Thrilled To Announce Our Exciting Coombe Abbey AV Partnership
Istead AV named the Preferred AV Partner to Coombe Abbey Hotel Proudly announcing that Istead AV are the new preferred AV partner to Coombe Abbey Hotel and No Ordinary Hospitality. This includes their impressive portfolio of Warwickshire based event spaces. As preferred AV partner we will provide full audio-visual support throughout Coombe Abbey’s 11 unique […]
Professional Presenters Benefiting Awards Ceremonies
Professional Presenters An awards ceremony is a momentous occasion that celebrates achievement, rewards excellence, and brings people together to recognise outstanding contributions in the chosen sector. Whether it’s a corporate awards night, an industry association celebration or a community event, the role of the presenter is crucial in setting the tone and ensuring the event […]
How Ai Can Be Helpful To The Audio-Visual Industry
How Ai Can Help The Audio-Visual Industry The implementation of Ai is helping almost every industry type across the world. Undoubtably, the adoption and fast paced enhancement of Ai in the audio-visual industry is adding new features to events that were either impossible or far too expensive for most event organizers budgets. With companies such […]
Introducing Eco-Friendly Events for a Greener Tomorrow
What Are Eco-Friendly Events? In recent years the world has become increasingly aware of the environmental challenges we face, prompting a shift toward sustainable eco friendly practices in various aspects of life. On the numerous events that Istead AV produce each year we have seen that business leaders are realising that they must play their […]
FM Kick-Off 2025
FM Kick-Off Event Celebrating another successful year, FM invited employees from around Europe to their Kick-Off event. It was a rare chance for workers to meet face-to-face, celebrate last year’s successes, and give updates on the year ahead. This year over 300 delegates came together at the prestigious Hilton London Heathrow Airport Terminal 5. We […]
Sport Positive Summit Insights: The Future of Sports Delivered
Sport Positive Summit Istead contacted by the CEO of the Sport Positive brand as we had impressed them with our event production in a previous role they held some years ago. The Sport Positive team were organising their ever-growing annual summit in London and asked Istead AV if we would partner with them as their […]
How AV Companies Can Also Be Magicians
New Year’s Eve Display As you welcomed in the New Year, you may have been watching the London firework display on TV and amazed at the graphics that appeared on the centre of the wheel. In the AV world we sometimes incorporate a bit of innovative technical magic to impress the audience and the New […]
Top 20 Best Unique Awards Ceremony Music 2025
Award Ceremony Music Back by popular demand, here are our Top 20 music tunes to play at an awards ceremony, our 2025 addition! Getting the music right at your awards plays a huge part in the events success. We’ve often had guests asking us for our music playlist, so we must be doing something right! […]
What Should I Consider When Hiring a Stage Ramp?
Event Stage Ramp Do you need a stage ramp at your event? Here are a few pointers for you to consider. Accessibility at events is a must nowadays. Events have to ensure that all individuals, regardless of their abilities, can fully participate and enjoy the experience. From a production point of view, a ramp should […]
Chris Tarrant… TisWas a Brilliant Night!
Providing Audio Visual support for TV Legend, Chris Tarrant! Let us introduce to you, our new client, TV Legend Chris Tarrant! Chris chose Istead AV to provide audio visual support for his ‘Big Music Quiz’ event, as he’d had some technical issues with his previous audio visual provider. The ‘Big Music Quiz’ helps raise money […]
