Friday, August 20, 2010
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.Filed Under: Technology 3 Comments
Friday, January 30, 2009
GWENT community and charitable organisations can apply to use a flagship sporting venue free of charge. Cardiff’s Millennium Stadium has now launched its Community Events programme 2009 which sets aside 15 days for a variety of charitable causes. Manager Gerry Toms said the programme was a great opportunity for organisations all over Wales to enjoy [...]
Friday, January 30, 2009
ONE of the city’s newest arts festivals has been cancelled after organisers failed to find enough funding. The second Ferry Fringe in South Queensferry had promised a wealth of artists and entertainers, as well as showcasing work by local bands and community organisations. The June festival was to include a street market, and the committee [...]
Friday, January 30, 2009
ONE of Edinburgh’s flagship new festivals is being forced to move location after just two years amid fears a beauty spot is being damaged by playing host to too many events. Taste of Edinburgh is having to move out of the city centre, from the Meadows, to Inverleith Park, despite being heralded a major success [...]
Thursday, January 29, 2009
THE ORGANISER of the last stage of the World Rally Championship has defended the decision to charge spectators either €25 or €30 to view the race. The rally, starting tonight, ends in Donegal town on Sunday at lunchtime with a “super special stage” section in the town centre. This stage will be a 1.5km time [...]
Wednesday, January 28, 2009
Glastonbury Festival is hoping to take the Olympic year off, rather than the intended year of 2011, to avoid a clash with the sporting event. The Festival’s organiser Michael Eavis, has told the Western Daily Press, (here), that he hopes the ‘fallow year’ which gives the land at Worthy Farm, Somerset a chance to recover [...]
Wednesday, January 28, 2009
ORGANISERS of this year’s inaugural ‘green’ Isle of Man TT race say that more than 10 teams from around the world have confirmed they will be taking part. The TTXGP, the world’s first clean emissions motorsport event, takes place at 11am on June 12 before the Senior TT event. TTXGP organiser Azhar Hussain believes that [...]
Wednesday, January 28, 2009
THE organisers of the annual plymouth prideevent have presented a local breast cancer care charity with a cheque for £100. Dave O’Brien, the event’s treasurer, gave the cheque to staff from the Primrose Centre at Derriford Hospital. The centre provides advice, diagnosis and treatment for breast-related diseases and is supported by the Primrose Foundation, which [...]
Monday, January 26, 2009
Cornbury Music festival organiser Hugh Phillimore is trying to sell a 50 per cent stake in the event. Mr Phillimore said last night that negotiations were at an advanced stage with two different companies he hoped would boost the annual west Oxfordshire event. Mr Phillimore refused to name the organisations, but confirmed that “one is [...]
Monday, January 26, 2009
A monster truck show promoter, who days earlier touted his event’s safety record, died after being crushed by one of the trucks during a show in Madison, Wisconsin, Saturday night. George Eisenhart’s death was the second fatality at a monster truck event in just over a week. “Saturday’s incident, which is an uncommon occurrence, … [...]
Sunday, January 25, 2009
LIVERPOOL’S biggest-ever salsa extravaganza is set to bring a colourful helping of Latin dance fever to the city. Salsa experts from around the world, including Cuba and South America, will be heading to the city for the three-day event in March. The festival is expected to attract hundreds of dance enthusiasts. Organiser Salsa Liverpool plan [...]
Sunday, January 25, 2009
The Hop Farm Festival has won an appeal to expand the event’s capacity in 2009, organisers have revealed. The annual event in Kent will now welcome 53,000 festivalgoers – 23,000 more than in 2008. A magistrates court rejected an initial application to expand the festival last November because the committee felt that organisers hadn’t supplied [...]
Sunday, January 25, 2009
IT was supposed to be a Blaze of Glory, but rock legends Bon Jovi are at the centre of a wrangle which could rob bonfire organisers’ donations to worthy causes in Peterborough of thousands of pounds. The city’s annual Bonfire Night Firework Fiesta – the biggest display in the region – attracted about 15,000 spectators [...]
Tuesday, January 20, 2009
Events across the UK will be held later as Britons share in US celebrations marking the historic inauguration of US President-elect Barack Obama. Parties include 20109 Change, a musical celebration at London’s indigO2. Belfast, Edinburgh, Birmingham, Leeds and Liverpool will also hold events. Organisers say it is important for UK communities to mark Mr Obama’s [...]
Tuesday, January 20, 2009
Despite being four year away the response from offshore competitors following the announcement of the 2012 event during the London Boat Show has been outstanding. “We had several enquiries within the first four days of our announcement, “said event organiser, Neil McGrigor. We even had three from abroad which is great encouragement.” The number has [...]
Sunday, January 18, 2009
THE organiser of Worcester’s beer and cider festival is hoping the event will attract a bigger audience this year once it is spotlighted on a popular TV show. The festival, which takes place in August, will be appearing on the small screen next month after television presenter James May and wine buff Oz Clarke visited [...]
Saturday, January 17, 2009
Until now GPS event and race management technology has been beyond the reach of most event organisers and sports clubs. But the launch of the new Map My Tracks event and race management system brings affordable real-time GPS tracking to events ranging from amateur club events to international sporting events such as the World Rally [...]
Thursday, January 15, 2009
Hamish McRae, Ruby Wax and Kelvin MacKenzie will be delivering the keynotes at this year’s International Confex show from 24-26 February 2009 at Earls Court. They will be sharing some insight into the economy, their backgrounds, as well as imparting words of wisdom and hoping to inspire the audience as part of the free Confex [...]
Wednesday, January 14, 2009
AN ARTS festival is making light of the economic gloom by securing major sponsorship deals. Print and poster gallery artrepublic will sponsor the visual arts section of Brighton Festival Fringe. The deal is more good news for event organisers because it was feared the credit crunch and recession would limit the number of companies willing [...]
Wednesday, January 14, 2009
DONINGTON Park has lost the British round of MotoGP, with Silverstone to stage the event from 2010. The Northamptonshire circuit lost the British Formula One Grand Prix contract to Donington last year. But in a reversal of fortune, Silverstone has acquired MotoGP from the Leicestershire circuit with the signing of a five-year deal. Richard Phillips, [...]
Tuesday, January 13, 2009
ONE of Bolton’s last remaining traditional carnivals is set for the axe — unless organisers can attract more volunteers. Organisers of Horwich Carnival are struggling to stage a planned calendar of events over the weekend of June 20 and 21 and are appealing for people to come forward and lend a hand. They are particularly [...]
