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John Fisher, Director, FMI Group
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Goodbye EU, hello Europe !

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John Fisher, MD of FMI, explains why Brexit is an opportunity not a threat
For those who do not live in Westminster, London, you can be forgiven for not knowing that the UK is planning to leave the EU on March 29th. There has been much handwringing and wailing from politicians and industry sectors about what a disaster this is for all concerned, including many companies on mainland Europe who want to sell stuff to 60m Brits with the minimum of paperwork.

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Simon Clayton, Chief Ideas Officer RefTech
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Technology can’t make a silk purse out of a sow’s ear

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Simon Clayton, Chief Ideas Officer, RefTech, illustrates his point
More than 500 million hours of videos are watched on YouTube each day but only a fraction of these attract the millions of users that are needed for something to be classed as ‘going viral’.

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Clare Fagg - Head of Live at Penguins
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Creative Event Venues

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Event spaces come in all shapes and sizes, with their own unique features that make them suitable for different types of events. An event space can make or break your event, choosing the correct space is the difference between a successful event and a lacklustre one.

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Alison Norledge, venue consultant at venuepot
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Hidden Gems Venues, Calcot Manor Hotel, Queen Mary University of London and Gracepoint

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Calcot Manor Hotel – Located in the Cotswolds, this beautiful Gloucestershire hotel offers everything you could want from a boutique hotel. Boasting 35 individually-designed bedrooms, this venue could be perfect for an away day, or board meeting for top-level executives.

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John Fisher, Director, FMI Group
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How Brexit will probably affect the MICE world

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John Fisher, MD of Fisher Moy International Limited, warns of potential chaos after Brexit (the UK’s exit from the EU)
There were some recent passport statistics in the British media which made for interesting reading. About 10 per cent of the UK population has recent Irish ancestry to the extent that they are eligible to apply for an Irish passport, me included. Ireland is, of course, in the EU.

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Rosie Harper, venue co-ordinator at venuepot
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Hidden Gems Venues, Northcote, Sheepdrove and The Jetty, Greenwich

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As we wind down for the winter months, hidden gem venues will be at their upmost peak, as clients will want to book something in just before the Christmas and New Year period. This month we have 3 unique venues all within the UK that offers something truly different. Take a look at this month’s hidden gem venues.

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Rosie Harper, venue co-ordinator at venuepot
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Hidden Gem Venues, Bowcliffe Hall, Dallas Burston Polo Club and Casterley Barn

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As the hustle and bustle of summer winds down and we prepare ourselves for the busy month of September right through until the end of year, we have been doing some research and have some great hidden gem venues. All of the venues listed are within the UK, and each offer a unique bespoke experience for a FAM trip, product launch, team days away or a corporate event for a client.

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John Fisher, Director, FMI Group
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We cannot go on meeting like this…can we?

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Start the event with a bang, urges John Fisher
Vacation time is a good opportunity to step back and think a bit about what we are all doing…before we rush back into the thick of things.
I realise that meetings come in many guises - from seminars to forums to conferences to symposia to briefings to pow-wows to good old talking shops. As organisers, it is very easy to close the door on the delegates and get on with more important things going on outside, such as delegate badging, coach logistics and the timings of the gala dinner.

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Rosie Harper, venue co-ordinator at venuepot
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Hidden Gem Venues, The Compound, Birmingham, Hepworth Wakefield, Yorkshire, Palm House Sefton Park, Liverpool

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In this month’s hidden gem venues, venue co-ordinator Rosie Harper gives an insight on some new, unusual and outside of the box venues within the UK that would be great to use for hosting an event. As the demand of quirky venues outside of London is on the rise, below are some great venues that you must check out!

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John Fisher, Director, FMI Group
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When is hospitality illegal?

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John Fisher says the limits are unclear
Inviting buyers to a social or sporting event to talk business and perhaps to say thanks after a few good deals seems innocent enough, doesn’t it? Why should anyone object to courtesy in developing a mutually beneficial relationship? Where’s the harm in a few drinks with a potential buyer?
There have been a number of pronouncements in recent months by hospitality ticket agencies that things are looking up. After a few lean years, it’s business as usual for many hospitality providers.

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Kat Allso, Venue Consultant at venuepot
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Hidden Gem Venues - Shoreditch Gardens, Stoke by Nayland and Park Royal Studios

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In our venue finding search this month, we have come across three unique venues that are perfect for all styles of events. Whether you are in need of a venue for a product launch, video screening or a drinks reception, we have the perfect hidden gems.

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Kat Allso, Venue Consultant at venuepot
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Hidden Gem Venues - Windmill Hill, Garden Museum, London and PITCH Stratford, London

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This month, at venuepot, we have come across some extremely unique event spaces in our searches within the UK that a venue finder may not necessarily think of when planning their clients’ upcoming event. These spaces range from indoor to outdoor settings, especially as we hit the summer season.

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Kat Allso, Venue Consultant at venuepot
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Hidden Gem Venues - Amber Lakes, Bombay Sapphire Distillery and Oxford Mini

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Kat Allso, Venue Consultant at venuepot shares some hidden gem venues
At venuepot we always want to be kept up to date about those “think outside of the box” venues, and those unusual event spaces you wouldn’t normally choose – ‘hidden gems’ as we like to call them. We are constantly inundated with requests from clients who want to have first dibs on the out of the ordinary venues to help create an unforgettable experience and event.

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John Fisher, Director, FMI Group
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To ROI, add ROE

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John Fisher measures events emotionally
Event managers all over the world will be painfully familiar nowadays with the need for ROI (Return On Investment) on events. This has been supplanted by ROO (Return On Objectives) in recent years. No doubt there will be other acronyms to come as funders look for ever more sophisticated ways to prove that events work. I can imagine ROMS (Return On Marketing Spend) and even ROT (Return On Technology) where finance directors will link the cost of event tech spend to customer sales.

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Sydney Paulden
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Elimination of sexual harassment is an organiser’s responsibility

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Should attendees sign good behaviour contracts?
The reports of how guests at the Presidents Club Charity Dinner in The Dorchester Hotel early in January treated the female waitresses like sex playthings have reverberated around the world. In the immediate aftermath, that annual event has been cancelled and there have been countless arguments aired as to who was really responsible.

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Simon Clayton, Chief Ideas Officer RefTech

Confusion over new EU data protection law

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Simon Clayton says fines are unlikely and offers a free Reftech guide
GDPR: by now, you will know that it is General Data Protection Regulation and when it will be enforceable May 25), but do you actually know exactly what you have to do? You are not alone - there are thousands of companies and millions of people who still don’t know exactly what they need to do either, and there’s good reason for that.

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John Fisher, Director, FMI Group

Hosted buyers…who needs ‘em?

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John Fisher questions their value
New Year? New fiscal? New opportunities? And what better opportunities could there be for new sales growth than attending an industry exhibition in 2018!
But there are rumblings amongst professional attendees that the ‘hosted-buyer model’ may be creaking a little. At a recent industry gathering, actual buyers - not exhibitors - were asked if they were happy with the exhibition format, where they have to commit to 8-10 ‘meetings’ per day in return for free travel and accommodation.

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Sydney Paulden

FerrariLand Bake-off satisfied every taste

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Hotel Republic steered an effective and fun event
Kai Schomann likes to throw a party and he always makes sure his guests have good food and good company, with a high level of entertainment. He also knows that an unusual venue adds to the fun. And last, but certainly not least, he never loses sight of the fact that he is serving a client, so the planning and the effort have to achieve the event’s objective. It focuses attention on what his client has to offer to the MICE sector.

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Simon Clayton, Chief Ideas Officer RefTech

Barcodes outperform facial recognition

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Simon Clayton tells how even Apple’s demo failed
The Apple iPhone X launch has brought facial recognition into the news and so, of course, we need to look at its impact on the events industry. ‘Facial recognition is going to take the events world by storm and the humble barcode will soon be relegated to the past’. At least, that’s what the people selling it are claiming.

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John Fisher, Director, FMI Group

Theresa May speech remembered for the wrong reasons

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Four things John Fisher would have done differently
What a disaster! This month’s UK Tory Party conference was an excellent example of how NOT to manage the client’s brand effectively with an event. All clients whinge about the costs of an excellent conference producer and back-up team. Many do not even have one…’someone from marketing can do it’. But when it goes wrong, it can go spectacularly wrong.

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