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From product launches to pop-ups, conferences to Christmas parties, here you'll find the ultimate collection of event content.

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Away Days

Top Tips to Make Your Away Day an Unforgettable Experience

If you want to create a bit of a buzz, refresh the team and give them something fun to talk about for months to come, be adventurous! Here are our top tips for memorable away days.

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Venue Finding

New Venues to look out for in 2024

We’re always on the lookout for new and upcoming venues opening their doors throughout the year to recommend to our clients. With the new year setting in, let us do the hard work and take a look at our top picks of new venues for 2024. You won’t want to miss some of these! 

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Outdoors

Weatherproofing Your Event in 7 Easy Steps

The success of an outdoor event often depends on elements out of an organiser's control. Prepare your events with these essential tips from The Events Structure.

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Weddings

Top Tips for the Perfect Wedding

Planning a wedding can often feel like navigating a vast ocean of decisions. To help you sail smoothly towards your wedding day, here are top tips for planning the perfect celebration.

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4 min read

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Christmas Parties

Decking the Halls Early: 7 Venues for a Festive Christmas Celebration

It might seem too early to think about Christmas, yet, for those who seek to host an unforgettable Christmas celebration, the time to start planning is now. Take a look at our 7 top venues to host your Christmas celebration!

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4 min read

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Private Dining

5 Catering Suppliers To Ensure Your Food is Glorious

Here's our curated list of catering suppliers guaranteed to transform your event into an extraordinary feast!

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Conferences

Party & Plan: The Top 5 Conference Spots Where Business Meets Nightclubs!

Step aside, traditional conferences! In the ever-evolving world of professional gatherings, a change is underway. Gone are the days of monotonous seminars and mundane networking sessions.

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3 min read

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Events

'The Events Outlook': key takeaways on optimising business event programmes

With tighter budgets, smaller teams, and rising event costs, event planners are facing no shortage of challenges in the current environment. Here, 4 experts discuss optimising event programmes against the current events outlook.

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Eventprofs

Industry insights: event strategy and outlook in an uncertain economic climate

With recession looming over all sectors for much of 2023, many companies are tightening their belts to protect their bottom line. So where does this leave their event programmes? Here, 4 experts share their thoughts.

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Away Days

Here’s Why Swingers West End Will Suit Your Next Event to a Tee

Swingers has always been one of our go-to venues when fun is on the cards. But now they’ve taken things to a whole new level with some stunning new spaces. Here's the lowdown.

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4 min read

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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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5 min read

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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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3 min read

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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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9 min read

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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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Eventprofs

Let's Do London: Key Takeaways From International Confex 2022

Hire Space hosted the Let's Do London stage at International Confex 2022. Read our key takeaways from the panel discussions.

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9 min read

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International Women's Day

International Women’s Day: Breaking The Bias In Events With Lauralee Whyte

The theme of this year's International Women's Day - #BreakTheBias - is one that's hugely pertinent to events. We sat down with Lauralee Whyte, founder of SPECTRUM Speakers and Entertainers, to discuss what breaking biases looks like for the industry.

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Diversity & Inclusion

5 Top Tips To Make Your Venue More Accessible

Gabrielle Austen Browne, Co-Founder of Diversity Ally, shares her expert insights on why accessibility is so important and how venues make themselves more inclusive.

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Events

7 Events Industry Trends We Expect To See In 2022

From hybrid to hygiene, it's fair to say a lot has changed this year. Here's our wrap-up of the top trends to come out of 2021 and what we expect to see in 2022!

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EventLAB 2021

EventLAB 2021: A Holistic Approach To Marketing - Why It's Important & How It Can Work For You

This workshop at EventLAB 2021 was led by master marketer Kuba Wieczorek, who talked us through brand building and events as a marketing strategy.

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EventLAB 2021

EventLAB 2021: Workplace Ethics And D&I Initiatives To Attract New Talent To The Industry

With workplace wellbeing high on the agenda after the past 2 years, it's a pivotal time in the industry. Check out this session on addressing workplace ethics, and bringing new D&I initiatives into the industry.

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