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Marquees set up for a large country house ball

Red carpet entrance into the marquees on the gardens

Dramatically lit pillars and statues

Fairground rides, Balloon flights and a very good party

Uplighting the venue

Chinese Hat Marquees outside a Corporate Headquarters

Red carpet entrance with Celebrity lighting

Event organising at large county houses

Interior theme and design specialists

Transforming the Morgan
Motors Factory into a cocktail bar
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Event Organising
For the past fifteen years we
have been event organising both in the UK and Europe for clients
ranging from private individuals to blue chip companies and household
names such as:-
BBC/Virgin/Diageo/Red
Bull/Honda/Super Aguri/MWH/Curzon/ITV
Using a sole supplier for all
your event requirements means that all aspects can be kept within
a budget. We have two large warehouses full of event equipment,
staging, bars and light and sound kit which enable us to provide
a great service within your budget rather than cross hiring items
in for your event.
Alongside all the necessary equipment,
staff and fantastic entertainment we offer a completely dedicated
team of event managers who coupled with saving you time and money
will bring with them the peace of mind to allow clients to enjoy
their event.
You need to read our
blog to see what we have recently been organising to get an
idea of what we are capable of. Watch our videos and call us to
discuss your event.
We can do as much or as little
as a client requires, allowing a tailor made package to be put together
to cater for all tastes.
We pride ourselves with our personal
service and are always happy to come and see you for a no obligation
chat about a possible event.
Where necessary we can give more
formal presentations on past events and clients, to demonstrate
our capabilities.
We continue to produce events
using traditional foundations whilst striving to find the next generation
of entertainments and additions to keep our events fresh and fun
for clients and guests.
Here are some basic tips about
event organising to help you in the initial planning stages.
Regardless of the size or budget
of an event there are always generic key elements to consider as
a foundation to success:
How to organise an event:-
1. Find a Venue.
2. Pick a Date.
3. Have a good long think or brainstorm
about how you see the event panning out on the day. Imagine you
are a guest and you are arriving at the venue. What do you see as
you arrive. For example where do you park and how do you get into
the venue? This may be very easy, as it may be a marquee in a field
but have you thought about signage and lighting to aid peoples access
to the venue? Still pretending to be a guest walk through the event
and imagine what facilities there are for the guests to see and
do. Think about previous events you have been to and use these experiences
to build your idea event. Remember to pay attention to:-
4. Where will guests go?
5. What will they drink?
6. What will they eat?
7. What will they do?
These really are the foundations
to any event. Remember, key elements first. Do it sooner rather
then later if you want the best marquee or the most popular bar;
especially if your event is during a busy events season like the
summer or Christmas. You can normally book event 'add ons' up to
a week before the event if you decide you want to splash more of
your cash.
Once you have answered all these
questions and booked these key elements THEN you can start to decide
what entertainments you want, or what colour seat cushions to have.
If your guests turn up and there is no bar, they'll remember it.
If your guests turn up and the seat cushions are red instead of
your requested pink whose going to know? Guests will still have
a great time.
If you're selling tickets for
your event and are worried about budget depending on ticket sales
then book the basics of the key elements. Eg. Book the marquee,
but then decide whether you want star cloth lining in the marquee
nearer the event date. Book the actual bar and bar service, but
wait to see how many tickets you've sold nearer the event date before
upgrading to the award winning flairing bar staff. Most companies
are used to clients working like this.
Another idea we use with clients
is to get them to think about the events they have attended in the
past and make a list of the good and the bad aspects of those events.
This helps concentrate on what clients like and what worked whilst
allowing them to avoid the pit falls that they experienced in the
past.
Bear in mind that if you use only one or two suppliers for your
key elements you will save money as they will offer you a package
deal. Ask your suppliers to recommend things to you. They may well
offer additional services (such as fireworks) or they will certainly
be able to point you towards a suitable solution. Remember, suppliers
will only recommend to you other suppliers that they have met and
worked with. Their recommendations are a direct reflection of their
own services!
Most importantly, write lists; lots of lists! Then work your way
gradually through each item on the list. If you're organising a
big function this is the most vital of tools. Otherwise you will
be overwhelmed by the task ahead.
And finally; enjoy yourselves! (And call us!)
Over the past fifteen years we
have learned to cope with all kinds of issues and have become especially
experienced in dealing with:
Insurance / licensing/
weather / health & safety/ guest requests
Even if you just want to chat
to us about a potential event, how to licence it and how to start
organising things then please feel free to get in touch.

A small chill out marquee is decorated
with Moroccan style low seating and cushions. We put LED colour
changing lights in the corners to very slowly and subtlety change
colour throughout the night.

Here is a view into the marquee and onto the dance floor. You can
see the bar in the background and the gloss black and white dance
floor.

Further into the marquee the bar really shows up in this blue themed
party. Three Cocktail bar staff twirl bottles and make drinks for
guests throughout the night.

Right in the background you can see the bar set up for this very
high class wedding. The theme here was again blue and you can see
how this has been brought out in the blue and white star cloth.

Low tables and seating for a chill out area next to the bar. Champagne
glasses are ready on the bar for the guests arrival.
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The perfect night for a party

View from the balloon above the party

Balloon gas flair lights up the event

Big wheel rises above the party for a fantastic view

Guests view on arrival

Red carpet VIP entrance with real flame

Real flame canons at the entrance to a party

Draping out a factory
to create a party atmosphere

Star cloth with central truss for lights creates an amazing party
space

Moving mirror lighting

Titanic set designed for a film theme event
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