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
Monday, January 11, 2010
Experts have warned Scotland is unlikely to see any new festivals launched for the foreseeable future, as it emerged a string of top events have been axed. Connect, Outsider, Big in Falkirk, Live at Loch Lomond and EH1 are among festivals shelved in the wake of poor ticket sales and funding problems. Their demise has [...]
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 [...]
Tuesday, August 4, 2009
Music festival Bloom has been put off until next year due to problems caused by a last minute venue change, organisers have announced. The event, which was set to take place at Chepstow racecourse on 14-16 August, featured a host of acts including Frankmusik on the line-up. Ticket holders are being offered the chance to [...]
Monday, July 13, 2009
As you would expect from Scotland’s biggest music festival, there is a huge amount to see and do at T in the Park Fairground rides, a ceilidh tent, food from hog roasts to Thai curry and – of course – the music. But it all comes with a hefty price tag. For organisers, staging a [...]
Monday, May 11, 2009
SCOTLAND’S best-known events organiser claims the country has become swamped with festivals and big-name concerts. Pete Irvine believes the summer music circuit has reached saturation point at a time when the economic downturn is beginning to bite. The managing director of Unique Events spoke out after reluctantly pulling the plug on the Outsider Festival, which [...]
Wednesday, March 18, 2009
A British music festival has been scrapped after falling victim to the global economic crisis. The Heavenly Planet Festival in Reading, England was due to take place in July (09) but bosses have been left with no choice but to cancel the event because of cash-flow worries. Melvin Benn, the festival’s organiser, says, “It is [...]
Monday, February 23, 2009
THE ORGANISER of Swindon’s first ever gay pride event has resigned amid a dispute over the debts left by last summer’s event. James Waterhouse has quit his position as chairman of the Swindon Pride committee. More than £15,000 is still owing for last August’s celebration in Town Gardens. Mr Waterhouse said he could not understand [...]
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
THEY say laughter is the best medicine. And it’s this age-old expression that could provide the antidote to the credit crunch as far as this year’s Edinburgh festivals are concerned. According to international events guru Dr Joe Goldblatt, the Capital’s festivals could see record attendance in 2009 as people seek distraction from the doom and [...]
Monday, February 2, 2009
THIS year’s Hydro Connect Festival has been cancelled because of the downturn in the economy. Organisers of the award-winning boutique music event felt that rising overheads, mixed with fears over the recession, could prove too risky for punters – so they have decided to shelve the event this year. But the festival may return in [...]
Friday, January 9, 2009
The boss of Manchester’s Out There Events believes that the current economic down-turn will prove to be good news for the events industry. Marcia Incarico’s comments come as the company wins four new contracts to be delivered before the end of the year. “We are experiencing one of our busiest times in terms of pitching, [...]
Monday, January 5, 2009
THE biggest event of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe is facing the axe after almost 30 years due to a major funding crisis. Organisers are considering pulling the plug on the hugely popular Fringe Sunday event because of soaring running costs, the lack of a headline sponsor and the effects of the cash crisis triggered by [...]
Saturday, January 3, 2009
A religious procession is set to go ahead after organisers reluctantly accepted having to halve its £50,000 budget. Church officials had feared they would be forced to cancel Christ in the Centre, which attracts more than 10,000 people to Leicester each year, after a lack of donations so far. Now organisers have decided to accept [...]
Wednesday, December 24, 2008
ORGANISERS of the annual “Loony Dook” into the Firth of Forth have hit out after being ditched from Edinburgh’s official Hogmanay programme. The iconic event – which sees hundreds of people run into the freezing water on New Year’s Day – has raised more than £100,000 for charity since it was first held in 1987. [...]
Sunday, December 21, 2008
Hudson — The city will pick up all service costs for all city-approved special events in 2009. Council members Dec. 17 voted 5-1 in favor of legislation to reverse a 2006 policy that charged service fees for special events in town except for five community traditional events — the Hudson Garden Club Home and Garden [...]
Thursday, December 18, 2008
The Northampton Balloon Festival could be scrapped. The announcements were made last night as part of Northampton Borough Council’s budget plans. Defending the plans, the leader of the authority, Councillor Tony Woods (Lib Dem, St Davids) said: “This is a challenging time for this council and most other councils in the country. “No authorities are [...]
Wednesday, December 17, 2008
The Brecon Jazz Festival has called in the receivers two months after telling creditors it was suspending payments. The festival, which celebrated its 25th anniversary this summer, said in October it had suffered a “significant loss” financially. It had said it was trying to obtain additional funds to cover the deficit. Members of the festival’s [...]
Wednesday, December 10, 2008
Managing director puts positive spin on ticket sales for the meeting next March being 18 per cent down on the corresponding time a year ago In these financially challenged times, getting people through the gate is an initiative test for every racecourse. Sandown last Saturday solved it with sleigh rides from the station and an [...]
Tuesday, December 9, 2008
Bonnaroo and Langerado come up with recession solution for music fans The Bonnaroo and Langerado music festivals have responded to the economic crisis in the the US, by offering payment plans on weekend tickets to the festivals in 2009.
Tuesday, December 9, 2008
Hut, hut, spike? Super Bowl parties, sponsors scale back, scratch plans amid economic worries When the Super Bowl festivities roll into Tampa late next month, the party blitz and corporate spending that surround the big day may take a hit because of the economic crisis. Sponsors have been slower to commit. Companies are scaling back [...]
Saturday, December 6, 2008
Outlook: Is nothing immune to the ever- widening embrace of the credit crunch? Taking a rare break from the dungeon, Max Mosley, president of the Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile, Formula One’s governing body, went on the telly yesterday to say the industry will have to slim down its cost base dramatically following the decision by [...]
