HeadBox has grown from a start-up of 4 people to a Small-Medium Enterprise (or “scale up” to use a trendier term) with 60 employees over the last 4 and a half years. During that time we have learnt a lot about the exciting opportunities and potential pain points that scaling a team and building a…
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In a huge city like London industry event calendars can get a little overwhelming. We’ve selected the 6 events we think all London venues should attend in 2020. Events Events When: 28 January 2020 Where: The Mermaid, London A wide-reaching conference for all events professionals, you’ll get access to the Venue Summit, Leaders Summit, Awards…
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Almost everywhere we look, artificial intelligence is causing a fundamental shift in the way people work. As AI begins to automate those mundane, repetitive tasks, employees’ focuses will transfer to what truly needs human judgement. As part of our 2020 Events Disruptor Report, I explored how these changes enable workers to become more empathetic, focusing…
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“There’s a smaller and smaller corner of intellectual pursuits that humans are better than computers and every year it gets smaller. Soon we will be far surpassed in every single way, guaranteed by computers or civilisation will end”. This was Elon Musk’s prediction about our future during his debate with Jack Ma, the former CEO…
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2020 is going to be an interesting year for the events industry. We’ve identified 5 growing 2020 trends that venues should know about now to get the most out of the coming year. 1. Sustainability In 2013 the events industry began working towards a vision led by WRAP, a catalyst for positive environmental action, to…
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Following our 4th Birthday party celebrations last month, we thought it would be the perfect opportunity to start looking at the year ahead with Gavin Spurling our CTO, to set out our big plans for year 5. The events industry isn’t short of problems that we could try to solve through human-kind event tech. It’s…
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The festive time is upon us once again and the team at The Conduit are on hand to help you celebrate the season in style. Whether you’re hosting a Christmas celebration for 100 or an intimate cocktail soirée, The Conduit has a variety of beautiful spaces to suit every occasion. Christmas Cocktails This Christmas The Conduit are excited…
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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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It’s the most wonderful time of the year and Christmas wouldn’t be complete without the annual office Christmas party. Of course, the foundation of any Christmas party is the venue. It needs to be central, large enough to cater for the Guests, unique in décor and an overall showstopper! But where do you turn to…
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As we approach the HeadBox fourth birthday party this month, I’ve been reflecting on everything we’ve learned on our journey so far. We’ve certainly made a few mistakes along the way, but we’ve also learned some valuable lessons we’ll take into our fifth year and beyond. Here are five key lessons I’ve learned over these…
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