Archive for September, 2011
Last Minute Order? Ear We Go
Despite a busy summer period, specialist two-way radio supplier 2CL Communications were able to step in at the last minute when contractor Advanced Security Protection were given a last minute order. Kelly Searle from 2CL’s hire department arranged for some of their acoustic tube earpieces with PTT tie-clip mics to be despatched the same day, [...]
Amber and Green Saves Historic Kiln
Leading live events, project management and design consultancy, Amber and Green, has purchased an historic building, saving it for future generations. The Kiln in in Tongham, nr Farnham in Surrey, had been in a considerable state of disrepair for many years, until Amber and Green invested a six-figure sum in sympathetically converting it into a [...]
Companies fined over Sudeley Castle electrocution death
Two firms and a director have been fined a total of £29,000 with £28,000 in costs following the death of a man who was electrocuted at Sudeley Castle. Krysztof Wiecek, 45, was killed by an overhead power cable while working on a marquee at the site in April 2007. The castle was fined £10,000 with [...]
Event Production Show experiences exhibitor frenzy ahead of 2012
The Event Production Show, Europe’s pre-eminent showcase for the live event sector, has experienced a surge in interest from suppliers set to take advantage of an industry boom in 2012. Taking place at London Olympia’s Grand Hall (Wednesday 1st and Thursday 2nd February), the Event Production Show will exhibit the new products, innovations and concepts [...]
Birmingham to showcase its offer at Conservative Party Conference
Birmingham will be promoted at the four day Conservative Party autumn conference next week (2-5 October) ahead of its arrival in the city next year. Meet Birmingham, which promotes the city as an events and conferencing destination, will be joined by ‘Team Birmingham’ partners in Manchester. ‘Team Birmingham’, which brings together the city’s leading companies [...]
Robe Helps Celebrate Toyota SA’s 50th Anniversary
Toyota South Africa celebrated its 50th anniversary with a gala dinner event staged in Hall 5 of the Gallagher Convention Centre, Midrand, Johannesburg, South Africa. The centrepiece of the evening for 700 invited guests – including Toyota management, staff and associates, VIPs, politicians and dignitaries – was an up-tempo live entertainment spectacle with a cast [...]
Sellafield Ltd appoint Glasgows for 3 year events contract
Glasgows Event Management has secured a three year contract with Sellafield Ltd to deliver events for their project management staff across sites in Cumbria and Cheshire. Sellafield Ltd is the company responsible for safely delivering decommissioning, reprocessing, nuclear waste management and fuel manufacturing activities on behalf of the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority. The company operates from [...]
First show success sets scene for future FHHA growth – International Event Industry News
The rapid expansion of Saudi Arabia’s hospitality sector was reflected in the success of the first Food, Hotel & Hospitality Arabia (FHHA) trade show which took place at the Riyadh International Convention & Exhibition Center (RICEC),11-13 September 2011. Some 2040 professionals from the Kingdom’s hotel, restaurant and catering sectors attended the 3-day show, comparing and [...]
EMS Goes Back To School With Student Finance Tour
With its vast wealth of expertise in the education sector, Event Marketing Solutions (EMS) is once again returning to the classroom to work with the government on the new student finance programme for 2012. EMS is delivering the tour on behalf of the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS). The principal objective is to [...]
71 Degrees North for Mountain Leap
Specialist event management company Mountain Leap has seen a sudden surge in enquires for its corporate ski packages following the start of ITV’s adventure show ‘71 Degrees North’. An adrenaline-fuelled mix of mountain based experiences and terrifying situations, the eight-part series, now in its second season, is set in the snowy glaciers of Scandinavia. The [...]
Rock Paper Scissor Frenzy in London
If you thought “rock, paper, scissors” was a kids game then think again. In fact apart from the Olympic 100 metres final and a football penalty shoot-out there really is nothing else quite the UK Rock Paper Scissors Championships for incredible tension and high energy action. Rock, Paper, Scissors is arguably everyone’s preferred method for [...]
Trinity Conferences walk 20k to celebrate 20 years of care
To celebrate the 20th Birthday of Sue Ryder – Thorpe Hall Hospice, staff at Trinity Conferences in Stamford decided to organise a sponsored 20k walk. The aching feet were worth it, as the gruelling challenge raised more than £1,076 for the charity, with more still coming in. Tracy Winsworth, the Finance Manager at Trinity Conferences, [...]
Melville appoints IT development expert
Melville Exhibition & Event Services has appointed Mike Renwick to the position of head of IT development. Renwick has over 25 years of experience within systems design and development. Working within retail, finance and health sectors, Mike has been responsible for award winning systems for the likes of Asda, Homebase, Coca Cola Enterprises and other [...]
Square Meal’s Venues & Events show posts best-ever figures
Square Meal’s Venues & Events exhibition ended with visitor numbers up 12% from 2010, as the show welcomed a record 7,821 event professionals through the doors of stellar City venue, Old Billingsgate. In an industry where attendee numbers at exhibitions have been plummeting, Venues & Events again bucked the trend, with visitors and exhibitors in [...]
Renegade Reaches New Heights with Kasabian for Mulberry
London based lighting designer Nick Gray of Renegade pulled out all the stops to create a glamorous, high altitude lighting scheme for UK rockers Kasabian who played a prestigious gig on top of a skyscraper in downtown New York for leading fashion brand, Mulberry. The show – one of a series of events celebrating Mulberry’s [...]
Iconic show for Robe at Battersea Power Station
Robe ROBIN moving lights and CitySkape Xtremes from Robe’s LED range were at the heart of a glamorous lighting scheme created by LD Nick Jevons of Electric Fly Productions for leading cosmetics brand Rimmel in London’s iconic Battersea Power Station. Staged on the eve of London Fashion Week, it celebrated 10 years of collaboration between [...]
PSI Lights BBC Proms in The Park, Bangor
Following hot on the heels of one of their busiest periods ever, Production Services Ireland (PSI) supplied a moving lights, specials and LED effects package plus all rigging to the 2011 Proms In The Park event. This is BBC Northern Ireland’s largest OB event of the year and was one of four planned regional concerts [...]
ACC Liverpool takes centre stage for the official welcome of Labour Party Conference 2011
ACC Liverpool Chief Executive Bob Prattey officially welcomed the Labour Party Leader Ed Miliband this weekend as the award-winning venue opened its doors to an expected 11,000 delegates for this year’s Labour Party Annual Conference 2011, 25 – 29 September. 2,000 national and international press and media are set to attend this year’s conference, with [...]
Anagram supply MagicQ desk for the new series of Big Brother
Joining the housemates in Channel 5’s Big Brother house is a state of the art, MagicQ lighting console. Russell Grubiak, TV programmer, recently purchased a Chamsys MQ100 PRO 2010 desk, from Anagram Productions, a leading supplier of audio visual solutions and equipment for the television, event and entertainment industries. Grubiak required an additional desk to [...]
Conference Scotland – a streaming success for Saville
Global recession, natural disasters, pandemics, political instability, travel disruption… With all these challenges, how can organisers make the case for event spend and how do they ensure that the messages reach all the right people? These were amongst the questions posed at the inaugural CONFERENCE Scotland forum, presented by Saville Audio Visual in partnership with [...]
The Arena Group rides the crest of a wave
The Arena Group produced a luxurious haven for the sailors and VVIP guests, providing the temporary event overlay for the 34th America’s Cup held along the sea coast of Plymouth, 10th-18th September. This year has been the first in the new World Series for the international yachting event leading to the Louis Vuitton Trophy in [...]
Manx Telecom Rally Isle of Man organisers cancel event
The Manx Telecom Rally Isle of Man has been cancelled, the event’s board of directors has announced. The 48th edition of the event was due to take place October 27-29. It was the island’s only event that is a round of an international motorsport championship. Organisers said it was a ‘series of blows that have [...]
Bradford on Avon fringe may not accompany arts festival as planned
The second Bradford on Avon Fringe Festival drew to a close on Sunday as organisers said this year’s event had been a big success. The annual 10-day festival began on September 9 and drew to a climax over the weekend with a series of performances and shows across the town. This year’s fringe was unusual [...]
Dartmouth House raises the roof for party planners
Lime Venue Portfolio’s Dartmouth House, has installed a new venue space the ‘Crystal Courtyard’, to cosset the venue’s inner courtyard and maximise the space on offer during the winter months. The exclusive pop up ‘Crystal Courtyard’ will set a sophisticated tone for the festive season with its beautiful decorations, oversized lanterns and crystal pea-lights dancing [...]
New Operations Manager for EMS
Marketing roadshow specialist Event Marketing Solutions (EMS) has appointed a new operations production manager to enhance the company’s service to its ever-growing client base. Will Woolner has a brief to help increase EMS’ operational flexibility and add value to its technical and logistics expertise as the company heads for another successful year. He joins from [...]
IPS supplies mammoth new Prolyte CLT stage for The Grand Scottish Prom
Milton Keynes based Impact Production Services (IPS) has added a customised Prolyte Roof System to its range of outdoor stages. Following a first build at the LS-Live Studio in Wakefield, the 16m by 14m structure has already been used at the Grand Scottish Prom at Glamis Castle, and as the main stage at Standon Calling, [...]
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