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
Wednesday, April 29, 2009
Swine flu fears aren’t going to derail this year’s TT preparations, according to organisers. The outbreak of the disease has caused concerns around the world, with warnings it could spread to become a pandemic. But with no cases in the Isle of Man and only a handful in Europe, motorsport director for the Department of [...]
Wednesday, April 29, 2009
The judging panel for this year’s Scottish Event Awards is starting to come together with four judges already in place. This year, David Sharpe, managing director of the London Eye and the recently appointed chairman of ‘Events 2012 and Beyond will be on the panel. Sharpe will head up the development group working with the [...]
Tuesday, April 28, 2009
Recent Events Industry Workshop discussed concerns relating to the increasing use of large television screen structures at public events. The Standing Committee on Structural Safety (SCOSS) and the Advisory Group on Temporary Structures (AGOTS) recently held an Events Industry Workshop to identify ways of ensuring adequate attention was paid to the competency of those involved, [...]
Tuesday, April 21, 2009
THE aftermath of the fake wristbands that hit the Isle of Wight Festival cost organisers tens of thousands of pounds, a court was told. Sophisticated scanning equipment cost more than £40,000 and extra staff and ramped-up police and private security an extra £45,000 in the wake of the 5,000 counterfeit wristbands being produced for the [...]
Tuesday, April 21, 2009
Glastonbury festival organisers have provoked the wrath of local residents by reducing the size of the catchment area for free tickets. Festival organiser Michael Eavis has kept on good terms with residents of Pilton, Pill and Sticklynch, three tiny villages near the site, by handing out free passes to compensate for the noise and disruption [...]
Friday, April 17, 2009
THE HOMECOMING Festival at Irvine Beach Park has been sensationally scrapped with just weeks to go. Tens of thousands of music fans were expected at the two day event on May 2 and 3 to see acts such as Reverend and the Makers and superstar DJ Armin van Buuren. Speaking this morning one of the [...]
Friday, April 17, 2009
SCOTLAND has been confirmed as the host of this year’s Mobo music awards. The Music of Black Origin Awards will take place at Glasgow’s SECC, taking the ceremony out of London for the first time since its inception in 1995. And a host of stars, including Rihanna, Beyonce, Alexandra Burke and X Factor finalists JLS [...]
Wednesday, April 15, 2009
The chequered flag has been waved for the Wales GB Rally in Swansea. Event organisers have told Swansea Council they are pulling out of the city and relocating the centre to Cardiff instead. Over the past few years the event has been worth millions of pounds to Swansea’s economy, thanks to the service centre that [...]
Wednesday, April 15, 2009
A cash-strapped Denbighshire music festival, has been cancelled after last year’s event saw several arrests. Organisers of Party in the Parc at St Asaph said they could not afford to pay for policing or to improve security measures following last year’s trouble. The event has also lost key funding, forcing organisers to cancel this year’s [...]
Saturday, April 11, 2009
Kim, 52, and her brother, David, run Theme Traders, an event organising and prop-hire company. Clients include Big Brother and Elton John. Kim lives in London’s Hampstead with her husband, Michel, a company director… She says: Life as a party organiser is never dull. I remember one party where a belly dancer cowered in one [...]
Thursday, April 9, 2009
RECESSION is nowhere to be seen when it comes to triathlon in Sussex. The Sussex Triathlon at Ardingly College is seeing massive growth in entry numbers this year. Event Director Dan James said: “We are quite amazed by the growth rate of the race in such a gloomy economic climate. We have invested in the [...]
Friday, April 3, 2009
On Wednesday 22nd April 2009, Deepdale Farm and Deepdale Backpackers & Camping will be hosting the 2nd Annual North Norfolk Coast Earth Day. North Norfolk Coast Earth Day is about the environment and sustainability. Exhibitors will be explaining their renewable technologies and environmental services. Advisors will be available to help visitors with there questions on [...]
Thursday, April 2, 2009
Leeds Festival bosses are working on plans to avoid a repeat of the traffic chaos that marred the build-up to last summer’s event. Motorists were left trapped in road queues for up to SEVEN HOURS as thousands of campers headed to the three-day music extravaganza last August. The mayhem led residents in badly-hit areas such [...]
Wednesday, April 1, 2009
Isle of Wight has become the latest major festival to sign up Viagogo as their official secondary ticketing and ticket exchange partner. This follows yesterday’s announcement that Festival Republic (previously fiercely opposed to secondary ticketing sites) had signed a historic deal with the same company to be the official platform for their Reading, Leeds and [...]
