The Leamington Business Awards 2017
The Leamington Business Awards The Leamington Business Awards is a non profit awards ceremony designed to celebrate local business success in the area. Now in its fourth year, The Leamington Business Awards celebrates the fantastic work by businesses and individuals within Leamington. Not only that, the event also raises money for local charities. This year’s […]
Doing Our Bit
Istead, Doing Our Bit We were recently recommended over Facebook to a local school who were on the look out for technical help with their school production. It was a bit of a cry for help as reduced funding has left the school without some equipment they have previously had access to. Hearsall Community Primary […]
How Our European Events Could Be Affected by Brexit
How Our European Events are affected… This month we packed up our equipment and headed over to sunny Geneva to support a client’s awards evening. Exciting times! However as Switzerland is outside of the EU, things aren’t as straightforward for us when it comes to delivering AV production. With any movement of services/kit in and […]
Screen Formats – 4:3 or 16:9?
Screen Formats – In Detail In the good old days the screens on your television sets and computer monitors were virtually square, with a width to height ratio of 4 to 3, commonly written as 4:3. This governed by the technology in the TV set that could not reproduce images that were any more irregular. […]
We Do More Than Push Faders and Press Buttons
We Do More We do more having recently delivered full AV and technical support for worldwide insurance company FM Global, at the Marriott London Heathrow, who we’ve supported for many years now. Here’s a step by step guide of how we successfully delivered their event… Step 1 – Initial Meeting: It’s always great to meet […]
Don’t Ask Us to Be Cheap
A new enquiry last week… Now what discount can you offer?’ is typically heard, but this enquiry made our headline ‘Don’t Ask us to Be Cheap’ a reality… “We have an event coming up in June and we’ve been given your name by ‘xxxxx’ who said you’re excellent. We had a few problems last year […]
10 Best Keynote Speakers
10 Best keynote speakers who would be a great addition to your event… During a recent production meeting for a major UK brand, the subject of who should close their national conference came into conversation. Although our involvement in the meeting was to discuss their AV requirements, we soon realised that we have gained a lot of experience […]
Defying the Laws of Physics
Defying Physics By definition, projection is the displaying of an image on a distant surface achieved via a high intensity light source. The simple word ‘distant’ in that definition had always been an issue in the AV industry. To achieve a large image viewable by a mass audience, the distance between the screen surface and […]
10 Best Awards Evening MC’s
Organising an industry awards evening? So many things to consider; venue, entertainment, what the stage set will look like and what audio visual equipment you’ll need, etc. Choosing the right Master of Ceremonies for your awards evening can make or break your event. Keeping the evening flowing and ensuring the audience stay engaged is an […]
Are You 99% Perfect?
Providing technical equipment at an event can be challenging. We liken it to ‘Live TV’. There have been no rehearsals, it’s live, we have to think on our feet. Years of experience running events gives us that edge to solve problems before they arise. But every now and then we have a problem. And when […]
