Archive for August, 2010
‘Event Survival kit’ helps exhibitors to make it through the show
A free ‘survival kit’ including tea and sugar, biscuits and bin bags is proving a huge hit with clients of Mobex, the exhibition and roadshow specialist. The kit has been put together to help exhibitors get through the trials and rigours of events with their nerves intact and save them wasting time on the minor [...]
Loch Ness Monster receives nomination for Highland Ambassador of the Year 2010 award.
The Highlands and Islands Tourism Awards (HITA) event management team were delighted to read the latest nomination for the Highland Ambassador of the Year category, which proposed The Loch Ness Monster for the honour. Now in their fifth year, HITA is an industry led event guided by tourism leaders from the Highlands and Islands of [...]
Big Sky Acoustics manages the noise at Cambridge Folk Festival
Entertainment noise control specialists Big Sky Acoustics managed the noise monitoring for Cambridge Folk Festival 2010. Richard Vivian headed up the noise monitoring team over the four day event ensuring off-site noise levels complied with the strict limits stipulated in the licence. One of the UK’s longest established dates on the festival calendar Cambridge Folk [...]
SIA training centre Tristar under review after malpractice claims
More than 200 security licences have been suspended by the Security Industry Authority (SIA) following the claims which focus on London-based training centre Tristar. Awarding body Edexcel withdrew the level 2 BTEC award in door supervision certificates issued by Tristar. And because the qualifications have been withdrawn 211 licence holders no longer meet SIA criteria. [...]
Event promoters are asked to relocate portable toilets – Innocent people contaminated and injured
UK Event Safety are appealing to event promoters to reconsider the manner in which portable toilets are located at events after being involved in a number of instances of people deliberately tipping the toilets over. Although this is certainly not a new thing, it is extremely dangerous and the act leads to serious contamination of [...]
New recruite joins PSCo – Richard Billings
Richard Billings has joined the PSCo rental division in the role of Business Development Manager for the UK. Bringing a wealth of experience and knowledge to the team, Richard’s primary focus will be on developing key client relationships and ensuring PSCo continues to deliver the high standards of service and innovation that it is renowned [...]
Specialist Event Advisor Warns Event Businesses They Face Heavy Fines & Prosecution
Event managers and company directors are risking prosecution and heavy fines because they do not allow for their many liabilities when organising an event warns Alison McDougall, managing director of Relevant Risk. “It’s not just about ticking a few compliance boxes. Any event, however small, has to allow for a multitude of legislation and a [...]
David Bashford, Director of Siteforum, on…Why Your Next Event Should Include Virtual
The sudden rush for business to ‘get digital’ is fast making traditional methods of communication a distant memory; the events industry is no different. Running a virtual event, the most obvious manifestation of digital in this sector, has numerous benefits, from cutting costs to reaching a wider audience, but there will always be value in [...]
Event Flooring Specialists Help To Bring International Hockey Home
The women’s international hockey champions trophy was held on English soil for the first time ever thanks to help from Leicestershire-based flooring and access solutions company, PRIMA Hire Ltd. Held at the Nottingham Highfields Sports Centre, home of Beeston Hockey Club, the championships saw six teams compete including England, Netherlands, Argentina, China, Germany and New [...]
New Event Technology Trial Becomes A Reality For Spinning Clock
Event management agency Spinning Clock has carried out one of its first successful trials of Augmented Reality on an exhibition stand in the UK. The technology was built into the creative stand concept for independent research company JRA Research at this year’s Marketing Week Live! at London’s Olympia. Although used to great acclaim in sectors [...]
Event & exhibition brand agency 4D Design expands
As part of the company’s drive forward, 4D Design has promoted Chris Short to the position of Senior Designer and he also joins the company’s Management Team. Chris has worked at 4D for 7 years and will now focus on developing the creative team. To enable this to happen Steve Kenny has joined the 4D [...]
IGEM House invites event organisers to experience their event facilities
IGEM House has opened its doors to the public, inviting them to come and see the facilities its conference centre has to offer. The first open day was held on 10 August and was the first in a series of three open days planned throughout August. The centre decided to open its doors after previous [...]
Nottingham Food & Drink Festival Sets Visitor Target of 25,000
Preparations for the second annual Nottingham Food and Drink Festival taking place between 23 and 26 September are underway with the organisers hoping to attract 25,000 visitors. We Are Nottingham, which is the city’s Business Improvement District (BID) representing all of the city centre’s licensed premises, put on the successful inaugural event last year that [...]
Event Branding Specialists Sunbaba appoints two new members of staff to expert team
Event branding specialist Sunbaba continues to grow appointing two new members of staff. Andy Collings joins as Operations Director and Jemma Syms as an Account Executive. The family team has welcomed them into the fold to ensure that the company’s ethos of personal service tailored to meet the needs of each client remains a top [...]
Firefly Unveil Cygnus – The new Solar Generator for powering events
The latest addition to the Firefly Solar fleet of in house solar generators is the Cygnus. The 2.5kVA solar unit is a compact, forkliftable unit that really packs a punch. With a footprint of less than 1 square meter it is around a fifth of the space of the Orion generators per kilowatt of power. The built [...]
Showsec at Camp Bestival Party Weekend
Showsec implemented a delicate balance of maintaining safety and security with a very customer focused operation for festival organisers Rob da Bank and John Hughes along with the Loud Sound production team to deliver a successful, family friendly, Camp Bestival, 28th July-31st July 2010. Southern Regional Manager Steve Reynolds explains; “Customer care was a high [...]
Lamb Springs Into New Events Role at Spinning Clock
Specialist creative agency to the events industry, Spinning Clock, has welcomed Wayne Lamb on board in an expansion of its new business development team. Spinning Clock was established in 2003 by entrepreneurs Don Turner and David Lister, and boasts a high-profile client portfolio that includes Unilever, Ofsted, The Department of Health and Siemens. Wayne [...]
A virtual reality for the events industry
The virtual events market looks set to grow rapidly over the next five years to become a multi-billion pound industry that will change the face of events permanently. With the boundaries between traditional and virtual events already blurred, it appears that the sector is taking a new direction. Busy, budget-constrained delegates who can’t make live [...]
Lessons from an experiential marketer: ROI, emotions and beyond
A few months ago, a senior meeting planner told me that it could be a good start for an events planner to work in an experiential marketing agency. At that moment, I did not quite understand it: why marketing if I do know I want to work in events? Interestingly enough, some weeks later I [...]
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