Wednesday, October 5, 2011
With less than one year to go before the flame is lit to herald the start of the London Olympic Games, a new report commissioned by Prestige Ticketing Limited – the official hospitality provider to the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games – predicts that companies investing in corporate hospitality at the Games are likely [...]
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Friday, August 19, 2011
Sponsormonster.co.uk helps events find corporate sponsorship through an online opportunities directory which is filtered by a clever, intuitive search function that works with audience demographic criteria. Potential corporate sponsors use the newly-launched site free of charge to identify and contact current sponsorship opportunities that meet their marketing criteria. Rights holders seeking sponsorship pay a fee [...]
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Friday, June 3, 2011
Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) today announced that J.P. Morgan, the global financial services firm, has become a major sponsor of Lord’s and its iconic Media Centre. The four-year sponsorship deal, which runs through to the end of 2014, is the biggest and most comprehensive in MCC’s 224-year history. The partnership delivers a comprehensive package of [...]
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Wednesday, May 4, 2011
Event Industry News (EIN), the sectors leading online resource for organisers and suppliers, has been announced as the official online media partner for the inaugural Event Production Awards. The announcement recognises the huge impact that the website has had on the events industry since launching in 2008. As digital marketing becomes increasingly popular, the Event [...]
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Monday, January 24, 2011
The Scotland’s Islands project is appealing to organisers of events which highlight the vibrant culture and creativity, outstanding natural environment and quality produce of Scotland’s Islands to come forward and apply for funding. In particular, the steering committee is keen to hear from islanders looking to organise food and drink-related events in order to fill [...]
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Thursday, January 6, 2011
Brighton Festival Fringe is delighted to announce that Southern Water is on board again as key sponsor for Fringe City, the free outdoor entertainment provided by the Fringe on May weekends in the heart of Brighton This year marks the Fringes fifth anniversary as an independent company and Southern Waters fourth year as Fringe City [...]
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Friday, October 1, 2010
This month Gorilla constructed a half-pipe skate ramp specifically for the show and invited the British Pro Skateboarder, Pete King and Chris Oliver, World Cup Skate Champion 2010, to give demonstrations followed by an afternoon of skate workshops at the Chalfont St Giles Country Show. The show, which has been running for over 100 years, [...]
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Tuesday, March 16, 2010
What is Max WiFi doing? Max WiFi are providing the WiFi network and Internet connectivity for this year’s London Twestival Global 2010 on the 25th March. The Team at Max WiFi will manage all of the installation of lines, ADSL and complete network of routers, switches, wireless controllers and access points. With around 800 people [...]
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Tuesday, November 10, 2009
The government should ban the alcohol industry from sponsoring any sporting event in the interest of preventing harm, international medical experts say today. In an editorial in the journal Addiction, they say the burden of proof over whether such sponsorship causes people to drink more should shift from the public to the alcohol industry. But [...]
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Wednesday, August 5, 2009
The PGA Tour has suffered a double blow after the troubled Detroit carmaker Buick announced it was withdrawing its sponsorship from two events – the Buick Invitational and Buick Open – from next year. “As a result of the recent court-supervised restructuring of General Motors (GM) all agreements between Buick and the PGA Tour have [...]
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Thursday, June 25, 2009
Bristol’s international kite festival could be scrapped in the next month if new backers do not come forward. Organisers of the festival, which is due to take place at Ashton Court, on September 12 and 13, have launched an impassioned plea for sponsorship to secure the future of the event. Although exhibitors and traders have [...]
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Tuesday, June 16, 2009
The 2009 Henley Regatta Firework display will go ahead. Despite the challenge of overcoming the Regatta’s decision to withdraw their support the organisers James Brennan of Hofmanns and Angie Major of Blueberry Business have been working hard to raise sponsorship from local businesses. Several businesses have confirmed their support including headline sponsors Tesco Henley and [...]
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Monday, May 25, 2009
THE Environment Agency was under fire last night for spending £30,000 sponsoring Birmingham’s Gay Pride festival. But an angry city council insider has revealed the Government agency, responsible for protecting and improving the environment, had given the extravaganza a huge financial boost. He said: “I find it disturbing that this event is being sponsored by [...]
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