Make Events

You can hand one team the venue search, the creative theme, the stage and the delegate journey for a conference, awards night or incentive, and the venue search itself costs you nothing: Make Events says its venue finding is free and that most searches are finished within three to five working days. The agency was founded in Manchester in 2012 by Holly Bennett, runs its Manchester office from Wilmslow in Cheshire and also gives a London address.

Services

The benefit for a client is fewer suppliers to brief: the agency says strategy, creative, production and on-site delivery sit under one roof. Its services page lists eight event types, and the detail pages add what it does within each.

• Conferences. Corporate, leadership, association and industry conferences, run live, virtual or hybrid, with AV production and post-event evaluation.
• Incentives. UK and international incentive trips covering destination and itinerary design, travel and logistics, budgets, risk management and on-site support, with a dedicated project lead.
• Awards and celebrations. Awards shows, anniversaries and parties, including concept, content design, talent booking and show calling.
• Experiential events and brand activations. Launches and brand moments, with theming and decor.
• Expos and trade shows. Stand design and build, technical and logistical management, interactive content and lead capture.
• Team building and wellness events.
• Venue finding. Free sourcing, shortlisting, contracting and negotiation in the UK and abroad.
• Presentation design. A standalone service from its Content Studio, open to businesses whether or not Make Events runs the event, from refreshing a deck to building a full template system.

Sectors and clients

You can judge fit from named work rather than a sector list, because the agency does not publish one. Its case studies name clients in retail and consumer goods (Co-op, Puma, JD, Castore, Suntory, Swizzels), technology and software (Matillion, IRIS, Insight), transport and automotive (Hitachi Rail, Auto Trader, Cox Automotive), professional services (Shoosmiths, Osborne Clarke), property and hospitality (Nobu Manchester, Bruntwood) and media (ITV). Client quotes on its site include one from Puma UK describing more than eight years of work together.

Recent work

These projects show the scale and settings the agency has handled, which helps you test whether your brief is a familiar one for its team.

• Nobu Manchester groundbreaking. For a press and industry event for 200+ guests on a construction site beneath Manchester’s viaducts, which had no power, water or heating, the agency says it installed power, heating, covered structures and guest facilities and staged a show space with an 8m LED screen. It says the event won Event of the Year at the Conference & Events Awards 2026.
• Co-op Pioneer Awards. A supplier awards night run as a TV-style show with raffles, auctions and digital giving built in. The agency reports over £625,800 raised for Barnardo’s and more than 40 suppliers recognised.
• Co-op trade show. A one-day show for 1,000 suppliers, stakeholders and staff, with tailored exhibitor footprints, a central stage and flown screens streaming the auditorium so visitors could keep networking.
• Matillion Super All Hands. The third edition of a three-day conference for over 500 delegates at Manchester Central, with breakout rooms, an expo hall of over 40 exhibitors, a fringe programme and a themed party.

Other case studies include a gala dinner for 150+ guests in Hitachi Rail’s working depot at Newton Aycliffe and a two-day Suntory conference for 350 attendees.

Company

You deal with a long-running team rather than a start-up: the agency gives 2012 as its founding year, and the current company, Make Events Limited (number 09433804), was incorporated on 11 February 2015 according to Companies House. Its registered office is First Floor, Bollin House, Bollin Walk, Wilmslow SK9 1DP, and its London office is at 16 Upper Woburn Place, WC1H 0AF. Its about page names a founder and CEO, a commercial director, a head of events, a head of design, a project director, a senior on-site manager and a senior project manager. It does not state a headcount, a minimum budget or any industry memberships or certificates.

What to ask before you appoint them

• Venue finding is described as free. Is it paid for by venue commission, and will they show you the commission on each shortlisted venue?
• For a London event, will the team come from the Upper Woburn Place office or travel from Wilmslow, and who is your on-site lead?
• Which parts of stand build, staging and AV are made or run by their own team, and which by approved contractors?
• For a hybrid conference, which streaming and registration platform do they use, and what does the post-event evaluation report include?
• On an international incentive, which on-the-ground partners are involved and how is risk management shared with them?
• Their site publishes no sustainability certificate, so ask how they measured the sustainable materials claimed for the Co-op trade show.

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Sources: Make Events: about, services, venue finding, case studies, contact, Companies House, checked 5 November 2026.