ESSA news
- By: ESSA
The Event Supplier and Services Association (ESSA) has announced its 2018 AGM will be held at the Magic Circle, Centre for Magical Arts, London on April 26, 2018, with a start time of 10:15 a.m.
- By: Andrew Harrision
The Event Services and Suppliers Association (ESSA) has announced that it is now offering GDPR learning modules on its extensive e-learning portal, developed and delivered by The Virtual College, including a free overview module called “Introduction to GDPR.”
- By: Andrew Harrision
The Event Services and Supplier Association (ESSA) has announced the launch of its talent and recruitment hub, a permanent online repository of assets and collateral to support and promote the event industry as a career of choice for young people.
- By: Andrew Harrision
The Event Suppliers and Services Association (ESSA) has formally announced the appointment of an apprentice membership administrator to assist the membership secretary with processing new members, communicating with existing members and to provide general administrative support.
- By: Andrew Harrision
The Event Supplier and Services Association (ESSA) has committed to support FaceTime, the promotional campaign for the exhibition industry, for a fourth consecutive year.
- By: Andrew Harrision
The chair of the Event Supplier and Services Association (ESSA), Chris Criscione, has taken up the position of chair of the Events Industry Alliance (EIA) as part of the rotation of the position through the three industry associations, ESSA, the Association of Event Organisers (AEO) and the Association of Event Venues (AEV).
- By: Andrew Harrision
There is a need for more MPs to support the All Party Parliamentary Group on Events so that the voice of the industry can be heard in Parliament. This group is currently chaired by James Heappey MP who has drafted the wording below with a request that you consider sending it to your local MP. You can check which MP represents the area where your business is located by using this link: http://www.parliament.uk/mps-lords-and-offices/mps/.
- By: Andrew Harrision
ESSA is at the start of a long journey, one we understand has no real end date.
It has been identified for some time that our industry was developing a bit of a problem with regard to attracting new talent.
The AEV/AEO/ESSA Technical Committee, Electrics convened at the QEII Centre on Thursday November 9, 2017 with Chris Morrison of Olympia London in the chair.
- By: Christine Cottrell
Driving rain and heavy traffic did nothing to dissuade 170 delegates from arriving at Ricoh Arena for the Event Supplier and Services Association (ESSA) 10th Anniversary Conference and Snow Ball on 7th December, for a packed programme of speakers and panels.That was followed by the spectacular Snow Ball and ESSA Anniversary Awards where over 300 guests saw Samantha Fenlon of Freeman win the Young Person Award, Aztec Event Services won Member Company Award, and the Outstanding Contribution to the Industry Award was won by Chris Criscione, managing director of Equinox Design.
- By: Andrew Harrision
The AEV/AEO/ESSA Sustainability Working Group met for the second time this year on Thursday October 19th at the NEC, convening at Severn Trent’s anaerobic digestion plant at Coleshill, where all NEC Group venues send their food waste.
