Monday, January 30, 2012 event magazine
ARCHANT Anglia has appointed an award-winning PR agency to manage its growing portfolio of events throughout Norfolk and Suffolk. Lexia Media, based in Woodbridge, has been selected to handle the organisation and creative inputs of a series of awards dinners and presentations scheduled to take place this year. The company was chosen via a competitive [...]
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Monday, January 30, 2012 event magazine
SO Group is looking forward to meeting old friends and new at this year’s leading event for event organisers, Confex 2012. As one of the industry leaders in events and exhibitions, SO Group will be utilising all of their in-house skills to create a stand that will excite and welcome visitors. On show will be [...]
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Monday, January 30, 2012 event magazine
Aztec Event Services is going interactive in a big way at the Event Production Show in 2012, with projections large and small, iPad games and a live Twitter feed throughout the show. Aztec’s projection mapping will feature at the show, with an interactive display between a large projection wall and a seamless screen made up [...]
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Monday, January 30, 2012 event magazine
Scunthorpe’s largest private security employer, ProTouch Security Ltd, are one of the finalists of the Event Production Awards 2012, in the category of Security Company of the Year. The Scunthorpe-based security firm was established in 2008 by Tommy Atkin, who started his career in the army, and then left due to injury and went into [...]
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Monday, January 30, 2012 event magazine
Event solution provider Excelerated Apps recently deployed the first successful implementation of one-touch social sharing on LinkedIn at a business-to-business event, powered by their UpD8r RFID technology. The UK & Ireland SAP User Group is an independent organisation set up to serve the needs of all SAP and Business Objects users, providing members with a [...]
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Monday, January 30, 2012 event magazine
Event branding specialist Sunbaba has been shortlisted in the Set Design/Finishing Touches category at the inaugural Event Production Awards. The company sees the shortlisting as recognition of their continued achievements in supplying event organisers with a rich tapestry of branding options. Sunbaba, who will also be exhibiting at the Event Production Show at London’s Olympia, [...]
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Friday, January 27, 2012 event magazine
News Schools Network (NSN) is looking for an experienced event management company to run its flagship events: the annual conference & exhibition and a new annual awards ceremony celebrating excellence in the Free Schools Movement. The annual conference & exhibition takes place in the autumn and is the go-to event in the Free Schools calendar [...]
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Friday, January 27, 2012 event magazine
When up to 12,000 American football fans visited London’s Trafalgar Square for a free promotional event this autumn, crowd management specialist Integrated Security Consultants (ISC) was responsible for ensuring their safety. The event was organised by the USA’s National Football League (NFL) in the run up to the match between the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and [...]
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Friday, January 27, 2012 event magazine
The Event Production Show, the first major event trade show of 2012, has announced its line-up for Live at the Grand. Taking place from Wednesday 1st February to Thursday 2nd February, and running alongside the inaugural UK Venue Show, the Event Production Show will showcase the best of the UK’s events industry from production to [...]
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Friday, January 27, 2012 event magazine
With less than a week remaining, anticipation is building for the inaugural UK Venue Show, taking place from 1st –2nd February at Olympia. Opening the trade show season for the live event sector, the UK Venue Show will centre on the Great British venue with exhibitors from both the capital and the counties already lined [...]
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Friday, January 27, 2012 event magazine
Plans for a brand new festival in the Suffolk area have temporarily been put on hold to allow the Event Promoters more development opportunities. The Foxburrow Festival was to have been a one day event staged near Brightwell in Suffolk, featuring a line up of successful 80’s bands. Planning behind the scenes including safety meetings [...]
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Thursday, January 26, 2012 event magazine
International Outdoor Event Expo (IOEX) is predicting a bright 2012 for the events industry as it releases the results of its industry poll. IOEX has been carrying out a high level industry survey which has revealed that budgets for the event industry are looking positive with 83.4% of the respondents saying their investment budget would [...]
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Thursday, January 26, 2012 event magazine
Milton Keynes based Impact Production Services (IPS) has added the new Prolyte H40R Truss to its extensive rental inventory. The truss has been supplied with a powder coated black finish. Launched at the 2011 PLASA show in September, and arriving now in the UK, this innovative product combines the compact dimensions of Prolyte H30V Truss, [...]
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Thursday, January 26, 2012 event magazine
Following the tragic festival stage collapses that shocked the world last summer, Association of Independent Festivals (AIF) will host a Structural and Crowd Safety Conference that examines the engineering details of outdoor structures, emergency planning procedures and insight into climate issues and resulting safety implications. Throughout the day there will be a range of panels [...]
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Thursday, January 26, 2012 event magazine
The chief executive of EventScotland has praised the strength of the nation’s events industry as the organisation was today announced as the new title sponsor of the Scottish Event Awards. Paul Bush told The Drum that landmark events such as Hogmanay, T in the Park and the Edinburgh Festival have helped establish Scotland as a [...]
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Wednesday, January 25, 2012 event magazine
The Student Finance campaign is reaching thousands more sixth formers with vital information on university grants, as the government extends its highly-successful tour. Event Marketing Services (EMS) has been working with the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) to deliver the initiative, informing sixth form students about the upcoming university fee reforms from September [...]
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Wednesday, January 25, 2012 event magazine
From Severn Trent to Jaguar Land Rover, Sainsbury’s to Avon, the NEC was home to live events for numerous top brands last year. To build on the success of 2011’s Live Event business the venue is putting this product at the forefront of its focus, and will kick start its efforts by exhibiting at the [...]
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Wednesday, January 25, 2012 event magazine
Ticketscript, European market leader in online, mobile and social ticketing solutions and HMV Group, the UK’s leading specialist retailer of filmed entertainment, games, music and portable digital technology products, have announced today that they have formed a partnership to service the UK and Ireland events market. Ticketscript will now sell tickets through HMV’s 250 plus [...]
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Tuesday, January 24, 2012 event magazine
Clever Graphic Display Solutions will be joining forces with Event LED Signs at the Event Production Show to showcase an innovative combination of bespoke graphical banner systems with a scrolling LED element. Clever Graphic Display Solutions, well established in the field of quality branding and signage, have incorporated scrolling LED Signs into their banner systems [...]
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Tuesday, January 24, 2012 event magazine
Lord’s Cricket Ground has once again been named the UK’s number one Sporting Venue by BDRC Continental’s VenueVerdict. The Home of Cricket – which has significantly increased non-match day revenues since opening its doors to corporate and private events – has been recognised for its exemplary customer service, and was found to have the highest [...]
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Tuesday, January 24, 2012 event magazine
Silver Stage Event Structures has unveiled dynamic upgrades to their website that offer a host of options to event organisers. The overhaul will showcase their increased product range using 3D animations, interactive galleries and cutting-edge web standards to assist in choosing the perfect configuration. They have also added sections on their new S2000 and S1000 [...]
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Monday, January 23, 2012 event magazine
Cardiff based security and crowd management company NDSS Ltd, are pleased to announce they have been awarded the Security Industry Authority (SIA) Approved Contractor Status. Nick Dymond (Managing Director) said “I am absolutely delighted at achieving this prestigious award. I must congratulate all our staff involved in gaining ACS status and thank them for the [...]
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Monday, January 23, 2012 event magazine
A stunning new event space — once the former studio of celebrated painter and socialite Sir John Lavery — has opened to event organisers looking for a unique and special venue in the heart of cultural Kensington. “The Lavery Room is the jewel in the crown of this wonderful, newly-renovated townhouse,” says Penny Aston of [...]
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Monday, January 23, 2012 event magazine
Since the financial and banking crisis started in 2008 most business sectors have seen huge levels of decline. Banks have nearly gone bust, the housing market has collapsed and you can’t even get Pick n Mix at Woolworths anymore. High Taxes, non-existent pay rises and record breaking inflation have meant that the majority of people [...]
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Monday, January 23, 2012 event magazine
The lead up to Christmas 2011 saw mega-band, Coldplay, undertake a twelve-date European arena tour with their album Mylo Xyloto, taking with them a set designed by Misty Buckley and Paul Normandale which featured specialist pieces by UK-based, Brilliant Stages. Chris Martin’s inspiration was of the tour as a ball of energy with a warm [...]
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Monday, January 23, 2012 event magazine
THE team behind Oxfordshire’s best-loved festival of new music, have announced that despite having previously gone into administration, the event has been saved. Brothers Robin and Joe Bennett, who set up and ran the event at Hill farm, in their home village of Steventon, near Abingdon, have this morning announced that the event will go [...]
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