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
Thursday, December 31, 2009
THOUSANDS of Hogmanay revellers were forced to flee the Royal Mile last night when high winds blew red-hot sparks from a fire display into the crowds. Firefighters were drafted in as the charcoal-filled braziers began to spit furiously at families who had gathered to watch the free spectacular.
Police evacuated a large section of the street [...]
Thursday, December 24, 2009
In response to the approval of the Ticketmaster-Live Nation merger by British regulators, the public interest and live event industry members of the TicketDisaster.org coalition today urged the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) to consider the profound differences between Ticketmaster’s and Live Nation’s dominance of the U.S. live event market and their market position in [...]
Sunday, December 20, 2009
The right choice of colour and colour combinations are vital when creating a great theme for an event.
Whether it’s a wedding, product launch or something experiential, a guests first impression mean everything and the correct use of colour is key!
Here we have listed a few tools form the web design and graphic design industries that [...]
Thursday, December 17, 2009
The yet-to-be-named body is being set up by the Association of Event Organisers, the Association of Event Venues and the Event Supplier and Services Association.
Its remit will be to act as the voice of the live events industry, selling the events medium and to work with marketers and businesses to create bespoke research, case studies [...]
Monday, December 14, 2009
The team at Nottingham Conferences has committed to making conferences and events as green as possible across its portfolio by signing up to the University of Nottingham’s recent initiative; ‘Environmental Champions.’
The Environmental Champions Network was launched to encourage individuals from departments across the University to communicate and share ideas on environmental best practice and to [...]
Saturday, December 12, 2009
The idea of charging a fee for video and audio from conferences and events is old, and comes from the days of charging for tapes of presentations as a way of boosting revenue from live events. Those days are over.
Today, sitting in little old South River, Ontario, Canada I’m watching the live streaming event LeWebfrom [...]
Friday, December 11, 2009
Residents living near a coastal country park are opposing plans to stage music festival this summer which could see as many as 20,000 students from across the country.
Carmarthenshire Council is carrying out negotiations with the people behind Beach Break Live concerning the use of Pembrey Country Park.
Carmarthenshire Council admitted that no decision had been made [...]
Friday, December 11, 2009
LIVERPOOL’S boat show will become an annual event, injecting millions into the region’s economy every year, organisers claim.
City officials told 130 boating industry chiefs visiting from across Britain how Liverpool’s Boat Show would be a highlight in their calendar for years to come.
They believe the festival will be the most stylish the industry has ever [...]
Wednesday, December 9, 2009
THE flooding of Cockermouth has failed to swamp organisers of the town’s annual real ale festival.
Determined members of the Cockermouth Round Table say the seventh Beer Festival will go on.
The event will be held at the Kirkgate which escaped the ravages of last week’s devastation. All money raised will go to helping those affected by [...]
Wednesday, December 9, 2009
More than 600 parcels of food for Christmas have been packed up by the Salvation Army for the most needy people in Reading.
Volunteers were filling festive boxes of canned food and sweet treats for families across town who otherwise might not have anything to eat on Christmas Day at the Reading Central Centre in Anstey [...]
Tuesday, December 8, 2009
The latest edition of the event organisers ‘bible’, blue&green is now available. Featuring a fresh new look and some exciting changes the 2010 directory is guaranteed to be a useful resource that event organisers will refer back to time and time again.
Kate Hewitt, Associate Publisher commented
This year the directory has a brand [...]
Tuesday, December 8, 2009
Live Nation has submitted a document detailing what it describes as “key legal flaws” in the provisional Competition Commission (CC) ruling that the proposed Live Nation and Ticketmaster merger will hinder competition in the market for live music ticket retailing.
The CC issued its provisional ruling on Oct. 8. It has now published various submissions on [...]
Monday, December 7, 2009
TV or Internet? Newspaper or Magazine? With thousands of channels available to advertise your event, choosing the right one has become increasingly difficult. This is a major concern as selecting the wrong channel means that your message will not reach your target audience and will hamper your event success.
Here are a few questions you need [...]
Monday, December 7, 2009
Response to the news that entry for RB12 SEA is open has been very positive. Entry opened on Fri
6th November 2009 and already 41% of places have been taken.
Two RIB manufacturers, Scorpion RIBs of Lymington, England and Goldfish Boat of Norway have
been quick to demonstrate their commitment to RB12.
Patrick Byrne, Managing Director of Scorpion RIBs [...]
Thursday, December 3, 2009
THE organiser of a Herefordshire festival has finished a troubled year on a high note.
Big Chill co-founder Katrina Larkin received a lifetime achievement award at the 2009 UK Festival Awards.
Judges praised her “vision and energy” during the ceremony at London’s O2 Arena last Thursday.
Katrina started the festival in 1994 and has won numerous awards during [...]
