Sponsors & Partners
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Ultimate Experience are London’s most sought after seasonal venue and event specialist. Their extensive portfolio of venues gives clients access to some of the most in-demand spaces in the capital.
For over 25 years, Ultimate Experience has worked side by side with its clients to create incredible events across London, according to any needs or requirements. They are London’s number one summer and Christmas party organiser, but that’s not all. They also manage high-impact corporate events, stunning award ceremonies, conferences, charity fundraisers, product launches, exhibitions and much more.
Ultimate Experience are tremendously proud of their talented team who will work round the clock to create your perfect event. If you’re just looking for venue installation, feast your eyes on their wide range of prestigious locations across London. And if it’s a simple, stress-free event if you’re looking for, talk to their team about managing your whole event.
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Established over 30 years ago, Sounds Commercial now boasts 6 nationwide offices employing over 80 full-time employees. Sounds Commercial is now one of the UK’s leading event production companies.
As an industry leader, Sounds Commercial offer access to state-of-the-art technology, and pride ourselves on managing all aspects of event production – Making ourselves the one stop shop for all your event needs.
Big or small, from photo-quality printing, full stage design and build, through to end to end event management, Sounds Commercial can cater for every aspect of your event.
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FullCircle are a multi-disciplined events supplier with four key departments working under one roof; Entertainment, Production, Design and Furniture. Our partnership with London’s leading caterer Create completes our event services package.
With experts in their field, the FullCircle departments work together to build memorable events for clients both big and small. Whether it’s a corporate conference for hundreds or a press launch for an exclusive crowd, FullCircle work to the client’s brief to make sure all bases are covered. As well as working with some of the UKs most sought after venues, FullCircle work with brands to bring to life ideas, from initial creative process through to the live activation.
Full Circle don’t just build your event, they create an experience your guests will never forget.
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We are creative and passionate about food and events, with nearly 35 years of experience at the UK’s most prestigious venues. Our values centre on delivering a highly bespoke and imaginative service and our reputation for reliability, creativity and attention to detail keeps our clients returning to work with us year after year.
Our talented chefs, event planners and event managers have a vast amount of experience and expertise, all dedicated to delivering outstanding food and service at a large variety of events, ensuring that every guest has a memorable and fun experience.
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Blitz are a full-service event production company with over 30 years’ experience creating some of the most engaging events around the world.
We provide video, audio, lighting, content management, set and staging, design and digital and interactive technology for a wide range of events; from product launches, award ceremonies and conferences, to exhibitions, AGMs and road shows.
Our expertise, combined with our extensive inventory of AV technologies gives us the unique ability to serve our clients, in a variety of sectors, from concept to delivery.
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WyvernDM specialise in building CRM systems and marketing databases for conference and event companies. Our software; Wyvern Magic is tried and tested with some of the biggest UK companies, but as an agile, dynamic company we also serve smaller companies right down to start-ups.
We love data integration – building databases from complex and disparate sources, but we what we love even more is enabling marketing and sales people to get to grips with their data and supporting clients in driving their events business forward.
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Gaudio have a reputation as the UK’s most trusted designer and manufacturer of bespoke awards to the events industry. Our experienced and friendly project management team guide our clients expertly through the process from initial brief to delivery of the finished product.
Our cutting edge award designs are carefully tailored to your event theme, brand and budget and are provided entirely free of charge. With an emphasis on using only the highest quality materials Gaudio guarantee to deliver unique and individual awards that will delight your winners, your sponsors and attract the attention your event deserves.
If you are looking for inspiration for your award event visit www.gaudio.co.uk
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CAPTURISE is a photography company specialising in corporate and conference events, covering everything from small meetings right through to large international conferences. No event is ever too small or too large for CAPTURISE and we make the most of any surroundings and situations to capture exceptional images.
Our dedicated photographers and editors have a wide range of knowledge and experience and not only are able to fulfil and accomplish any brief set before them but are always able to exceed client’s expectations.
By using CAPTURISE you can always rest assure that Professionalism, Discreetness, Reliability and Outstanding Images will be provided to each and every one of your events. www.capturise.com/
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Cuebox is a prompting company supplying On-Camera, Free standing and Corporate Presentation Systems to the broadcast and corporate world, supported by a select team of technicians.
We specialise in award ceremonies, corporate videos, seminars and general public speaking engagements as well as TV and broadcast work.
Our unique independently powered systems enables them to be used outside in almost any situation, allowing us to provide you prompting wherever you need our support. We have operators in London, Bristol, Cardiff and Manchester, with dedicated operators further north covering Scotland as well so we really are a Nationwide company.
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VR-Centre are the UK’s foremost provider of live virtual reality event activations and bespoke brand experiences. Started in 2015 with a focus on empowering the events industry with next-generation VR, the company has developed a unique client list including Spotify, Haymarket, Thompson Holidays (TUI), Soho House Group, Guinness World Records, Centaur Media, Ocado, the British Film Institute, London Marketing Week, Enjoy Work & Variety. VR-Centre develop activations and VR content with a close eye on each client’s creative brief & budget considerations, project managed and delivered by a passionate London based team. With virtual reality now moving far beyond science-fiction, it’s an exciting new option for events.
Headline Sponsor
Performing Artistes have been supplying people to give speeches, chair conferences and host events for over 25 years. Based in the West End, the tight-knit booking team supply over 600 people a year for events in the UK and worldwide.
Performing Artistes are independent of the talent. They work for you, the event organiser, whilst maintaining close working relationships with the artistes themselves, to ensure you get the right person, properly briefed at the right price. They cover everything from the serious speaker for keynotes and motivational speeches, to comedians and entertainers for dinners and awards.
Put simply, they are in the Business of Speaking.
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An expert recruitment service for companies and candidates within the conference, exhibition and events sectors.
GCN Talent is THE go-to recruitment partner for the international conference, exhibitions and events industries. With decades of experience in the sector and a worldwide network of contacts, we are perfectly positioned to assist you with your next key hire – or to take your career to the next level.
GCN Talent – part of the Global Conference Network – is managed and run by former industry practitioners. For clients, this means that you’ll be dealing with someone who understands your business inside out. For candidates, the depth of our understanding of your job and our position at the heart of the industry sets us apart from a traditional recruitment agency – and means we’ll be able to place you quickly and effectively. And our reach truly is global.
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The Mermaid London is a vibrant conference and events centre in the heart of the City of London. The venue hosts over 250 events annually from a variety of organisations from a range of sectors.
At the heart of the venue is the Auditorium with tiered seating for 600 people, excellent sight lines to the stage and unrivalled acoustics.
There are eight event spaces, totalling 2,395sqft. Earlier in 2017 the Newgate Suite received a £250,000 refurbishment and now includes multiple interconnecting whiteboard walls for creative use, and can be divided into four meeting and breakout spaces.
The recent £750,000 refurbishment in September 2017 of the Upper River Room sees the ceiling height raised and existing supports redesigned to create a contemporary open plan space, further enhancing sightlines of Tate Modern, Shakespeare’s Globe and The Shard.
The Mermaid London prides itself in employing a dynamic team of people with a ‘can do’ attitude to deliver outstanding events.
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With more than 1,000 staff in offices in London and India, software and data specialist Merit supports some of the world’s top B2B media and information companies including Dow Jones, Ascential, The Financial Times and Informa.
Established in 2004, Merit offers a flexible and high-quality service giving clients the technology, manpower and expertise they need to build, enhance and monetise audience and market intelligence.
The business became one of the first organisations in the world to achieve the British Standards Institution’s BS:10012:201711 certification for its Personal Information Management System and GDPR, affirming its position as a global leader in marketing compliance.
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Kontenthaus provides content marketing services to the international events industry. We help event marketers convert transient audiences to become part of an engaging community. And we do it with content that people love. Our team has a proven track record in increasing sign-ups as well as recruiting previously untapped audiences. Kontenthaus services include content strategy, planning, creation and amplification. Our events marketing suite covers influencer engagement, videos, features and live blogs. We believe that the events industry has a unique opportunity using content to create sustainable communities. And that’s what we do.
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etc.venues 133 Houndsditch offers you the perfect space in which to celebrate your awards.
Superbly located minutes away from Liverpool St and Bank stations, etc.venues 133 Houndsditch offers 33,000 sqft of space all on one floor, including a large banqueting suite seating over 550 guests alongside 7 additional rooms for 100 plus.
The Enterprise Suite boasts a generous ceiling height and natural daylight with the latest in built in audio visual technology, whilst the adjacent open plan galleria offers over 15,000 sqf of flexible catering space for pre-dinner drinks or dancing.
Multiple media walls provide plenty of branding options and the sleek design in tones of marble, brass and walnut complete the City’s newest most exciting venue.
To complete the package, a combination of onsite chefs, creating bespoke menus, and our award winning service ensure your awards will be your best event of the year.
Trust etc.venues 133 Houndsditch to deliver your awards for you.
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Today more than ever, print is key in engaging targeted audiences who find it easy to ignore digital communications. From beautifully crafted Direct Mail pieces to brochures, magazines, invitations, prospectuses and vouchers, print is integral to business.
At KNP we’ve spent over 30 years helping clients reach their target audiences through integrated printing and mailing solutions. We understand the importance of getting something ‘just right’. And we know you need a print partner you can trust, so we deliver what we say we will, when we say we will, and how we say we will.
Always on hand to give advice and deliver the right solution, we’ve built a reputation for outstanding quality and reliability. And with everything on site, we provide a cost-effective, no hidden extras solution.
Our services:
Litho & Digital Print, Direct Mail, Specialised Finishing, Large Format, Signage.
Say hello! 0844 800 9270 | knplitho.co.uk
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AwardsPro is a full circle platform to manage and streamline the entry and judging process for any Awards event. AwardsPro has been created and road-tested by those who know best what an easy-to-use, reliable and robust platform looks and feels like.
Contact aileen@globalconferencenetwork.co.uk to find out more.
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Selfiebot, the premium robotic photographer
Selfiebot takes the Photo Booth experience to the next level. Roaming amongst the crowd, the robot surprises and delights with fully customisable speech interacting with guests using your brand’s unique tone of voice. Selfiebot can print photo’s instantly or send them to guests via SMS or email which encourages social sharing. This will give you an effective data capture tool for re-targeting and guest follow ups. Selfiebot can be further customised with branded photo overlays and ‘on -bot’ branding creating a premium experience for your guests. Selfiebot Photo booth is available for rental worldwide.
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MoorePeople is the preferred event personnel partner to many of the industry’s leading players. From front-of-house, corporate hospitality and conference coordinators right through to experienced event managers, MoorePeople has the perfect short-term staffing solution for your next project.
The MoorePeople team pride themselves on representing the only Event Staffing Agency in the industry that is a member of ESSA and endorsed by Visit London, which contributes to their unparalleled reputation built up over twenty years. Each member of the team has a wealth of event experience which will be at your fingertips from the moment you bring the team on board.
MoorePeople’s nationwide network of professional, skilled personnel is second to none because they only work with the very best. They are creative, motivated and professional and are committed to making your event a success.
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When hosting your event, your chosen venue should accurately reflect your brand and leave guests with a great impression of you. We offer the whole shebang, design, print and installation of event branding products, from graphics and signage to exhibition stands and merchandise. We aim to be your event print partner with an answer to every idea and budget. Our quality, value for money and outstanding customer service have won us multiple preferred supplier relationships at key venues in London. So whether you’re a venue, agency or end client we have a solution for you!