EUROPE: TicketCo has completed a £4.6M stock expansion, enabling the Norwegian event payments platform to invest in key areas to continue its growth in the UK and across Europe. The investment will support continued innovation, increased sales and operational teams, and establish TicketCo as a licensed European Payment Institution. Carl-Erik Michalesen Moberg, Co-Founder of TicketCo, said: “This private investment will enable TicketCo to continue to invest in the innovation that has made our product so appealing and further support continued strategic growth across Europe. This is another big step forward for TicketCo – we believe we’ve designed the perfect sales…
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UK: Julie’s Bicycle and Arts Council England have announced a flagship event to precede the UN Climate Change Summit in November, exploring the role that the cultural and creative community can play in galvanising a societal move towards net zero carbon emissions. ‘We Make Tomorrow’, on Wednesday February 26 at The Royal Geographical Society in London, will bring together high-profile speakers from the creative community and leading climate specialists, joining an audience of 300 delegates. Confirmed speakers so far include: Brian Eno – world famous musician, producer and trustee of Client Earth. Kate Raworth – self-described ‘renegade economist’ and author of…
Kirsty Peters is a Marketing Graduate passionate about developing new markets for innovative products in the UK. An enthusiastic festivalgoer and a champion of everything green, Kirsty has thrown herself into becoming the British cardboard queen. In 2019, we saw shocking reports detailing one of the biggest problems our music festivals face: the dramatic levels of plastic waste left behind. The industry has taken big steps forward to move away from plastic straws and single-use cups but there is still one festival item that needs serious attention – the abandoned festival tent, and we are abandoning more than 250,000 plastic…
UK: Electronic Sound Summit has announced a huge wave of guest speakers and topics for its upcoming conference at various venues around Liverpool from February 28 – March 1. Those confirmed include the likes of house stars Detroit Swindle, Music Production Software Company Izotope, Sam Holt from Colluded Management, a Co-Director from the Loop, a Relationship Manager from PRS For Music and more. DJ and producer duo Detroit Swindle will host a conversation entitled Ask Us Anything; while Rory Palmer-Rowe, a Creative Strategist at Ph. Creative features on a panel entitled Social Media: Friend or Foe?; Music Production Software Company…
UK: Carbon emissions from over 13 million travel miles have been balanced with investment in renewable energy by the 50 festivals and 30 suppliers working with live events industry charity Energy Revolution – exceeding the 10 million mile target set when the project launched in 2015. The charity has gained momentum over the last five years with new festivals coming on board, including All Points East, Download, Reading and Noisily – with many members actively trialling new ways to engage audiences in travelling more sustainably – from incentivising coach travel and rewarding car-sharing to building carbon-balancing donations into car parking…
FINLAND: Nordic Wristbands has launched the Can You Festival grant to supply fledgling European festivals with the company’s access control & accreditation products, aiming to facilitate the rise of new festivals through meaningful financial subsidy. Jone Nuutinen, Nordic’s founder, stated: “We have been supplying access control products to events all over Europe for over 20 years and to coincide with the launch of our ECO product line, the Can You Festival grant was introduced to focus on the next 20 years and support new players in the sector. Winners will be selected based on innovativeness and eco-awareness, which are both values…
UK: Festicket and AEG Presents have come together in a partnership that sees Festicket named as an official ticket and exclusive travel package partner for the 2020 edition of All Points East, headlined by Tame Impala at Victoria Park. The deal also names Festicket as an official ticket and travel package partner for American Express presents BST Hyde Park. AEG Presents promotes sell-out UK tours for the likes of Justin Bieber, Bon Jovi and Shawn Mendes. 2020 will see American Express presents BST Hyde Park feature Pearl Jam, Taylor Swift and more. All Points East has won numerous industry awards and…
PORTUGAL: Festicket has signed a multi-year primary ticketing deal with Afro Nation, beginning in 2020. The festival, nominated for Best New Festival at the European Festival Awards, is one of a number to sign a deal taking advantage of the new Event Genius by Festicket product set, after Festicket acquired the company and its consumer-facing ticketing platform – Ticket Arena – in August 2019. Following rave reviews for its inaugural 2019 sell-out, the 2020 edition of the festival will return to the beaches of Portimao in the Algarve in July to celebrate a weekend of afro beats, hip hop, RnB, dancehall…
GERMANY: eps, the supplier of temporary event flooring and crowd control solutions, has introduced a new security system: the GIGS In/Out (IO) Gate, which delivers an entrance and emergency exit all in one. “Recent international crowd security studies show that in an emergency more than 60% of audiences exit a venue via the same route through which they entered,” explained Dirk Boda, Technical Manager at eps. “This is a statistic that crowd control specialists are aware of, but crowd flow efficiency has been hindered by a lack of supplier led solutions. “Our GIGS IO Gate links both functions with each…
UK: The insurance brokerage and risk management company, Integro Entertainment & Sport, has rebranded and started to trade under the name of its 2018 acquisition, Tysers. Integro’s move to rebrand is part of a wider strategy to adopt the Tysers name across the business, leveraging its relationships within the insurance industry. The combined business employs over 1,100 employees globally and places close to US $3bn of insurance premiums. Tim Thornhill, Director of Sales for Tysers, commented: “By joining up with Tysers, Integro Entertainment & Sport becomes part of an incredible legacy. We will continue to provide forward thinking, nimble solutions…