Monday, February 15, 2010
The HSE has announced it is to revise its guidance for the events industry to reflect legislative changes and improvements in industry practices.Filed Under: Technology 3 Comments
Wednesday, August 26, 2009
Eat To The Beat (ETTB), part of the Global Infusion Group, has added the prestigious V Festival in Chelmsford to its expansive festival rosta, alongside Glastonbury, Leeds, Reading, Big Chill, Latitude, Download, Lovebox and the Hyde Park series of shows.
With over 15 years music catering experience, team leader Susie D’Andrea managed her 45 strong crew [...]
Wednesday, August 26, 2009
A NEW online resource developed by Edinburgh Napier University will allow festival organisers to analyse the impact their events have on local communities.
The tool is designed to help festival operators ensure they cater for the needs of local people when they are planning events.
It is also expected that the resource will be useful to local [...]
Friday, August 21, 2009
SUNDERLAND’S Stadium of Light has been shortlisted for a tourism award after hosting nearly a quarter of a million guests in just eight weeks.
The venue is in with a chance of winning the Business Tourism of the Year Award, part of the North East Tourism Awards.
In addition to a number of corporate events and private [...]
Friday, August 21, 2009
UK insurer InsureandGo are providing Katherine Jenkins, Boyzone, Diversity and James Morrison with £1m of swine flu insurance for their performances at The Big Gig Weekend in Shepton Mallet at the end of September.
Kevin Newton, property tycoon and promoter of the event, has taken out the unique insurance in a bid to offer some protection [...]
Friday, August 21, 2009
It’s not as easy as collecting trash, but a significant source of nutrient rich materials is available for composting with pre-event planning and outreach.
Janice Sitton
AN event happens any time a group of people come together for a purpose, whether it is to attend a concert, network at a conference, celebrate a wedding, run a race, [...]
Thursday, August 20, 2009
Thousands of runners are expected to descend on the South of England Centre in November for a unique new running race with a difference. The Sussex Obstacle Dash is a fun event at the home of The South of England Show on Sunday 8th November 2009 and claims to have a race for all.
Dan James, [...]
Thursday, August 20, 2009
ORGANISERS of festivals and other events across the Hambleton and Richmondshire areas are being invited to take part in a special networking event later this year.
It will offer advice and information about organising events and provide information about new event publicity opportunities – as well as putting organisers in touch with each other to share [...]
Thursday, August 20, 2009
A music festival due to take place in Lanark this weekend has been cancelled amid a row between the organisers and the local authority.
The Red Hot Chilli Pipers were due to headline Bagrock in the Valley, at Castlebank Park, in the town on Sunday.
South Lanarkshire Council has refused to grant a licence for the festival.
The [...]
Wednesday, August 19, 2009
Although 57.1 percent of event industry suppliers have reported a decline in sales as a result of the global recession, 25 percent have actually seen them increase, according to a new survey from the Congress Rental Network.
What’s more, while 45 percent of event industry suppliers have seen a decrease in event attendance, 59.9 percent of [...]
Tuesday, August 18, 2009
FRINGE chief Kath Mainland is to hold crisis talks with independent venue operators amid fears that the soaring costs of bringing shows to Edinburgh risk killing the festival.
A host of senior figures on the festival lined up yesterday to express fears about the future of the Fringe despite reports that the event is set to [...]
Tuesday, August 18, 2009
Boomerang Plus has entered into a joint venture with broadcaster Channel 4 and events organiser Sports Vision to create Big Freeze Limited.
Big Freeze Limited is a production company created to organise and produce the Freesports on 4 Freeze live event franchise, the UK’s biggest winter sports and music festival, as well as other broadcast related [...]
Monday, August 17, 2009
Excelr8, the innovative coaching and training company, has picked up on the opportunities offered by vMessage.net and will be using it as a central part of its viral marketing activity, before, during and after the first Life Sucks – Pass It On conference, it is holding on 3rd October.
Events companies are turning to the immediate [...]
Monday, August 17, 2009
More than 6,000 people crowded onto Burnham-On-Sea seafront on Sunday (August 16th) as dozens of local rescue organisations from across the West Country took part in a joint safety awareness day featuring displays and demonstrations.
ESCAPE – the Emergency Services Community Awareness and Promotion Event – took place on Burnham seafront and involved hovercrafts, lifeboats, micro-lights [...]
Friday, August 14, 2009
By holding a team building corporate event or similar in a different location each month or year, businesses will be able to keep things fresh, it has been asserted.
Gillian Hibberd, the corporate director of people and policy at Buckinghamshire County Council as well as the president of the Public Sector People Manager’s Association (PPMA), believed [...]
Thursday, August 13, 2009
Two well-known pro-audio industry heavy weights, Delta Sound and Sound By Design, are set to come together this autumn, with Delta Sound acquiring Sound By Design over an agreed period of time. The move will offer new and existing clients of both companies’ the significant benefit of their complementary skills sets and combined equipment portfolios.
“Paul [...]
Thursday, August 13, 2009
The first time Woodstock organiser Michael Lang rode in a helicopter over the festival site, the event was over. Far below him, he could see the devastation wreaked by 500,000 kids on what had once been a pristine upstate New York alfalfa field, a scene that would take the next three weeks to clear up. [...]
Wednesday, August 12, 2009
Organisers of a Thai food and craft festival fear the future of the event could be in jeopardy because of restrictions on alcohol sales.
Sue Mayne has held the charity event on Southsea’s Castle Field for the past two years – despite losing money because of bad weather.
This year Ms Mayne, who is also chairman of [...]
Thursday, August 6, 2009
CREAMFIELDS campaigners will go head-to-head with the event organisers at an appeal over its licensing conditions.
The festival is due to return to Daresbury for a two day-dance event during the August Bank Holiday for the fourth consecutive year.
In June, the music giants were given the go ahead to showcase this year’s line-up. But their hopes [...]
