BADMINTON HORSE TRIALS APPOINTS FREEMANS AS FOOD AND DRINK PARTNER

Badminton Horse Trials has appointed Freemans Event Partners as its new food and drink partner across its public catering o ering ahead of this year’s event which takes place in May.

The Gloucester-based event specialist is now the major provider of the Badminton Horse Trials public catering including food, ice cream, hot drinks, confectionery and bars.

Freemans Event Partners supports more than 400 of the UK and Europe’s biggest events and venues such as Silverstone, Lord’s Cricket Ground, Twickenham, London Stadium and the BMW PGA Championship.

Jane Tuckwell, Event Director of Badminton Horse Trials, said: “The Freemans Event Partners team has proved that it can create bespoke food and beverage o erings which perfectly fit an event and its audience. This was a crucial factor for us when selecting a partner for the Badminton Horse Trials as we have a very specific demographic.”

To accommodate the coronation of King Charles III, the event has shifted its dates to May 4-8.

There will be a break in the middle of the second day (Saturday, May 6) so everyone can watch the Coronation on big screens in the catering areas.

More than 180,000 people regularly attend Badminton Horse Trials over the five days.

Stephen Freeman, Freemans Event Partners CEO, added: “Not only is it one of the leading events of its kind in the world, with thousands of attendees and the highest level of competition, but it’s right here in our home county of Gloucestershire in the glorious grounds of Badminton Park.”

AccXel joins forces with Gloucestershire Engineering Training to redevelop Cinderford site

Construction school, AccXel, has joined forces with Gloucestershire Engineering Training (GET) to increase career opportunities, in the Forest of Dean.

The training providers are to redevelop an abandoned building located next to AccXel’s existing campus in Cinderford.

The lot has remained vacant since the closure of a nursery school in 2020. AccXel and GET intend to transform the space into a practical skills training area for engineering and construction apprentices.

AccXel Managing Director, Nicola Bird said: “We’re over the moon to be working with GET. We can’t wait to expand our apprenticeship o ering to help more people start careers in both engineering and construction.”

Warren Thomas the CEO of GET said “We are looking forward to working with AccXel and supporting each other as training providers.”