Archive for June, 2010
New business team building concept launched by Chartridge Conference Company
Chartridge Conference Company has launched ‘Out of the Box’, a new package of business-focussed breakout and team building events which will be available at all five of their Home Counties and Midlands based conference venues. “Team building is one of those terms that is often perceived as a ‘jolly day out’ paid for by the [...]
Faces Do Some Good Deeds At Charity Concert In Stanley Park
Liverpool-based promotional staffing agency, Faces, lent a helping hand to charity at the weekend after donating employees to work at an event in aid of the Teenage Cancer Trust. The staffing agency, which specialises in providing staff for events, stunts and street campaigns around the North West, arranged for ‘faces’ to assist with fundraising, festival [...]
Catalyst events Launches to Success
CatalystEvents, the leading event management company, today announced the launch of its exciting new programme Launch Success. Launch Success is a tailored management programme that helps companies looking to launch new events to get the additional experience and expertise that launches need, without building up unnecessary overheads. With over 18 years of event experience and [...]
Showsec help to make rock history at Download 2010
Showsec successfully implemented a comprehensive security and crowd management operation at the largest ever Download this June, where 95,000 rock fans gathered for the festival’s historic 30th year. Showsec Operations Director Simon Battersby was appointed as the festival’s Head of Security, prior to seven months strategic planning that led into coordinating 1300 security professionals and [...]
Wyboston Lakes’ Executive Chef Helps Britain’s Olympic Hopes
Fergus Martin, Executive Chef at Wyboston Lakes Conference Centre, has taken on a vital additional role: helping to develop the competitive talents of Britain’s young chefs. He has been appointed team manager of the Culinary Academy at the Craft Guild of Chefs, and one of his major targets is driving it to success at the [...]
Season Events updates approved contractors for the Royal Courts of Justice
Seasoned Events continues to manage all corporate and in house events at the Royal Courts of Justice and is delighted to announce the addition of 7 new suppliers to the accredited list at the venue. Production specialists Bespoke Events London, Dobson Sound Productions, Eclipse Presentations, Hawthorn and Metro Broadcast LTD join the list alongside floral [...]
Mystery Delegate research service helps event organisers collate unbiased feedback on events
An innovative new market research service has been launched for exhibitors to obtain valuable, unbiased live feedback from delegates, in order to measure stand performance. Operating similarly to the ‘mystery shopper’ concept, Mystery Delegate has been specifically developed for the events industry by UK-based event management agency Spinning Clock. The complete end-to-end service includes the [...]
Concorde Conference Centre lands first trade show
The new Concorde Conference Centre near Manchester Airport has secured the tenancy to host its first Trade Show. The Landlord and Letting Show, organised by Accession Exhibitions & Publishing Ltd, will take place on 30th June and 1st July 2011 and is a radical move away from its previous venue, Manchester Central. Commenting on the [...]
Echo Arena Liverpool awarded Performance Venue of the Year Award
The Mersey Partnership (TMP) Tourism Awards 2010 which took place last night (Thursday 10th June) saw Echo Arena Liverpool – part of ACC Liverpool – scoop the award for Performance Venue of the Year. Organised by the official tourist board for the Liverpool City Region, the awards recognise the very best in quality and excellence [...]
2012 events organised at last minute a worry for police
Last-minute events in 2012 to celebrate the London Olympics could be “dangerous”, Metropolitan Police Assistant Commissioner Chris Allison has warned. Small-scale events springing up is “our major worry” as detailed plans are being drawn up of everything from deployment of officers through to the number and allocation of safety barriers. These sorts of events could [...]
New Event Planning App launched for Smartphones
Cheryl Lawson, Owner of The Perfect Date event planning and marketing firm and the personality behind the Party Aficionado brand, just launched an app exculsivly for Google’s Android powered smart phones. The Event Planning Tools app is really two apps in one. The first is a meeting space calculator that will help you determine how many people can [...]
Bristol to get its very own Fan Park for world cup
A World Cup “fan park” for up to 11,000 fans, which will include a giant screen showing matches, will be built in Bristol’s Queen Square. The 30sqm screen is being sponsored by Hyundai and and local event specialists – Richmond Event Management (REM). The stage and associated infrastructure will be ready in time for the [...]
Top tips on effective branding at events and how organisers can save money
Sunbaba Managing Director Jan Booth explores some top tips on effective branding and how organisers can save money in the upcoming event season. “Scrims are the main focal point for your event, with most of the event photography featuring stage branding and your audience looking at it for most of their time at the event. [...]
Arena Group create new look BMW PGA Championship
The Arena Group supported the PGA European Tour with varied temporary overlay solutions in presenting a newly designed Wentworth West Course to host the 2010 BMW PGA Championship. This was the first of the seasons major UK golf events in a year that sees Arena Seating returning to supply the PGA European Tour with temporary [...]
Jamie Oliver to feed festival-goers at Cornbury and WOMAD 2010
Less than a month after officially launching, Jamie Oliver’s new specialist events catering company, Fabulous Feasts, announces that it will be making its first foray into the festival market. Jamie Oliver’s Fabulous Feasts will be providing mouth-watering food for two of this year’s major music and entertainment festivals – the poshstock of festivals; Cornbury Festival [...]
Wyboston Lakes invests £250,000 in updating conference facilities
Further significant enhancements to facilities at Wyboston Lakes have been completed. This means that in the first five months of the year, Wyboston Lakes – the UK’s largest privately owned single site training and conference venue – has completed a range of improvements involving an investment of £250,000. The latest developments relate to the relaxation [...]
Middle East Event award win for Arena LEA
Arena Lea International and Farnborough International Limited (FIL) won a prestigious Middle East Event Award Madinat Jumeirah, in Dubai this May. The award for best ‘Outstanding event using a temporary venue / structure’ was judged by a panel of international event professionals, who commended the innovation and high standards achieved at the inaugural Bahrain International [...]
BIG’s New Brand Focuses on Quality, Service and Fun
This spring, international badge specialist BIG unveils a new image for 2010, bringing the renowned BIG brand up-to-date in a way that better reflects the company’s personality and present profile. BIG has come a long way in the last ten years since its last rebrand. Joe Jones, BIG’s UK sales and marketing manager explains, “since [...]
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