Events industry news
UK Construction Week London will bring nine shows together at Excel London in May 2027
Media 10 will run UK Construction Week London on 11–13 May 2027 at Excel London as one event of nine specialist shows, including Futurebuild and Building Safety.
Latest events industry news
IEEE’s OCEANS conference will return to Aberdeen in June 2027
Analysis for event organisers
What an ISO 14001 certificate tells an event buyer
ICC Wales now holds ISO 14001 through its parent group. The certificate is good evidence of an environmental management system, but it is not a carbon figure for your event.
Association congresses are won by host teams, not venues alone
Glasgow, Liverpool, Aberdeen and Newport have each credited recent wins to partnerships that reach well beyond the venue.
Choose the venue around the event, not the headline capacity
A room that fits the audience on paper can still fail the programme.
The questions that make agency proposals comparable
Before choosing a creative concept, establish what the agency is responsible for, who delivers it, how it is paid and how success will be judged.
Venue assessments
Liverpool Experience Campus for a conference that needs the whole site
The Labour Party Conference shows the waterfront campus can run as one connected event. Most organisers will book part of it, which raises different questions.
ICC Wales Main Hall for a conference with an exhibition
The published hall specification and a recent world congress support a serious shortlist, but layout, acoustics and whole-event flow still need testing.
The QEII Centre for a Westminster business event
A central location, a self-contained large-event floor and a wide range of room sizes are useful starting points, not a complete conference plan.
Venues and event agencies
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Recently added venues
Ashton Gate Stadium
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Bristol City and Bristol Bears' stadium with more than 40 event spaces, including the Lansdown Suite for 1,000 theatre style and a 3,500 sqm Concourse for exhibitions.
SS Great Britain and Bristol Dockyards
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Brunel's restored steamship and its harbourside dockyard in Bristol, with conference rooms for up to 160 theatre style and on-board dining for 160.
Bristol Beacon
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Restored Bristol city-centre concert hall hired for conferences and launches, with Beacon Hall seating 1,650, Lantern Hall, The Cellars and four meeting rooms.
East Midlands Conference Centre
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Conference and banqueting venue on the University of Nottingham's University Park campus, with a Banqueting Suite for 850 theatre style and 16 meeting rooms.
Recently added agencies
Make Events
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Events agency founded in Manchester in 2012, delivering conferences, incentives, awards and brand activations, with offices in Wilmslow and London.
Successful Events
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Leeds-based venue-finding and event management agency for conferences, meetings, accommodation and team events.
Chameleon Agency
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Manchester event management agency for corporate events, conferences, product launches and brand activations.
In Conference
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Independent Scottish professional conference organiser with teams in Edinburgh and Glasgow, working mainly for academic, medical and public sector clients.
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The latest reporting on venues, agencies, suppliers and the leaders making decisions across the sector. Each story sets out the practical consequence for event professionals, clients and attendees.
Analysis
Analysis looks beyond a launch headline or an attendance total: event management, audience needs, accessibility, environmental and sustainable-event claims, and what the evidence changes about your next meeting, conference or exhibition.
Assessments
Each assessment tests one venue against one kind of event, such as a conference with an exhibition, using its room layouts, access and published facilities, and says whether it rests on a visit, an interview or desk research.
Directory
Profiles of UK conference venues and event agencies, searchable by name, city and service, linked to the reporting that mentions them.