2019

Brandfuel

Brandfuel, is an award-winning agency in 2018 we won Best Conference by an Events Agency. Over the last 10 years we have won 8 Conference awards. We have been for 14 years, our management team have a wealth of industry experience, working for big corporations and agencies. With a youthful delivery team, we remain agile and current, one step ahead of the curve. We thrive on challenging ourselves as a company and as individuals, we imagine the impossible and fuel the possible to deliver the most enriching experiences.

Always encouraging and supporting our employees to challenge themselves by stepping outside of their comfort zone but giving them the support they need to learn on the job.

We continually challenge ourselves to work with the bravest, smartest, fastest growing brands. Clients who demand the highest levels of creativity this enables us to attract the best industry talent. Experienced, energetic, individuals who are experts in their field. In an industry where ¾ of the people we employ are millennials, we are proud of our retention rate on average many of our employees stay for 3 years. Most millennials plan to leave a job within 2 years.

Broadsword Event House

Broadsword are a skilled and talented event production agency, a safe pair of hands that can be trusted to deliver all aspects of a live event, end-to-end.

We run successful Design, Production and Logistics departments, managing a wide range of corporate events – mainly conferences, award ceremonies, drinks receptions and gala dinners in the UK and overseas.

Operating as a total event production house, our accessibility and open-minded approach to projects enables us to build long-lasting partnerships with our customers and partners. We become an integral partner for communications teams and take ownership of visual messaging for large and technically complex events on a global scale.

Our vision drives our business: We bring to life thoughts, ideas and dreams, so that they can be shared with others. We are brilliant people who produce brilliant shows.

We have focused on building a thriving team who believe in this vision and who will go above and beyond time and again. It has attracted talented individuals to join us and encourages those already here to stay. This is what makes Broadsword Event House world class.

CWT M&E

This entry gives a snapshot of the outstanding growth, innovation, future strategy and sheer hard work and commitment from our staff at CWT Meetings & Events. It gives an insight into the scope of our business as well as the diversity of sectors we work in. A big emphasis is placed around our 1,500 employees as we truly believe we have the best in the business and our feedback, recent business wins and internal surveys show this. Our One CWT’ strategy has already given us incredible results and ensuring our position in the industry looks extremely positive.

DRPG

Established in 1980 as a corporate film company, DRPG has grown from strength to strength, honing our skills and disciplines to become the full service, creative communications agency we are today. Now 300 people strong, we have a highly experienced inhouse team of creatives; strategists; producers; technicians; digital experts; videographers and designers to name but a few who work together to deliver the best solutions and experiences for our clients.

We’ve built successful, longstanding relationships and have become trusted partners to deliver innovative ideas and creative solutions that meet and exceed expectations – making “anything possible” for our clients. Vast and varied, our array of events range from conferences, exhibitions and agricultural shows, to team days, product launches and roadshows. No two events are the same. DRPG creates a shared experience from the get-go, bringing the whole team, including the client, on the journey to truly collaborate and cultivate ideas to meet objectives, attain goals and motivate audiences prior, during and well beyond the event itself. We utilise technology and digital to bring messages to life; harness the power of experiences to immerse audiences; captivate viewers with engaging video, and create show-stopping builds.

WONDER London

WONDER London is a multi-award winning brand experience and creative events agency working in collaboration with world’s largest, most innovative and forward-thinking companies including Google, Android, Deliveroo, YouTube, Playstation, Rapha, Vodafone, BBC, Santander and more… creating a sense of wonder together. Experienced at wowing some of the toughest crowds, we pride ourselves on producing events that bring to life the essence of our client’s brands by first understanding them, and then their audiences.

Launching in 2012, we have grown from 2 members of staff to 42 in just 6 years and having just completed our 6th year, we have once again hit record growth in 2018.

Falkenberg & Florence

Set-up in April 2017, Falkenberg & Florence has been a dream come true for us. We love what we do and believe our passion and personal approach has been the key to our success so far.

We have had an amazing start to 2019 and look forward to a even bigger and brighter future.

Paragon

Paragon started life as a talent management agency, looking after some of England’s biggest sports and broadcasting stars. Together our founders – Cricketing Legend Phil Tufnell, Event Expert Mike Martin & Marketing CXO Greg Tufnell – started using their wealth of connections to offer clients access to the world’s biggest events and venues.

As our success grew, so did our services…

In 2010 Paragon launched our in-house event management service. Today, our award-winning team have delivered +200 bespoke events across 5 continents, 24 countries, raised over £1million for charity and facilitated hospitality at +1,000 global events.

From proposal building, supplier sourcing, pre-event communications and on-site management, our dedicated team do it all. Fully ATOL protected, together our experts boasts a collective 50 years in hospitality, speak 8 languages, and have comprehensive backgrounds within the worlds of travel, hotels, venue and sport hospitality.

Whether Incentive, Award Dinner or Conference, every single proposal is bespoke; we have no ‘drag and drop’ formulas and we don’t stick with the tried & tested.

Client satisfaction is at the heart of what we do – client retention was 80% in 2018 and our work has both been shortlisted & awarded by C&IT.

Redactive

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Right Angle Corporate

Right Angle Corporate (RAC) was formed by Steve & Kate Gaskin 12 years ago. They were formerly senior police detectives in London. Steve and Kate saw a gap in the market for corporate team building steeped in crime. Right Angle developed a potent and very popular CSI Experience called “The Killing”. This is still pertinent and is constantly updated, eg it now includes Virtual Reality (VR). The innovation enables guests to immerse themselves in a highly unique Experience.

Our “rising star” is Taken. Taken is a live kidnap experience. The client’s CEO/Manager is “kidnapped”, whether this be a dramatic scene at the conference, or a hostage video filmed prior to guests’ arrival.

In addition in to a plethora of immersive Crime Experiences, Right Angle also offers a range of other team building activities and innovative team development experiences.

We are absolutely dedicated to providing team focused experiences for you which are distinctive, inspiring, engaging and memorable. Right Angle is rated 9.6 on Trustpilot with hundreds of happy customers.

Sleek Events

As an agency, we are well rounded, capable and reliable. We continue to grow and expand our client database and industry knowledge, whilst still creating amazing events for our valued clients. We love what we do, and the awards we won last year is testament to our success. We hit £6.7 million last year, exceeding our target, and are striving for even greater achievements in 2019. We’re so proud of how far the agency has come, and with our fabulous team, we plan to become one of the best boutique agencies in the UK.

TEN6 Creative

Having only been trading for two short years, TEN6 Creative are proud to be beating global competitors to both small and large projects all over the world. With a new London Victoria HQ and a new office opening shortly in Los Angeles, TEN6 can name LinkedIn, Genesys and Levi’s amongst some of their global client portfolio, achieving in excess for £4 million annual revenue. As total experience experts, TEN6 take a holistic approach to live events, from pre-event communication to the post event survey – every attendee leaves feeling engaged, excited and empowered.

ILEC Conference Centre

Amongst London’s top largest and most versatile event hall, fitted with state of the art equipment, stunning design and one of the best secret to keep budget in line. Our stunning London Suite is fitted with stylish contemporary décor and built-in LED lighting system, perfect to suit the ambience of any event. Designed with flexibility in mind; a clever partition system enables to part the suite into nine modules of various sizes, creating multiple configurations for up to 1200 guests. The venue is also well fitted with state of the art technologies such as 1GB fibre optic Wi-Fi. Besides featuring one of London’s most flexible event space, the venue is also the only one to host on-site 3* hotel. This means we can provide event planner with stunning facilities and competitive packages. Both venue and hotel benefit from a brilliant location in the heart of West London, with excellent travel links to major airports, train stations, city landmarks and business districts. We @ ILEC breathe and live customer satisfaction. Working with large a large numbers of clients and customers we are very proud of the outstanding feedback that we get from our customers. #WELOVEEVENTS

De Vere Beaumont Estate

In 2018 De Vere Beaumont Estate successfully built on the previous year’s success, continuing to grow business ahead of target. The core M&E business saw a room hire increase of £175,000 y-o-y and a total M&E revenue increase of an astonishing £1.1m, for the year – £750,000 ahead of budget. New business in the year was valued at £5m. Overall the venue saw total revenue growth of £2.4m y-o-y in 2018 and realised substantial food and beverage growth of almost £808,000.

The impressive results are testament to an enthusiastic, motivated and well-nurtured team taking a proactive approach to delivering exemplary customer service. While a high-quality baseline service level is firmly adhered to, each customer is treated as an individual and the approach tailored to their requirements – the result is a loyal returning customer base, with an 80% retention rate, with many customers increasing spend at the venue, as well as a strong pipeline of new business.

As their customers say: “The whole experience was an excellent advert for De Vere and Beaumont Estate.”

Hilton London Bankside

Although the hotel is only 3 years old, we have already secured a reputation as a world-class venue for hosting conferences and events, achieving both Winner of Europe’s Leading Business Hotel and Winner of Europe’s Leading MICE Hotel at the World Travel Awards in 2018 Our five-star modern facilities are not only aesthetically pleasing but allow flexibility in layout and size, facilitating events and conferences of any size up to 700 delegates The private entrance and inclusion of lighting colours/AV equipment allow organisers to transform the space to fit the style and branding of any event The flexible catering that the hotel offers, with a team of banqueting chefs – including pastry chefs – tops off any conference/event with a range of options and bespoke menus, furthering the flexibility of choosing Hilton London Bankside for an event or conference On top of this, the expertise and hard work of our sales and events staff, along with the wider hotel staff’s attitude to provide the highest level of hospitality and welcome to all our guests, ensure every event is memorable and personal In summary, we believe that we offer the best conference venue in the UK.

Jurys Inn Hinckley Island Hotel and Conference Venue

We’ve seen a revenue growth for key segments of £858.7K (17.7%) with Meeting & Events revenue up by £378K (13%). In the past 12 months we’ve seen a GRI score (Guest Review Index satisfaction on ReviewPro) of 87 4% (up 1% YoY) Don’t just take our word for it Here’s what our clients have to say:

‘The conference has been very well received amongst the delegates who attended and was a great success Thank you very much for the time and patience over the recent weeks in helping to ensure that all arrangements were in place for the conference to run effectively and efficiently’

‘The food offering across breakfast, dinner and banqueting was at the highest quality. Overall Hinckley has taken this to a whole new level cementing your position as the flagship hotel and setting the bar very high for your colleagues throughout the group to follow.’

‘Please do pass on my thanks and praise to your team for hosting such a memorable and enjoyable event this week, the planning and execution of the event was first class I had fantastic feedback from the delegates and still receiving emails thanking us for a great event’

Emirates Old Trafford

Emirates Old Trafford is an award-winning venue in Greater Manchester. Over the past ten years, the Club has seen a £60m redevelopment to enhance the facilities, which came to completion in 2018.

The redevelopment saw the opening of the four-star on-site Hilton Garden Inn, which has exceeded commercial expectations within its first year of opening and continues to go from strength to strength. Combining the fantastic facilities on offer into the integrated conference, event and hotel market, enables Emirates Old Trafford to stand-out in a competitive market.

With an expert in-house events team, the venue is able to offer an unrivalled experience which sees it attract large, prestigious companies such as AO, The Co-Operative and RBS.

Ideally situated just three miles from the city centre, the venue is able to offer a unique experience for delegates.

Friends House

Friends House is a sustainable conference venue in the heart of Euston. Our auditorium, The Light, is a stunning, RIBA award winning conference space, able to seat up to 1000 delegates. There are also 31 other meeting rooms and event suites available for delegates to use. Our smallest room is ideal for intimate business meetings for up to 10 people, while our larger suites can hold up to 140 delegates. We provide freshly made catering, using organic, Fairtrade and locally produced ingredients where possible.

We have a regular client base that is continually growing and have hosted events for household- names such as LSE and Waterstones. Our Sales and Event Team work collaboratively with clients from initial enquiry until the day of the event. We also have a team of Welcome Hosts who deal with the needs of customers on a daily basis.

With us, events don’t cost the Earth. Friends House is powered by 100% renewable electricity and sustainably sourced biogas. We also ensure we produce 0% landfill waste and have taken extensive measures to save energy and water. Our staff are fairly paid above the London Living Wage and at a 1:4 wage ratio.

The Brewery

Based in the heart of the City of London, The Brewery is a Grade II-listed building, recognised for corporate events since 1976.

2018 was the most successful year on record for The Brewery hosting over 500 events, 41% of which were conferences and exhibitions.

The Brewery has a series of values: stewardship, inclusivity, integrity and transparency. These values are used to drive service standards and make all staff feel part of the historic traditions associated with The Brewery. The Brewery’s approach is to offer unrivalled, unassuming levels of service, to always be one step ahead of the client, assume the needs of the event and to listen to feedback and adapt.

Last year, a number of new initiatives within the venue’s in-house catering operations led to a customer satisfaction score of 70% with regards to food and beverage at the venue against a national average of 62% (Source BVA BDRC Venue Verdict). This includes a marketplace menu and authentic coffee ground on site.

Following such a successful 2018, The Brewery anticipates that a number of new developments to the facilities and services available at its venue will lead to another rewarding year for its events team.

Fairmont Le Montreux Palace

CONNECTING YOU TO THE BEST OF THE SWISS RIVIERA

Mountains, music, magic—they all come together in beautiful harmony in Montreux, the Pearl of the Swiss Riviera. Surrounded by the soaring Alps and nestled along the shores of sparkling Lake Geneva, Montreux has delighted visitors for centuries with its inimitable mix of Continental elegance, natural splendor and sophisticated entertainment—to say nothing of the Montreux Jazz Festival. And in the heart of it all lies Fairmont Le Montreux Palace, a marvel of Belle Époque architecture boasting a lakeside location and a reputation for impeccable hospitality stretching back to its founding in 1906. Whether you’ve come for rest and relaxation or to spoil yourself with live jazz and the finest of Swiss cuisine, you’ll discover it all at Fairmont Le Montreux Palace. Renowned around the world for its dedication to the finer things in life, the city of Montreux enchants all who pass through. The natural splendour of the surrounding Swiss Alps mingles with the cosmopolitan charms of Montreux itself, from gourmet dining and fashionable shopping to world-famous music and comedy festivals. Elsewhere, medieval castles complement cutting-edge museums and galleries.

Glaziers Hall

Glaziers Hall is a unique, Grade II-listed conference and events venue based beside London Bridge with unrivalled views of the River Thames and the City of London. With capacity for up to 350 guests across seven event spaces, Glaziers Hall offers an enticing blend of heritage and contemporary styling that caters for conferences and events across a broad client portfolio.

A £2.5 million refurbishment at the end of 2017 increased Glaziers Hall’s floorspace by 33%, opening up an entirely new underground level – the London Bridge Arches. The exposed brickwork and original Georgian arches provide the perfect backdrop for evening receptions and wine tastings and have taken Glaziers Hall to new markets with a 50% increase in bookings since the refurbishment was completed.

Excellence in customer service ensures high levels of repeat business at Glaziers Hall and exceptional customer feedback, while flexible in-house AV and a choice of preferred caterers gives conference and event planners the chance to create a truly bespoke event in stunning surroundings.

The Royal Horseguards Hotel

Founded in 2003, glh Hotels is London’s largest hotel owner-operator, creating memorable moments for guests whilst delivering unforgettable hospitality.

With 5,000 rooms and 120 meeting and event spaces across four distinct brands and 17 outstanding locations, glh Hotels is at the heart of great London hospitality.

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Lane End Conference Centre

As the UK’s first purpose-built conference centre, we set the bar for our industry and created a new offering for delegates looking for an immersive conference setting in the Buckinghamshire countryside.

Since then, we’ve continued to grow, introducing new and innovative services and facilities for the 450 events that we host each year.

And, as we embark on our 50th year in business, we’ve certainly got a lot to celebrate, establishing Lane End’s hard-earned reputation for excellence and keeping our customers returning year-after-year.

From our home-cooked food to our expert team who establish a great, personal rapport with each of our customers and exceed expectations every time.

We’re proud of all we’ve achieved at Lane End, with a 79% customer retention rate and 95% of customers saying they’d recommend our venue to a colleague or friend.

2019 is our Golden Anniversary year and we’re looking forward to continuing to deliver exceptional service, raising the bar again for our industry as we embark on the next part of our journey.

99 City Road Conference Centre

99 City Road Conference Centre is a 300-capacity conference, exhibition and event venue within the headquarters of global satellite company, Inmarsat. Originally designed as an in-house event space for Inmarsat, 99 City Road opened to the public in 2001. Since then it has re-branded, gone through extensive refurbishments and has become a key player in the London conference scene with excellent client retention and year on year growth.

One Great George Street

One Great George Street lives up to its name by successfully juggling its historic beauty with technical innovation and exceptional service. With its enviable location a stone’s throw away from the Houses of Parliament, it attracts an array of diverse customers, but it never rests on its laurels. Its dedication to customer service reaches every corner of its organisation, and its innovative website, blog and extensive social media platforms ensure its online influence follows suit; with its in-house experts easily accessible to all. It continually receives outstanding feedback from customers, earning it a high percentage of repeat business, and an excellent reputation as an outstanding conference venue. It is particularly attractive to conference organisers because it is a prestigious yet affordable one-stop-conference-shop. Organisers can sleep easy knowing that all the components for their event are in one place and are managed from concept to completion by one great team.

Royal Institute of British Architects

The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) was founded in 1834 for the ‘advancement of architecture’. Its current headquarters at 66 Portland Place were built in 1934 and the entertaining spaces have been used for events throughout its history.

66 Portland Place is an iconic building located on a street known for its decadent Georgian architecture. Befitting the RIBA’s role as the leading architectural professional body, the venue has some of the finest facilities in London for high-level meetings, conferences, receptions and dinners. In addition to this, the venue boasts three terraces with fantastic views of London. The building’s unique design has future-proofed its ability as an adaptable events venue.

Located between the buzz of Oxford Circus and the tranquility of Regent’s Park, the RIBA is easily accessible and close to a wealth of local London attractions such as Oxford Street, Marble Arch and a number of popular museums.

Royal College of Physicians

The Royal College of Physicians (RCP) is 500 years old and currently in its fifth home since 1965. This iconic grade 1 listed modern building overlooking Regent’s Park, houses an award-winning conference and events centre with cutting edge technology including filming and streaming. The venue offers highly versatile facilities, including tiered auditoriums, conference, meeting, exhibition and dining spaces as well as a medicinal garden ideal for summer entertaining. In addition, the venue boasts over 500 years of history incorporating a museum containing rare books, manuscripts, objects and sculptures.

RCP is ISO accredited and the first royal college to achieve Carbon Trust Standard certification following a reduction of 30% in its total carbon footprint over the past three years. It has also consistently maintained its gold standard accreditation in the BDRC venue verdict for the past 10 years.

The venue hosts over 600 events per year for a wide range of organisations including associations, charities, medical companies and the wider corporate community across several sectors. Staff retention in 2018 was over 80% with 26% having long service of over 10 years.

RCP offers something to suit all tastes making each event experience truly unique and memorable.

Wyboston Lakes

Wyboston Lakes Resort has two specialist venues, The Woodlands Event Centre and The Willows Training Centre, offering a spectrum of options in terms of facility, space, style and budget. The Centres together provide a total of 65 conference, training and syndicate rooms – the largest of which has a capacity for 620 delegates seated theatre style – and more than 300 bedrooms.

A further venue on the site is the Waterfront Hotel, which has 103 ensuite bedrooms, the Y Spa and Golf with On-site health and leisure club and Team building.

Accountancy Age – British Accountancy Awards

Run by Contentive Media, the British Accountancy Awards is the flagship event for Accountancy Age, which is home to largest and most established community of Accountants & Finance Professionals in the UK, reaching over 121,000 active users per month. The BAAs attracts 800+ senior level Accountants from both practice and industry, CFOs, FDs and those working within the accounting industry. This event is run for our Accountancy Age community and provides a key opportunity for this group to come together to celebrate excellence within their profession.

Elsevier – Cell Symposium: Translational Immunometabolism

Doubling the attendance at a prestigious conference while retaining the core elements is a difficult feat to achieve. Cell Symposium: Translational Immunometabolism managed just that, increasing delgates from 230 to 426, achieving gender parity and increasing the delegate feed back scores by careful focus on our value proposition, our choice of partners, and by introducing practical measures to enhance interaction and enable attendance from under-represented groups. The event, supported by 9 highly prestigious journals received extraordinary feedback from speakers, sponsors, and delegates alike, while beating all financial and engagement targets.

Wilmington Healthcare – HSJ Awards

Health Service Journal (HSJ) provides a deep understanding of the NHS through a wide range of services and solutions – news, analysis, insight, data, live networking events and unique best practice database – aimed at senior management, decision-makers and policy makers in the UK healthcare industry .

The standard for excellence in British healthcare and the highest accolade for healthcare professionals. HSJ Award winners deliver better outcomes and improved experiences.

The HSJ Awards are the most respected benchmark for healthcare in the UK through a rigorous process judged by qualified specialists and senior leadership.

HSJ Awards participants will make the connections they need to deliver better services. We will create value at every stage of their experience with us.

Incisive Media – Pensions and Benefits UK

This year Incisive Media are celebrating 20 years of Pensions and Benefits UK (PBUK), the flagship event for our publications Professional Pensions and Workplace Savings + Benefits. This event has changed massively over the years, from what started as merely a trade show now encompasses two full days of jam packed content over four streams plus a varied exhibition.

PBUK is a staple event for the who’s who of the UK institutional pensions industry and is the largest pensions and benefits conference and exhibition in London. What was once called “The Pensions Show” has developed over recent years and has sought to mirror the development of the industry by incorporating a greater component of benefits to the mix with dedicated streams of conference content for the UK benefits and compensation industry. Our aim, as always, is to help pensions and benefits professionals overcome their working challenges, tackle issues of the moment through discussion and meaningful networking, fulfilling our strap line: Connecting people, Enabling growth.

New Civil Engineer – TechFest

TechFest is the Festival of Innovation and Technology powered by New Civil Engineer, the official publication of the Institution of Civil Engineers. Designed to educate, share best practice and recognise and reward projects, teams and companies doing most to harness technologies that drive the construction industry forward, this one-day event is a thought provoking, immersive gathering designed to stimulate the brightest minds in civil engineering.

Risk.net – Risk USA

Risk USA 2018 – presented by the Risk.net publication – is the premier North American event for risk management and risk transfer professionals in the financial services sector.

Curated and developed with our objective market-experts in the editorial team, as well as research calls and meetings involving over 80 industry leading experts at the forefront of their fields, Risk USA 2018 offered unrivalled content for risk professionals during a period of uncertainty.

From thought leadership in market, credit, liquidity and investment risk management to portfolio management and quantitative finance, Risk USA 2018 unpicked the industry trends, identified the latest opportunities and threats presented by new technology and advances in data, and created a holistic picture of the emerging future for the professionals in risk management and risk transfer.

Risk USA has become the must-attend 2 day meeting for senior risk experts thanks to its status as an unbeatable learning platform. It is also a leading product in the Risk Events portfolio, achieving more than 42% growth in 2018 vs 2017.

This event is completely unique as a New York conference, both in terms of its audience and the content it serves – all overseen by our editorial team.

The Success Principles – Breakthrough to Success

‘Breakthrough to Success’, training conference was conducted at Grand Sapphire on 5-6-7 October 2018. The event was planned around the International bestseller Success Principles written by globally renowned author Jack Canfield. The event was organised in partnership with Grand Sapphire and Spice Village Events based on recommendations of a market research in January 2018 that included more than 500 responses. The training conference was planned to educate, to inspire and to transform the existing experience. Breakthrough to Success Conference was advertised through the social media and email list. 10 other speakers were also signed up from UK, Europe and the United States to share their experiences. Social media was vigorously used to market the event through innovative approaches. The training conference was designed in a manner to provide optimum advantage to the attendees. Workbooks were distributed among all of them. The three-day training conference turned out to be a huge success. The attendees grave raving reviews and testimonials. One of the biggest success of the conference was attracting diverse and highly specialised participants. The training conference was unique in many ways. It was built around a bestselling book that enthralled millions of readers worldwide and never stopped inspiring.

The Telegraph – Women Mean Business

Women Mean Business Live (WMBL) was more than a conference linked to a publication, it was the power of live journalism at its best. Bringing editorial vision of driving profound change through the collective voice of our nation’s most successful men and women across media, politics, fashion and business to life. It set the media agenda and forced the Government to take action.

Smashing every target it was set, delivering >500 delegates, exceeding both delegate and sponsorship revenue targets and creating a powerful platform to empower a hugely influential national movement, created and championed by The Telegraph’s leading journalists.

An unparalleled speaker programme, it drove action and change, amplifying critical policy-changing conversations on women’s equality and rights. With standing room only in many sessions, this event saw unprecedented demand by delegates and was rich in aligned and meaningful sponsorship partnerships. A powerful ecosystem confronting and driving change, powered by our Telegraph’s outstanding journalism and senior leadership including Nick Hugh CEO, Jo Morell (Managing Editor). Chris Evans (Editor) Victoria Harper (Features Director) and Claire Cohen (Women’s and Associate Features Editor)

WMBL aimed to, in the words of one Treasury Minister, unlock the “greatest economic opportunity of the 21st century”: Women-led enterprises

Training Industry – Conference & Expo

The 2018 Training Industry Conference & Expo (TICE) is an annual conference presented by Training Industry, Inc., the publisher of Training Industry Magazine and TrainingIndustry.com.

The Training Industry editorial perspective takes center stage and helps shape the culture and experience of the overall event. Content tracks were identified by evaluation of article readership data and an understanding of industry trends. Speakers for the conference were recruited based on the Training Industry subscriber audience and contributing authors. By understanding the readership, we were able to align content to what we know L&D professionals need, creating an attractive agenda for our target audience. TICE 2018 surpassed the objectives Training Industry had set for the event, with year-over-year attendance growth of 20 percent, an 80 percent increase in attendee registration revenue and 12 percent increase in sponsorship revenue.

TICE is not the only event serving corporate learning and development. However, the focus of TICE is specific for the needs of the training manager. Each year since its inception, TICE has grown into one of the top conferences in the United States for leaders of learning and development, achieving high satisfaction ratings from both subscriber attendees and advertisers.

Alzheimer’s Society – Alzheimer’s Society Annual Conference

Alzheimer’s Society Annual Conference 2018 (ASAC18) took place at The Kia Oval, London on 22-23 May The conference theme ‘Taking Action on Dementia’, tackled what needs to happen to ensure people with dementia can live the lives they want today and give hope to future generations for a world without dementia This aligned with Alzheimer’s Society awareness week – Dementia Action Week (DAW) 20-26 May, of which ASAC18 was a flagship event The conference included 22 plenary speakers, 68 parallel session, exhibition hall, poster display, drinks reception, research dinner and PhD student breakfast This event is seen as the flagship Alzheimer’s Society conference showcasing our work, increasing our reach and engagement with relevant stakeholders including local and national government, key influencers in health and social care, NHS Organisations, International and national researchers, Local authorities and people affected by dementia To produce the conference programme we worked with people affected by dementia, putting their lived experience at the forefront of our work The CPD accredited programme included key speakers; Caroline Dinenage MP, Minister of State for Health and Social Care; Professor Sir Simon Lovestone, Professor of Translational Neuroscience and closed with Carey Mulligan, Actress and Alzheimer’s Society Global Dementia Friends Ambassador.

National Housing Federation – National Housing Summit

The ambition for the revamped National Housing Summit was to establish it as the most important event for senior leaders in the housing sector, leading the political agenda and shaping the direction of the sector. Moving away from the traditional conference and exhibition format, we wanted to deliver a vibrant, dynamic, destination event.

Following an exhaustive research and development process, collaborating with our members, sponsors and colleagues every step of the way, we put together a brand new event, incorporating all the popular elements of previous years whilst introducing a number of new and exciting twists.

The Summit delivered on all its key success measures, with improved audience satisfaction, greatly increased sponsorship income and significant national media coverage. With 150+ speakers (including the Prime Minister) across a huge range of session formats, 1000 delegates took part in a conference unlike any the housing sector has seen before, establishing it as the key conference in the sector’s calendar. In the words of one attendee “the Summit is the key event in the sector’s calendar – 2018 was a vintage year!”

Royal College of General Practitioners – RCGPcare Conference

Every day in surgeries across the UK, over one million patients visit a GP surgery. GPs are the only doctors in the NHS who have the skills and expertise to care for the ‘whole person’, and the only doctors in the NHS who have the opportunity and the privilege to build up lifelong relationships with their patients. But being a GP can also be incredibly stressful and pressurised and that’s why RCGP, as the body representing GPs, recognise the importance of helping our members look after their own health and wellbeing The idea for a RCGPcare conference came from a member/GP led Wellbeing working group and the agenda was entirely focused on self-care and sharing self-care.The event was free to attend and attracted x delegates representing GPs at all stages in their career. Most of the sessions held during the day were led by GPs on topics such as the importance of sleep, nutrition, mindfulness, yoga and positive habit forming with a focus on giving GPs insight into their own self-care but also to encourage them to share information and tips to use in consultation with their patients.

Royal College of Physicians – Meetings & Events

The Royal College of Physicians Meetings and Events team were tasked with creating and designing an exceptional event to celebrate the college’s 500th anniversary. The event needed to fit within a tight budget and showcase the venue to key prospects and entertain top clients. Coming up with an event for such a landmark anniversary was no mean feat. Together the RCP team collaborated to create the RCP 500 Years of Summer Festival held in the venue’s medicinal garden with street food stalls and fabulous entertainment. The event took guests travelling through time, igniting their senses and sampling five centuries of gastronomic delights and new world cuisine, whilst getting hands on with the foodie experts and finding out how Physicians have been at the heart of many historical developments. With so many facets to pull together and a full programme of activities, the dynamic Meetings & Events team pulled out all the stops to create a truly spectacular and memorable occasion.

SightCare – Independent Business & Networking Conference

The SightCare annual Business & Networking Conference for Independent Opticians celebrated its 20th year in 2018 as the optical industry’s longest running and highest attended professional membership conference. Supporting SightCare’s mission to champion the independent optician, and provide the necessary small business and networking tools and skills, the SightCare Conference brings like-minded small business owners together in an educational, motivational and collaborative environment. Meeting our aims to champion innovation, entrepreneurship and differentiation in the independent sector, our conference is free-to attend ensuring the event is accessible to as many independent eye care professionals and their optical teams as possible.

Objectives
– To provide business skills to the next generation of independent optical practice owners and their teams through thought-provoking presentations and workshops.
– To challenge business owners and equip them with broader perspectives, and an appreciation of differentiation.
– To serve as leaders and innovators within our field and to serve as a trusted resource and partner to create business growth, personal development and networking opportunities.
– To inspire and motivate delegates to seek continuing business improvement through differentiation and customer experience.

The Cura Foundation – Unite To Cure, the 4th International Vatican Conference

Cura approached Allison+Partners in 2017 and asked the agency to join it on an extraordinary mission: to rally the world around the potential of this new category of medicine to vanquish disease and reduce global suffering. To accomplish this goal, Cura wanted Allison+Partners to help up-level its bi-annual Unite To Cure event at the Vatican so it stands as one of the most high-profile, impactful thought leadership events in the world. The three-day conference, which was held from April 26-28, 2018 within the Vatican Amphitheatre in Italy, reached more than 3 billion people around the world, introducing them to an entire new approach to medicine and changing perceptions, through videos, social media posts and traditional media. Furthermore, the event and our communications efforts, highlighted a key idea: that science and faith are not opposed to one another, but that, in fact, they can co-exist and inspire one another.

The Institution of Mechanical Engineers – The 13th International Conference on Turbochargers and Turbocharging

Through close working with the technical programme committee, the Institution of Mechanical Engineers’ Events team took the 40-year-old International Conference on Turbochargers and Turbocharging (“Turbo”) to bold new heights and a world of firsts.

Focusing on innovation in a niche but significant sector of the beleaguered automotive and marine industries, the event well and truly bucked the trend, delivering excellent growth and a markedly improved customer experience.

By applying commercial events industry rigour and innovation, the Events team grew sponsorship revenue, delegate yield, abstract and paper submissions and overall audience size, at the same time increasing Net Promoter Score (NPS) by 16 points.

The decision to move to a new venue in an out-of-town location was always a risk for such an established event, but it proved to be inspired and Twickenham Stadium became a feature in itself, allowing stadium tours and pitch-side networking.

Inspired by the success of Turbo 18 the team have launched an APAC geo-clone in Singapore – the first time the IMechE has undertaken such a project, and the Institution’s first international launch in living memory.

UK Gift Card & Voucher Association – UK Gift Card & Voucher Association Conference

The UK Gift Card and Voucher Association (UKGCVA) conference aims to inform, educate and inspire with a range of topics including online shopping and marketing trends as well as legal/VAT updates to raise the profile and educate around gift cards. We engage keynote speakers from outside of the industry to talk about key retail trends whilst relating back to gift cards, plus useful consumer research and a white paper to engage the c-suite. The goal is to provide inspiration, innovation, best practice and new ideas to help advance the industry – as well as the very best networking opportunities.

In 2015, the association was losing members, becoming less relevant and meetings were not providing enough content. The new Director General, Gail Cohen came in and Natasha Russell was brought on board to help organise the conference, an annual event open to members and non-members. Over the past three years the conference has been overhauled, introducing a new format and more polished event that has grown and attracted international speakers, delegates and sponsorship. It is now the flagship industry event, for UK and overseas Gift card professionals and a key event for the association in terms of revenue and membership benefits.

BrandFuel – Zeitgeist

Based at The Grove Hotel in Watford, an exclusive gathering of 240 business leaders, politicians, media gurus, historians, actors, sports personalities and influencers assembled to discuss and debate the spirit of our times and talk about what’s shaping our World. Zeitgeist is a two day, invite-only event where guests participate, network, explore new technologies, listen to inspiring conversations and are entertained once a year, by Google. Zeitgeist consist of conversations, two dinners, outdoor and indoor Masterclasses and a “Sandbox” technology showcase all of which are carefully created to carry the same consistent theme throughout. This year was a year of examining humanitarian issues, well being and sustainability across everything including food.

Speakers included David Miliband, Riz Ahmed, Jonathan Yeo, John McEnroe, Yana Peel, Benedict Cumberbatch, Sir Nick Clegg, Sir John Sawers, Nicolas Sarkozy, Lyse Doucet, Mala Yousafzai, Mark Carney, Thierry Henry and Huw Edwards.
Masterclasses included “Eat like a Herbivore”, “Transform your business with Machine Learning”, “Raise happy kids the Danish Way”, “Beat the Hackers” and “The Future of Love”.

Brandfuel has collaborated with Google to produce this event for the past thirteen years.

DRPG – BT Consumer Live

With leading brands EE and Plusnet now forming part of BT’s new consumer group, a unique conference was needed to communicate the division’s strategy, leading towards a convergence of services. The vision of the consumer brand focuses on providing customers with an unrivalled service in connection and value.

DRPG created a two-day immersive brand event held at the NEC Birmingham for over 6,000 team members. The primary objectives were to enhance employee engagement and bring to life the group’s strategy. Consumer Live consisted of an impressive plenary area, featuring 360-degree projection mapping. The live event was supported by a wider internal pre- and post- cascade communications campaign that underpinned the core messages. Engaging a total of 16,000 colleagues through 2 live roadshow events, and 4 Consumer Live television broadcasts from BT Sports Studios.

The feedback was fantastic, thanks to the event being bigger, better and more complex than anything we have done for this client before. The client feels we lived up to our promise to make ‘anything possible’.

MCI UK – 11th European Registrars Conference

The European Registrars Conference brings together registrars, collection and exhibition managers and colleagues.
It rotates biannually to a different European city and in 2018 celebrated its 20th anniversary year by returning to its inaugural location: London. The UK Registrars Group wanted to re-energise the programme, demonstrate the conference’s evolution, and nurture their growing community. The UKRG appointed MCI as its Professional Congress Organiser 12 months prior to ERC 2018. MCI developed a dynamic, vibrant brand identity which combined the city skyline and event themes: Evolve, Refresh, Collaborate. The optimised website was structured to aid the user journey with clear calls to action and email signup forms – this supported marketing with 37% of the total attendee registrations coming directly from data capture. The programme generated hype through tactical pre-event marketing and social media, leading to the event selling out two months before delivery! ERC’s community was digitally nurtured by the app and pre-event/onsite social media. These platforms fostered new connections and encouraged F2F networking. #ERC18LDN reached 225K accounts, while every delegate downloaded the app! The activity stream was in regular use recording 3,294 interactions and 226 photos over two days – a sign of a healthy, active and engaged community.

Momentum Worldwide – Microsoft Future Decoded

Over the past 5 years, Microsoft Future Decoded has become the premier conference in the calendar for companies and individuals leading the way on digital transformation.

For the 2018 edition, we created a flagship experience that invited our audience to explore and understand disruptive technology – and how it will impact people and businesses, today and in the future.

This came to life through our unique keynote series, featuring inspirational thought-leaders from across different industries. Their real-life stories inspired our delegates to help shape the future, to push boundaries and change the world.

We also provided two days of breakout sessions, hands-on labs, networking and a range of exciting Microsoft experiences, giving the information and practical advice needed to help grow businesses in the changing world of digital transformation and AI.

With over 9,700 attendees enthralled by 65 partners and exhibitors, we achieved 2,000+ new business leads over the quarter – making Future Decoded 2018 the most commercially-successful Microsoft UK business event ever.

Seventa Events – The Big Event

Seventa Events organise events, and we do them well. We absolutely love taking a clients brief, and bringing it to life.

Whether it’s a summer or Christmas employee party, a conference or awards ceremony, an experiential ‘pop-up’ event or a private bash, we are here to help.

We like to think that we have the ability to make the entire process relaxing, but most of all fun. It’s important that we are an easy to get on with bunch, as we will be working closely on every detail of the event as we design and curate to make sure that all requirements are fulfilled!

No matter the brief, you can always rely on our ability to create the perfect event/experience to meet your exact requirements.

TEN6 Creative – CX18

TEN6 Creative were tasked with providing an experience to 2800 managers and executives from global customer experience and contact centre companies. Working in an industry which is stereotyped for managing negative experiences and complaints, TEN6 ensured each and every attendee had nothing to complain about. From the keynote speaker, to the hot chicken eating contest, the social media wall, to the Women in Technology Lunch – there was always something for everyone! Achieving double digit growth in sponsorship revenue maximised the attendees opportunities to walk away with a positive outcome from the Solutions Showcase. This is the first event held by Genesys which has achieved nine out of 10 and is the second year that TEN6 have produced this.

Top Banana – DFS Annual Conference

Every year leading furniture retailer DFS hosts an annual conference for 450 of its store managers and office-based staff, ahead of its peak trading period and winter sale. The aim is to motivate, inspire and equip store managers with everything they need ahead of its busy peak trading time and update them with important business messages. Working on this event for the first time, Top Banana really challenged the key stakeholders at DFS and pushed them out of their comfort zone to ensure the audience would sit up, listen and go away knowing exactly what they needed to do to add to the success of the market leading business.

With a theme ‘Play to Win’ the balanced agenda was built around the business’s newly launched values. Venturing away from the ‘sit and tell’ conference format, Top Banana turned the conference on its head and created eight truly immersive environments where delegates rotated in groups to get all the knowledge, they needed ahead of the peak trading season. With the finale of an amazing evening gala dinner and awards ceremony, DFS said it was their best conference yet and were delighted with the post-event feedback that revealed record breaking stats.

TTA (The Turner Agency) – Shine Connect

Having cancer at a young age can be an isolating experience. Shine Cancer Support is working to change that, as the UK’s only non-profit dedicated to creating a supportive and empowered community of people in their twenties, thirties and forties living with a cancer diagnosis, so that no-one need go through it alone.
Ever since a serendipitous meeting with Shine’s co-founder, Ceinwen Giles, in 2015, it has been TTA’s enormous privilege to work closely with Shine as our charity partner. On their behalf, we deliver a life-affirming annual conference, Shine Connect, which brings together young adults with a cancer diagnosis to access support, learn, laugh and share.
In 2018, we set out to make Shine Connect bigger, better and more beneficial than ever, on a shoestring budget of just over £12,000, uniting 120 participants including ten carers, and six healthcare professionals who gained a Continuous Professional Development certificate for their attendance.
As Shine co-founder, Ceinwen Giles, attests, “It takes a village to make these events happen, so massive thanks to TTA for helping us pull off Shine Connect for the third year in a row. I’m sure they’ll help us find ways to top it in 2019!”

WONDER London – Google Cloud NEXT London

Google Cloud NEXT 2018 London is the annual flagship event for Google Cloud. NEXT is a global exhibition of inspiration, innovation and education, designed to help shape the future of the cloud by bringing industry pioneers together to share big ideas. NEXT is where an open community of industry leaders and adventurous start-ups share their visions for tomorrow. It’s where big thinkers and even bigger doers connect and push one another forward.

WONDER brought the Google Cloud brand to life for a record 16,000+ delegates, the largest audience Google has ever hosted in EMEA, comprising of the C-Suite, IT decision makers, and developers from companies of all sizes who came together for an itinerary of keynotes, breakout sessions, codelabs, training and the opportunity to network with Googlers and their partner ecosystem.

The interactive conference enabled delegates to choose from 110+ hours of content and 270+ speakers. Keynote speeches were followed by delegates moving freely between 8 breakout stages, and the 65 brand partner stands; while business owners who already use Google Cloud Platform were present to advise delegates and show the tech in action.

Mad World – Mad World Summit

Mad World Summit is Europe’s only solutions-focused conference and exhibition with a clear mission: to eradicate stigma and spark a new era of mental health and wellbeing in the workplace.

The 3 Track conference was led by hugely influential business and political leaders including Sir Ian Cheshire, Sir Vince Cable, Prof Dame Carol Black, Prof Sir Cary Cooper, Lord Dennis Stevenson and many other luminaries.

Each session began with a 3 minute “Energy Boost” session guided by a professional mindfulness therapist to get the audience to focus and engage – big success!

The event included an exhibition area for 24 displays including 3 different types of immersion pods for mindfulness and AR.
The afternoon break was highlighted by a “Flash Mob” of delegates breaking into song – singing does make you happy!

The event was a sell out and the audience reaction universally ecstatic and grateful.

The organisers are grateful for the support of Forbes, BITC, MQ Mental Health, The Lord Mayors Office “This is Me” green ribbon campaign and the RetailTrust plus many more!

It was without doubt the most successful and most rewarding event we have ever launched.

See the video here – https://youtu.be/aXlMTxdFfJ8

MAD//Fest London

The disconnect between existing marketing events and what marketing/media leaders want was the motivating forces for Dan Brain and Ian Houghton, two first time event entrepreneurs, to launch MAD//Fest London in 2018, a Marketing, Advertising and Disruption festival designed to combine fun, credibility and buyers at scale.

In six months, MAD//Fest secured investment from publisher Mediatel, built a business from scratch, developed a unique model, delivered a show that challenged existing industry exhibitions and established a distinctively different show that exceeded all commercial and visitor expectations.

Their invite-only model enabled them to reverse the ratio of buyers to suppliers at events and deliver an audience of 2,713 leaders, 87% of whom were senior buyers.

SBL Ideas – This Can Happen

This Can Happen is a solutions-led corporate mental health conference which launched in 2018 to a sell out audience of 750 delegates from over 120 companies. The event took place at the Intercontinental Hotel at The 02 with 3 stages, 23 sessions, 60+ speakers and an experiential zone with VR and role play.

This was not an HR conference, rather we asked companies to send delegations from post room to boardroom since mental health affects every level of every company. Everything we did was solutions-led meaning each session needed to outline to the delegates what they can use in their day to day lives. We went further and produced our ebook which outlined each session, what was discussed with the key solutions.

This has been downloaded over 4,000 times and now sits on hundreds of company intranets as a ready reference mental health tool.

Was it successful? Well we had delegations from 16 of the top 20 Law firms, 7 of the top 10 Accountancy practices, every major Bank and Insurance company, advertising agencies, food manufacturers and construction companies.

So what’s next. We will have over 1,000 delegates this year. Will you be one of them?

Telegraph Events – Women Mean Business Live

Women Mean Business Live (WMBL) was more than a conference linked to a publication, it was the power of live journalism at its best. Bringing editorial vision of driving profound change through the collective voice of our nation’s most successful men and women across media, politics, fashion and business to life. It set the media agenda and forced the Government to take action.

Smashing every target it was set, delivering >500 delegates, exceeding both delegate and sponsorship targets and creating a powerful platform to empower a hugely influential national movement, created and championed by The Telegraph’s leading journalists.

An unparalleled speaker programme, it drove action and change, amplifying critical policy-changing conversations on women’s equality and rights. With standing room only in many sessions, this event saw unprecedented demand by delegates and was rich in aligned and meaningful
sponsorship partnerships. A powerful ecosystem confronting and driving change, powered by our Telegraph’s outstanding journalism and senior leadership including Nick Hugh CEO, Jo Morell (Managing Editor). Chris Evans (Editor) Victoria Harper (Features Director) and Claire Cohen (Women’s and Associate Features Editor)

WMBL aimed to, in the words of one Treasury Minister, unlock the “greatest economic opportunity of the 21st century”: Women-led enterprises

Terrapinn – MOVE

MOVE is where mobility is re-imagined.

We have created the world’s most important mobility event, where disruptive technology and innovation drive much needed change. In 2019, nearly 3,000 people attended MOVE from around the globe.

MOVE brings together disruptors, their technology and their attitude with stakeholders across all modes and disciplines: to dialogue, to create insight and to promote collaboration. And connect start-ups with investors and corporate partners. In 2019 over 140 start-ups presented, pitched and found partners.

With 388 speakers across 9 content streams, MOVE guarantees to be more expansive and multi-disciplined than any other event on the planet.

Join the MOVEment in shaping the future of transport.

World Retail Insights – The Retail Summit

The Retail Summit took place in Dubai’s world-famous Atlantis resort in February 2019.

Produced by an independent start-up event organiser, this launch event:

– Generated more than £ revenue
– Had Sir Richard Branson and Jo Malone as headline speakers. C-level retailers from Farfetch, Lego, New Balance and Coca-Cola also joined the speaker line-up.
– Secured Royal Patronage from the ruling family of Dubai.
– Was attended by Dubai’s Crown Prince.

All of this was achieved by a team of 8 staff and a £ investment.

Audience – The London Stansted Airport Travel Show

The London Stansted Airport Travel Show was set out to showcase the airport’s growing routes network – over 200 destinations for summer 2018 – including the recently announced daily Emirates to Dubai service and all the onward connections this opens up to passengers from across the region. Other objectives included providing networking opportunities for airline partners and travel agents; and creating a platform for airlines to promote their materials and product information.

Emap/Metropolis – Nursing Times Workforce Summit & Awards

The NT Workforce Summit and Awards were a true example of team work with each division, production, marketing, sales and operations outperforming targets and delivering an event that shines a light on the most topical issue in nursing at present and goes some way to helping organisations to address serious workforce sustainability issues. An excellent example of delivering a new event at pace, while managing challenging periods of overlapping event timelines and maintaining high standards.

GLC Europe – HSE360

With more than 40 expert speakers and around 200 participants representing a range of industries from around the world, HSE360 Summit is a unique experience and a must for health and safety professionals. When we started this project, our main aim was to create a different HSE event on the market. Why is it different?
We have eight reasons for that:

– Participants can meet 150+ industry professionals under one roof
– Biggest health and safety event in Frankfurt
– Only content-driven presentations
– One ticket, 2 days, 3 tracks and exhibition area
– Real life case studies and innovation showcase
– Interactive workshops
– Chance to win a best-selling book and to meet the author
– Communication session and cocktail reception

Do not miss this opportunity to broaden your horizons, network with colleagues from around the world and learn something new, which could make a difference to you, your organisation and your environment.

Hennik Research – Manufacturing Innovation Summit

Manufacturing Innovation Summit was a leap into the dark – representing a new product category, new audience segment, and a new conference format. Happily we landed with cat-like agility, delivering well in excess of our 100 pax/£100k targets, and ticking off important secondary objectives including data acquisition and audience development.

Manufacturing Innovation Summit was created to diversify a magazine publisher’s revenues into events, and also to reach into a swathe of emerging manufacturing job titles deemed to be important to the future of the business.

We took a novel approach to research – creating a newsletter-based micro-community to attract prospective delegates and sponsors, and to provide clear metrics on which topics were of most interest.

We also took a novel approach to the event format – which revolved round a series of uniquely-themed discussion topics. Delegates were free to choose where, and with which speakers and sponsors, they spent their time – ensuring that they got the most of their time. This also ensured that sponsors got to meet delegates most engaged with the topic being sponsored.

More people, having more relevant conversations = mission accomplished.

Incisive Media – Professional Adviser 360

Our aim was to create a ‘best in class’ conference, that meant top drawer content, leading speakers, latest industry innovations and a focus on thought leadership and excellence. Research involving our advisory panel of industry experts and conversations with target delegates helped form the basic structure of the conference – ‘You and Your Business’, ‘You and Your Clients’ and ‘You and Your Profession’. We worked with our sponsors to create interesting and educational presentations which addressed the wider challenges of the investment process and decision making. PA360 was the first independently owned conference for Financial Advisers to provide a platform (“Supplier Hub”) for the smaller providers of products and services, who are usually unable to afford the high prices of participation at large industry events. We used a combinations of marketing techniques for maximum awareness and engagement, including email campaigns, editorial coverage, social media campaigns, telesales, online banners adverts and direct mailing. We had 33 sponsors and 47 expert speakers on the day. The event achieved 177% over our revenue target. The PA360 Conference attracted over 330 delegates – the largest audience for any independently organised financial adviser conference in 2018.

Govnet Communications – Independent Schools Conference

following the successful launch of Independent Schools Conference in November 2018. In addition to opening a new market both for us and for our clients, the event has also resulted in a community of interest who we look forward to serving for years to come. Launch events present specific challenges and launch events in unknown industries more so. The adversity experienced by our team was taken up with dedication and ingenuity and the lessons learned from building ISC from an idea to a 300+ conference was furthermore vital for our ability to deliver an improved product for 2019 as well as for our ability to reflect upon our entire portfolio.

The King’s Fund – Health and Care Explained

The Health and Care Explained series of events began in March 2018. The concept was the result of discussions and insights from a range of teams across the organisation The health and care system grows further complicated every year and increasingly the Fund has dedicated more time and expertise to sense-making In addition, the organisation’s corporate goals include engaging with new audiences, showcasing the breadth of expertise across the organisation and giving colleagues development opportunities in chairing and speaking at events Given the external environment and these internal goals, we set out to create the first conference that would explain the structures and systems of the health and care sector (and why they matter) The first conference sold out seven weeks in advance and we repeated it five months later and it sold out again (despite taking place in August) We have since run it a third time in London and once in Leeds. We most recently ran a specific explainer conference on digital health and care, which was identified by audiences as a key area that they wanted to understand further.

Bioscientifica

The ESPE Meeting is the flagship event of the European Society for Paediatric Endocrinology (ESPE) It provides a global platform for scientists and doctors to share the latest research and clinical advances in paediatric endocrine care, helping to improve the lives of children with endocrine conditions.

The Bioscientifica operations team for the 2018 ESPE Meeting in Athens was expertly led by a Head of Events, a Senior Event Manager and an Events Team Manager — all with extensive experience in the industry and over 5 years working for Bioscientifica. However, the majority of the support team were new to the events industry, with less than a year’s experience each.

ESPE 2018 posed significant challenges for this new team. The Meeting was unexpectedly hit by tropical storm Zorba — a rare ‘Medicane’ which resulted in local services and transport being severely disrupted. Yet, despite this setback, the operations team pulled together to deliver the most successful Meeting in ESPE’s history. This is a testament to their work ethic, motivation and excellent team work.

Capacity Media

Capacity Media Operations Team consists of 11 members some new to the events world and others with over 12 years’ of event experience. Each member has an important role and voice within the team.

Our goal is simple – enhance our company brand through giving our clients and delegates the best ever event experience whilst managing our risks and liability. Our customers are at the heart of everything we do, no job is too big or too small for us whether it is allowing our clients to access us onsite via WhatsApp or to pre-event briefings. We strive to adapt our offerings to both our sponsors and clients and over the past years have been able to add value with innovative ideas such as tiered level branding ensuring greater exposure for our high-level sponsors and introducing cultural performances at some of our events. We have a real ‘can do’ attitude here at Capacity Media and stay ahead of the game by anticipating every challenge or potential problem in advance and making sure we have a plan to deal with it. We are very proud of the work we do and consider ourselves the titans of the event industry!

CWT M&E

This entry gives a snapshot of the outstanding growth, innovation, strategy and sheer hard work and commitment our staff at CWT Meetings & Events put in, to achieve excellent results for our clients. It gives an insight into the key achievements of our staff, how we’re constantly improving the way we work with our clients, and the ongoing training programme that is in place and available for the team. We truly believe we have the best teams in the business and the feedback we receive and business wins show this.

DRPG – Live Division

A powerhouse of a team, we are so proud of each and every person that makes DRPG Live. We are nothing without our people and we are so lucky that we have a team that care, want to make a difference, are passionate about what they do but most importantly make ‘Anything’s Possible’.

Continued growth of DRPG has meant that in 2018 we were often pushed at the seams, and whilst we brought in freelance partners at times to ease the pressure, this sometimes became counterproductive as it added more pressure to our teams to ensure we protected the G culture and service standards. The biggest test and challenges were with a large project in June that we delivered for one of our key accounts. The largest and most complicated project of the year with over 60 full time employees in leading roles, it pushed and challenged our team in new ways. On top of this we had our busiest month and weeks at the same time. Never wanting to let anyone down our team rose to the challenge and found new ways of working together to deliver exceptional results.

Resource continued to be our biggest challenge of all, on top of this we have an internal re-structure following the change to the leadership team, seeing the merge of 3 areas of the business come in to one under one leader with new direction and vision.

EMAP Publishing – ConE/HLG Events Team

The ConE/HLG Events Team cover all types of events from conferences to festivals, careers fairs to clubs and roundtables to awards ceremonies across the construction, engineering, healthcare and local government portfolios.

Managing 15,000 attendees throughout 2018, organisation and teamwork is integral to orchestrating this busy and varied workload. Working with such large clientele, customer service is at the forefront of our team ethos.

2018 delivered many successes, with strong numbers to back this. Though our proudest achievement was increasing our festivals from one to three, which required exceptional team collaboration, cost management and attention to detail whilst pushing this ambitious team out of their comfort zone with a challenging 24hr programme to deliver.

We know that as a team understanding the industry, nurturing and promoting leadership within the team, and listening to our customers base will secure our teams’ continued success.

Pageant Media

The operations team at Pageant Media have a very close team dynamic and provide a support system, encouraging the very best from each other. The team work on both an individual and collaborative level to deliver 200 annual high end events focusing on the financial services industry. The entire team have a deep set passion for events and this drives our motivation and enthusiasm to continuously review, analyse and adapt our entire approach to event delivery to ensure we provide a relevant event offering that is exceeds all stakeholder expectations and ensures we are market leaders.

Sleek Events

As an operations team, we are well rounded, capable and reliable. We continue to grow and expand our client database and industry knowledge, whilst still creating amazing events for our valued clients. We love what we do, and the awards we won last year is testament to our success. We hit £6.7 million last year, exceeding our target, and are striving for even greater achievements in 2019. We’re so proud of how far the agency has come, and with our fabulous team, we plan to become one of the best boutique agencies in the UK.

Wilmington Healthcare

The events portfolio consists of awards, summits, forums, conferences and seminars ranging from 40-1,800 attendees. In 2018, they delivered all the events within budget. Additionally, the team were set four challenging objectives which centred around improving customer experience and demonstrating measurable customer satisfaction.

The team smashed their targets and confirmed their abilities to innovate, work effectively together, attention to detail and ability to deliver excellent customer service and experience even within challenging circumstances. They are passionate, motivated and inspired to deliver consistently engaging events.