The event industry´s not-for-profit mentoring scheme for female professionals, Fast Forward 15, has launched a project competition bringing together charity fund-raising and creative event management by students. The competition is [...]
Johanna Mayer, of Park Plaza Hotels, is taking the plunge for the first time. Having never run before, she is going straight for a half marathon. In this, the latest [...]
This will be the first half marathon for Hollie Foster of asembl.group and she sees it as a “huge challenge”. The Royal Parks Half Marathon in London is her target [...]
Micebook.com´s Connie Magner says she is “no runner”, but she is a swimmer and she is fit so she will join thousands of others and walk the London Royal Parks [...]
You don´t need to be a distance runner to take part in the Royal Parks Half Marathon – you don´t even need to be an athlete. Many of the 16,000 [...]
As we begin 2025, I am a little sad that my two years as Chairman are coming to an end, but I am very proud to be handing over to [...]
Beam, the UK trade association for the business events, accommodation and meetings industry, raised £4,560 for industry charity foundation Meeting Needs at its annual gala dinner at The Grand Birmingham. More [...]
A project to build air-tight grain stores in Tanzania with funding from event industry foundation Meeting Needs is well under way despite heavy rains that threatened the work. Working with [...]
A plaque in memory of Meeting Needs former chairman Chris Peacock has been installed at Break Primary School in his memory in the Matetsi region of Zimbabwe following a [...]
A cash grant of £7500 at the end of 2024 by event industry foundation Meeting Needs helped finance the delivery of ambulances, food and medicine to Ukraine this month. Working [...]
