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  • FESTYVENT LAUNCHES FESTIVAL SAFETY FEATURE

    FESTYVENT LAUNCHES FESTIVAL SAFETY FEATURE

    Festyvent, the UK technology firm for the Live Industry, has launched new enhanced app features for music festivals and live events.


    First up is SAFE@FESTIVAL, which will allow

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  • Tappit launches new RFID wristband safety functionality

    Tappit launches new RFID wristband safety functionality

    Tappit, a global payment ecosystem for events, stadia and venues, has added new safety functionality to its RFID wristbands.


    Activated for the first time at Kaleidoscope Festival

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  • Events Industry Seeks Renewable Energy Sources and Ban on Single-Use Plastics

    Events Industry Seeks Renewable Energy Sources and Ban on Single-Use Plastics

     

    More high-profile events and live venues are seeking renewable energy and banning single-use plastic in a push to tackle global warming and litter pollution.


    Across the

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  • Glastonbury bans single-use plastic drinks bottles

    Glastonbury bans single-use plastic drinks bottles

    Glastonbury Festival has banned single-use plastic drinks bottles at this year’s event. They will also no longer be supplied or available in any of the Festival’s backstage, production, catering

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  • Bouncy castles: safety advice

    Bouncy castles: safety advice

     

    HSE has published updated advice for bouncy castle and inflatable operators, following recent serious incidents in windy conditions. 


     

    'These simple

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  • Paramedic launches UK’s first comparison site for event  medical cover

    Paramedic launches UK’s first comparison site for event medical cover

    A comparison site for event medical cover and medical training – The Medical Network (www.themedicalnetwork.co.uk) – has been launched.

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  • Concerns over planned Peak District sky lantern festival

    Concerns over planned Peak District sky lantern festival

    A sky lantern festival scheduled for the Peak District has raised concerns as a result of recent major fires across moorland.

  •  Unwanted sexual behaviour at music festivals

    Unwanted sexual behaviour at music festivals

    A new YouGov survey, commissioned by the Press Association, has found that half of female festival goers (43%) under 40 say they have faced unwanted sexual behaviour at a music festival.

  • Hire Awards of Excellence set to return in 2018

    Hire Awards of Excellence set to return in 2018

     

    The organiser of the Hire Awards of Excellence, Hire Association Europe Event Hire Association (HAE EHA), has announced that nominations for next year’s awards are now open

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  • Gareth Clark Joins 11th Hour

    Gareth Clark Joins 11th Hour

    Cardiff-based event service provider 11th Hour has appointed electrician of 20 years, Gareth Clark, to its team.

  • Plymouth to remain home of the British Firework Championships until 2029

    Plymouth to remain home of the British Firework Championships until 2029

    Plymouth City Council and The Event Services Association (TESA) are set to sign a contract that will see the British Firework Championships remain in Plymouth for a further 12 years.

  • New Mini Purple Guide Published

    New Mini Purple Guide Published

    A new guide has been published by the Events Industry Forum to help organisers of smaller events comply with regulations and good practice.

    The new ‘Purple Guide Lite’ is a

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  • Waysafe introduce a new innovation for the events industry

    Waysafe introduce a new innovation for the events industry

    Waysafe linear illuminated marking system has been designed for use in low light or dark applications either internally or externally. It enables the user to mark a direction or hazard.

  • Notting Hill Carnival reaches a safety 'tipping point'

    Notting Hill Carnival reaches a safety 'tipping point'

    Notting Hill Carnival poses a "real risk to public safety" and needs to be re-examined to ensure it remains a safe and positive experience for all. That's the conclusion of a new report

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  • Compass Group UK & Ireland celebrate success at annual RoSPA ceremony

    Compass Group UK & Ireland celebrate success at annual RoSPA ceremony

    Compass Group UK & Ireland, the UK’s largest catering and support services firm, is celebrating after achieving seven gold medals across its sectors for their approach to occupational

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  • Event specialists secure International Safety Award

    Event specialists secure International Safety Award

    Two event health and safety companies that partnered up to deliver the health and safety for the 2015 European Games in Baku, Azerbaijan, have been recognised with a prestigious British Safety

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  • PAT tester gets top safety billing at event company

    PAT tester gets top safety billing at event company

    An integrated asset management system with electrical safety testing at its core is helping a leading supplier of technical services to outdoor events and festivals meet its quality control and

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  • Health and Safety on the cheap? Peanuts and monkeys?

    Health and Safety on the cheap? Peanuts and monkeys?

    To raise standards among event safety practitioners and other interested parties, a collaboration has been formed between SAGE (Safety Advisors Group in Entertainment), the International

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  • Event Planning: How to measure event success

    Event Planning: How to measure event success

    How do you show a return on investment for events, or more commonly the ability to show a return on objectives (ROO)? Mike Walker, Managing Director of MGN Events, has the answers.

    Running

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  • Don’t risk going without a risk assessment

    Don’t risk going without a risk assessment

    A risk assessment is not something to worry about - the only worry is not having one. The Event Safety Advisors company explains...

    Your key artists are booked, the site’s paid for and

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  • Planning Event Medical Cover – Where do you start?

    Planning Event Medical Cover – Where do you start?

    Event organisers need to talk to their medical provider early in their planning cycle, as the best and most effective medical cover is evolved by discussion and debate and not as the result of

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  • The Red Cross at the color run

    The Red Cross at the color run

    This summer tens of thousands of runners will be lacing up their trainers, pulling on their sweatbands and dousing themselves in neon powder paint at a series of five-kilometre events across the

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  • New PSE Code of Practise for electrical safety testing of portable sanitation and welfare units

    New PSE Code of Practise for electrical safety testing of portable sanitation and welfare units

    A new code of practice on electrical testing has been developed to ensure that hirers of portable and temporary welfare units meet their safety responsibilities.

    The new document has been

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  • HSE to Prosecute Film Company After Star Wars Incident

    HSE to Prosecute Film Company After Star Wars Incident

    Film producer Foodles Production (UK) Ltd is to be prosecuted over an incident in which actor Harrison Ford was seriously injured during the filming of Star Wars: The Forces Awakens, by The

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  • New Guidance for CDM 2105 and the Events Industry

    New Guidance for CDM 2105 and the Events Industry

    New guidance to explain how regulations which manage the safety and health of construction projects apply to the entertainment industry has been published.

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