We now have all skilled the headache of discovering a venue, sourcing a caterer, and the maze of different duties that go into attempting to plan an excellent occasion. It may be much more onerous work if the situation isn’t someplace you’ve been to earlier than and also you don’t know the way well-connected totally different areas of town are.
Birmingham, within the West Midlands, is the UK’s second greatest metropolis and is a improbable place to carry an occasion exterior of London. From the historic City Corridor to the Nationwide Exhibition Centre (NEC), Birmingham is dwelling to a variety of spectacular venues.
In 2022, 8.3 million delegates attended enterprise occasions within the West Midlands, which generated £1.9 billion of direct spending within the area, in response to RJS Associates.
To make sure your Birmingham occasion is profitable, we’ve narrowed down 7 of the very best occasion administration firms whose native data and expertise will tick all of your bins.
1. TravelPerk
TravelPerk is a best-in-class enterprise journey platform that empowers vacationers to attach with their colleagues in actual life. With TravelPerk, reserving, managing, and coordinating occasion journey is made simple.
TravelPerk prospects additionally profit from a complete MICE (Conferences, Incentives, Conferences, and Exhibitions) service. An in-house crew of occasion specialists is accessible that can assist you with venue sourcing, reserving administration, timeline administration, responsibility of care, and extra.
Attributable to hybrid and distant working, we acknowledge that firms are more and more keen to assemble crew members in particular person. Our shut relationships with suppliers imply you’ll get the very best deal, each time. You’ll additionally profit from consolidated invoicing and cost, all on the TravelPerk platform.
Headquarters: Barcelona, Spain
Workplaces: Birmingham, London, Edinburgh, Berlin, Chicago, Boston, Miami
What kinds of occasions can you propose with TravelPerk?
We provide assist for quite a lot of occasion sorts, together with:
- Conferences of 2-50 attendees
- Conferences of 50-1000+ attendees
- Awards ceremonies
- Charity nights
- Staff constructing occasions
- Hybrid occasions
- Roadshows
- Offsites
What occasion planning companies does TravelPerk provide?
TravelPerk affords occasion administration companies to prospects within the US, the UK, Spain, Germany, France, and different European nations. These could embody:
- Group bookings
- Audio/visible results
- Incentive packages
- Floor transportation
- Theming and manufacturing
- Undertaking bookings
- Delegate registration
- And extra!
We could be concerned in your occasion as a lot or as little as you need, relying in your wants. Request a demo beneath!
TravelPerk’s Conferences & Occasions crew may also help you ebook venues and get unique reductions on group journey
2. Clearwater Occasions
Clearwater Occasions is a small Birmingham-based occasion planning firm that provides a customized method. They give attention to sustainability, working with native suppliers that greatest meet your wants. Their low-cost mannequin means they will ship budget-friendly company occasions with most impression.
Clearwater Occasions additionally affords a white-label occasion assist service. Whether or not you need assistance with onsite staffing or transport preparations, this bespoke resolution allows you to select precisely the extent of help you require from a educated crew of execs.
One other space Clearwater Occasions makes a speciality of is healthcare and pharmaceutical occasion administration. They’ve twenty years of mixed expertise on this area, and their experience in related rules and compliance will imply any organizations working on this sector are in protected arms.
Headquarters: Birmingham, UK
What kind of occasions do they plan?
- Digital and stay occasions
- Roadshows
- Exhibitions
- Gala dinners and extra
What companies do they provide?
- Venue discovering
- Occasion administration
- In-destination assist
- Delegate registration
- Help with digital conferences for company team-building occasions, product launches, and conferences
3. Lemonzest
Lemonzest is a stay occasion consultancy that began as an audio-visual supplier. Their in-house media division offers high-quality video, audio, and lighting options to reinforce your occasion design. What’s extra, Lemonzest’s video manufacturing capabilities imply they will create eye-catching movies to advertise your organization and occasions to reinforce your on-line presence.
They’ve a variety of rental inventory to suit out your venue and elevate your occasion, together with scenic and stage designs, projectors, screens, and different audio-visual gear. Additionally they have well-established relationships with occasion suppliers round the UK in order that they will supply the correct tech for the job.
Lemonzest’s workplaces characteristic a purpose-built studio, very best for live-broadcast from or pre-recording occasions to supply content material on your on-line viewers and digital advertising and marketing. All captured utilizing skilled cameras and broadcasting gear, the studio includes a customizable LED backdrop, a number of screens, and lighting results which can be certain to impress.
Headquarters: Birmingham, UK
What kind of occasions do they plan?
- Conferences
- Award dinners
- Themed occasions
- Interactive exhibitions
- Trend exhibits
- Festivals
- On-line occasions
What companies do they provide?
- Venue sourcing and reserving
- Occasion leisure
- Occasion manufacturing together with stage constructing and room dressing
- Occasion administration
- Occasion know-how
- Media manufacturing
4. SevenEvents
Based in 2009, SevenEvents is an occasions company with native experience and worldwide expertise to make planning an occasion in Birmingham a breeze.
On the heart of SevenEvents’ occasion administration companies is a devoted account administration crew that prides itself on constructing long-lasting consumer relationships. They hearken to your requests and handpick probably the most appropriate venues and suppliers from a protracted checklist within the UK and overseas.
For incentive journey, they will work with budgets of all sizes to prepare the right getaway on your groups. From upscale retreats to wilderness adventures, SevenEvents affords full abroad occasion administration so you possibly can give attention to different duties.
Headquarters: London, UK
Workplaces: Birmingham, UK
What kind of occasions do they plan?
- Conferences
- Conferences
- Incentive journey
- Staff constructing actions
- Model advertising and marketing activation
- Showcases
- Consumer events
- Digital occasions
What companies do they provide?
- Venue discovering
- Occasion administration
- Occasion manufacturing
- Assist for conferences and conferences
- Technical manufacturing
- Staffing and stewarding
- Delegate administration
5. High Banana
High Banana, a part of the TBA group, is a full-service inventive communications company with over 20 years of expertise. With purchasers together with high manufacturers like Virgin Media, H&M, and EE, you could be certain they’ve large-scale occasions right down to a tee.
High Banana’s West Midlands workplace is positioned simply exterior of Birmingham in Broome, in order that they’re well-placed to point out you what town has to supply. Their award-winning venue-finding crew can supply no matter you want on your occasion, from welcoming assembly rooms to high-end resorts.
To simplify the method additional, you possibly can enter your venue requests on High Banana’s on-line portal, The Hive, which can preserve all location ideas and associated communications from the crew in a single helpful place. You can even use the platform to trace and report in your month-to-month progress.
High Banana affords a wealth of different companies in communications, content material manufacturing, and technique, so they’re an excellent choice in case you’re additionally in want of occasion advertising and marketing.
Headquarters: London, UK
Workplaces: West Midlands and Manchester, UK
What kind of occasions do they plan?
- Dwell, hybrid, and digital occasions
- Conferences
- Incentive journey
- Roadshows
- Award ceremonies
- Company experiences
What companies do they provide?
- Occasion planning
- Occasion administration and staffing
- Venue sourcing and logistics
- Speaker and leisure administration
- Model activation
- Content material creation
6. The Occasions Firm
With greater than 20 years underneath their belt, The Occasions Firm is aware of a factor or two about throwing a memorable gathering. They’re primarily based simply south of Birmingham and have ample expertise working with venues within the area and additional afield. The Occasions Firm’s purchasers embody worldwide blue-chip firms, public-sector organizations, {and professional} trade associations.
The crew is your go-to for super-sized occasions, having hosted an car firm’s A centesimal-anniversary enjoyable day for round 22,000 attendees unfold over three UK places. They will set up required infrastructure, reminiscent of enviornment shows and crowd obstacles, leisure, and onsite transport.
For one thing a bit extra low-key, The Occasions Firm can set up team-building actions no matter your organization’s dimension and price range. Their occasion planners provide inventive choices like an animation workshop, chocolate-making courses, and festive Christmas packages for that important end-of-year celebration!
Headquarters: The Midlands, UK
What kind of occasions do they plan?
- Conferences
- Exhibitions
- Award ceremonies
- Themed company events and occasions
- Digital occasions
- Staff constructing occasions
- Firm enjoyable days
What companies do they provide?
- Occasion planning and administration
- Venue discovering
- Stage and set design
- Tech manufacturing
- Leisure and exercise administration
- Delegate administration
- Multimedia and video manufacturing
7. Edventurous
Eventurous has been planning profitable occasions for over 30 years and has labored with well-known firms like Santander, Sky, and Marks and Spencer. The corporate is positioned on Mythe Farm within the Midlands, a big picturesque venue for outside occasions. Purchasers can profit from this rural setting and have unique entry to Mythe Barn for indoor actions.
They focus on occasion administration and company team-building actions throughout the UK, so look no additional for action-packed pleasure to deliver your organization collectively. They’ve a variety of choices that can go well with small and enormous teams, no matter your price range. Eventurous can also be an accredited TIDS journey booker, so their planners can take care of any journey for abroad colleagues.
Headquarters: London, UK
Workplaces: The Midlands, UK
What kind of occasions do they plan?
- Dwell, hybrid, and digital occasions
- Conferences
- Staff-building occasions
- Gala dinners
- Company events
- Product launches
- Incentive journey
What companies do they provide?
- Occasion administration
- Venue discovering
- Leisure planning
