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Job Opportunity: Project Executive – Sledge
You’ll have 2-4 years’ experience within a live events agency or similar project-based environment, and play a vital role in supporting project teams across multiple accounts, ensuring every detail is considered and every opportunity is explored. We’re looking for someone who naturally takes…
Job opportunity: Business Development Manager – Sledge
We are looking for a commercially driven and strategically minded Business Development Manager to lead and grow new business opportunities across our core divisions: live events, film, and healthcare. This is a senior role that goes beyond sales. You will play a key part in shaping the agency’s…
How Pop-Up Event Venues Improve Flexibility for Large-Scale Events
Pop-up venues are changing how large-scale events adjust to evolving requirements and audiences. These flexible solutions enable organizers to deliver major experiences with minimal permanent infrastructure. Rapid deployment, adaptable design, and careful risk management can make pop-up venues a…
Beyond the Gimmick: How INCEPTION Turns Events into Measurable Revenue
Mark Hutchinson, Managing Director of creative agency INCEPTION, joins the Event Industry News Podcast to discuss how his team designs trade show stands, retail activations and product launches with commercial outcomes front of mind. They cover using data and technology – dwell time, heat mapping…
RCP London Events hosts Secret Garden Fest for the fourth year running
RCP London Events hosted the fourth edition of its annual Secret Garden Fest in June, welcoming clients, prospects, agents, suppliers and industry partners to an evening of summer celebration at the Royal College of Physicians (RCP). Held across the venue’s historic Medicinal Garden and adjoining…
Business, buzz and big ideas take centre stage at The Meetings Show
The Meetings Show has opened its doors in spectacular fashion, with thousands of event professionals descending on Excel London for what is proving to be one of the show’s most successful editions yet.. From packed education sessions and bustling exhibitor stands to a powerful line-up of formidable…
Showsec
Showsec is dedicated to helping organisations and venues create safe event environments and give audiences positive experiences. Taking time to understand client’s aspirations alongside our structured internal management, we build on our experiences to constantly improve our product and ensure…
Discover London’s Most Unique Event Spaces Under One Roof This October
Event Industry News is delighted to announce an exciting new partnership with the prestigious Unique Venues of London(UVL) community, bringing together the capital’s most extraordinary event spaces for an exclusive showcase on 6th October at the iconic Somerset House. Set against one of London’s…
Hampton Court Palace presents a festival line-up fit for a king
Like every historic site Hampton Court Palace needs to bring in revenue beyond membership/visitor tickets, and alongside the Food Festival, Concours of Elegance, and the annual ice rink, a 10-date June music festival is the core contributor. Through big line-ups, this year’s featuring David Gray,…
The Kia Oval offers the space, atmosphere and expertise to deliver a Christmas party worth celebrating
Christmas parties should feel like an occasion. They should bring people together, reward teams for a year of hard work and create memories that last well beyond December. That’s exactly why so many businesses choose The Kia Oval. While best known as one of London’s most iconic sporting venues, The…
Reintroducing Glamour to Events: London Hilton on Park Lane Enters a New Era Under General Manager James B. Clarke
London Hilton on Park Lane is entering a new era, shaped by the new appointment of General Manager James B. Clarke and the continued evolution of its conference and banqueting offer following a major refurbishment completed in recent years. As part of a new vision, the hotel is looking to…
Olympia Events secures major multi-year commitments with London Tech Week, Big Data LDN and Decorex
Olympia Events, managed by Legends Global, has secured new multi-year agreements with three of the UK’s most influential business events – London Tech Week, Big Data LDN and Decorex – reinforcing Olympia’s position as a leading destination for world-class events, further enhanced by its recent £1.3…
Why “Forced Fun” is dead and inclusion is the new ROI
By Nathan Angus, CEO, Wildfire Experience Agency For decades, corporate events followed a familiar formula. Book a venue, fill a room, organise a few activities, put a bar in the corner and hope attendees leave feeling more connected than when they arrived. While that approach may have worked in…
ArcTanGent Becomes the UK’s First Safe Listening Festival
ArcTanGent will become the United Kingdom’s first Safe Listening Festival, placing hearing health and audience wellbeing at the heart of the live music experience. Developed in partnership with the University of Manchester, University of Nottingham, and University of Derby, and supported by…
Minister Stephanie Peacock MP to deliver opening address at The Business of Events Policy Forum 2026
The Business of Events has today announced that Stephanie Peacock MP, Minister for Sport, Tourism, Civil Society and Youth, will deliver the opening address at its signature 2026 Policy Forum. The Forum, which takes place at IET London: Savoy Place on 7 July 2026, brings together politicians,…
The Venues Collection launches Trainers’ Plus package at The Meetings Show
The Venues Collection is launching Trainers’ Plus, a new trainer-focused meetings package designed specifically to support training providers, learning and development teams, and organisations delivering professional development programmes across the UK. Officially launching at the Meetings Show,…
Hyve acquires Virtuosi League, the trusted leadership community and ecosystem for the world’s top marketing executives
Hyve, the leading organiser of B2B events, today announces the acquisition of Virtuosi League, a leadership, learning and community platform for C-Suite marketing professionals. The acquisition reflects Hyve’s strategy of investing in market-leading, founder-led businesses that occupy trusted…
Maverick Live Shortlisted for Four Awards at the 2026 Conference & Events Awards
Maverick Live, a full-service creative events agency, has been shortlisted for four prestigious awards at the 2026 Conference & Events Awards, one of the UK’s leading industry honours. The nominations recognise both the agency’s overall excellence as a business and its outstanding delivery of the…
Visit by GES Launches Next Generation Touchpoints to Capture Untapped Interest on Exhibition Floors
Visit by GES, the end-to-end event technology provider, has announced the launch of their new generation of Touchpoints – NFC-enabled devices designed to capture visitor interest at exhibition stands effortlessly. Touchpoints allow visitors to tap their badge and receive digital content. Each…
Take That shows in Coventry generated estimated £6.2 million economic boost
Take That’s Coventry performances generated an estimated £6.2 million economic boost for the city as more than 100,000 fans visited Coventry Building Society Arena. The iconic pop group performed in the stadium bowl across three nights and delivered one of the biggest live music weekends in the…