Working in the events industry is stressful. As a venue, you will be working closely with stressed event planners every single day. Event planners may be grappling with budgets in jeopardy, a lack of time and resource, high expectations and high-stress levels. With tensions high, negotiation can be difficult, and the struggle doesn’t end there.…
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You have been tasked with booking your team’s Christmas party. You are given a budget of £1,500 and there are 25 people in the team. You visit an event marketplace that has thousands of venues, confident you can find the perfect Space for your event. After a quick search, you are faced with an unusual…
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For episode 9 of HeadBox Connect, Ann-Marie Rossiter was joined by Paybase Founder and CEO Anna Tsyupko, where Anna described how Paybase is challenging the status quo in the FinTech industry and how important it is, as CEO, to relax and take time for yourself. To listen to Anna’s episode in full you can find…
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For episode 3 of HeadBox Connect, Ann-Marie Rossiter was joined by Patchwork founder Liv Knight at The Old Bank Vault in Hackney, to talk about how Patchwork is on a mission to reinvent gifting through its digital and collaborative gifting platform. Liv spoke about how the idea the revolutionary gift-giving platform came about, the major…
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There was a time when attendees were asked to switch off their mobile devices during events. There was a time when event venues didn’t provide free WiFi and there was a time when it was necessary for you to make eye contact with the speaker on stage. It is exciting to see how fast things…
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For episode 15 of HeadBox Connect, we interviewed Alex Packham, the Founder and CEO of ContentCal a social media planning and publishing tool. Alex became an entrepreneur at 23, hear all about his journey below or listen to the full podcast episode here. Ann-Marie: Can you tell our listeners about the history of ContentCal and…
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Let Six Storeys on Soho effortlessly take your next daytime meeting from business to pleasure. Finding the perfect venue for a daytime meeting or team away day in the capital is no easy task. You shouldn’t have to settle for a Space that simply ticks the right boxes. Having enough room to facilitate all your…
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Michael Barsties, Head of the Food Waste Heroes Programme at OLIO, discusses how small actions can make a huge impact in reducing the amount of food waste used at corporate events. Michael Barsties has been with food sharing app OLIO since the beginning. He created OLIO’s successful ‘Food Waste Heroes programme’, where volunteers collect surplus…
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For our latest HeadBox Connect podcast, we did a live breakfast panel on planning sustainable events at the Zoological Society of London, ZSL. Our Head of Marketing, Ann-Marie Rossiter was joined by three sustainability experts who spoke about how their organisations strive to be environmentally friendly and their top tips for organising green events. Michael…
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