelved in the wake of poor ticket sales and funding problems. Their demise has [...]
Enjoy Island life at The Chimney House – An Event Venue Spotlight
In this months Event Venue Spotlight we take a look at The Chimney House in Sheffield which is a grade II listed building home to The Meeting Room for events and gatherings on Kelham Island in the City of Sheffield. The Meeting Room has been created to offer a creative space for people who are [...]
Mojo Barriers across Holland for New Year!
Mojo Barriers brought 2009 to a close with three different public events in three cities across Holland, delivering tailored crowd barrier systems to each one. New Year’s Eve celebrations in Rotterdam and Amsterdam and a Christmas Charity event in Groningen brought together tens of thousands of people in each city with each presenting different challenges [...]
‘Keep Britain Talking’ campaign to give UK’s Meeting industry a push.
A year round governmental campaign, ‘Keep Britain Talking’, aims to raise the profile of the UK meetings and events industry to encourage business in the UK to keep communicating through such means. As part of this initiative, Rose McDonald from Wyboston Lakes conference and training centres recently spoke at Thames Valley University to help promote [...]
Is Social media becoming a ‘bargaining chip’?
Rick Bronks aka @satureyes give us his experiences on how the use of ’social media’ is becoming some sort of ‘bargaining chip’ to get free work. Rick explains “I’ve noticed this becoming more of a trend in the event & creatives industry. I’ve had chats with a few people and it seems it’s not just [...]
A Sound Collaboration
Large format printers, Sound Print and Design have stretched materials, their suppliers and staff to their limits throughout the festive season, working tirelessly in some of the toughest conditions for print you’ll find this side of The Alps. Having output well over a kilometre of print on a massive array of substrates and installed at [...]
Sustainable event standards to be developed by 2012
The International Organization for Standardization is working to develop an international standard — ISO 20121 — to promote the sustainable management of events and exhibitions. Expected to be finalized by 2012, the standard will require identification of key sustainability issues such as venue selection, operating procedures, supply chain management, procurement, communication and transport. The standard [...]
Event branding specialist Sunbaba provide branding for latest Hogmanay event
Event branding specialist Sunbaba is proud to have been part of the world’s best New Year celebrations when they provided site and stage branding at Edinburgh’s Hogmanay for client Unique Events Limited. 80,000 revellers in Edinburgh city centre ensured that the new decade was welcomed in style over a massive five days of celebration across [...]
Twitter for events an effective marketing tool by @drmasquerade
DR M aka Adrian Silas of Masquerade UK joined twitter towards the end of 2009 and he admits he was a little sceptical about it all. Adrian explains to Event Industry News how it has helped him engage the events industry on a larger scale than he could imagine and the impact its had on [...]
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