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Away Days: Marshmallow Towers or Serious Stuff?
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 [http://www.yourexcellency.co.uk/] 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-
Tommy Shane 1 February 2015 
Venue Marketing Series: Mobile
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
Edward Poland 12 January 2015 
The Top 5 Celebrity-Magnet 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 [https://hirespace.com/Venues/410/Beaufort-House-Chelsea] [https://hirespace.com/Venues/410/Beaufort-House-Chelsea] * The scene: Chelsea * The celebs: The Made In Chelsea cast
Tommy Shane 7 January 2015 
Manchester's Favourite Venue: The Winner
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
Hire Space 7 January 2015 
Review: Kent House Knightsbridge
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
Tommy Shane 7 January 2015 
7 Simple Steps To Organising Successful Events
There have never been more amazing tools to help you put together an unforgettable event. Hire Space can help you find the perfect venue, and Eventbrite can...
Venue Marketing Series: Linkbuilding
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 [https://hirespace.com/blog/venue-marketing-history/], linkbuilding - the process of encouraging other websites to link to your own - has long been a fundamental part of online marketing. In r
Edward Poland 1 December 2014 
How To Throw An Amazing Party
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
Manchester's 5 Most Unusual Christmas Venues
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
This Is Why Manchester Has Such Unique Venues
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
Five Venues For A Feast With Friends
"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 [https://hirespace.com], 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 [https://hirespace.com] 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
Tommy Shane 16 October 2014 
Review: Rooms On Regent's Park
On a crisp winter's morning, when wispy, leafless trees fracture sunlight onto the park's lake, Rooms On Regent's Park [https://hirespace.com/spaces/10060] 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
Tommy Shane 8 October 2014 
Top 5 Manchester Venues With Amazing Views
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 [https://hirespace.com/spaces/11546] The Imperial War Museum North [https://hirespace.com/spaces/11546] is one of the jewels in Manchester’s cultural crown – a great
Manchester Venues Through A Food Diary
Mouth-watering, delectable food can make an event successful like nothing else. Join us on a one-day journey through some of Manchester’s best eateries, from a pancake breakfast to a boozy nightcap, all available for private hire for whenever you want their goodies just for you and your guests. 10:00 - Big breakfast First up, it’s breakfast. Simple Bar & Restaurant is a Northern Quarter old-timer, and it’s probably best known for its awesome sandwiches and burgers. But Simple also does a mean
The 5 Most Terrifying Venues In London
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 [https://hirespace.com/V
Tommy Shane 6 October 2014 
Review: Party at 41 Portland Place
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 [https://hirespace.com/Venues/2868/41-Portland-Place] isn't an
Tommy Shane 2 October 2014 
Five Manchester Venues From Different Centuries
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 [https://hirespace.com/Venues/2598/O
Review: The Foundling Museum
As opposed to a converted Shoreditch loft, or a brand new conference centre, The Foundling Museum [https://hirespace.com/Venues/258/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
Tommy Shane 12 September 2014 
Top 5 Venues for London's New Year's Eve Fireworks
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 [https://hirespace.com] 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 [http
Tommy Shane 28 August 2014 
Review: Pulse & Bankside Vaults
Constituting of five gigantic railway arches on the foot of the Thames, it's immediately obvious that Pulse & Bankside Vaults [https://hirespace.com/spaces/10030/pulse-bankside-vaults/whole-venue/events] 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
Edward Poland 25 July 2014 
Top 5 Venues for the Apocalypse
Whether it be by zombies, aliens, atomic war or tsunami, Tommy Shane assembles Hire Space's five perfect venues for the end of the world. Will you try to battle it out for survival, reveal your feelings to an unknowing lover, or use lions and rhinoceroses to keep safe? You decide... 1. Pulse and Bankside Vaults Kim Jong Un finally decides to push the big red button. Atomic bombs, mutant animals, nuclear winters - the whole enchilada. The only logical response is to get deep, deep undergr
Tommy Shane 24 July 2014 
Here's How Hire Space Finds Such Amazing Venues
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
Edward Poland 4 July 2014 
Five Epic Underground 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.
Proposal Requests Are Now On 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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