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Skiddle Customers Raise Thousands for CALM
Skiddle is pleased to announced they have raised over £2,000 in support of C.A.L.M. (Campaign Against Living Miserably), the UK’s leading leading charity focused on reducing suicides in young men. Having supported CALM for a number of years, the recent donation of £2,320 adds to the considerable donations, already made by Skiddle customers, for this very worthy cause. [...]
Scotland’s events and festivals industry formally given a voice
A new trade organisation, the Scottish Festivals and Events Association (SEFA), will formally launch on 16 May, pledging to provide leadership and representation for the organisers, promoters and suppliers involved in the £5.6 billion* events and tourism industry in Scotland. The free launch event at the Royal Scots Club, Edinburgh, will be an opportunity to [...]
Skiddle Revolutionizes How People Pick Festivals
What’s on guide and primary ticket outlet Skiddle.com is pleased to announce the launch of their new Festival Guide featuring the most advanced festivals finder on the internet. Over the last few years Skiddle.com has grown to consistently become one of the busiest festival guides in the UK, having recently overtaken rival guides to become [...]
White Paper: Social Media For Conferences
Eventbrite have been kind enough to provide us with a free white paper on Social Media For Conferences for our readers The White Paper can be downloaded here social_media_for_conferences V3
The New Purple Guide
After a lot of hard work by a worthy bunch, more than a little frustration and meetings galore the updated Purple Guide is now online and ready for comment. Have a look, reguister, make your comments at http://www.thepurpleguide.co.uk/index.php
Infographic: How interactive technologies are improving the overall quality of events and meetings
Here we have a brand new informative infographic on the Event industry about how interactive technologies are improving the overall quality of events and meetings. PowerVote is an innovative interactive meetings solution, launched in 1997 by La Generale Multimedia in France, a pioneer in the development of multimedia tools.
Sŵn Festival awarded £2500 Grass Roots Bursary
ID&C, a provider of security and integrated technology wristbands for festivals and live events has awarded Sŵn Festival (6000 cap) in Cardiff, Wales £2500 worth of free wristbands and security passes as winner of its Grass Roots Festival Bursary. Sŵn (Welsh for sound and pronounced soon) is a multi-venue festival come music showcase, held annually [...]
ISES UK to Host E20 Summit on ‘Exporting British Creativity in Events’
The International Special Event Society (ISES) with the support of Britain for Events will host the E20 Summit next month. The meeting will address the export of British creativity and events around the world. The summit will take place on the 29th May at The Athenaeum in Mayfair and has been called to discuss key [...]
Leeds Council wins £2m costs after arena court battle
BUSINESSWOMAN Jan Fletcher’s company must pay Leeds City Council interim court costs of £2m after a failed attempt to sue the authority over the awarding of development rights to the £60m Leeds Arena. Sitting in the High Court in Leeds yesterday, Mr Justice Supperstone made the award against Ms Fletcher’s property company Montpellier Estates Ltd [...]
Survey shows 49% increase in the use of event apps
A new survey shows there has been a 49% increase in the use of conference and event apps in the UK over the last 3 years with 79% of respondents having used an event app within the last 12 months compared with 53% of respondents who used event apps 3 or more years ago. However 60% of respondents are [...]
Councillor ‘extremely worried’ by Festival’s Alcohol Applications
Angus Council’s licensing board convener has raised concerns that Montrose Music Festival is becoming more focused on beer than music. Alex King said he was “extremely worried” at the number of late-licence requests from venues in Montrose during the weekend of the festival. He has also criticised festival organisers for realising too late that the [...]
A 3-day Event Safety Management course for event organisers
A 3-day course for Event Organisers and Venue Managers; brought to you by Sheffield Business School at Sheffield Hallam University. Our course is accredited by the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH) and delivered by our experts in event safety; it gives you the knowledge and tools to tackle health and safety issues in [...]
Eventbrite Announces $60 Million in Growth Capital Financing
Eventbrite, a self-service ticketing company, recently announced it has raised $60 million in financing, led by Tiger Global Management, and including a new investment partner, T. Rowe Price. After this round, the company’s total funding is $140 million. The additional capital will be used to continue innovating, building and changing the landscape of ticketing. This includes [...]
London Marathon secures five year extension of Virgin Money sponsorship
The London Marathon announced a five-year extension of its sponsorship deal with Virgin Money when Britain’s double Olympic champion Mo Farah unveiled the event’s new logo for 2014 here today just 24 hours after running the first half of the 2013 race. In a partnership dating back to 2010, the banking division of the Virgin [...]
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