Recent Event Industry News
Pitman’s People Produces a New Health and Safety Passport
One of the UK’s leading marquee and temporary structure crew and event staffing companies, Pitman’s People, have been working in-house to create the innovative Pitman’s Passport, a health and safety training module for crew. Designed in a playful and engaging style, the Pitman’s Passport describes all of the kinds of obstacles that crew staff can [...]
May Local Authority Spotlight
Name & Job Title: David Atkinson Local Authority: Cheshire West and Chester Council No. of Full Time Event Staff: 2.5 people plus [...]
Eventsforce tops £250 million in event registration fees
Eventsforce, the UK’s leading provider of delegate and event data management software, today announces that the total of event registration fees to pass through the system has exceeded £250 million since the launch of the product in 2004. The news follows the announcement earlier in the year that the system has now processed over two [...]
Seconds Out As Custard Pie Fight Now Looks Set to Go Ahead
A custard pie fight that intends to mark the 200th anniversary of the Jane Austen novel ‘Pride & Prejudice’ now looks set to go ahead, despite facing cancellation when insurers refused to offer the organisers any cover. The fight is part of the annual Bakewell Baking Festival and is due to feature competitors dressed as [...]
Event Technology Awards Announce Access All Areas As Official Print Media Partner
Organisers of the Event Technology Awards have announced that Access All Areas magazine will be the official print media partner for the inaugural event. Taking place in December, the Event Technology Awards are the first to specifically recognise the achievements and advances in technological solutions for and within the event industry. Paul Allott, co-founder of [...]
Ryans races to another winner
Race-goers enjoyed a clean-as-a-whistle service at Ireland’s renowned five-day Punchestown Festival. The prestigious event saw more than 100,000 visitors attending Punchestown Racecourse, Ireland, while Ryans Cleaning worked around the clock behind the scenes. A team of 40 specialist event cleaning staff from Ryans Cleaning descended on the site to manage all public areas throughout the [...]
The unified voice of Scotland’s events and festivals industry formally launches
Scottish Events & Festivals Association (SEFA), the county’s first trade association representing the interests of the events and festivals economy, last night (16 May) unveiled its membership roster and policy platform. SEFA, led by Chair Angus MacKay, comprises 13 board members dedicated to providing leadership and representation for the organisers, promoters and suppliers involved in [...]
Event Production Show selected as a finalist for AEO Excellence Awards
The Event Production Show 2013 has been selected as a finalist for this year’s AEO Excellence Awards in the Best Trade Show under 2000sqm category. The award is open to any trade exhibition (UK & International under 2000sqm) held in the last 12 months. The award is judged on commercial success, visitor numbers, show content [...]
Innovative videowall attracts crowds at Tobacco Docks
For the fourth consecutive year, PSCo Technical Distribution, a trade-only technical distributor of innovative display technology, was proud to support NEC’s annual Showcase event, which took place yesterday, Thursday 16th May, at Tobacco Dock, London. PSCo was the first to showcase NEC’s line of outstanding videowall products at the last three events and continued to [...]
Loquiz keeps the adventure company 360 Degrees ahead of the competition.
Loquiz is a strategic adventure game played on tablet computers where the teams answer questions in order to move forward. The goal of the game is to get to the finish with the least amount of steps and beat the other teams with your intelligence and tactical thinking. Our clients were Estonia’s leading telecommunication company [...]
Skiddle Customers Raise Thousands for CALM
Skiddle is pleased to announced they have raised over £2,000 in support of C.A.L.M. (Campaign Against Living Miserably), the UK’s leading leading charity focused on reducing suicides in young men. Having supported CALM for a number of years, the recent donation of £2,320 adds to the considerable donations, already made by Skiddle customers, for this very worthy cause. [...]
Lucky Mermaid
NFLUK have chosen The Mermaid’s auditorium on 24th May for one of their popular Fan Nights with Indianapolis Colts quarterback Andrew Luck. Andrew although born in Washington DC is returning to London, the city he partly grew up in. The evening will be hosted by Sky Sports presenter Neil Reynolds and will offer plenty of [...]
Eve Announces New Operations Manager
Eve, a supplier of temporary access systems and related services, is pleased to announce and welcome Andrew Colclough in the newly created position of Operations Manager. Andrew has a background in delivering hands-on process and performance improvements and operational management with experience in the automotive, engineering, manufacturing and logistics industries including LF Logistics, Bombardier and [...]
Victoria Parkinson joins Maynineteen
Maynineteen, Manchester based specialists in shopping centre events and entertainment, is pleased to announce that Victoria Parkinson has joined the team as a full time Account Manager following a period of freelancing with the company. A graduate of Northumbria University with a first class honours degree in Marketing Management, Vicky joins the team after 5 [...]
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