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The AEV Marketing & Comms Working group gathered for its first meeting of 2017, at Olympia London on Wednesday, March 1st. Group chair, Jazmin Beale of Olympia London, led the proceedings, welcoming n ...

The National Rigging Advisory Group (NRAG), the pan-industry body concerned with promoting rigging safety in events, has announced its endorsement of the cross-association campaign to raise awareness ...

 The Association of Event Venues (AEV) has announced the appointment of two new board members, Elizabeth Faulkner, assistant CEO Manchester Central, and Kerry Quinn, Liverpool ACC's deputy CEO & direc ...

The Association of Event Venues (AEV) has announced it will be holding a document fraud workshop, delivered by officers from the National Counter Terrorism Security Office (NaCTSO), to help its member ...

The AEV Catering Working Group assembled for its final meeting of 2016 at Farnborough International Exhibition and Conference Centre, on Wednesday November 30th, with Phil Wetz of ExCeL London in the ...

The AEV Event Managers Working Group held its last meeting of 2016 at Manchester Central on Thursday November 17, 2016, with 20 members attending and Emma Chilton of ACC Liverpool in the chair. Chilto ...

Katie Clarke is the quality and compliance manager for Manchester Central, with a broad remit that includes project managing the three ISO management systems in place at the venue, running the interna ...

The cross-association Technical Committee – Electrics Working Group met for the final time in 2016 on November 3rd at Farnborough International, with Chris Morrison of Olympia London in the chair. Mor ...

The AEV/AEO/ESSA Technology Working Group convened at Farnborough International Exhibition and Conference Centre for the final meeting of the year on November 3rd 2016 with Murray Dickson of The NEC i ...

The AEV Security Working Group held its last meeting of 2016 at Ricoh Arena on October 26, with Andy Coulson of Farnborough International in the chair. Coulson opened the meeting with a welcome to all ...

Educated at Park House School in Newbury,  Jonathan's list of experience and qualifications reads like a list of all you need to know to manage an effective event, from his SIA Licence to his NEBOSH a ...

The Association of Event Venues eGuide Working Group met for the last time this year at the Yorkshire Event Centre, Harrogate on October 20th with Jonathan Smith of Farnborough International in the Ch ...

The Association of Event Venues (AEV) has announced a partnership with its sister associations and events talent partner, tfconnect, to create a biannual HR working group that will bring together HR p ...

The cross association Sustainability Working Group held its second meeting of the year at the Yorkshire Event Centre, Harrogate, on October 20 2016, with Katie Clark of Manchester Central in the chair ...

The last cross association Health and Safety Working Group meeting of the year took place at ExCeL London, on October 12th with 34 members in attendance and Sarah Cox in the chair. After thanking ExCe ...

Having completed his degree in Electrical Engineering, Chris is a registered Chartered Electrical and Building Services engineer. He has been with Earls Court & Olympia for over 20 years, and attained ...

Following its September board meeting, the Association of Event Venues (AEV) has announced three new appointments to the board, namely Max Bull of the Business Design Centre (BDC), Steve Sayer of The ...

The Association of Event Venues (AEV) HR Working Group held its annual meeting at Olympia London, on September 7th 2016, with Rachel Parker, AEV director, standing in as chair.  After thanking Susan C ...