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GL events sees 11.3% Q1 revenue growth

1 week ago | accessaa.co.uk | Paul Colston

Integrated event industry group, GL events has announced an 11.3% rise in 2025 Q1 revenue. Revenue for the period totalled €430m. Highlights included continuing growth in South America and several hundred million euros from mega events to be spread over 2025 and 2026. The FY 2025 guidance for revenue growth is now above 5%.
Cirque du Soleil launches interactive digital experience

1 week ago | accessaa.co.uk | Christopher Barrett

Cirque Du Soleil has announced the launch of a digital, at-home, rendering of its show Kurios: Cabinet of Curiosities.
ACC invests £2m in premium offering at M&S Bank Arena

2 weeks ago | accessaa.co.uk | Kristyna O'Connell

The ACC Liverpool Group has invested £2 million in the premium offering at its M&S Bank Arena (cap. 11,000), and appointed MMA Design & Project Management and Kimpton to complete the works. It said the aim of the investment is to introduce a more immersive experience for guests. The revamped premium offering will include Premium Super Suites that can accommodate 24, and smaller Premium Suites alongside an upgraded Sodexo Live! Lounge (130).
EIF marks 10 years of Purple Guide Grants

2 weeks ago | accessaa.co.uk | Christopher Barrett

The Events Industry Forum (EIF) has announced that in the first ten years of its Purple Guide Grants Scheme it has supported 24 outdoor event projects with £318,000 of funding. EIF operates as a not-for-profit organisation, allocating money raised from Purple Guide subscriptions to the grants programme to fund projects. “We’re very proud that the Purple Guide Grants have enabled a hugely diverse range of projects to help develop the industry over the past decade,” said EIF chair Steve Heap.
AIF and MVT partner with Crescat on grassroots grant scheme

2 weeks ago | accessaa.co.uk | Christopher Barrett

Event management software provider Crescat has launched Crescat GO; a grassroots grant scheme in partnership with industry organisations Music Venue Trust (MVT) and Association of Independent Festivals (AIF). Crescat said the new scheme is designed to provide grassroots event organisers, venues and festivals, and new live event start-ups, that are facing demonstrable financial barriers, discounted access to its event management software.
LIVE launches Gender Diversity in the UK Live Music Industry report

2 weeks ago | accessaa.co.uk | Christopher Barrett

Only 8% of board members across the 15 live music industry organisations represented by LIVE (Live Music Industry Venues & Entertainment) are women from non-white ethnic backgrounds (aka a global majority background), according to a new report from Women in CTRL. The Seat at the Table: LIVE Edition report, commissioned by LIVE, also found that just 27% of CEOs across LIVE’s member organisations are women and not one CEO or chair comes from a global majority background.
Forbidden Forest Festival to be operated by FAB following £1m investment

2 weeks ago | accessaa.co.uk | Christopher Barrett

Far And Beyond (FAB) has taken over as the operator of electronic music event the Forbidden Forrest Festival. The festival, promoted by Exurbia Events, will be held in the grounds of Belvoir Castle in Leicestershire from 29 May – 1 June. Last year, the promoter had a revised licence application approved by Melton Borough Council allowing it to expand the festival’s daily capacity by 7,000 to 22,000 people.
AMAAD to launch event series at Boston Manor Park

2 weeks ago | accessaa.co.uk | Christopher Barrett

Electronic music event promoter AMAAD (A Man About A Dog) is preparing to launch a series of electronic music events at the 15,000-capacity Boston Manor Park in the London Borough of Hounslow this summer. BM Park Live will consist of three-day techno festival Junction 2, on 25-27 July, and one-day event Paradise In The City on 2 August. The latter is being launched by Jamie Jones, a DJ and producer, Hot Creations label boss, and founder and curator of the Paradise global event series.
Industry reacts as ‘Martyn’s Law’ finally becomes legislation

3 weeks ago | accessaa.co.uk | Christopher Barrett

The Terrorism (Protection of Premises) Bill, aka ‘Martyn’s Law’, has today, 3 April, received Royal Assent and has become law. The Home Office has said it expects the implementation phase will last at least two years, during which a regulator will be established within the Security Industry Authority (SIA). It said the process will ensure there is time for businesses, premises and events to prepare for the legislation coming into force.
Irish government offers grassroots venues €15,000 grants

3 weeks ago | accessaa.co.uk | Christopher Barrett

The Irish government has announced it will provide the country’s grassroots venue operators with the opportunity to apply for grants of up to €15,000 towards the cost of programming live music events. The grants are part of a newly announced €500,000 in funding as part of the government’s Grassroots Music Venue Support Scheme designed to bolster small grassroots music venues across the country.