We headed to Silverstone this week for the Sports Ground Safety Authority’s annual conference. With themes covering Martyn’s Law, licensing and stadium operations, event healthcare, emerging technologies and weather, it was a really useful bit of CPD.
We frequently work in event control rooms, so making sure our skills and operational practices are the best they can be is important to us – both in practice and when advising our clients. We attended the Controlled Events Advanced Control Room Operations Management (ACROM) course, held in the technology centre at Coventry University. With…
The Royal Welsh Showground once again hosted the ASAO Wales conference. With industry updates and pertinent topics, it was another valuable day to take time out and discuss the challenges facing the agricultural show industry.
The UK Crowd Management Association’s annual Safer Crowds, Safer Venues conference once again did not disappoint. With exceptional presentations across the board, it was another not-to-be-missed industry event that we took so much away from.
Supporting many shows across the country, we were delighted to share some of our experience at this year’s ASAO Learning Day, talking about safety in the livestock area. Let’s be honest: agriculture has the highest rate of fatal injuries of any major industry in the UK, and some of that culture can creep into the…
Preparedness is key to being able to respond properly when something goes wrong, and table-top exercises are a useful way to review, test and challenge plans. We were asked to run a table-top exercise at this year’s ASAO Midlands meeting – sharing some experiences from one of last year’s shows, and giving organisers guidance and…
We were pleased to be exhibiting once again at the ASAO conference in Harrogate this weekend. It’s great to be supporting the agricultural show industry.
Bath once again played host to the National Outdoor Events Association’s (NOEA) annual convention. Marking NOEA’s 45th anniversary year, the keynote speakers and presentations were as insightful as ever.
Security and terror incidents can occur and unfold in a matter of minutes, and being able to respond promptly to save lives is critical. As more of these incidents happen around the world, events need to be realistic that they are places where an attack could affect many people – and give it a high…
More CPD this week, as we joined Controlled Events on their Control Room Managers Course in Birmingham. Over two days we delved into the operation of an event control room – including the psychology and welfare aspects, layout, equipment, logging and much more. A worthwhile course that will help us continue to develop the support…