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From marketing to budgeting, here we include all our ideas and inspiration to help #eventprofs navigate our changing industry.

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Blank Canvas Venues

Events @ No 6

Events @ No 6 is an innovative, state-of-the-art events venue, that is designed to be the perfect solution for an array of events - including conferences, private dining events, and receptions.

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Away Days

Get Wild at Mac & Wild

Enjoy the wilderness of the Scottish Highlands in the heart of London this winter at Mac & Wild. From August 2019, Mac & Wild and their sister brand Smoky Barrels invite guests to experience the World’s first virtual Hunting Entertainment Concept.

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Eventprofs

5 Steps To Finding The Perfect Venue For Your Event

Finding the perfect venue for your event is the first step to creating a memorable experience for your guests. The venue finding pro's at Hire Space give their advice on some simple steps you can take to make sure you get it right.

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11 Ways To Guarantee Your Event Guests Show Up

Are you worried about no-shows for your event? Follow these 11 simple steps and you'll be sure to have a full house.

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PR

How to PR Like a Pro Series: How to stand out from your competition with PR

Attention Venues, announcing the first of the 'How to PR like a Pro' Series by our friends at davies tanner for our venue community.

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Corporate Entertainment

5 Ways to Shake up Your Next Corporate Event

Finding new ways to engage with your team at a corporate event is not as easy as it may seem. Here's some great tips on how to make your next corporate event a raging success.

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Summer Parties

Hire Space Presents: Summer at The Trafalgar St. James

Hire Space was joined by clients, friends and event profs from across the industry to celebrate summer with cocktails, canapés and amazing views of London.

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Digital Marketing

Event Marketing in 2019: What You Need to Know

Our guest blogger, Jose Bort is the CEO and Co-Founder of EventsCase - the first truly all-in-one event management software. A thought leader within the events space, Jose has delivered talks at Google Campus, City University and Cass Business School, and is a regular contributor across tech and events publications. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2018 was a landmark year for investment in online channels and data prot

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Eventprofs

Hire Space Professional: Improving Turnout at Client Facing Events @ LABS House

This week we welcomed 20 event professionals to the brand new LABS House in Holborn for a roundtable discussion on 'improving turnout at client facing events', with Alexandra Galviz, co-founder of LinkedIn Local and Robert Dunsmore, freelance creative director.

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Hotels

New Venue Opening: Nhow London, Shoreditch

The NH Hotel Group are opening a new (and very unique) hotel in Shoreditch. With a quirky and innovative take on London's

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Eventprofs

7 Terrifyingly Good Halloween Party Ideas

Throwing a Halloween party? Make your event even more memorable by introducing one of these spooky ideas.

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Cocktail Inspiration

5 Autumn Cocktails to Fall For

While autumn may spell the abrupt end of sleeveless t-shirts and the dreaded return of the parka, it's also a time for taking advantage of the unique flavours that characterise the season. Autumn, after all, is defined by the agricultural produce of the season: before we adopted the French automne, those of us that were alive in Old English times used to call the season hærfest, or "harvest". Here are five delicious cocktails to introduce at your autumn events that make the most of the flavours

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Eventprofs

11 Techniques That Will Make You Better At Networking

Is your networking not working? Some people, it seems, absolutely love it - they swan in, glide through the party, charm everyone, and swap business cards like they're handing out Pokémon in a playground. But not all of us are like that.

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Outdoors

Bounce Your Ideas Around at a ZAPspace Away Day

Away days should be educational, help with team bonding and of course, fun. One place that has fun totally nailed is, ZAPspace . Built in an old Victorian theatre, with high ceilings and a number of period features that combine with the modern, colourful pop of the Trampoline Park. Just minutes from Stratford station, the venue boasts three-storeys of amusement,

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Events

'All Aboard' for Events at the London Transport Museum

Famous around the world, London's transport network is truly iconic. From the bright red Routemaster to the Underground symbol, the design of London’s transport is instantly recognisable and beautifully housed within this dedicated museum.

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Corporate Events

Retro 50s Charm: Events at The Congress Centre

The Congress Centre is a flexible venue, with many talents. It combines bright modern spaces and the latest AV tech in a building featuring classic mid-century modern style accents. You might recognise the Congress Centre . It is beloved by TV and Film companies looking to capture the feel of the 50s. The Congress Centre is architecturally renowned as one of the finest period examples in central London. Mixed in with the high-tech equipm

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Eventprofs

11 Most Irresistible Canapés Of All Time

If you weren't feeling hungry before you clicked on this post, we can guarantee you will be by the time you've finished. There's nothing worse than arriving at an event, starving hungry, in the hopes of a delicious morsel, to be disappointed by the food offerings. We've searched high and low to bring you these utterly indulgent, screen-lickingly good canapé recipes. Choose your favourites and offer your guests something spectacular. 1. Mini Calzones Tiny pizzas? Yes please! These mini calzones

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EventLAB Series

EventLAB Podcast: Exciting Openings and The Growth of Co-Working Spaces

Subscribe on Itunes Venue Talk Hire Space takes on around 100 new venues every month and has the inside scoop on the most exciting new venue launches across the country. So we wanted to take advantage of that and bring you some of the very best new openings. We'll be having the Venue Experts on the podcast every few weeks for more Venue Talk so you'll never miss out on an exciting new venue again. Street

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Private Dining

Unique Venue of the Month: Blueprint Café

Views from Blueprint Café are simply stunning. Look west and you'll see the iconic Tower Bridge, look east and you'll find the modern juxtaposition of Canary Wharf. Set above the Design Museum, overlooking the Thames, the Café is a bright and airy space thanks to its floor to ceiling windows and skylights.

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Transport Venues

5 Venues That Celebrate London Transport

London transport is iconic; red buses, the red and white tube sign and carriages are known the world over. It might not always be reliable and by golly, the tube is a sweaty experience in summer, but it's such a representation of London we think it's worth celebrating. And we're not the only ones, there are countless bars, restaurants and event spaces based around our 'Planes, Trains and Automobiles' (and boats and buses...). From abandoned tube stations and carriages to museums and livery hal

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Product Launches

Product Launch Perfection at Park Village Studios

You've spent years developing a product that you now need to launch , or perhaps you're working for a client that needs a venue for a brand event that is the perfect fit. Blank canvas spaces provide the perfect backdrop for creative events and allow you to unleash your imagination. You'll find Park Village Studios

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Venue Finding

Wonderful Weddings at No.4 Hamilton Place

Finding a central London wedding venue with outside space (that's affordable) can seem like a pretty unachievable task. But, we're here to tell you that, thankfully, it's not. Introducing, No.4 Hamilton Place . Once home to the Duke of Wellington, in the year before Waterloo

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Eventprofs

7 Venues for London Fashion Week Events

London Fashion Week is just around the corner and with all its glitz and glamour it's a key date in the diary for anyone in-the-know in the fashion industry. But, behind the beautiful clothes are some equally beautiful venues.

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Eventprofs

EventLAB Podcast - Episode 1: Special Event Service

Subscribe on Itunes Innovation and new ideas are everything in the events industry - it's "who dares wins". That's why we spoke to Glenn Mainwaring, who not only works as part of the events team the Barbican centre, an iconic London venue but also starred in the hit show SAS: Who Dares Wins. Amazing Events Spaces at the Barbican Next Episode Kelvin Newman

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Events

What will the Events Industry look like in 2018?... And what do experts hope it will look like?

We asked leading events experts for their predictions and hopes for where the events industry is going as we head into 2018. Wellbeing, the impact of new technology and the GDPR legislation were all major talking points at EventLAB 2017 and it's clear they'll be a bigger part of the conversation in the new year. With so much in motion in the events industry, let's see what the experts had to say. How will the events industry of 2018 be different to that of 2017? From t

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