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Sheffield Event Organisers SIV boost Sheffield economy by £12m

Wednesday, September 16, 2009

Sheffield Event Organisers SIV boost Sheffield economy by £12m

One of the busiest years on record for business tourism in Sheffield has boosted the city’s economy by more than £12m. New research carried out by Sheffield International Venues (SIV) shows the economic benefit of events hosted across its portfolio of 14 facilities in the city in the last financial year equates to £12.7m. The [...]

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Showcase event for Northern Ireland events industry

Sunday, September 13, 2009

Those involved in the events industry will soon be the star players on their own stage – instead of being involved in planning someone else’s big day. ‘In Any Event’ is being held at the Europa Hotel, Belfast, on October 6 and will be a showcase, demonstrating that NI now has the services, venues and [...]

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Square Meal to host Event Tweetup at Venues & Events 2009

Friday, September 11, 2009

Square Meal will bring a social networking element to its award-winning exhibition by hosting an event industry ‘Tweetup’ (a drinks reception exclusive to Twitter users) at its fifth annual ‘Square Meal’s Venues & Events’ show. The networking event, hosted by Venues & Events editor Annica Wainwright and her team, will be held as part of [...]

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EventElephant Makes Light Work of Managing Events

Friday, September 11, 2009

EventElephant Makes Light Work of Managing Events

A leading IT consulting company, has today announced that stress-free events are now only a click away thanks to its partnership with on-demand event management provider, EventElephant. Kainos‘s Web delivery team provided the technical and project management skills to oversee and build the EventElephant site which went live in January this year. Since then the [...]

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Online resource helps festival organisers track event impact

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 [...]

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Michael Eavis plans to make way ‘for a new generation’ at Glastonbury

Monday, June 22, 2009

Michael Eavis plans to make way 'for a new generation' at Glastonbury

Michael Eavis, the Glastonbury founder, will stand down as the music festival’s organiser in 2011 to make way for a “new generation” The 73-year-old Somerset farmer, who launched the festival 39 years ago, said he plans to hand over the reins to his daughter Emily and her fiance. Previously, he said he would keep going [...]

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Latitude festival organiser Melvin Benn opens play area

Monday, June 1, 2009

Latitude festival organiser Melvin Benn opens play area

TAKING a break from organising East Anglia’s biggest music festival, the man behind Latitude visited north Suffolk last week to open a new play area. Melvin Benn Melvin Benn, managing director of Festival Republic, opened the new outdoor activity area at Brambles nursery in Reydon, near Southwold, which has been part-funded by the Latitude festival. [...]

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Fringe rebuilding begins with search for new chief

Monday, January 12, 2009

THE Edinburgh Festival Fringe will today finally begin moves to hire a new head as part of a massive shake-up of the way the event is run. An international recruitment drive for the first chief executive in the event’s 62-year history has been unveiled – five months after the festival was taken to the brink [...]

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Tonbridge show saved by new organiser

Monday, January 12, 2009

Tonbridge show saved by new organiser

AN ANNUAL show which attracts thousands of visitors into Tonbridge every May has been saved after a new organiser came forward. The Tonbridge Garden and Home Show has taken place on the May Day bank holiday just off the town’s High Street for the past 14 years, but organiser Susan Adams announced in October that [...]

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Liverpool launches first Pedal it Pink charity cycle ride event

Wednesday, December 31, 2008

A NEW cycling event is being launched in Liverpool especially for women. The first Pedal it Pink, organised by the Breast Cancer Campaign, will take place in Sefton Park on Sunday, April 19, and local women are being encouraged to register for the event. The fundraiser has a variety of cycle routes, from a 5k [...]

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Birmingham events specialist to manage film premiere

Monday, December 29, 2008

Birmingham events specialist to manage film premiere

Birmingham-based events specialist Big Cat Group has been awarded the contract to manage the UK premiere of British independent film Clubbed. The event will be held in January at Birmingham’s Cineworld cinema on Broad Street. Set in the 1980s and inspired by Bafta-winning Coventry author and ex-bouncer Geoff Thompson’s autobiography Watch My Back, the film [...]

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Event-Jobs.Net launches Facebook application

Monday, December 15, 2008

Event-Jobs.Net launches Facebook application

With 150 million users worldwide Facebook has become of one of the most popular social networking websites. Event-Jobs.Net has developed an application that integrates with Facebook to allow Facebook members to access the latest jobs from the event industry via there very own facebook page or profile. In addition to this, Event-Jobs.net launched its own [...]

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London organizers plan shorter events sessions

Wednesday, December 10, 2008

The organizers of the 2012 London Olympics want to use shorter sessions to allow more fans to see more events. “In Beijing they had five-hour beach volleyball sessions,” London 2012 organizing committee chief executive Paul Deighton told legislators Tuesday. “It was a great event but we will shorten it so it increases the risk of [...]

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Left Field Stage will no longer feature as part of Glastonbury Festival.

Tuesday, December 9, 2008

Left Field Stage will no longer feature as part of Glastonbury Festival.

The campaigning Left Field Stage will no longer feature as part of Glastonbury Festival. Festival chiefs have pulled the plug on the 5000-capacity tent, describing the move as another twist in Glastonbury’s continued evolution. A spokesman told efestivals: “Although the Left Field area will not be happening next year in its current format, Glastonbury always [...]

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Organisers cancel Lapland West Midlands Event.

Sunday, December 7, 2008

Organisers cancel Lapland West Midlands Event.

A Lapland-style attraction in the West Midlands has been cancelled days after a similar event in the New Forest shut. Lapland West Midlands, which was due to open near Essington, Staffordshire, promised “an enchanting experience” with huskies, reindeer and an ice show. A notice on the promoter’s website said it was not opening due to [...]

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Crowd safety fears if security guards are struck off – AUS

Saturday, December 6, 2008

THE licences of nearly 10,000 private security guards are set to be revoked within weeks, jeopardising crowd control at pubs, sporting events and concerts in the new year. The guards have until January 8 to meet stringent new training requirements or be struck off the Security Industry Register operated by NSW Police. The move affects [...]

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Glade festival quits West Berkshire

Wednesday, December 3, 2008

Glade festival quits West Berkshire

Organisers blame West Berkshire Council for the decision to move the Glade festival out of the area AN ANGRY backlash has begun among Glade festival fans after organisers blamed West Berkshire Council for the decision to quit the area. A statement released this week by one of the festival team, Anselm Guise, said: “We are [...]

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New Forest Lapland attracts over 1,000 complaints from angry families

Tuesday, December 2, 2008

New Forest Lapland attracts over 1,000 complaints from angry families

ORGANISERS of the Lapland New Forest Christmas theme park were today under investigation after more than 1,300 people complained about the controversial attraction. The surge of anger from visitors who feel they were ripped off has been described as unprecedented by trading standards officers who have visited the site near Ringwood and are studying promotional [...]

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New Reading festival Heavenly Planet to launch

Monday, December 1, 2008

Heavenly Planet will take place next July A new festival, Heavenly Planet, is set to launch in Reading next July, with The Wonder Stuff, Fence Collective and The Bays among the acts confirmed to appear at the inaugural bash. The event will take place on July 10-12 in fully-covered arenas beside the river Thames in [...]

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Donington GP to be ‘car-free’ event

Friday, November 28, 2008

Donington GP to be 'car-free' event

Donington Park is aiming to make the 2010 British Grand Prix a ‘car-free’ event, with the crowd arriving entirely by public transport. The circuit’s chief executive Simon Gillett says the track will arrange bus links from nearly towns and cities, and encourage fans to fly into the nearby East Midlands Airport or use the new [...]

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