The BBC’s spoof documentary following a fictitious London 2012 organising committee gives us a good chuckle on the Event team. The show’s ridiculous scenarios sometimes seem only a small step away from the Olympic news we write about – legacy and sustainability jargon, plans that may have been a little too ambitious and zealous branding guidelines.
It’s the buzzword in digital. The fastest growing social network on the web. As Zoolander would say if he could fathom the internet, Pinterest is so hot right now. Read More
David Walliams swam the English Channel and comedian John Bishop cycled, rowed and ran from Paris to Trafalgar Square for his ‘Week of Hell’ to raise money for Sport Relief. Read More
Lord Sebastian Coe has announced one extra stop for the Olympic torch on its 2012 relay route. But before you jump for a
map, it’s not in your neighbourhood, or any of the towns that have grumbled
about being snubbed.
Back in August I wrote about the absurd suggestion by LOCOG’s Mark Evers that 3 million London workers should stay at home during the Olympics – a notion supported by Transport Minister Norman Baker. Well clearly they have listened and realised that asking workers to stay at home for 4 weeks during the Olympics might not be the most appropriate government advice for our fragile economy. The solution they are now proposing is of course even more amazing.
On 13th October I read a story in Management Today that my favourite airline was planning to remove all but one of the toilets on board their aircraft – no points for guessing who we are talking about!
As the newest producer on the P&MM Live team I was invited to a seminar for the new IML connector. Now I’ve played ‘who wants to be a millionaire’ more times than I care to mention since the launch of such event technology so I desperately hoped that this handset would bring something new to the table.
Royal Navy’s HMS Brocklesby docked, all carpets laid, competition areas complete, exhibition stands finished and the largest ever electrical mains pull through – over 800, with more than 4000 sockets – complete and ready to power all of the drills, hairdryers, CNC milling machines, spotlights, and much more for the 900 competitors taking part. Read More
We are conducting one of the largest and most critical surveys in years, researching the value and effectiveness of events in the UK and Eurorpe. As a key stakeholder in events we want to know what you think…
Today 43,960sqm of skill areas nears completion, they range from just over 350sqm through to over 2500sqm and these will form the areas where the competitions will be held. Within the build is sufficient walling to stretch from the sea to the top of Europe’s highest mountain – “The Elbrus” which stands at around 5600m. Read More
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