Plaster in Paris
May Bank Holiday was an energetic one for Team Plaster, with the six intrepid PR pros swapping laptops for lycra. The four day two wheel adventure took them 425.5 km from Bristol to Paris, as part of...
View ArticleAndy Lenthall talks CDM – a year on
A year on from when the new Construction (Design and Management) Regulations (CDM) came in to effect, Event Industry News (EIN) caught up with Andy Lenthall from the Production Services Association to...
View ArticleNCASS 8th Plate initiative hopes to combat food waste at festivals
Event Industry News (EIN) caught up with Mark Laurie from the Nationwide Caterers Association about its new 8th Plate initiative. Speaking to EIN following his session at the Festival Futures...
View Article‘Event Tech Talks’ to spark industry debate at London Technology Week 2016
Event Industry News and AMP Events Ltd, the company behind Event Technology Awards and Event Tech Live has today announced that they will be delivering an event as part of the Event Tech strand of...
View ArticleArena Group supplies 36th Virgin Money London Marathon
Arena Group supplied 59 temporary tower structures and 2,031 temporary tiered covered seats to the world-famous Virgin Money London Marathon, 24th April 2016. Along the 26.2 mile route through the...
View ArticleStar technology in the saddle for Queen’s birthday
The Royal Windsor Horse Show (RWHS) plays host to The Queen’s 90th Birthday Celebration this year which takes place every evening from Thursday 12th to Sunday 15th May. The last night will be...
View ArticleHome Treble for Mojo Barriers
More often servicing a plethora of global events, Mojo Barriers experienced one of the companies’ busiest periods on its own soil, with three consecutive weekends of huge occasions, May 2016. The...
View ArticleCDM Ready: An in-depth discussion of CDM regulations and the implications for...
In case you missed the AIF Festival Futures session on CDM, here’s a video of the seminar. Hosted by Andy Lenthall (GM Production Services Association) and Adrian Tinsen (HM Inspector of Health and...
View ArticleFitting way to celebrate Astonishing triumph
A CELEBRATION party every bit as astonishing as Leicester City’s Premier League title triumph saw an estimated 240,000 people hail the champions . . . and Showsec played a key role in ensuring it was...
View ArticleGES announced as headline sponsor for AMP Events’ Event Technology portfolio
AMP Events Ltd, organiser of Event Tech Live, the Event Technology Awards and the, recently launched, Event Tech Talks has today announced that the headline sponsor for their event technology...
View ArticleNCASS wins Primary Authority Award for commitment to reducing inspections at...
Kings Norton-based Nationwide Caterers Association (NCASS) has been named as the winner of the Business category in the Regulatory Delivery’s Primary Authority Awards. The awards are designed to...
View ArticleEvent Technology Awards Judge’s Spotlight – David Adler, BizBash
With entries flowing in for the 2016 Event Technology Awards, Event Industry News launches a weekly spotlight focusing on the 20 judges tasked with identifying this year’s winners. Kicking us off is...
View ArticleGlastonbury Festival fined for 2014 sewage leak
A leak in a £100,000 slurry tank at Glastonbury Festival 2014, which polluted a section of the Whitelake River, has cost the organisers a further £12,000 in fines and £19,000 in costs after they...
View ArticleBrexit gains momentum at Meetings Industry Association’s EU debate
On Monday night the Meetings Industry Association’s (mia) high profile debate revealed growing support to leave the EU with a swing of just over 15%. Chaired by Conference News editor Paul Colston,...
View ArticleUK Gov Independent secondary ticketing review published
According to www.gov.uk the government has published an independent report into the consumer protection measures concerning online secondary ticketing facilities. Professor Michael Waterson, economics...
View ArticleSports Show postponed
NEC Live Productions’ Sports Show, due to launch next month, has been postponed until 2017. The Show’s sponsors, key suppliers and NGB’s (National Governing Bodies) have been fully supportive of the...
View ArticleEuro 2016 fan zones in security spotlight
Little more than six months after terrorist attacks in Paris left 130 people dead, France is bracing itself to welcome 2.5m ticketholders and millions of others ahead of Euro 2016, which kicks off on...
View ArticleArena Group Drive forwards at BMW PGA Championships 2016
Building on its successful, longstanding relationship with the PGA, Arena Group was again entrusted to match the headline sponsors’ prestigious reputation with a high quality finish of the event...
View ArticleEvent Technology Awards Judge’s Spotlight – Jim Curry, Exhibitor Smarts
Describe your career to date and how it has led you to the job your currently hold. Answer: I started out in strategic media buying and planning for the likes of Unilever and Diageo before heading...
View ArticleSymphotech at X Music Festival
Symphotech was entrusted to oversee noise monitoring at X Music Festival, which took place at Cardiff’s Bute Park, 3rd– 4th June 2016. X Music Festival is Wales’ largest music festival and runs for...
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