Some CPD earlier this week with a refresher course on Laser Safety for Events & Displays.
Refreshing our knowledge
and keeping up with technology changes is really important and not only helps us ensure safety but allows us the additional knowledge to support and guide clients.
Kingsford Events once again attended the Sports Ground Safety Authority 2018 Conference. With sports grounds of various types now becoming more…
We started the month with a trip to Harrogate for the ASAO conference, where we gave a presentation on show preparedness and crisis planning. Taking time in the planning stages to identify what could reasonably go wrong – and putting the resources and plans in place to respond quickly and calmly – is a vital…
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…
As we start the new year, we’re already busy helping clients prepare or update their event plans for the months ahead and the summer season. Talking to us regularly throughout the event lifecycle means we can spot potential issues early, when changes are easy to make – rather than later, when they can come with…
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 attended the HSE’s (Health and Safety Executive) connect event in Birmingham today. This gave an opportunity to hear their current strategy as well as…