The Barbican has appointed event WiFi provider Max WiFi to enhance its services and network management for event attendees, staff and the public. Max WiFi has upgraded the WiFi across the Barbican Centre, which now delivers greater performance in terms of capacity, speed and signal strength. In particular, the upgrades will support the Barbican’s hybrid […]

As venues plan to open their doors once again to the MICE sector, leading UK Consortium Venues of Excellence (V0E) has become a Strategic Partner of the Institute of Hospitality. Over the past few months, VOE have been integral to position additional membership benefits to with their 47 member venues and their hospitality teams, and […]

The Meetings Industry Association (mia) has launched a tool enabling venues to manage the tracking and tracing of delegates, as part of its ongoing reopening support for the sector. Free to mia members featuring enhanced hygiene and infection prevention controls – the dedicated miaTrustedTrace tool enables venues to manage delegate contact information easily and safely. All venues […]

At Firebird Events our aim is simple… to offer our customers truly memorable events. Well established within the industry since 2000, our core services include; conference and awards production, team building, family fun days and party services. Producing stand-out events requires specialist expertise and above all, a personable, caring and passionate team who can visualise […]

The Meetings Show has unveiled further plans for its 2020 hybrid show, after the UK government confirmed that business events, conferences, exhibitions and events centres are permitted to re-open on 1 October, if adhering to social distancing. The Meetings Show 2020, which has been rescheduled to October due to the ongoing impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, […]

Unique Venues Birmingham have launched a new video demonstrating the pitfalls of hosting virtual meetings and events, and showcasing the benefits of hosting a live streamed event at UVB with professional AV technical support. The new live streaming package from UVB can be added to any of their theatre or event conference bookings to ensure […]

The Venues Collection has today announced that three of its eight venues will be available to rent as flexible office space on an hourly, daily, weekly or monthly basis. This move is in response to the changing shift in working habits and the predicted need for remote workers to meet regularly. The Venues Collection is […]

ABPCO is supporting members and partners facing hardship under the COVID-19 crisis by reducing membership fees by 40%. The reduction will be for the next membership year and it will be offered to all current members and partners. “ABPCO’s finances have gone from strength to strength over the past 6 years under the watchful eyes […]

Learning and development (L&D) has an important role to play in the long-term business recovery plans, but evaluation processes must be reviewed, according to a new report from Warwick Conferences. According to the  survey of 200 directors across finance, HR and L&D by Warwick Conferences, which was undertaken before the impact of Covid-19 was known, investment […]

Unique Venues of Manchester has announced Beccy Gibson as a new director, as the marketing and consultancy organisation prepares to expand its services to other major UK cities. Unique Venues of Manchester (UVM), established in 2013, was set up with a clear vision to offer a collaborative community and a platform to promote high-quality event spaces […]

Events at Club Chelsea today unveiled how catering at conferences and events will look as the industry starts to look beyond lockdown, with the launch of new menus specially designed for socially distant events. Catering at Stamford Bridge has been completely overhauled by our catering partner, Levy UK, in anticipation of reopening for physical events […]

By Russell Allen, MD, Fruitful Team Interactions The legacy of the recent global events are set to be a catalyst for the biggest change in peoples working arrangements in a lifetime, as technology has proved that working from home is no longer a nice to have but a real viable option to the office. So […]

By Gerry Nwimo, Take The Mike That Lovely Day! The facts are these they didn’t want risk! They seemed disquieted, sometimes rather brisk We thought the meeting over, the sale really dead The questions! Oh the questions! Matters not what we said! They asked more queries, plenty queries of our firm! What we’re about, were […]

By Claire Bowley, Managing Director of Dynamic Conferences & Events We are all too familiar with the buzzwords and phrases that have dominated communications in recent months – ‘unprecedented times’, ‘pivot to virtual’, ‘the new normal’ and ‘platform agnostic’. Whilst we are starting to tire from the overuse of such language, the truth is these […]

The CHS Group has committed to ‘going live’ with its first ever CHS Birmingham exhibition, which is set to take place on October 27th at the ICC Birmingham. The new event was launched in the autumn last year, and with many industry events already cancelled or moving to hybrid formats, the group has confirmed that […]

Events technology provider Cvent says it has trained and certified more than 20,000 marketers, event planners, and hospitality professionals (1,600 + in the UK and Europe) through its free training and certification programme. The company is temporarily offering all of its Cvent Certifications and training programmes to anyone in the industry free of charge. Certifications typically […]

Exclusive Online Party! This event aims to boost morale and productivity during challenging months! Your staff connect through mobile devices to be entertained by top comedians! This online party includes popular DJ’s getting everyone moving and grooving outside the workplace! Chat with colleagues and dance to chart hits to early morning! Attendees arrive and leave […]

As IET Venues prepare to safely reopen for socially distanced events once permitted, the central city venues have shared their extensive precautions for the reassurance of event planners. Austin Court in Birmingham and Savoy Place in London offer a series of well ventilated rooms and additional outside space, which has allowed flexibility in redetermining new […]