New name and number for police/events intelligence
Managed by “just a few enthusiastic officers” on a voluntary basis and rebranded the National Events Intelligence and Operations Unit (EIOU), ‘Operation Gothic’ has been in events’ ear, to some extent,...
View ArticleTriple award win for Acorn Event Structures
Image ©Anthony Mooney: Acorn 50m Super Structure Staging and temporary structures specialist, Acorn Event Structures, is celebrating after winning three prestigious industry awards for its innovative...
View ArticleModTruss makes more of the world a stage
The Pleasance Theatre Trust has bought its first venue. Designed by Triple E, the pop-up 80-capacity ‘Project 33’ will launch at the ABTT Theatre Show in June before going on to host eight shows a day...
View ArticleOutdoor gig with Outlook Orchestra to launch Bristol Harbour Festival 2017
To mark Colston Hall’s 150th anniversary, plans have been revealed for a special outdoor performance featuring some of the UK’s best musicians and special guests at the Lloyd’s Amphitheatre on Friday...
View ArticleGL events secures partnership with Lancashire County Cricket Club
GL events has secured an agreement with Lancashire County Cricket Club that will see its existing partnership extended for a further three years. The company supplies stadium seating that increases the...
View ArticleArena Group at Cheltenham Festival 2017
Arena Group once again supplied event infrastructure to the world-famous Cheltenham Festival, which attracted around 250,000 visitors, March 14-17, 2017. The Jockey Club’s world-renowned race meeting...
View ArticleCrossTown Traffic
In festival season it’s cars and buses that cause the trite ‘Traffic chaos’ tabloid headlines, typically on the approach to site. Apart from highlighting the queues and suggesting other means of...
View Articledrp produces 5 day ‘BIG Event’ for Nationwide Building Society
With a lead time of just over two months, drp created a 5-day strategic employee event for Nationwide Building Society, at the end of January, held at the NEC Birmingham. Over 14,000 of Nationwide’s...
View ArticleFive new Event Technology Awards’ categories
Organiser Event Industry News (EIN) has announced five new categories for the fifth edition of the Event Technology Awards (ETA), which opens for entries on Monday 3rd April. Best Social Media,...
View ArticleThe cons, and pros, of Brexit
An EIN podcast before the UK went to the polls over Europe came down firmly in favour of Remain. Ten months on, we caught up with those talking heads, Robin Carlisle, Mobile Promotions’ Managing...
View ArticleBlowing our own trumpet and ready to take on wider global reach
As the leading news website for the events industry, we have refreshed our online offering in response to a growing global audience. Event Industry News (EIN) has upgraded its popular website,...
View ArticleTroxy turns red for the Comic Relief Gala Ball
As East London’s iconic Troxy turned red in aid of Comic Relief, a host of celebrities joined Theo Paphitis for a night of fundraising at the Ryman and Robert Dyas Red Nose Day Gala Ball, on Friday...
View Article1 Wimpole Street secures Event Tech Talks 2017
1 Wimpole Street, conference and meeting venue and home to the Royal Society of Medicine, will host all eight Event Tech Talks 2017, organiser Event Industry News has confirmed. Taking place between...
View ArticleMojo supply Gorillaz new album launch
To mark the launch of their highly anticipated new album ‘Humanz’, Gorillaz performed a secret one-off show at Printworks, London, and Mojo Barriers showed it’s not all about big tours and festivals by...
View ArticleNatural History Museum invite applications for new Accredited Supplier List
The Natural History Museum has invited event suppliers to apply to be added onto the venue’s refreshed accredited supplier list for 2018-2020. With a wealth of renovations underway and new event spaces...
View ArticleBig Weekends’ boost for Butlin’s
The British festival model and the holiday camp have plenty in common, reinvention and rock & roll at the top of the contemporary order. Founded in 1936, Butlin’s set out to provide for ‘ordinary...
View ArticleArena Group acquires Wernick Seating Division
Pictured: Dave Withey, Steve Shaw, Grahame Muir. Arena Group has acquired the seating and mass participation divisions of Wernick Events, with effect from Monday 3rd April, rebranding the business to...
View ArticleEvent Technology Awards – Entries Now Open
The entries are now open for the 2017 Event Technology Awards, and organiser Event Industry News (EIN) has announced five exciting new categories. Best Social Media, Robotics / Artificial Intelligence,...
View ArticleFirst ever Unique & Unusual Venue Report launches
The Unique & Unusual Venue Market is now widely considered by event professionals as a mature and established part of the vibrant UK venue scene and one ‘that must take on more leadership’ within...
View ArticleIndustry applauds Home Office fireworks ban
Live Nation and the Music Venue Trust welcomed the Home Office ban on fireworks, flares and smoke bombs at music events, which came into effect on Monday April 3. Highlighted as a significant...
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