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Ideas, guidance and inspiration for your virtual & in-person events. Brought to you from the creators of Hire Space, the UK's leading event booking platform.
Conferences
Bowl Your Delegates Over at Emirates Old Trafford
The chances are you’ve heard of Emirates Old Trafford. This world-class venue is the home of international cricket and concerts. But it’s also renowned for delivering inspirational conferences, dazzling awards ceremonies and a whole host of other events.
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Awards Ceremonies
Why Glaziers Hall is the Contemporary Yet Characterful Venue You Need in Your Life
Located on London’s cultural Southbank, Glaziers Hall strikes the perfect balance between contemporary and characterful – with a range of versatile spaces, a rich history, state-of-the-art tech and views to die for.
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Conferences
Host a Show-Stopping Corporate Event at OVO Arena Wembley
You need your large conference, awards ceremony or exhibition to stand out from the crowd. Luckily, we’ve found the show-stopping venue that’s guaranteed to make sure your event stays in your delegates’ minds for many, many years to come. It’s big, it’s bold, it’s brilliant… it’s OVO Arena Wembley!
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Sustainability
Venue Talk: How To Make Your Venue Stand Out From The Crowd On Sustainability
This session from our Venue Talk event at 41 Portland Place tackled how venues can make themselves stand out by being more sustainable.
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Events
Venue Talk: Working Effectively With Corporate Event Planners
Anna Fox, former Head of Events at Liberty Global and Victoria Potter, Global Head of Events at Permira join us at our Venue Talk event to discuss working more effectively with venues.
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Events
The Death Of The Queen: What Does This Mean For Events Organisers?
As a country we are in mourning for Her Majesty The Queen, Elizabeth II. In this piece we aim to shed some light on how we move forward, together.
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Conferences
Cracking Conferences at the Business Design Centre
Conferences don’t have to be held in the same old boring meeting rooms and conference centres. Instead, it’s totally possible to find a conference venue that’s both high-spec and characterful. Don’t believe us? Just look at the Business Design Centre, London’s most distinctive conference venue.
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Unique Venue Of The Month
Have a Very Merry Christmas at London Transport Museum
It’s that time of year again. As the leaves start falling and the days start getting shorter, there’s one word on everybody’s minds: Christmas! If you haven’t yet got your Christmas party booked into the diary, our unique venue of the month will be your best friend.
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Corporate Events
Why University of London Venues is the Year-Round Destination for Jaw-Dropping Events
From summer parties to corporate away days, awards ceremonies to conferences… whatever the time of year, there’s always a big event in the diary that needs a show-stopping event venue to match. Well, guess what? University of London Venues is the year-round venue you’ve been searching for.
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Sustainability
Go Green With an Event at Lord’s Cricket Ground
Making your next event sustainable is a great way to do your bit towards helping the planet – and to show your guests just how serious you are about the issues they care most about. But you’ll need a sustainable event venue to match! Enter Lord’s Cricket Ground.
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Corporate Events
Host a 5-Star Corporate Event at 12 Hay Hill
When you’re hosting a corporate event, you want high-spec facilities, luxurious interiors and top-notch service. Well, guess what? 12 Hay Hill has all of that in spades!
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Christmas Parties
Customise your Christmas at NT’s Loft & Night Tales
If you’re looking to kick your party off with a bang (or a jingle!), you’ll be pleased to hear that we’ve found the perfect venues for you to choose between: NT’s Loft and Night Tales. These Hackney-based venues both belong to Background Bars, and are infused with their signature industrial style.
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Sustainability
Historic London Venues: A Transformation Towards Sustainability - Reset Connect 2022
As sustainability becomes more ingrained in the events industry, clients are demanding greener venues for their events. This panel from Reset Connect 2022 delved into how historic venues are leading the charge towards sustainability in the UK.
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Accessibility
Event Legacies And The Importance of Making Sustainable Events Inclusive and Accessible - Reset Connect 2022
As we move to staging more sustainable events, we need to make sure that we’re not letting accessibility fall by the wayside. This panel discussed discuss how we can balance key sustainability concerns with making sure the event experience is positive and inclusive for all attendees.
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Sustainability
Using Event Tech To Drive Sustainability - Reset Connect 2022
As we look to the major challenge of the next decades - the climate crisis - we need to be channelling our efforts and creativity into developing technology to help us to decarbonise. This panel from Reset Connect 2022 explored how event tech can drive forward sustainability across the sector.
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Sustainability
UK Events Agencies Reinventing Around Sustainability - Reset Connect 2022
Event agencies have a real opportunity to advocate for sustainability, but promoting sustainable practices alongside meeting client demands can be a tricky balance. This panel at Reset Connect 2022 explored how UK event agencies are working to bring their clients on the journey.
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Sustainability
Key Takeaways From Reset Connect 2022
In June 2022, Hire Space hosted the London Hub stage at the first ever edition of Reset Connect, the flagship sustainability event for London Climate Action Week. Here, we’ve dived into the key takeaways from some of the stage's sessions on sustainability in the events industry and beyond.
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Summer Parties
Those Summer Nights at BMA House
Not yet started planning your summer party? Don't worry, we have the perfect venue for you. It’s grand, it’s steeped in history and it’s got plenty of outdoor space. Can you guess where we’re talking about? That’s right, it’s BMA House!
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Team Building
Bowl Your Team Over at All Star Lanes White City
All Star Lanes White City is ready and waiting to help you level up your meetings, presentations and team building events. But there’s a twist! Alongside stylish décor, top-notch facilities and in-house catering, this one-of-a-kind venue also offers… bowling!
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Summer Parties
Elevate Your Summer Party at Trafalgar St James
Summer has officially arrived! So, if you haven’t already booked your corporate summer party into the diary, now’s the time. Luckily for you, we’ve found the ideal venue for your seasonal shenanigans – Trafalgar St James.
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Events
Let The KIA Oval Bowl You Over This Summer
Did you know that the KIA Oval is one of the most versatile and experienced event venues we know?! Check out this piece for serious summer party inspo.
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Christmas Parties
Plan a Christmas Party That Goes Down in History at Churchill War Rooms
Want your Christmas party to go down in history? Then there can’t be a better venue than Churchill War Rooms – the very site where Prime Minister Winston Churchill and his cabinet made history by leading Britain through WW2!
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Sustainability
Understanding Your Event Impact: Key Takeaways From Reset Connect's Sustainability Workshop Series
All events have an environmental footprint, and while attending the sustainability workshops run by Reset Connect, we learnt some valuable lessons about understanding and reducing your events' impacts. Read on for a sneak peek at growing greener.
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Sustainability
Building Sustainability Into Your Event: What We Learnt From EventLAB 2021
At this year's EventLAB we wanted to make sure that sustainability was at the top of our agenda. Check out what we did, what we learnt, and what we'll do differently next time in this piece.
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