Category: Local Authority Events
Event Production Show research highlights draw of 2012’s municipal events
Research conducted by the Event Production Show indicates spends on municipal events to celebrate the Diamond Jubilee in 2012 could exceed those of 2011’s Royal Wedding. A celebratory weekend, Saturday 2 June to Tuesday 5 June 2012, of street parties and pageantry will mark The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee. The special long bank holiday is set [...]
Councils and Communities Need to Work Together on Street Parties
Communities looking to organise street parties as part of next year’s Queens Jubilee celebrations or London Olympics should consider the insurance implications of their event, according to a local authority expert. Andy Grove, who is the chair of the Local Authority Event Organisers Group (LAEOG), spoke to Event Industry News during this year’s Showman’s Show [...]
Double Success for Showsec in Manchester
Showsec’s Manchester office has been busy securing the city’s football fans, with two separate victory parades for both Manchester City on 23rd May and Manchester United on the 30th May. Following the successful security operation a week prior, where Showsec ensured the safety of hundreds of thousands of Manchester City fans as they took to [...]
Potential Obstacles for Event Organisers
Two bills currently working their way through the UK’s parliamentary system are set to provide event organisers with contradicting circumstances. The Live Music bill aims to remove elements of licensing law that have in the past caused problems for the live music sector. Particular beneficiaries of the bill would be grass roots organisers, who could [...]
Lincoln Christmas Market – half of all stalls already taken
Confidence in the Lincoln Christmas Market remains high, despite last year’s cancellation, with around 50 per cent of stallholders already committed to return to the event this year. After severe weather forced the City of Lincoln Council to cancel the 2010 market, stallholders were offered a full refund of their fees, or the chance to [...]
Social events network aims to help events organisers save money
A Social events network designed to bring together communities in the rural Vale of Glamorgan has launched its own website. The Rural Events Network, set up by the Vale council, aims to help events organisers save money and gain advice. More than 20 events, from Cowbridge Food and Drink Festival to community and village fetes, [...]
Call not to charge for Highlands’ public events
Inverness committee members reject move to introduce admission fees for certain gatherings People across the Highlands should not be charged for public events which are currently free, councillors said yesterday. Members of Inverness city committee agreed to allocate £300,000 from the Inverness Common Good Fund for the 2011-12 events and festivals programme for the city. [...]
Lincoln Christmas Market Cancelled
The Lincoln Christmas Market has been cancelled due to the severe weather conditions in the city and the wider region. Snow has fallen in Lincolnshire and across the country for most of the week, with more snow predicted into the weekend. The market normally attracts more than 160,000 people to the city from across the [...]
Delegates Flock to Experience NewcastleGateshead’s Vision for Future
Hundreds of meetings and events organisers gathered at London’s Royal Horticultural Halls yesterday (16.11.10) to discover what the future holds for conferences and events in NewcastleGateshead. Organised by NewcastleGateshead Convention Bureau, Discover NewcastleGateshead will showcase over 25 of the destination’s best conference and events industry venues and services, now collectively generating an estimated £240m for [...]
Geography test puts Lincolnshire on the map
Organisers from the Lincolnshire Events Centre have been flying the flag for their home county at Event UK. And whilst they were there, the team tested visitor knowledge of the county, asking them to mark Lincolnshire on an unmarked map. “We found that not many people knew where we were,” said the Events Centre sales [...]
Nottingham Food & Drink Festival Creates The Perfect Recipe For Success
The Nottingham Food and Drink Festival 2010 has proved to be an irresistible event for the city’s foodies and budding chefs, with visitor numbers seeing a major increase. A celebrity packed line-up, featuring Gino D’Acampo, Ainsley Harriott, Caribbean soul food star Momma Cherri and Michelin-starred chefs Atul Kochhar and Sat Bains, helped to attract 30% [...]
New deal to rid “The Gathering 2009″ of £300k debt with event suppliers
GOVERNMENT and council officials are this week planning to announce a deal to save The Gathering that formed the centrepiece of last year’s Homecoming celebrations and repay hundreds of thousands of pounds to creditors. Insiders close to the deal last night said the intention was to take over the brand rights to the event and [...]
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