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World Scout Jamboree

SPRING

AWAKENING

Emap talk new moves

ELECTRIC

SHOCK

EcoVelocity unveiled

Inside: Showman’s Show, staging, UltraSound Music Festival, 2012, WorldSkills and more

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Features 11 Spring awakening –Emap Connect has announced extensive plans for Spring Fair International 2012 and beyond 19 Jam and swede – Over 4,000 young people and adult volunteers from UK Scouts travelled to Sweden for the 22nd World Scout Jamboree. It was a task co-ordinated

by Mike Parkes, UK contingent leader

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27 Testing the waters – Simon Williams, head of 2012 operations at Weymouth Borough Council talks of the recent London Prepares test event

Design and Production Grant Waters – grant@cimltd.co.uk James Taylor – james@cimltd.co.uk Tel: 01795 509108 Credit Facilities Manager Vickie Crawford – vickie@cimltd.co.uk Tel: 01795 509103 Chief Executive John Denning – jdenning@cimltd.co.uk

33 Electric shock – The first ever EcoVelocity took place at Battersea Power Station. Stand Out met Giles Brown, event director, and talked reality not fantasy

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37 Fresh moves – The Showman’s Show takes place at Newbury Showground from October 19-20

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56 Crowded house? – Is the festival market too crowded? Claire EasonBassett, director of Event Cornwall, examines the question

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am sat writing this editor’s note thinking where on earth has the sun gone. It’s blowing a gale, it’s raining and I am praying for some sunny weather this weekend, as I am on the road covering numerous events. On Saturday, I am heading to EcoVelocity and BBC’s Proms in the Park at Hyde Park, and on Sunday I am visiting Alex James presents Harvest. When you delve deeper into this October issue, you’ll be able to read about those very events, and of the elements that make them what they are.

Thankfully, I carry wellies, steel toecap boots, a high visibility vest and a raincoat in the boot of my trusty diesel – whilst the exhibitors at EcoVelocity would shudder over my choice of wheels, Mike Parkes, Dorset Scouts county commissioner, would be proud of my preparedness. Turn to page 19 this month and you will find an interview with Parkes, the man in charge of organising over 4,000 UK Scouts and volunteers and taking them to Sweden for the 22nd World Scout Jamboree. To say it was a mind-blowing logistical undertaking is an understatement, but it took almost three years of preparation and the dedication of a team of passionate people.

The events industry is full of passion. Yet, events professionals are still urged to push the creative boundaries. In his column (page 30), Simon Hughes, vice chair, Eventia, is calling upon the market to think outside the box in order to stay one step ahead of the game. It’s the first of what will be a long line of opinions from Eventia board members, as we are proud to announce that we are the association’s new industry partner. And we have also joined forces with the UK Event Awards. It’s been a busy few months for the Stand Out team, which has been working hard to bring about a range of partnerships that strengthen the already strong bonds and relationships we have with industry.

Well, that’s about it from me… I’m off to run round the block to keep warm, unless one of my colleagues feels like making me a brew… NEIL! Happy reading,

Wine fest seeks to be cash-less An event that focuses on making wine accessible to the average person is to launch into the market from June 7-10, Kings Meadow, Reading. The Big Wine Festival is the brainchild of founder Olivia Ocana, and will be delivered by 20-20 Events. The event’s bars, villages and World of Wine area will be designed by Enigma, and Cimex, Wrist Marketing, Global Auto ID, Toshiba, Unitech and Showplans are working alongside each

other to deliver an on-site cash-less festival environment and ticketing solution.

Ocana is working with Reading Borough Council to ensure smooth running, and Olly Smith, wine expert, has been appointed as an event ambassador.

According to its organiser, The Big Wine Festival will attract 120,000 people, will be the biggest consumer event in 2012 next to the Olympics and will be aimed at a family audience as well as wine lovers.

Vodafone ignites F1 fans in Manchester

Vodafone VIP brought a taste of Formula 1 to the heart of Manchester city centre, as F1 driver Jenson Button and the Vodafone McLaren Mercedes team staged a celebration of the sport. Vodafone customers and up to three of their friends were given access to the Vodafone VIP Fan Zone in Albert Square comprising a Go Kart track, a pit stop challenge, a sit in Vodafone McLaren Mercedes car, an F1 simulator and an exhibition of race

suits and helmets. Ignite transformed the city centre to host Vodafone VIP Live and entertained over 60,000 F1 fans. Button drove his Vodafone McLaren Mercedes F1 car through the streets of Manchester and ended the day with an on-stage, public Q&A appearance.

The event forms part of Vodafone’s remit to take the sport to a wider audience and reward as many of their customers as possible.

Plans to cut red tape Ministers have announced proposals to scrap parts of the Licensing Act 2003 requiring people to apply and sometimes pay for licences for many events where there is little or no risk of trouble.

The consultation paper – Regulated Entertainment – will see no rules relaxed for gatherings of 5,000 but it is hoped that new laws could help live music and community events to flourish.

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In the news

Comedy fest for Cheltenham Wychwood Festival director, Graeme Merifield has teamed up with Mark Makin, founder of Makin Projects, to launch the Cheltenham Comedy Festival.

Cheltenham Borough Council and Parabola Arts Centre are supporting the event, which runs from November 15-19.

Ed Bryne, Sarah Millican and Arthur Smith are all confirmed to appear.

UK Event Awards details announced UK Event Awards has announced its finalists and named Stand Out magazine as an industry partner. The Stand Out team will be supporting the event, which takes place on November 30 at Wembley Stadium.

This news comes as Carnyx, organisers of the UK Event Awards, announce the finalists, which have been put forward for one of 25 awards.

Companies that have made the final list of nominations include O2, Gallowglass and Chillisauce.

The Pope’s visit to the UK last year has been nominated within the best large event category and the London Pet Show has been short-listed for best marketing strategy.

The category for best student event, which allows up coming talent within the industry to get involved in the awards has three finalists: University of Central Lancashire, Leeds Metropolitan University and Tricker PR for Aberdeen Asset Management Boat Race 2010 have all been short-listed.

Creative festivals are the Cycle Show ones that sell out, claim AIF to build

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The festival market is not all doom and gloom, claim the Association of Independent Festivals (AIF) despite discouraging reports regarding music events. According to the AIF, a number of members have sold out, some for the first time and others at record speed.

Secret Garden Party, Camp Bestival, Green Man and Bestival have all sold out this year joining Kendal Calling and End of the Road and Creamfields, which saw LarMac Live handle all technical production. Womad also had a 30 per cent increase in sales.

Ben Turner, co–founder, AIF states: “In what is clearly a troublesome year for the UK in general, it is incredible that so many independent festivals have sold out or had record years for ticket sales. I think it shows that people are finding warmth and inspiration from the more creative end of the festival sector. The love being put in by our promoters is being sent back by consumers voting with their feet.”

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Adds Sofia Hagberg, director, End of the Road Festival: “Sales-wise, this has been a vintage year for us. The festival capacity has grown slightly, and we still sold out in record time, around two months earlier than last year. It’s always hard to say why, but we think there are two main factors. The increase in capacity basically allowed us to book an even better line-up than ever before. Secondly, every year we’ve noticed that sell-out happens sooner. We’re still one of the younger festivals on the circuit and our growing reputation and word of mouth means that new people are still finding out about us each year.” l End of the Road festival has launched No Direction Home, a new event for 2012 to be held from June 8-10.

The three-day festival will take place at Welbeck, on the edge of Sherwood Forest with the campsite taking in views of Welbeck Abbey. Food, comedy, film and children’s entertainment will feature.

Upper Street Events, organiser of the Cycle Show 2011, has joined forces with Birmingham’s NEC to build and jointly fund a one kilometre outdoor mountain bike demo track. A first for the Cycle Show, the Dare 2b mountain bike demo track will offer visitors an opportunity to test out the latest 2012 mountain bike ranges on a permanent track. The show will be open to the public between September 30 and October 2, but the track will remain a permanent fixture. Cycle Show 2011 will also see the introduction of a 600-metre road demo track. The Cycle Show, now in its tenth year, is managed by event director, Andrew Brabazon and takes place at the NEC following a move from Earls Court.

n London 2012 is to be broadcast live in 3D. Olympic Broadcasting Services will produce more than 200 hours of 3D coverage using Panasonic technology

n Big Cat Group has been awarded a six-month contract to assist the NEC in sourcing and delivering events best suited for its exhibition halls n Wembley Arena will play host to The X Factor live final this December n Karl Morgan has been appointed event manager of Diversified’s new show – Natural Products Scandinavia n Definitive Events has named David Coley as business development director n Kudos has signed a two-year food and venue management contract, worth an estimated £3.8 million, with the Honourable Artillery Company n Walk the Plank created and produced the opening ceremony for the Commonwealth Youth Games on the Isle of Man

06 Tender process Tenders and contract wins

Looking for new business opportunities? Take a look at this selection of tenders up for grabs, and new contracts that have been awarded

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n event management company is being sought by Tewkesbury Council to organise and run the town’s annual food and drink festival. The event, which takes place in May and attracts up to 12,000 visitors, comprises a food hall with 80 local producers and chef demonstrations. The contract will begin on November 1 and run until June 30, 2016.

The deadline is 12pm on September 30.

Contact Katie Power: foodfestivaltender@ tewkesbury.gov.uk ● Allium Opus has been appointed project manager of the London 2012 Outdoor Arts Festival. It’s therefore seeking artists and street performers that specialise in music, dance, circus, carnival, puppetry, poetry and live art that are available for a sevenweek touring period. Approximately 10-20 projects will be chosen to tour.

Expressions of interest are being sought by 12pm on September 30, 2011. ● The City of Edinburgh Council is seeking a Christmas event producer to design, co-ordinate and deliver the city’s programme of activities from November 22, 2012, until January 6, 2013. The successful applicant will deliver all aspects of site management and manage all contractor relationships, and be responsible for an estimated budget of £800,000. The deadline for this post is 3pm on October 10. Email claudine.persaud@edinburgh.gov.uk ● Scottish Development International is looking for an exhibition contractor to design, construct and dismantle a Scottish Pavilion at ESE 2012 held in Brussels, Belgium from April 24-26, 2012. The pavilion, measuring 660 square metres, plays host to a seafood bar and working kitchen, hospitality

lounge, information point, Internet area and company stands. The deadline for this tender is 5pm on September 27, with a view to a contract being awarded in December. For more details, email valerie.shaw@scotent.co.uk ● The House of Lords and House of Commons is inviting temporary structure companies to tender for the provision of tents, modular and portable buildings, including infrastructure, toilets and event services. The nineyear contract, worth up to £300,000, requires the supply of infrastructure, manpower and services necessary to erect and de-rig facilities including marquees, public toilet facilities, external lighting, ground protection, barriers and signage for events on a pre-planned and un-programmed ad-hoc basis with as

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little as four-hours notice. The deadline for requests to participate is midday on September 25. For more details, email transactions@parliament.uk

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● Glasgows has been selected to produce the 2011 Turner Prize ceremony at the BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art in Gateshead. Glasgows will supply technical and AV support to the BALTIC centre for the ceremony, which takes place on December 5 and will be broadcast live on Channel 4. ● The Events Venue at Bluewater, opening in late 2011, has awarded a long-term service contract to Melville Exhibitions and Events. It will provide the electrical mains and mechanical services, including gas, water and drainage at the events space.

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08 Do monopolies rule?

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At the recent ESSA G50, Kevin Dendy, managing director, Grand Slam Events, stated that companies with a monopoly on services have the worst customer service. Stand Out put this statement to the wider events community and asked whether this was true or false? Do businesses that monopolise the marketplace offer the worst customer service? Here’s what industry had to say…

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n my experience of designing and building exhibition stands for almost 30 years I would say that generally, but not always, the worst service does tend to come from organiserappointed “tied” contractors. I am always dismayed when I have had issues with specific “tied” contractors, which have not been dealt with either prior to, during or after an event.

The organisers that appointed them generally are not interested in trying to assist in sorting any issues as “it is nothing to do with them, they are a different company”. I know, technically, any contract I may have for services is with the tied contractor but as organisers they appointed them, so they should in my opinion take some of the responsibility for a poor or lack of service – or at least pretend that they care about it.

market power forcing contractors to work for less and less margin, which then cuts the service personnel of the contractor on-site, giving the exhibitor a poor experience to go alongside the costs they face. I have some experience of (a), where the weighted nature of domestic associations towards big industry players is probably in part responsible for that – I’ve yet to meet an exhibitors association to balance these. But I hear all the time about (b) too, although I hear it from the contractors almost always at the larger industry defining shows as an excuse for poor service. There is no doubt poor service exists, but my experience is that it is generally more prevalent at large shows where contractors tend to be understaffed, and overcommitted. Thus, perhaps the responsibility does (though not always) sit with the market power of the organiser in general terms at the price setting stage.

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Paul Swift, owner, Worth Events

It is an obvious point to make, because the guiding principle of a monopolist will be to achieve supernormal profits by becoming a price setter not a taker. The lower their costs the higher these supernormal profits will be with minimal effect on demand.

In the exhibition industry, is there really a monopolist? Only the powerful organiser, and the “official” electrical/shell etc providers perhaps, though the latter should go through a competitive process to be appointed, so arguably not. Though the exhibitor wouldn’t agree. The most contentious issues as I see them are (a) large contractors with market power able to lobby for more regulation, which can be used to charge higher prices collectively, and (b) organisers with large shows and

In my experience indeed they do.

We have to work extremely hard to win clients and to keep them, in the knowledge that there is a queue of contractors waiting to take up any slack we afford them. If you simply know they have no choice then that whole ethos changes entirely.

Adam House, marketing director, Limelight

True. I would agree with that statement in general (there are always exceptions to the rule), but when organisers or venues restrict the competitive element of main services at a show the quality of service is normally poor (or worse) and typically the organisers don’t want to take any responsibility for the official suppliers.

The worst for this is electrical services in the UK. Generally speaking an electrical company is appointed as the official and then charges huge rates per power point and will not allow (or overprice) exhibitors to simply book a mains supply and use their own appointed electrician (regardless of qualification). The end result is normally a long wait on-site for service and power, poor quality product and a very expensive bill. Allow exhibitors to choose who they wish to work with and increase competition.

Gareth Jex, production director, 2LK Design

I believe this statement to be true because I believe they get lazy as they think they don’t have to try to get the business anymore. They also believe they can treat customers how they would like, as the customer has no option but to work with them. I think this strategy must backfire in the end as the customer will get fed up and bad feedback travels fast. You should always treat the customer as if this is their first time ordering with you.

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Spring and Autumn Fair International

Spring awakening

Emap Connect has announced extensive plans for Spring Fair International 2012 and beyond. Stand Out met with the event’s director, Roz McGuinness, and Emap Connect’s head of marketing, Matt Bidwell, at Autumn Fair International and discussed future moves

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here is nothing worse than being in the right hall with the wrong product and the wrong hall with the right product – you need to be in the right hall with the right product, explains Michael Sweeney, joint managing director of Natural Products and Worldwide Co. Sweeney’s statement comes as Emap Connect, organisers of both Spring Fair International and Autumn Fair International, announce a raft of measures for Spring Fair International 2012 and beyond. A new hall layout, major investment and increased marketing spend, improved visitor contact and a team of bus buddies will impact on future events and add to the visitor experience.

In 2011, Spring Fair witnessed the first tranche of changes. A covered walkway connected halls nine and five of the NEC, with doors to both halls being removed to facilitate visitor flow between the piazza and the atrium and footfall across the exhibition. But in 2012, a more fully revised layout will follow after buyers indicated that they want clearer zoning and a concentration of similar product in the one area. This layout will improve visitor flow, provide greater crossover

buying opportunities and will incorporate much more seating for visitors, while still allowing for growth.

Emap says it has responded to feedback from buyers concerning their priorities. As a result, extra seating will be conveniently located in every hall alongside free water points at Spring Fair in 2012.

Louise Young, managing director Emap Connect Home and Gift, continues: “We are making this investment because we appreciate that visitors need to take a break from time to time to revive both physically and mentally. We believe this will enhance their buying experience, not only helping them to remain focused, but also encouraging them to stay longer at the show and spend more money with exhibitors.”

Pictured right: Roz McGuinness and Matt Bidwell

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to gift and toy retailers that are looking to diversify, says McGuinness. The show’s footprint is 25 per cent larger as it seeks to make better use of hall space and the Lifestyle zone, which launched at Spring Fair 2011, was so well received that it is now an Autumn Fair staple.

According to Bidwell, the average visitor stays for 1.5 days but the team is looking to grow that number. More exhibitors to see, more in terms of seminar content and more people to meet mean that visitors will stay longer, he explains.

“You have to make sure that a visitor’s time is well spent and that they go away with information that will guide their business,” he adds.

Going fishing On display at Autumn Fair are campaign details for the new-look Spring Fair.

Its presence will breed familiarity, says McGuinness, and by the time Spring Fair International opens on February 5, 2012, Emap will have invested over £1.2 million in marketing, show features and an international buyer programme.

From the moment visitors arrive at the NEC buyers will be assisted by over 100 extra “here to help” staff, who have been drafted in specially for the February exhibition. They will be dedicated to “helping buyers shop the show”, according to Bidwell.

A team of “bus buddies” on the car park shuttles, Circle line buses and at bus stops will help visitors get their orientation from the minute they leave the car park, while staff will once again hand out free pastries to early bird arrivals.

Better traffic flow around the show will optimise the crossover buying potential.

Inside the halls, wide, boulevard-style aisles with seating running down the middle

will keep footfall flowing smoothly and give visitors a chance to rest and recharge during the fair.

Bidwell explains: “We see the majority of our growth coming from Europe. Our biggest growth opportunity for Autumn Fair is Spring Fair. There’s a big pool to fish in if we want a larger Autumn Fair audience. An increased Spring Fair audience will come through European growth, direct mail and a hosted buyer programme. We had 300 buyer meetings at Spring Fair 2011 and we’re going to increase that in 2012 and do some preshow matching. It’s something we’d like to do at Autumn Fair 2012 too.

“But at the moment our challenge is to ensure that the moves around Spring Fair are as smooth as possible.”

According to Bidwell and McGuinness, there’s nothing in the market that is comparable to Spring Fair or Autumn Fair. Harrogate Home and Gift does

Pictured: Major changes are afoot at Spring and Autumn Fair International

not have the breadth of product, and they see Ambiente and Maison & Objet as their only competition, and they are European events. Unlike, their European counterparts, entry to Spring Fair and Autumn Fair is free, and Bidwell does not believe in charging for trade shows.

Says Bidwell: “I think it’s a model that everyone works to and while it is an obvious financial move our retailers and visitors wouldn’t thank us for it.”

Concludes McGuinness: “Ultimately, the buyer is the most important person in this process. We have huge ambition to grow in size and in terms of audience, and in order to do that we knew we needed to change. At the moment, it’s about us looking to the future, shaping the future and fitting the right puzzles into the right halls like one big jigsaw puzzle.”

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Future events

Test of skill Just how do you co-ordinate the moves of 1,000 participants and 150,000 visitors? Aidan Jones, chief executive, WorldSkills London 2011, discusses the upcoming skills event and competition that will see so many people descend upon London’s ExCeL from October 5-8 The aim of WorldSkills London 2011 is to…

WorldSkills London 2011 is the greatest skills competition, careers and jobs event on the planet. But our ambition goes well beyond the event itself – there has never been a more important time for our young people to get the help and support they need on their future career and job opportunities – we want WorldSkills London 2011 to be the catalyst for increased awareness and take up of vocational skills and careers in the UK and across the world.

We will do this by offering our planned 150,000 visitors the chance to see 1,000 people from 58 countries/regions compete in 46 skill competitions. Alongside this, they have the opportunity to try their hand and have a go at the skills on offer, see

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displays by 100 showcase colleges, meet employers offering a range of new jobs and future careers, get help and advice and visit the many employers and international countries in the Make it Happen exhibition and Global Skills Village.

After hosting WorldSkills in 2005, vocational education in Finland saw an eight per cent increase and we want WorldSkills London 2011 to have an even bigger impact.

Why is the event only held every two years?

The event is held every two years to allow enough time for members to select and train competitors and for WorldSkills International and the host country/region to prepare to put on such a huge event.

There is also quite a lengthy bid and

Pictured above: WorldSkills London 2012 will see young people compete in beauty therapy, floristry, painting and decorating and mechanics to name a few Pictured right: Aidan Jones

selection process for any country/region to be selected to host the event.

In terms of scope and scale, how big is the event?

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Future events WorldSkills London 2011 will be the largest event ever held at ExCeL. The scale of the event is enormous; it will be taking over the entire 90,000 square metres of exhibition space and it’s the equivalent of 10 Wembley Stadium pitches. At WorldSkills Calgary 2009: The event used 43 kilometres of computer cable – more than enough to stretch the route of the London Marathon.

Competitors consumed: 4,000 pieces of chicken, 2,000 litres – or 3,500 pints – of milk and 600 loaves of bread. Manpower utilised included 83 workshop supervisors and workshop supervisor assistants, working 12 hour days for 21 days, all adding up to 20,916 worker hours – the equivalent of 872 days.

The event requires serious logistical planning… how is this being dealt with and what challenges do you face?

Some 250,000 items will be provided for the 46 skill competitions. Individual items range from CNC turning machines, to hairdryers and even massive Heidelberg printers. Twenty-one London hotels will house competitors and judges throughout the duration of the competition and up to 5,000 lunches will be served per day. With any event on this scale there are inevitably challenges, but we have a good portfolio of world class sponsors such as Honda, Cisco, Snap On and Samsung, which have a wealth of experience in their respective fields, complemented with a strong event team made up of people who have experience at the Commonwealth Games, The Olympic Games and other major UK and international events.

Who is your target audience and how do you promote the event to them?

Our core target group is 14-19 year-olds.

However, the event is relevant to everyone: Young people, parents, teacher, carers, influencers, industry and even adults looking for a career change. With our core target audience being 14-19 year-olds we focused on school and college groups and have over 1,700 groups registered to attend.

The most effective channel for this group has been telesales and direct marketing. For Saturday visitor

recruitment, we are targeting those within two hours of the venue.

How is the event funded?

WorldSkills London 2011 is funded jointly by the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills and industry partners. We are a not-for-profit organisation. The European Social Fund is providing technical assistance funds to support a programme of activity to assist young people from disadvantaged areas to attend the event, support the volunteer and exhibitor programme and fund event “wrap around” activities. The competition would not be possible without our more than 150 sponsors, which have not only provided sponsorship money but also goods in kind, with the donation of equipment and machinery.

In terms of numbers, how many visitors/ delegates are you hoping to attract?

We aim to attract 150,000 visitors and delegates. Currently we have over 111,000 visitors registered to attend – our visitors will come from across the UK as well as over 58 countries and regions. Visitors can register online for complimentary tickets.

What suppliers are you using and how have you chosen them?

A variety of very experienced suppliers are working alongside our sponsors. These include Melville, Blitz, Aztec and Logicalis plus a wide range of logistical support managed through CEVA Showfreight.

With less than one month to go, what lessons have you learned? And how are the plans going?

As part of our event preparations we have made a deliberate attempt to learn from the immense history and good practice from many other skills competitions and events held across Europe and the rest of the member countries and regions that are members of WorldSkills International.

This insight included a study tour plus a specific visit from the City of Calgary, which hosted the competition in 2009.

We are on the home stretch and in the “finishing touches” phase before we go live and into full event mode. Our entire event team, our sponsors and suppliers are working flat out to bring the many event

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aspects together. We’re on track and our marketing campaign over the next few weeks will continue to build excitement and awareness across the capital and regional areas.

This is the largest event to take place at ExCeL before London 2012… is WorldSkills being used as a test event?

Being an international event with 150,000 visitors and delegates from across the globe, there are many parallels to London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

An example of working in collaboration is through the assembly of a pontoon bridge, the same structure to be used during the Olympics to aid access to ExCeL. This is an essential component to WorldSkills London 2011 to support the management of transport and visitors to and from the venue.

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Jam and swede Over 4,000 young people and adult volunteers from UK Scouts travelled to Sweden for the 22nd World Scout Jamboree. It was a task co-ordinated by Mike Parkes, UK contingent leader and Dorset Scouts county commissioner, and here’s how

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eeping over 4,000 young people and adult volunteers motivated is no mean feat. But for the last three years, Mike Parkes, Dorset Scouts county commissioner has had that very task laid at his feet. In November 2008, Parkes was appointed UK contingent leader. He applied for the volunteer role just like any other job application and was appointed the heady mission of taking 3,300 young people and 1,100 adults to Sweden for the 22nd World Scout Jamboree.

Never before had Parkes undertaken such a brief, and whilst he had the briefing documents of UK contingent leaders past, this was the largest number of UK Scouts

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ever to travel to a scouting event outside of the UK. “I’m now an expert in spreadsheets and budgets,” Parkes laughs, as he recalls his recent Scandinavian adventure.

A £7 million budget and the responsibility of getting 4,400 people on aircraft led to an extensive logistical operation of epic proportions.

Parkes reveals: “The World Scout Jamboree lasts for 12 days but we were keen to have a three-day pre-event that allows everyone to meet and get to know each other. This year, the pre-event took place in Copenhagen, and so we flew everyone out there over two days.”

Parkes and his team, comprising Byron Chatburn (logistics), Clive Leader (deputy UK contingent leader), Christine

Pictured above: Mikes Parkes, centre, and some of the UK Scouts

Haddock (support) and Colin Simpson (events) looked at ferries and hiring cruise ships. Whilst feasible, cost was prohibitive and flying to Copenhagen from regional airports across the UK then meant only a

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globe got to know one another The UK campsite with distinct blue tents printed with the Scout logo

two-hour coach trip to Rinkaby, Southern Sweden, where they’d find another 30,000 scouts and all the supplies you’d need for an epic Scout adventure.

The UK Scouts contingency was made up of 86 units, each containing 36 young people aged 14-18 and four adults, and who had travelled from England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales and the Channel Islands.

UK Scouts also has branches abroad in the Caribbean, Gibraltar and South Pacific, who joined the contingency and three patrols each containing 10 people from Armenia, Sierra Leone and Papua New Guinea were also funded.

Each person attending the jamboree declared to raise £2,000 to fund the trip, which comprised a three-day pre-event in Copenhagen, the 12-day jamboree and a five-day home hospitality stay in one of 18 European countries. It meant that UK Scouts could learn about the food and culture of their European Scout hosts and carry on the theme of the World Scout Jamboree – meetings, solidarity and nature.

Be prepared In total, a 40-foot shipping container and three artics carried the necessary kit for a long stay from home – everything from tents and cooking equipment to matches, hand gel and a 40-foot x 40-foot inflatable structure. The structure was used as the UK Scouts big pavilion, which played host to special events, video screenings and scheduled activities, showcasing what UK Scouts do.

Each unit was also allowed their own box to pack with specific items that would make their stay on-site easier. The boxes were shipped to Rinkaby and collected upon arrival.

“I had a rough idea of what to expect,” continues Parkes, “I’d visited jamborees in Chile in 1998 and in Thailand in 2003.

When I saw this role advertised I thought I must be a glutton for punishment but I threw my hat in the ring, got the job and started planning things with a big blank piece of paper.”

And Parkes vowed to visit the 89 units that were travelling to Sweden.

“It seemed such a good idea when I stood up and said I would like to visit every single unit before we departed. It has been great to be able to sit down with the young people and give them a ‘walk through’ of the event and to answer their many questions.”

But, it also was a long and tiring process.

Parkes listened to the fundraising efforts of each unit and liaised with over 700 adult volunteers who had not only paid to attend the jamboree but who had also pledged their time to the international service team (IST). The IST serviced the site, doing everything from cleaning toilets, emptying bins and doing a shift in the scout shop, and the UK contingent joined more than 6,000 other IST crew to ensure the smooth running of the camp.

“We held a number of events to give volunteers information and to set some expectations. The events also meant that volunteers and IST’s could meet the wider team. Being a volunteer can be lonely because once you sign up to become a volunteer you don’t know what job you’ll be given until you turn up at the jamboree site. You could be doing a job on your own or working with a group of people. You just don’t know but when you volunteer at a jamboree there’s a will to go to the event anyway because you want to be a part of it.”

Almost 40,000 scouts enjoyed the 12-day event, which saw Bear Grylls, UK chief scout, abseil onto the stage at the jamboree’s opening ceremony.

Local Swedish and Scandinavian bands entertained the audience, and Europe performed Final Countdown at the jamboree’s closing ceremony. The 23rd World Scout Jamboree will take place in Japan in 2015.

But will Parkes be organising the UK contingency? That depends on whether he wants his social life back.

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he UK’s biggest logistical challenge is currently in full swing. In less than a year’s time, the world will descend upon the capital, bringing with it a raft of kit, equipment, home from home essentials and, not quite, the kitchen sink.

For freight specialists and logistics experts the following months are crucial – poor planning has no place.

Mick Wright is the man in charge of logistics for London 2012 – he has the job of ensuring the efficient movement of all materials required for the largest event in the world: Everything from customs and warehousing to in-venue logistics and ensuring the correct disposal of goods afterwards.

He is working with the Games official logistics sponsor – UPS – ensuring the

movements of 30 million items. UPS’ operational team recently handled the 250,000th Olympic item following the completion of first-round testing.

UPS successfully managed the logistics for two test events at the BMX track and basketball arena, both situated at the Olympic Park, which concluded an intense schedule of eight London Prepares events over 15 days.

The events, organised as the first cluster of LOCOG’s London Prepares series, enabled UPS to test and observe the most crucial logistical processes that will operate at every stage of competition during the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games – from initial venue delivery and installation, to transition between different sports and events through to final venue breakdown.

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equestrian to pentathlon competitions within a 48-hour timeframe, moving more than 5,000 pieces of sports equipment and almost 1,000 pieces of technical equipment through a single access point.

“Testing logistics at live events such as these has been invaluable, because it’s the first time during our preparations for the London 2012 Games that we’ve been able to operate in an environment alongside athletes and organisers. They need the freedom to focus exclusively on the competition, without worrying about where their equipment is,” said Alan Williams, director, London 2012 sponsorship and operations. “It has been an intense period for the team, but also a rewarding one as we’ve seen first-hand the value of our rigorous planning. We now are looking forward to tackling the next cluster of London 2012 test events and the logistical challenges they pose.”

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Keeping things moving Great logistics have a genuine requirement for collaboration and teamwork – a welloiled cog is needed, and just one small chink can impact on the process.

CEVA Logistics helped to keep thirst at bay for fundraising walkers participating in the London Moonwalk in May, ensuring they stayed hydrated through the mammoth marathon event. The event saw walkers striding out from Hyde Park to raise much needed cash for breast cancer care. This year’s theme was walk on the wild side, and saw 15,000 power walking women, and some very courageous men, sporting colourfully decorated bras and walking 26, or 13, miles across London overnight. CEVA organised the distribution of bottled water and fruit at the refreshment stations along the entire Central London route.

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manager, CEVA Logistics: “We have managed the distribution of refreshments at this event for the past six years. It involves distributing 40,000 bottles of water and 100 boxes of fruit to the strategically placed refreshment stations along the route. We also collect the tables, empty bottles and unused fruit afterwards, returning it to Hyde Park.”

CEVA also manages the kitbag operation for the London Marathon, which involves the safe keeping and reuniting of 35,000 bags with the runners.

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Are these having an impact on how an organiser plans their movements?

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“Even the sandwich delivery man charges you more these days,” Stone laughs. “People go away and think they’ll find the price cheaper but in the end they come back.”

Stone explains that the company operates its own fleet. Currently, as Stand Out writes, it is delivering six artics of kits to Maison & Objet, 13 trucks of equipment to IBC in Amsterdam and 14 artics of supplies to Kind und Jugend in Cologne.

Previously, 12 trucks of kit had been driven to Aberdeen for Offshore Europe.

“We don’t sub-contract,” adds Stone.

“All of our work is driver accompanied.

Obviously, it’s cheaper to move stuff around unaccompanied but then you run the risk of it not getting there on time.”

24-7 Exhibitions is currently operating at capacity – the summer months are quiet but now work is picking up. According to Stone, trade has improved significantly in the last two years, and he says that the quality of client is better with not as much as bad debt.

Adds Derek Hale, managing director, Production Freight: “In the good old days, the kit available locally wasn’t up to much.

As a result, equipment was sent all over the world. Over the last 10 years that’s changed. Hire companies have set up and have good kit; organisers are now able to get what they want, and as a freight company there’s not so much [work] about.

“The cost of shipping has impinged on business too. Six to eight years ago, we found that fuel surcharges were tagged on to freight surcharges. Shipping companies and airlines kept the freight surcharges the same but increased the fuel surcharges and now they are just having a laugh.

“Unfortunately, fuel surcharges have to be passed on.”

Hale explains that shipping to China is relatively cheap because the country needs the empty containers for export. Between the US and the UK, there’s an equal amount of import and export traffic and so costs for shipping equipment in and out are in proportion.

Currently, Production Freight is forwarding kit for the Pan American Games in Guadalajara, the Pan Arab Games in Doha and IBC in Amsterdam.

At present, the country is talking to overseas partners regarding plans for 2012, and is currently from the US handling 100 containers with equipment for the Olympic Stadium.

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London 2012

Testing the waters Simon Williams, head of 2012 operations, Weymouth Borough Council talks of the recent London Prepares test event

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he London 2012 Sailing test event – the Weymouth and Portland International Regatta 2011 – ran from July 31 until August 13. It was an operation run by LOCOG from the Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy and the adjacent Portland Marina in Dorset.

The regatta is just one of 42 test events scheduled by LOCOG to run as part of the London Prepares series that now run through to May 2012.

Over 380 sailors from more than 60 nations around the world took part in the test event – a similar figure to those

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that will hug the South Coast’s shoreline during the London 2012 Olympic Sailing competition next year.

While primarily designed to test the systems, processes and equipment that will be used for the Olympic and Paralympic Games, the event also formed part of the Games qualification series for many competing athletes and nations.

At the time, Paul Deighton, LOCOG CEO, described the event as a “road test” of all operational plans in the water to ensure smooth sailing.

But it was the planning and preparation of Simon Williams and his team at Weymouth Borough Council that played a truly instrumental role. The test event provided the athletes with an opportunity

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to sail on the same waters at the same time of year to discover as much as possible about what they may be presented with in Weymouth Bay. Williams was appointed head of 2012 operations for Weymouth and Portland Borough Council in February this year, having previously worked as head of planning and economic development and as general manager for regeneration and sustainability. He is tasked with leading a team that will manage an anticipated 60,000 visitors per day during Games time.

Testing times LOCOG ran part of the Weymouth and Portland International Regatta in

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Newton’s Cove, despite the fact that the proposed Games-time ticketed spectator experience at Nothe Gardens was not tested: Planning permission for installation of temporary overlay for a ticketed experience had only been granted four days prior to the event commencing. Now, industry awaits the imminent news of who will event manage and run the site.

During the regatta, no big screen or live commentary was relayed to the Nothe Gardens area either.

While primarily designed to test the systems, processes and equipment that will be used for the Olympic and Paralympic Games next year, the regatta was also an important event for competing athletes.

On the water, a fleet of race management and safety boats were operational, manned by specialist volunteer and technical officials that ran as many as 170 races over the 12-day event period across the five-race courses that make up the sailing field of play.

Tetra radios and call groups, the Swiss Timing GPS tracking system and the GPS data that drives TV graphics were also thoroughly tested in a real life environment, and full results and timing tests were also undertaken.

Staffing procedures were tested with a team of 500 people helping to stage the event. The team comprises 37 LOCOG staff, 63 international technical officials, 128 national technical officials, 106 sailing specialist test event volunteers and 126 generalist test event volunteers, all working as one team for the first time.

A third of all the test event volunteers came from Weymouth and Portland and the surrounding Dorset area, undertaking roles such as field of play marshals and timing and scoring team members.

Road test Rob Andrews, sailing competition manager, London 2012, managed all technical aspects of the sailing and regatta, and liaised with the council to ensure as thorough testing as possible.

Williams explains: “During August, we carried out a number of testing exercises, particularly during the Weymouth Carnival. The event attracts 50,000 people, a similar number to what we expect to see on an Olympic Day, and so we were able to monitor crowd movements more rigorously, park and ride systems and the look and feel and dressing of the borough.

“Some of the dressing is still up as we want to see how it’s weathering. The positioning of the look and feel elements was also looked at.

“Ambassador volunteers looked at advertising and street trading, as we need to be aware of potential unauthorised goings on. We introduced additional toilet cleaning and this worked well. Extra waste collections meant that we could confirm the timings when extra waste collections are needed.

“We learned lessons around personal protective equipment. The park and ride spaces were virtually full. During Gamestime we will have five park and ride

Pictured: Simon Williams, head of 2012 operations, Weymouth Borough Council

sites operational, and an Olympic route network and relief road was tested and worked extremely well.”

Williams concludes: “Now it’s a case of taking forward the technical and operational lessons learned and fine tuning them. We are currently in the process of a debrief, but we have other events coming up so there may be more opportunities to do more testing.”

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Do you have a creative core? Simon Hughes, vice chair of Eventia, and director of live events, COI, urges industry to get creative

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ne of the single biggest drivers of economic growth in these turbulent times is to be found in the creative industries. In 2008 the creative industry made up 7.3 per cent of the British economy 12:17:55 PM and was growing twice as fast as other sectors. A government report from the DCMS identified the need for new talent to be ready for a new economy, an economy based on developing creative solutions and products and bringing them to the market.

But what’s this got to do with us in the world of live events?

Well, when you spend time with people that work in our industry, you pretty quickly get a sense of the passion and commitment that they bring to their work. Whether it’s a venue, an exhibition organiser, an agency or a corporate planner – they all share a common bond of dedication to their work and eager to learn more in order to improve what they do.

I would argue that these very qualities are the hallmarks of creative behaviour and that everyone working in the live events world (in all it’s many manifestations) should remember that turning new ideas into reality is one way of defining creativity. How often do we hear people in our industry talk about pushing the boundaries or coming up with new ways of doing things more cost effectively and efficiently? We all do it all of the time – and if we’re not we should be.

From festivals to concerts, conferences to team building events, exhibitions to experiential and brand activation, we work in an industry that should position itself at the very core of the creative industries sector.

The DNA of what we do – generating fresh solutions for our clients, creating new products and services that incorporate the latest technologies, making connections and things happen – this is part of the intellectual capital that gives us all our competitive edge and distinctly creative character.

Just look at that old powerhouse of creativity – the record industry. Did they see radical changes coming at them and then embrace them with new and novel solutions?

So, lesson learnt – even when times are tough don’t forget, get creative and you’ll stay ahead.

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EcoVelocity

Electric shock The first ever EcoVelocity took place at Battersea Power Station. Stand Out met Giles Brown, event director, and talked reality not fantasy

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nce a billowing coal-fired, electrical power station, Battersea Power Station was an industrious beacon of the 1930s. In its day, it was a cutting edge symbol of design, yet others considered it an eyesore. Today, it stands as an icon of British architecture – its two chimneys a landmark and its walls a backdrop for many a film and television production.

This weekend, however, it’s playing host to EcoVelocity – the UK’s first ecofriendly, low carbon car show from IMIE, the team that brought you the British Motor Show. On display are the UK’s first electric hearse, the iRacer – an electric race car – and the Sinclair C5, which was

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once ridiculed when first unveiled in 1985.

Now, it seems that its manufacturers were ahead of their time, as a raft of car giants with low carbon vehicles have lent their support to the four-day motor event.

Explains Giles Brown, the show’s event director: “This show has been a long time coming. We’ve had a quiet period and industry is tired of twiddling its thumbs.

This whole event took off in January when the market decided to do something on a collective basis; something that cuts costs and drives efficiency.

“I pitched EcoVelocity to people last year. There was interest but not enough to push it over the line. It’s not like a Christmas gift event where you have lots of potential exhibitors. We have a pool of 25 manufacturers, and that’s it.

But the tipping point came in February.

Pictured top: Boris Johnson and Giles Brown pose for a photo as the show opens

Consumers were being spanked by the Government in the way of taxes.”

Brown says that the iconic venue has played into the organiser’s hands. It’s unusual and the vast space gives visitors the opportunity to test drive low carbon cars in a private environment. In Central London.

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Pictured: Prestige Toilets, Location Medical Services and Sunbaba provided their services to EcoVelocity.

Sunbaba produced two miles of screen-printed branding to line the temporary circuit

A 750-metre test track has been created to allow potential buyers to put vehicles through their paces, and within that track sit 18 manufacturers and a range of other exhibitors.

Segways, teenage driving experiences, racing games and general eco motoring advice are on offer.

Brown continues: “There’s been considerable industry and consumer interest, especially for a real car show and not a fantasy show. People can decide whether they want to test drive a Citroen or a Mitsubishi. They are not taking pictures of a Ferrari. This event has broader appeal.

“It’s not for petrol heads, and there’s no need for another event for petrol heads.

This event appeals to those who wouldn’t normally go to a car show – a family audience. There’s not a random craft stall or fairground in sight. It’s a real day out.”

Fully charged EcoVelocity is 50 per cent owned by Metro, so not surprisingly it is a significant

media partner. Edf Energy is also playing an instrumental role – main sponsor. So too is What Car? which is producing a car-nival parade complete with dancers and stiltwalkers as well as lending support in the form of media partnership. A multi-million pound advertising campaign including the use of cover wraps, banner advertisements and joint promotions has been utilised, and the Daily Mail, ES and Smooth FM have all provided a marketing channel for the eco-brand. Old British Motor Show assets have been valuable too.

Electric avenue According to Brown, the event provides a practical opportunity to buy where people can compare and contrast a variety of brands that are not available in abundance on forecourts. He believes that some people will visit the event purely to come and have a closer look at the power station. And unlike most exhibitions, EcoVelocity provides a level playing field. The organisers stipulated to all car manufacturers a capped stand

size of 300 square metres so that no one manufacturer has to stand in the shadows of its competitors.

A variety of temporary structures, inflatable buildings, domes and trailers are displaying eco wares and car brands – some exhibiting more successfully than others – but all stand on the periphery so that visitors can flow freely. A footbridge allows visitors to cross safely over the test track and into the main show, and once inside there’s a central demonstration area for children’s car activities, which is proving extremely popular with the family audience.

Tickets are priced at £10 with a family ticket costing £25. Brown is hoping to attract 30,000 visitors and has a significant reach to market.

“I don’t want the show to be so busy that it’s too busy on-site and not too busy that people can’t get a test drive. The thing with launch shows though is that it’s like sticking a finger in the air. This event is not a one-size fits all show. I think it will grow in 2012 and we can look at rolling it out across the UK regionally next year. Firstly, we’re looking at dates for next year and considering the Paralympic Games.”

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Showman’s Show preview

Fresh moves

The Showman’s Show takes place at Newbury Showground from October 19-20. Stand Out met Jeremy and Johnny Lance, Lance Publications and show organisers, and talked new moves and renewed energy

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ohnny Lance has developed a healthy interest in the family business. For the last few years, the youngest of the Lance fold has wandered Newbury Showground, stewarding the site, playing a part in The Showman’s Show.

“Being a family business, I’ve always had a vested interest in what’s going on, and I’ve been impressed with what’s been achieved,” he tells Stand Out, offering a plate of chocolate Hob Nobs.

Yet now Johnny has left his career in advertising and TV and has joined Lance Publications full-time. It means that he now sits at the helm with elder brother Jeremy Lance and will be a new face in the show office during the event.

The pair sit in their Shaftsbury office, drinking tea and talking candidly of their working relationship. Johnny joined the company six months ago and Jeremy

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still hasn’t made him a cup of tea and when asked what famous brothers they’d compare themselves to The Addams Family and Chuckle Brothers are offered up with sniggers.

But seriously, what does Johnny bring to the equation? Will we see a new Showman’s Show?

“Johnny brings a new energy,” comments Jeremy. “He’s concentrating on communications, the web side of the business and also databases. I do the site plan. No one touches that. Dad’s worked so hard to build the show and the name that we just have to nurture it.”

Jeremy explains that the show is up on sales compared to last year and so we can expect a Showman’s Show full of exhibitors and new ideas. But by no means are the Lance team complacent.

Johnny adds: “This year, I am finding my feet. But at the end of the day we’re

Pictured above: Johnny (left) and Jeremy (right) Lance

all fighting for the same cause. Jeremy is learning to manage more, and we’re working together. There’s no sibling rivalry; we’re just working as a team.”

Outstanding seminars For the fourth year running, Stand Out will host the Outstanding Seminars; this year

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in partnership with Baconinflate. Sessions will take place on Wednesday, October 19 between 10.30am and 3pm. The first session will be presented by Kambe Events’ Jon Walsh, who will take to the floor, looking at the waste management plans and policies of Shambala Festival, which Kambe organises. Walsh will be joined by his colleague Chris Johnson and the pair will address your questions on best practice, sustainability and recycling.

This year’s talks will comprise engaging debate, lively conversation and thought provoking opinion. Headed by Stand Out editor Caroline Clift, the sessions will provide visitors to the Showman’s Show with an unrivalled opportunity to hear first hand industry experts give their opinion on business, strategy and best practice.

But the Outstanding Seminars can take only 50 people per session. If you would like to save a seat at either talk, email caroline@cimltd.co.uk

What’s new to see?

As always the exhibitor list promises visitors some of the best products and services on the market today. There are a number of new exhibitors that include: Planet Gold Decor, Batmink, and Media Structures. Ascot will once again be supplying the exhibitor hall and Planet Gold will be dressing the reception. Power Electrics, Eve, ID&C Ltd, Daytona Stage Hire, Miltec, Event Medicine Company and Baytex Manufacturing will be exhibiting and there are a number of product launches to look at.

Tygit will be showcasing a new ticketing system. Similarly, APT Skidata is to launch a temporary automated turnstile unit. Smiths Waste Management is launching an event recycling scheme and Total Displays will reveal a new X-Gloo

event tent. A new four-man show will be demonstrated by Team Extreme and Master Climate Solutions will raise the temperature also with the launch of a heater. Organisers looking for branded parasols for corporate events should check out Pop Up Banners and its new offer.

Likewise, Batmink will showcase a new range of LED illuminated furniture, as seen recently at Glastonbury, and Grumpy Joes has a new wireless, colour-changing LED dancefloor on display. The British Red Cross will showcase new Landrover first aid cycles, and two years since C6(n) made an appearance at the Showman’s Show with its idea for raised modular structures made from carbon-fibre, it’s now back with the final working prototype, this time trialled and tested.

Colour Mobile VMS has added a new product to its portfolio, Ecolite lighting towers, and will be showcasing them at the show. The eco-friendly lighting systems boast an 80 per cent reduction in CO2, compared to other lighting products.

Top right: The Outstanding Seminars return for the fourth year Middle: Total Displays’ X-Gloo Bottom right: C6(n) return to the show with a working prototype of its raised modular structure

Alistage will be exhibiting a new two-metre pedestrian gate, an addition to its pit barrier range. This will feature alongside its tried and trusted Alidome.

And finally, Ethix Management will also be present. Organisers will be able to meet and greet the team and put questions to an event licensing expert over the course of the show. ● The Showman’s Show will open its doors on October 19 and 20 at Newbury Showground, Berkshire. For more details, call 01747 854099 or register online free at www.showmansshow.co.uk

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Ethnet was founded as a broadband company and has grown to provide a range of products including satellite installation, Internet phones and credit card machine hire. It is known for providing complete network solutions for clients as diverse as Jamie Oliver, China White and Glastonbury Festival and offer onsite technical support as standard. In 2011, Ethnet launched a range of services on Hughes’ KA band satellite. Its environmentally friendly and economical approach positions it as a market leader in its field.

MCS will demonstrate MCS-rm, the affordable, fully configurable and easy to use hire software application at The Showman’s Show.

MCS-rm improves asset utilisation, stores all business information and helps manage event schedules efficiently.

MCS has a strong track record in delivering its hire management solutions to the events market. Gordon Audio Visual, Portable Toilets and Wernick Hire have all used MCS software to help them manage their expanding hire businesses.

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Funfair rides are now one of the most popular forms of entertainment for corporate and private events with such a wide variety of rides to suit all types of occasions both indoors and outdoors. Premier Rides specialise in providing top quality rides at competitive prices without compromising health and safety.

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New and exclusive to Total Displays is the X-Gloo Inflatable event tent that will be showcased at the forthcoming Showman’s Show. The X-Gloo is quite simply the fastest and most convenient outdoor or indoor event structure available today. Available in three standard sizes from 4m x 4m up to 6m x 6m, the X-Gloo can be transported and installed by one person within 10 minutes. The X-Gloo is fully printable and is the perfect communication tool for exhibitions, outdoor events and extreme events.

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This is a prime example of how a production company can work with a stakeholder to create a new experience, and is demonstrative of the creative capabilities within industry.

Naturally, the new concepts will require a stage, and refreshingly, the market is

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now to benefit from three new systems.

LS-Live, Stageco and Baconinfate with Alistage have launched staging concepts and solutions into the arena, all with a key target in mind, creating options for small, medium and large-scale events alike.

Stage one Liz Hobbs Group approached LS-Live, which has recently merged with Acorn Event Solutions, to fulfill the staging contract for a major outdoor performance

by Westlife at Doncaster Keepmoat Stadium. Liz Hobbs Group had worked with LS-Live on a number of events at the start of the summer, such as Ross County FC’s first ever concert with JLS and Olly Murs, and another one-off Westlife gig

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at Hamilton Park Racecourse, where LSLive’s new Space Roof system had been put to the test.

“The client had already chosen to use our Space Roof system at various events over the summer and been very impressed,” commented Andy Nutter,

operations director, LS-Live. “It had also seen us deliver a great stage production utilising the Space Roof at Wembley for Capital FM’s Summertime Ball, so came directly to us to deliver it once again for the Westlife gig. Since then we have also worked with them to deliver a successful

Pictured above: Baconinflate provided an ExpoStage to BBC Radio 5 live

stage production at Newbury Racecourse for Tom Jones.”

LS-Live supplied the Space Roof system in its smallest configuration,16metres wide and 14-metres deep with two cowsheds and a loading ramp. The stadium is not designed for large vehicle access and has only narrow access points, so the system was ideal for these conditions.

Every component of the stage, from the Layher Event Deck staging to the heavy-duty aluminium Space Roof frame, is entirely modular, so it breaks down into units that are easily packed and transported. LS-Live was able to bring in the structure on small forklifts around the edge of the stadium, using the purpose built ramp towards the latter stages of the build and erecting the large structure without using any cranes.

With Nutter project managing, a crew of eight took just two days to build in excess of 20 tonnes worth of staging structures, with a one-day load out.

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due to the limitations of the access points.”

The introduction of the Space Roof earlier this year saw LS-Live enter the large outdoor staging market, expanding on its range of stages with their biggest yet. This stage is the result of years of structural engineering expertise brought together by the combined intelligence of LS-Live and Acorn Event Solutions.

Together it has developed what it believes to be the ultimate outdoor stage; and states that it takes fewer days to assemble, requires fewer trucks and less manpower than all similar sized stages in the marketplace and yet maintains high load bearing capacity – maximum 50 tonnes in its largest format and withstands high windspeeds (max 82.5mph), complying to

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Commenting on the recent stage collapses witnessed by the industry, Nutter suggests that there’s a misconception by even some of the industry’s biggest players that aluminium-based structures are not as strong as steel.

“We have been engineering aluminium staging products for over 30 decades so understand it better than anyone. If aluminium is engineered properly and integrated into a stage system using the upmost design intelligence, there is no reason why it can’t safely withstand heavy-duty stage rigs. The Space Roof has more than adequate ballast in the form of both water and concrete. In the event of strong winds, our Space Roof is fitted with an anemometer and we provide event organisers with clear instruction of when the side sheeting should be lowered, which takes just minutes on our design, and when to attach front guide wires to the stage as additional support.”

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The solution has arisen from its experience of designing and building extra large steel for U2’s immense world tour.

Stageco director, Dirk De Decker says that the XL Towers will allow it to meet market demand for large systems whilst meeting logistical measures.

The XL Towers have been designed for optimum transportation with a 2.2 square metre truss size fitting perfectly into sea containers. Its engineering strength means that Stageco can extend modular stage height and extend roof-span to now offer a potential span of 50 metres.

You raise me up Baconinflate has launched the ExpoStage, a new system based on its ExpoTunnel product. It’s a system that is ideal for small bands and performers and has recently been used by the BBC, BBC Radio 5 live, BBC’s Live ‘n’ Deadly and Carphone Warehouse. ExpoStage measures 4.5m x 4.8m, can be branded, has an inflatable canopy and a base supplied by Alistage.

Baconinflate and Alistage are working in collaboration, and the new system can withstand 35-40 mile an hour winds.

ExpoStage has been designed to facilitate an industry demand for a small, covered outdoor stage with minimal set-up. Integrating an adjustable stage floor system and ballast connection, the ExpoStage can be installed on both hardstanding and grass field sites, and if used in conjunction with other Baconinflate products helps create a mini festival village. Gary Bennett, managing director,

Baconinflate, is working with Colin Wright, managing director, Alistage, which is also responsible for installing a tiered platform at BBC Proms in the Park, Hyde Park, on behalf of Spice Lumb, which was responsible for the set design.

Flying high After having recently completed work on Truvia’s rooftop Voyage of Discovery project with Bompas and Parr at Selfridges, Richard Howey-Nunn, director, Steeldeck, says that the company is now working with Topshop at Waterloo Station, providing catwalks and tiered seating for its London Fashion Week show.

The Steeldeck team is filling in the tracks between platforms, creating a level playing field, using the space between platforms as a catwalk with a press area at the end.

It also recently provided seating tiers in the Turbine Hall at Tate Modern for the Michael Clark Company, and installed a platform at the recent production of Romeo and Juliet at The O2.

Expanding horizons In May, Star Events Group bought the assets of SRC and Stages UK Ltd, which now means that the company offers a range of 12 mobile stages. Sizes now available are from 8m x 6m up to the 15m x 12m SAM stage. Included in the acquisition were cable ramps and front of stage barrier all of which can travel inside the stages along with motors and risers offering a saving in transport costs.

Now, Star Events Group has announced a new phase in its development plan, which gives it a base in the Middle East for the first time. Working with Dubai-based Quickfix Scaffolding Solutions (QFS) as the local partner; the new venture will see its grandstand system available throughout the Middle East.

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Festival food

Food for thought

At a festival, what’s more important – the food or the music? Or is the desire for top quality in both a modern festivalgoers right? Ian Irving, founder, The Tailor of Shoreditch, ponders the question

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his summer I’ve had the pleasure of attending many of the season’s festivals with a number of brand clients. The events were large and small, music and culture, automobile and food focused… and anyone who knows me will know that good food has been high on my agenda.

My findings have been good and bad, but one thing is clear: Gone are the days of festival goers being satisfied with an anaemic hot dog, or bullet-hard burger – served by a grubby man with a moody stare.

This year, more than ever, food has risen to centre stage. At some of this year’s hottest events you are more than likely to be offered fine quality food from a reputable high street restaurant chain or even a Michelin-starred chef.

Being a “foodie” is a popular pastime now and many people and events have jumped on the food bandwagon. There’s the likes of Alex James with his Harvest and, of course, there is Jamie Oliver and his Big Feastival.

But it’s not just the food festivals that are serving up the quality goods – the larger music festivals are getting in on the action too. Take, for example, the arrival of Wagamama. These guys have not just dipped their toe into the festival circuit – they have made an enormous impact with an initiative called the Wagamama lounge.

I witnessed the frenzy of this food, music and art experience at this year’s Parklife in Manchester, where the experience seemed to be a huge success with masses of people queuing for the noodles that were cooked fresh in front of your eyes by the actual staff from the restaurants. The clever thing was that the food was freshly prepped and cooked yet cost effective and the experience was interactive – it was served to a backdrop of music with DJs and further interaction with a digital graffiti wall. They successfully created

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an engaging experience combined with a practical, functional restaurant that delivered food to the exact standard of the restaurants. Anyway, the punters were going crazy for it.

But Wagamama wasn’t the only high street restaurant to take its offering to festivals this summer. Pizza Express was there too, but they simply had a lonely van. Yes, I’m sure the food was a good standard, but it lacked the level of imagination and interaction I believe is necessary to ensure that its attendance was not just part of a “me too” strategy. In my opinion it wasn’t showcasing the Pizza Express brand to true effect.

But although we are seeing some great brands offering some great food – I have to say that it’s not the norm. If food isn’t the key focus of the festival, the vast majority of food on sale is still the same old pies and burgers and hot plates full of MSG-laced gloop, sold by the same old moody guy I mentioned earlier.

Positive health and well-being is high on the consumer agenda these days, so I hope that more and more quality food brands get involved and push out the traditional catering suppliers.

Good food is an integral part of the whole festival experience – it actually enhances the enjoyment of the event and even adds value to the ticket price. It’s not

Pictured top left: Ian Irving Pictured right: Uber noodles for festivalgoers

just about beer and bands anymore. We all know that experience is everything. I’d like to see more food-related activation and supply at festivals, and I’d like to see more festival organisers embracing this and working to bring a change to eating habits at their events – after all, good food experiences add far more value to an event than some inane “me too” brand experience promoting a deodorant or a chewing gum.

It’s time for change and I tip my hat to those who embrace the change and those who are making it happen.

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UltraSound Music Festival

Ultra moves Tamworth Castle’s Pleasure Grounds played host to the first UltraSound Music Festival. Stand Out met with its founder, Adam Bridge

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group of hormonal teenagers are hovering behind a fence, straining to catch a glimpse of The Wanted.

Every single blacked-out Mercedes that approaches the production gate gets a scream, even the one that’s just collected the crisps and sweets for backstage.

Tinie Tempah’s rider consists of Natural Confectionery Jelly Snakes and Yorkshire Tea, Adam Bridge, chief executive officer of UltraSound Productions, tells Stand Out. He is UltraSound Music Festival’s brainchild and founder, and we are sat in a production office, a small cabin backstage, constantly interrupted by cleaners and artist management.

It’s the first time that Bridge has sat down in days, and he fears of seizing up.

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Grounds. So we take the opportunity to talk about the two-day event that has launched itself into the festival marketplace.

In 2009 and 2010, the castle grounds played host to the Midlands Music Festival that featured Olly Murs, JLS and Westlife.

Organised for two years by charity Just 1 Life, the event aimed to raise funds for hospital equipment much needed by premature babies. At the time, Bridge was an event consultant and worked with the charity. He takes up the story: “For the last two years, the Midlands Music Festival has taken place here. It was run by the charity but they decided that they weren’t going to do an event this year. I formed UltraSound Productions in October 2010, and this is our first major event.

“I worked as an event consultant for the charity and so I knew the basis of what was here before, but it needed a new design and a new layout.”

Pictured top: The Saturday’s perform Pictured above: Adam Bridge is interviewed during the build for local TV

Bridge has brought in the expertise of 24/7 Productions for the event, and the last three months have been hectic.

Despite six months of planning, Bridge has called upon the production knowledge of John Pryer, owner of 24/7 Productions, as he too worked on the Midlands Music Festival.

The festival’s footprint has increased to utilise more of the castle grounds: Tamworth Borough Council has granted a license for 20,000 people each day and

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tickets are priced at £34 for a day or £60 for the weekend. And whilst the crowd is predominantly teenage girls and boys, Bridge is keen for the event to be seen as a family-friendly festival.

“I think the event is very well priced and that’s because I understand where the market is at. It’s very much a familyfriendly event. Madness are headlining and I’ve always wanted them to play.

Having them play achieves a balance for the mums and dads. It’s a case of getting nothing too young and nothing too old, and if you get something for the parents alongside someone the kids will badger to watch then you’re onto a winner.”

One eye on the future UltraSound Music Festival has been driven

by Bridge and Damien Sanders, who is in charge of communications, marketing and artist booking. The pair draw upon freelance organisers and production staff for extra resource. Speedy Hire, Energyst Cat, Search, Paul Holmes Catering and Eve are all present on-site, and Bridge is already learning lessons with an eye to the future.

“We gave ourselves nine weeks to sell tickets and so I already know that we need to give ourselves longer next time,”

explains Bridge, who was previously regional operations director at GCap, now Global Radio. I ask Bridge how many tickets he’d like to sell, as gate sales continue to grow.

“I know it’s a silly answer but as many as possible,” he laughs before offering a serious response. “If we hit 10,000 I’ll be pleased. We have a five-year business plan and private investors, and anyone who thinks that they can open a business and stroll it is a fool. Naturally, we’ve been able to piggy back last year’s event and inherited some of the data but most people see UltraSound as a new event.

“We’ve been selling tickets through Asda, Marks and Spencer, HMV, Sainsbury’s and the local shopping centre.

Everyone has been really supportive.

Tamworth wants the event. The council want the event, as it puts the area on the map.”

Bridge is in talks with the council about how camping could be introduced in 2012, and this year has already seen improvements in the shape of a new VIP area backstage, which has been moved from front of house.

Heart FM and Capital are the event’s media partners. Owned by Global Radio, the two stations are collecting content that

Pictured above: Fans go mad

will run on air and online. Cadbury’s Spots v Stripes experiential campaign is also taking up a large footprint at the back of the festival site and a new Wii dance game is being trialled in the VIP area.

And, so what of next year?

“When we consider next year, we are naturally going to be very conscious of timing. This first weekend in September slot is at the end of the school holidays and you have to ask whether mums and dads have got the cash after shelling out on school uniforms.

“This summer has been a tough one even for established shows. Next year, we have the Olympics and Paralympics so we do need to look at timings. There’s also no Glastonbury so there’s a gap in the early part of the season. June now becomes an attractive time of the year because you’re not going to be overshadowed, and so it’s something we have to look at.”

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An organiser’s view

Is the festival market too crowded? Claire Eason-Bassett, director of Event Cornwall, examines the question

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arge-scale music festivals hit the headlines this summer when a total of 31 events were cancelled or postponed due to poor

ticket sales.

BBC Radio 1 reported that festivals are struggling because there is just too much on offer and I would agree that it’s a hugely crowded marketplace. It often seems like every festival is after the same pound in what is a pressured economic situation for everyone.

So many are targeting the 18-30 age group, and this audience is already being bombarded with marketing messages for products, brands and events, all persuading them to part with their cash.

However, the events that didn’t go ahead this summer represent just four per cent of the whole UK festival market. It is also important to differentiate between the large-scale music festival industry and the often more community-focused, networked festivals such as Edinburgh Fringe, film festivals, food and drink festivals and Bristol Harbour Festival.

Be they larger music events attracting several thousand attendees, or a smaller co-ordinated community festival, what’s

most important for organisers is that they constantly review their target market, what they are offering and how to improve their event year on year.

Financing your event is, of course, a major issue, with sponsorship budgets slashed and public sector partners reluctant to invest in the current climate.

As event organisers, we need to develop a varied and broad portfolio of income sources, not just ticket income, that give us a stable cash flow.

But it’s not just the sponsors that are looking for value for money, it’s the audience members as well – whether tickets cost £10 or £70.

Whatever their relationship with the event, people are paying for the experience so in order to generate the finances necessary to run the festival, we as event organisers need to understand our audience and partners’ needs, wants and desires and be creative in how we meet and exceed them. The experience that people have with you is what provides that value for money.

I personally know of a several students this year who have been re-selling their festival tickets on eBay, because sometimes £70 is more valuable to them as cash than a festival experience.

Pictured right: Claire EasonBassett

The key to successful festivals, whether large-scale music events or a co-ordinated community one, is encouraging repeat business. Event organisers must constantly review their offering and target audience, and every year offer something special to keep the punters coming. Why should someone buy a ticket for your event rather than another festival somewhere else?

I firmly believe in building sustainability into an event strategy. This isn’t just about making sure you offer recycling bins, but about considering the wider impact of a festival – socially and environmentally – and scaling this up as your event grows.

It’s all about building a relationship with those people who are connected to you – sponsors, ticket purchasers, suppliers, funders, staff, volunteers – in order to grow the event(s) so they have a future and a legacy.

I don’t believe in one hit wonders but I do believe in taking manageable risk and saying “no” when it’s in the best interests of the people involved.

Even though we are all under pressure in terms of competition, finances, weather and a myriad of other things, we must not let this context prevent us from being ambitious and taking risks in order to make amazing events happen and create life-changing experiences.

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A venue’s view

Something for the weekend?

Venue owners need to open their minds, and not just their doors. So says Robin Parker, general manager, Church House Conference Centre

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one are the days when running a conference centre in the centre of London was a five day a week job – if in fact it ever was! As we all turn our hands to replacing the revenue hole left by the fall off in our traditional daytime business, the focus has turned to the evenings and weekends.

For many venues this has proved hugely successful with corporate dinners, drinks receptions, and of course at weekends, weddings all bringing in valuable revenue. But what is the effect of this on the venue? Although the additional revenue is important, have we all become busy fools working up to seven days to produce the results we used to be able to achieve in five?

“But we are in the events industry”, I hear you all cry. An industry where you can’t be successful unless you can live on two hours sleep a night, have a succession of broken relationships and a heavy reliance on all things bad for you. But does it have to be this way? Answers on a postcard please.

I believe the answer is no – it doesn’t. However, it may have taken a while for the penny to drop. With better scheduling and smarter use of freelance staff, seven really can go into five.

In the past venues with the words conference centre in their title have been precisely that and the need to look for business outside “conference hours” was not only unnecessary but even undesirable in some cases. This was not always the fault of the venue, as often the clients’ perception was that they must do what they “say on the tin”. However the truth is that with very little effort most can be turned into excellent venues capable of hosting a wide range of events.

If you ran a shop you wouldn’t open it for half a day and expect to stay in business. And the same applies to venues. As a rough rule, events run from either 9am – 5pm or from 7pm – 11pm so give each equal standing and don’t apply ridiculous surcharges for evenings or put on unnecessary restrictions. If we want to operate a venue instead of a conference centre or be in the events industry and not just the conference industry, we need to open our minds and not just our doors!

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hen it comes to recycling waste at events the UK is behind Ireland. In Ireland, organisers must recycle the waste generated on-site. It’s law. So says Pat Ryan, managing director, Ryan’s Cleaning.

“The old philosophy of let’s hump it and dump it has gone to the wayside,” he tells Stand Out. “The UK is a bit behind the Irish set up. We’re being proactive rather than reactive.”

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Pick and mix CLA Game Fair appointed Smiths Waste Management as its event waste management partner for the event at Blenheim Palace in July. Event recycling is a growth area for the company, yet it provided a fully managed service to the fair, allowing it to increase the percentage of recycled products through a number of waste streams. Earlier in the year, it worked with the Kelmarsh Country Fair and achieved over a 60 per cent recycling rate. All traders were issued with clear bags for their recyclable waste. Similarly M J Church offers organisers the option

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Figures show that while some of the sector has achieved as much as a 50 per cent recycling rate in events, many are averaging at just 15 per cent, but the sector is demonstrating a motivation to adopt more sustainable practices as many are now adopting the British Standard.

The tool has been subject to a number of stringent user acceptance trials by key industry partners, including LOCOG, but also by a number of other event organisers which include Live Nation, Manchester City Council and Coca Cola GB whose experiences of working with the tool are available to download: www.wrap.org.uk/ sustainableevents.

David Stubbs, head of sustainability, LOCOG, believes that factoring in aspects of sustainability is a real challenge for event organisers, particularly where there is a large supply chain involved.

Farnborough International Airshow (FIA) is one such event, and a large

supply chain is one way of describing an operation that requires an extensive build and breakdown.

Jonathan Smith, head of operational development at FIA, says that in 2008 the show produced 2,000 tonnes of waste.

In 2010, this figure was reduced by 500 tonnes. Next year, the FIA team is looking to reduce wastage even further with a view to being a non-landfill event in 2014.

For the 2012 event, branded bins will be in place for unwanted papers, newsletters and literature. Smith is currently liaising with all exhibitors – “creators of the problem” – to reduce the amount of paper. He is also talking to sponsors regarding the use of bio-degradable carrier bags and Melville is supplying 100 per cent recyclable carpet. With regards to toilets, the operations team is looking at toilets that use less water and water-less urinals too.

This is a popular option, adds Robert Limbrick, sales and marketing manager, Andyloos, which recently supplied toilets to BBC Proms in the Park, London. Its Poly-Vac system uses less water than conventional toilets and is a popular option amongst organisers. This year, 25 per cent

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Smith continues: “We have a two-year cycle so we can look at measures and there’s time to implement them. At the moment, we have a top five priority list – the bulk of waste comes from contractors during the build and break down.”

That is Smith’s key focus, but food waste is also on his list of problems to tackle. He is talking to Compass about food packaging, as he recognises that there is a significant problem with food waste on public days of the show. During the trade days, food is cooked to order and so the waste coming out of the chalets is not that bad, he adds. Half eaten burgers and sandwiches that contaminate waste bins are though and so it needs to be tackled.

Smith concludes: “There’s no reason why we can’t eliminate landfill. Next year, by the time the show opens, we will be BS 8901 certified. We can’t deal with what’s flying about in the sky but we can control the exhibition halls, and so when we come to tender for 2014 and 2016 contractors should not be surprised if the standard is on the list.”

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he Formula 1 Grand Prix in Belgium took place in Francorchamps from August 26-28. Organiser Spa-Grand Prix expected to sell at least

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by Belgian company RFIDea, now part of the Zetes Group. Along with detecting and rejecting fake tickets, the solution offered

Pictured: Mobile RFID readers allowed staff to keep track of zones and numbers

Spa-Grand Prix greater security and efficiency – vital elements when managing numbers at busy sporting events.

All admission tickets had a built-in RFID chip. Admission officers, equipped with mobile RFID readers and spread out throughout the circuit, received the data stored in the ticket chips, which helped them to manage access to the different zones – 20 in total.

Explains David Dalla Vecchia, CEO, RFIDea: “There were different zones organised according to the different sections of the race track – gold, silver, bronze, VIP areas etc. What is significant to note is that using RFID the organisers were able to split the different areas of the race track, each of which has different access rights, and manage everything automatically using the RFID tags because the system controlled where visitors could go within the stadium.”

Traffic control Because the chip in the tickets can be read much more quickly than a barcode at the checkpoints, waiting lines were minimised. By storing the entry and exit point information in the RFID chip itself, the counterfeiting and wrongful exchange of tickets can also be nearly eliminated through the use of this technology.

“A total of 80 RFID readers were used to control access,” continues Dalla Vecchia. “Via a central server, Spa-Grand Prix was able to continuously control the traffic to and within the different circuit zones. Along with the additional safety and efficiency advantages, the organisation could then analyse and report on the status of attendance at all times.”

Driving force In 2010, Spa-Grand Prix utilised a fully manual system.

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Zetes has been working with Spa-Grand Prix for some years on other projects and has acted as an external consultant over what systems could improve their visitor management, as a result it was appointed to implement the RFID project. Zetes staff trained the ground staff how to use the RFID reader, a process that took just 30 minutes. The mobile RFID readers were distributed across the racetrack and stadium. And all ticket information was written to each mobile reader, meaning each reader acts standalone with no requirement for a central system to control the technology.

Dalla Vecchia concludes: “RFID, it’s not the only solution for access management but it is popular because of the added value brought such as anti-counterfeiting, anti-pass back and the ability to re-write to visitor information captured because of the memory chip.

“However, if a venue doesn’t need this added value, they could use a barcodebased printed solution where the visitor prints it themselves at home. However, these options give no protection against counterfeiting and have no memory associated with it.”

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checks were visually done and tickets would be marked off as people came into the stadium. It wanted to use RFID because it is re-writable and they could ensure that two people could not enter with the same tickets, which was open to abuse. This is achieved using RFID because every time a ticket enters an area, the chip records that it has been used, which ensures that one ticket could not be passed around to their

friends waiting outside for instance.

In addition to this, RFID ensures that fluidity at the entrance gates is better and also, prevents counterfeiting. Using RFID, tickets cannot be counterfeited easily, compared with using holograms for example, which are expensive. And compared with holograms, RFID has multiple benefits – anti pass-back, anticounterfeiting and faster checking in rates.”

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We supply a range of Espresso and

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Paul Wassell 07932642689 paul@yestents.com www.yestents.com

Anise Catering Ltd, Unit 8, Charlwood Place, Norwood Hill Roaad, Charlwood, Surrey RH6 0EB

Telephone: 01293 862111 Email: info@anisecatering.com www.anisecatering.com

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whatever the event.....

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From the classic to the fully branded Portable Marquees • Party Tents • Shelters All products come with a full guarantee Full aftersales service and spare parts

Flame Grill UK Ltd

We also specialise in cut flower arrangements, from small posies to large pedestals.

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• 24 Hour Catering • Corporate Fun Days • Location Catering For more information about our services call us on

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Specialists in all areas of floral design including containerised planting, both tropical and native, stunning gardens with trees, shrubs, paving, water features, fencing and bandstand.

Call us for ideas and quotations.

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Winners of Corporate and Hospitality Award 2010

Thinking about event hire for your party, public event or promotional activity?

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EXHIBITION FURNITURE & DISPLAY EQUIPMENT

Explosive solutions for all indoor or outdoor events corporate - private - public - festivals - tours UK & Australian offices for worldwide event support

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Signs are highly visible whatever the weather. All have text and graphics capability and superior models can display up to 10 lines of text

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Our signs are clean, safe and silent as they have no engine.

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Original suppliers of display fabrics, textiles, PVC and polycarbonates for retail displays since 1934.

Backgrounds have been our background since backgrounds began and bbrown have more than 400 in stock.

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Our signs have been used successfully at marathons, concerts, festivals, and sporting events.

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Providing portable solutions for your event All available for - Short term hire - Long term hire - Event hire

• 8 years experience of organising ‘bespoke sporting events’ with sporting legends • Playing Football with or against your Football Legend • Batting or Bowling with or against your Cricket Legend • Swinging a Golf club with a Sporting Star • A Sporting Legend dining with you and your clients at your table • We do not use agents, We know the legends personally!!

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168 East Barnet Road, Barnet, Herts, EN4 8RD Tel: +44 020 8441 2714 Mob: +44 7717 798378 Email: info@eclipsesports.co.uk www.eclipsesports.co.uk

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Security cabins & ticket kiosks Portable coldrooms & refridgerated trailers

To get yours call:

0844 854 86 86 F: 01538 384 016 E: info@pwhire.co.uk

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Aurora ID Card Centre Aurora House, Mere Farm Business Complex, Redhouse Lane, Hannington, Northampton, NN6 9SZ T: 01604 780808 E: enquiry@idcardcentre.co.uk W: www.idcardcentre.co.uk

Visions Event Solutions Unit 14, Suttons Business Park, Reading, Berkshire, RG6 1AZ T: 0870 042 2602 E: info@visionsgroup.co.uk W: www.visionsgroup.co.uk

BALLOONS

B-Loony Buck House, Sunnyside Road, Chesham, Buckinghamshire, HP5 2AR T: 01494 774376 E: andy@b-loony.co.uk W: www.b-loony.co.uk

AIR CONDITIONING

Aggreko Event Services Aggreko House, Orbital 2, Voyager Drive, Cannock, Staffordshire, WS11 8XP T: 08458 24 7 365 F: 01543 437 772 E: events@aggreko.co.uk W: www.aggreko.co.uk

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Carrier Rental Systems Wigan Road, Leyland, Lancashire, PR25 5XW T: 01772 643 040 F: 01772 643 041 E: info@carrierrentalsystems. co.uk W: www.carrierrentalsystems. co.uk

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