Experiential agency Brandfuel has launched a new internship programme, with four 12-month paid placements across roles from creative and production to business management. The scheme is designed to facilitate entry into the events and creative industries.

For a brief moment during the pandemic, Dan Bardgett saw something that didn’t quite make sense. The trade shows his agency XSEM delivered had gone fully virtual – a forced pivot at the time, and one met with the usual scepticism about whether digital could ever replicate the live experience. But when the results came in, the data told a different story.

The events industry has long argued for its place at the top table. It talks about impact, engagement and ROI. It points to packed rooms, standing ovations and post-event buzz as proof of success. But according to DRPG founder and CEO Dale Parmenter, the problem isn’t visibility – it’s language.

Creative communications agency, Brands at Work, has today completed its acquisition of Chorus, the boutique experiences agency, in a bid to strengthen its experiential marketing, creative communications and brand engagement offerings.

New research examining the economic value, employment and key issues for the UK Outdoor Events Sector has been published, 8 years after the last sector specific report was produced.

To mark Neurodiversity Celebration Week, The Power of Events was commissioned by EICC to launch a new industry questionnaire to explore understanding and perspectives on neuro-inclusion in events. 

AGF Festival Sustainability Insights produced from aggregate analysis of all festivals who successfully completed AGF Certification or Sustainability Diagnosis in 2024. A culmination of months of data gathering, screening and number crunching from AGF assessors and analysts. This report provides insight into how festivals are performing against key sustainability metrics, across 16 countries and 4 continents.

Live Recruitment’s Diversity Report provides key diversity, equity and inclusivity (DEI) metrics for the UK Events Industry using our network of 40,000+ event professionals