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Away days range from the brilliant to bizarre, and from the totally pointless to the absolutely indispensible. We talk to Malcolm Taylor, Director at Your Excellency Ltd and co-founder of the Oarsome Team Development Programme, to sort the wheat from the chaff. 1. Have you been taken on any brilliant away days yourself? Any disastrous ones? I spent 25 years in the “corporate world” prior to setting up Your Excellency and attended team-building events and away-

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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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London Venues

You can walk down the streets in Piccadilly, loiter around cafes in Chelsea, or pay entry to all the clubs in Dalston on Harry Styles' birthday, but the best way to bump into a celebrity is by gaining access to one of these ultra-fashionable, celeb-magnet venues. And now you can. Check it. 1. Beaufort House Chelsea * The scene: Chelsea * The celebs: The Made In Chelsea cast

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On the 5th of December 2014, we launched a competition on Facebook to see who you, the people of Manchester, thought was the city's best venue. We knew you loved your city and its great venues, but we had no idea how huge the response would be. We received a staggering 161 nominations, and over one thousand votes, featuring everything from small independent cafes to famous hotels and hallowed club venues. But in the end there was a clear winner. With by far the lion's share of your votes a

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When twilight falls, and Harrods' twinkling lights flicker, Knightsbridge is at its most glamorous. The district is bound up with nostalgia for the top hats and silk scarves of locals now long gone, a place suffused with the fragrance of food courts and the excitement of toy shops, a hallowed corner of London reserved for the most special moments we spend in the city. Oozing with romance and fairytale wonder, Knightsbridge feels more like more the setting for a bedtime story than somewhere in

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How To Guide

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Parties

The last time we had a house party one of our guests got stuck in the bathroom for two hours. The rest of our friends weren't much better off: with warm white wine and flat gin and tonics, we were reliably informed at 4am that the neighbours were less than impressed with our music choice. Sadly, that's pretty much been the case with all of our parties. But ringing around the block to find an amazing venue with the right availability and prices just never seemed worth the time and effort - e

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Ding Dong Merrily on 'Hire'... Christmas is coming - are you ready? Dust down your party gear, polish those baubles and get prepared. You have presents to buy, turkeys to stuff and relatives to be nice to - so on top of all that Christmas can be even more stressful when you have a last minute party to plan. Don't go through the pain of tearing your hair out - you have come to the right place. Manchester is a city renowned for its quirky buildings and events and offers a delicious platter of

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Take a stroll through any district of Manchester and you’ll come across picturesque canals, striking red-brick buildings and impressive warehouses. That’s all down to the city’s incredible history as the birthplace of the Industrial Revolution. Dubbed ‘Cottonopolis’, the city was once the largest centre of manufacturing in the world. Manchester was home to a huge number of grand warehouses, cotton mills, factories and workshops, all connected by an eye-catching maze of canals. Fast forward

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"We should look for someone to eat and drink with before looking for something to eat and drink, for dining alone is leading the life of a wolf." - Epicurus At Hire Space , we're more of a wolf pack than lone wolves. We like to drink together and feast together, and we make sure we do it in style. That's why Hire Space has such an enduring love affair with London: This great city has the best private dining venues on the planet. Here are the best o

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London Venues

On a crisp winter's morning, when wispy, leafless trees fracture sunlight onto the park's lake, Rooms On Regent's Park is at its most beautiful. The soothing, serene atmosphere of the nearby park, a place of meandering footsteps and quietly quacking ducks, imbues this venue with a sense of being quite outside London, far away from the manic rush of the inner-city hustle and bustle. The building itself emulates the atmosphere of the park, with its own gard

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If you want a venue with a view in Manchester, you could perch on a tiny apartment balcony or rooftop bar and hope for a measely glimpse of something beyond the office block next door. But if you want stunning cityscapes and dazzling waterfronts, check out five of Manchester’s best venues with a view. 1. Imperial War Museum North The Imperial War Museum North is one of the jewels in Manchester’s cultural crown – a great

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As the light of our shortening days is clutched back, London darkens. The daily commute is slowly dipped into a pool of thick, misty twilight, and ghouls arise from London's blood-stained cobblestones. Ghosts dip and dive, devils hatch and thrive, and demons creep and crawl as Halloween finally arrives. Whether you want to appease the Pagan gods, confront the bats and beasts, or simply celebrate this nefarious festival of the night, we have the venue for you. 1. Vaults

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A long corridor of columned buildings border what has to be one of London's grandest and most compelling streets, Portland Place. These are the sorts of buildings that British Generals came home to after fighting in the American War of Independence; the sorts of buildings that survived the Blitz; the sorts of buildings that established London as an iconic world capital. Just as Portland Place isn't any old London street, Number 41

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Manchester Venues

Manchester is home to some of the most striking architecture in the country. Whether it’s the chic glass-fronted modernity of new business hubs or the old-world elegance of the city’s Georgian and Edwardian buildings, Manchester is an urban playground of fantastic, beautiful spots just waiting to be discovered. Here we take a look at five incredible Mancunian venues, each from different centuries. 21st Century Straight out of the 21st century, On the 7th

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As opposed to a converted Shoreditch loft, or a brand new conference centre, The Foundling Museum is a venue that forms part of the rich, historic fabric of London, which has been woven across centuries. Its roots date back to the hospital founded in 1739, which was created to look after desperately poor children with no hope of other help. The Foundling Museum now plays host to delicately lit dinners in two rooms with a sumptuous Italian

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Without fail, the New Year ushers in a tacit wave of disappointment. Everything is exorbitantly expensive, your resolutions are probably doomed, and your midnight-kiss hope has gone AWOL. But this year, Hire Space is here to help. By picking one of these marvellous venues for the New Year's Eve fireworks, you can celebrate with panache, privacy, and people you actually like. We can't guarantee you'll get kissed, but we do promise an unforgettable night. 1. Skyloft

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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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London Venues

We'll take you down, deep down, to where all the fun happens. Hold your next big event in London's darkest little basements, vaults, cellars, caves and arches.