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Corporate Events

Dive into our latest blog on what it takes to be a successful leader in events from some of the best in the industry.

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Corporate Events

The events landscape has evolved dramatically in recent years, this article delves into the key challenges, and solutions, to the present challenges in 2024. Featuring insight from a panel of highly experienced event planners.

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Hire Space 360

Discover how Hire Space 360 streamlines the event planning lifecycle, saving time and costs for businesses. Learn how to enhance efficiency and deliver exceptional events.

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Event Tech

In collaboration with MeetEngland, explore how AI is impacting the events sector, from the very start, to now.

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Event Tech

In collaboration with Meet England, take a look at some of the key opportunities to maximise the opportunities presented by AI and smart technology.

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London Venues

Looking to put together a photo shoot and need a London studio to do it? Here London's top 5 studios for film and photo, available for private hire.

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Safer Events

The government has laid out its plans for reintroducing events in England to coincide with the relaxing of social distancing restrictions. We've laid out the timeline here.

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Safer Events

As part of the Safer Events - A Framework for Action accreditation, Hire Space and its independent health and safety partners have developed a training course designed to equip event professionals with the knowledge to hold events safely post-COVID.

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Coronavirus Updates

In response to this week's government announcements regarding the easing of restrictions for bars and restaurants, our Founders chime in on what this means for the events industry and how you can help support the events industry.

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Coronavirus Updates

During these unprecedented times we have one goal, to help our clients, venues and partners to navigate through this pandemic.

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PR

Attention Venues, announcing the first of the 'How to PR like a Pro' Series by our friends at davies tanner for our venue community.

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Digital Marketing

Learn how to create more personal connections with audiences with the aim of driving business growth and fostering customer loyalty through brand story telling.

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Digital Marketing

You've been featured on the Hire Space blog – woohoo! Hire Space promotes all of its blog content to its community of 100,000+ venue bookers, so you can be sure that lots and lots of people will read the feature. You're always welcome to ask us how we've promoted it – it's what we do best! There are a couple of things you can do to really maximise the impact of the content. Check them out: 1. Link to the feature from your website Third-party endorsements are a fan

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Venue Marketing Series

Calling go-getting venue marketers! In this series we discuss the basics of online marketing for venues. We’ll talk about social media, SEO, search marketing and a lot more - all great (and often free) ways to generate new customers for your venue. Enjoy! Now you have learnt the basics of setting up a website and optimising it for keywords, and have seen how building links from other high value websites will help you to build your online reputation, it’s time to start enjoying the rich data you

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Digital Marketing

Calling go-getting venue marketers! In this series we discuss the basics of online marketing for venues. We’ll talk about social media, SEO, search marketing and a lot more - all great (and often free) ways to generate new customers for your venue. Enjoy! Like 2014, 2015 will be a year in which mobile grows and grows. Ensuring a mobile presence is crucial for online marketers, and it should, if we're honest, take up more than one chapter of this series. Suffice to say we will be mentioning it f

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Digital Marketing

Calling go-getting venue marketers! In this series we discuss the basics of online marketing for venues. We’ll talk about social media, SEO, search marketing and a lot more - all great (and often free) ways to generate new customers for your venue. Enjoy! As we touched on in the first blog in this series , linkbuilding - the process of encouraging other websites to link to your own - has long been a fundamental part of online marketing. In r

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London Venues

Constituting of five gigantic railway arches on the foot of the Thames, it's immediately obvious that Pulse & Bankside Vaults is a dramatic and compelling space. A playground for anyone with creative flair, this venue can unleash even the most ambitious of imaginations. We never know what might end up happening in this unique underworld cavern. With over 19,000 square feet of space, and enclosed deep below ground, t

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Having a back catalogue of over 2000 unique venues is no mean feat, but at Hire Space we pride ourselves on scouting out the most amazing locations the UK has to offer. Here's how we make the magic happen. Social Media At Hire Space, we love a bit of social media. Not only is it a great way for us to connect with customers, but it's also a brilliant method for hunting out some of the most unique venues making waves within online communities. Most businesses have a social media presence these

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Hire Space

It's now even easier to find the perfect venue for your event with Hire Space. The UK's leading venue website has just launched its new Request For Proposal (RFP) functionality, meaning that whatever size, style or sort of event you're hoping to put on, we can help make it a reality. Quick and Easy With our quick and easy online form, event planning can be a breeze. Just enter the date and time of your event as well as your budget. You can then input further details on the type of event you'r

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Great news! Venues signed up to Hire Space now have even more control on converting bookings, with our all-new Analytics Dashboard. To access the Analytics Dashboard, all venue managers need to do is to log in at venues.hirespace.com . Here you'll be able to keep track of page views, bookings and your venue's overall performance on the Hire Space website . We asked two Hire Space venue and event managers to test drive the dashboard and rep

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London Venues

East London has hipsters, west London is rich and south London has sweet suburban spots, but north London is all about good times. It's where rock 'n' roll celebs call home, with a historic reputation for fun. Hire Space venue expert Laura Richards reveals the best north London party spots to live it up as the area intended. 1. House of Wolf Source: The Independent Embrace the bohemian vibes that North London has to offer - head along to Islington's recently established House of Wolf

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London Venues

When throwing an event in London, you can go in big. In one of its unique warehouse spaces you can have a large-scale event in an unparalleled urban setting. Venue expert Laura Richards picks the biggest and best of the bunch for your next exhibition, conference, wedding, party... what warehouses were made for, yeah? Studio Spaces E1 Yes, it started its life as a warehouse, but Studio Spaces E1

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London Venues

If you've ever read the blog, 10 Ways Birthday Parties Suck by Scary Mommy , you'll appreciate how tough it can be hosting a kid's party. James Roche takes the stress out of the occasion with five awesome children's party venues. Odeon Whiteleys Source: contactdir.uk Everyone loves a trip to the movies, so why not take

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London Venues

At Hire Space, we feel that an intimate events space is not always determined by size, but the connection you feel with the venue. James Roche hopes you feel a special bond with today's blog as he brings you ... three intimate reception venues for hire. The Pine Room at The Westbury Hotel Mayfair Whether it's a team meeting in The Broadway Room

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