from Robert Kenward, Managing Director, Disrupt Search Senior recruitment specialist and executive search consultant Robert Kenward, Managing Director of Disrupt Search, shares his latest insights from conversations with event and experiential agency owners, HR professionals, senior leaders and C-suite decision makers across the industry. Q3 2026 has brought more movement in recruitment, with agencies taking […]
Electric Graden has officially launched as ‘the billboard you can walk into’ with a first-of-its-kind,full-funnel activation for Activision’s Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 launch campaign. London’s first open-air integrated experiential and out-of-home venue, Electric Garden brings street-facing digital advertising and physical brand experiences together at one location, reflecting the growing role of experiential marketing as brands look for […]
At IMEX America, NewMedia Creative Technology Studio used character design to give visitors four different ways into a personalized brand experience. A guide to the company, a quiz host, a character offering compliments and a theatrical oracle gave visitors to the NewMedia Creative Technology Studio stand four different reasons to start a conversation. Presented at […]
(photos – Frank Wainwright) The Oatly Embassy: A welcome return to old school immersive principles but with a modern twist. This was an absolutely top tier brand event… Before I get into the review for this event, I wanted to note a bit of a trend which definitely leans positive. You see, I’ve been around […]
(photo, Irene Haro) Immersive attractions including ABBA Voyage, The Crystal Maze LIVE Experience and Monopoly Lifesized generate £7.4bn in spending and £3.9bn in gross value added (GVA) to the economy, according to new economic modelling by Grant Thornton 31% of Britons attended an immersive experience in the last 12 months, equivalent to 17 million adults. […]
Just 26% of UK adults surveyed say they recall seeing or taking part in a live brand experience in the past 12 months. Yet among those who recall one, 96% report taking some form of action afterwards. The findings come from The Apathy Epidemic: How to design brand experiences for consumer action, a new report […]
Mini Brands turned up the volume on its Really Works Vinyl collection with a one-day ‘Listening Lounge’ pop-up café in London, created by experiential agency Backlash. On Saturday 26 September 2026, at Castiglione, 17 Whitcomb Street, London, a pop-up retro record store, decked out in neon vinyl signage, crates of mini records, and a live […]
Nearly a century of experience helping iconic brands unlock sales potential through connected customer experiences that drive growth, efficiency and stronger business performance. In August CPM celebrated this incredible legacy alongisde co-ordinated alongside CPM Ireland’s 40 years of activation. (see below). In 1936, long before supermarkets, trolleys or self-service shopping, everything was sold over the […]
Annette Hedderman’s citation was first delivered at the Best Connected Awards, 26th June Annette Hedderman and Leona Mullaly had to abandon their proposed flight to London for the BEst Connected Awards in the midst of our searing summer. With Annette due to be one of our headliner Hall of Fame recipients that news came as […]
Each June, the advertising and media industries gather on the south coast of France for the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity. Over five days, brands, agencies, and platforms host key clients along the Croisette, the seafront boulevard that curves the length of the bay. The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) opened the 2026 festival with Riviera at […]
As the cricket season draws to a close and the Premier League takes hold again, now is a great time to reflect on the brand wins achieved and the momentum going forwards. In this look back report SpaceandPeople remember the many fan pleasing events of summer 2026. A summer packed with sport may be drawing […]
Frank Wainwright went to the wonderful Barcode Festival this year for the first time in 3 years. After another successful Barcode, he followed up with questions to Grocery’s Aid’s Welfare Director, Mandi Leonard (top photo, Mandi Leonard, GroceryAid, kindly suplied by GroceryAid, bottom 2, Barcode scene at Kenwood and Rhian Teasdale, Wet Leg, performing at […]
by Mark Hutchinson, Managing Director, Inception Worldwide Exhibitions represent some of the largest investments in a modern marketing budget but are routinely misunderstood at the highest levels. To unlock true commercial growth, a physical brand environment cannot live in a logistical vacuum; it must start as a core boardroom strategy. The danger of aesthetic-first design […]
Overview Nebius Inflection AI Expert Forum 2026, which took place 9th June 2026, brought together 260+ enterprise innovators, AI builders, investors, analysts, and technology leaders in San Francisco for a focused, one-day program exploring the future of accelerated computing and production-scale AI. Designed as Nebius’ US market debut, the event combined keynote content, expert panels, […]
by Suzanne Malhotra, Leadership Coach and Consultant, The Leadership Line What mergers and acquisitions don’t prepare agency leaders for The press release goes out. The LinkedIn posts follow. CEOs talk about shared vision, global reach and exciting opportunities. Then Monday arrives. The founder who built the agency is now an MD inside someone else’s structure. […]
On Wednesday 29th July, Taskrabbit transformed local Shoreditch pub, The Horse & Groom, into The Allen Arms – the world’s first pub where the humble Allen key becomes the only accepted currency at the bar. Instead of reaching for your wallet, consumers were invited to rummage through their kitchen drawers and toolboxes in search of the leftover […]
Robert Hicks, CEO, CScreens There has recently been a distinct energy humming through the UK. Step into any high street, public square, or pub garden on a match day, and the atmosphere was electric. As Wimbledon reached its peak and the World Cup ticked down towards the final showdown, we didn’t just witness a packed […]
Photos by All Photography – provided courtesy of Provision Events. Original news story
Here ted experience’s Group Client Director Lucia Wills, sets out her own take on challenges and the value of pushing yourself. With the news of the Princess of Wales completing the Three Peaks Challenge, it felt like the right moment to share my own – though I don’t expect this one to make the front […]
Eco- friendly, purpose-led toilet paper brand Who Gives A Crap brought a giant talking toilet roll to the streets of Bristol and Manchester as part of its £1.5 million ‘Feel Good Toilet Paper’ campaign spanning video on demand, social media, influencers, podcasts, out-of-home and retail. In a category traditionally defined by routine purchases and low […]
(Team Nteractive in Vegas) Nteractive had announced its role in delivering HPE Discover 2026(June 15-18 2026), Hewlett Packard Enterprise’s flagship global event, held in Las Vegas and welcoming more than 13,000 customers, partners, employees, press and industry leaders. Hosted at the Venetian Resort and Expo, Las Vegas, HPE Discover is the company’s most important global […]
The Commodity of Attention: Why Brands Have to Work Harder to Earn (and Keep it), By Ben Robinson, Founder and Chairman, Renaissance Received wisdom has it that short form content has killed our attention spans. Yet audiences will queue hours for a concert, clear their calendars to binge an entire series in a weekend, and […]
Back in January this year The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and M+C Saatchi Group UK launched a live experiential activation at London Waterloo Station that deliberately played on first impressions, curiosity and fine print to bring the message of its Firm Checker campaign to life. The activation launched as part of the FCA’s wider ‘Check […]
On Thursday 26th March I was in the 10.30 queue, an excited buzz, as I lined up for an HBO Max experience in the heart of London, under the big advertising display at Piccadilly Lights, the Venue (The Venue). The display overhead was a presence that HBO Max had dominated at one point of its […]
Senior recruitment specialist Robert Kenward shares his live insights from across events and experiential agency owners, HR professionals and C-suite decision makers. Q1 2026 reveals the industry dealing with the real consequences of last year’s mergers, a spike in resignations, the limits of DIY hiring and a growing demand for sales and client services professionals. […]
Andrew Bodwick, Client Services Director at SpaceandPeople For more information, request a copy of our Experiential Trends Report here: Experiential Space Trends 2025/26 – Experiential Space If 2023 and 2024 reminded us that real-world interactions still matter, then 2025 proved they’re absolutely essential. SpaceandPeople’s latest experiential trends report, informed by booking data and insights from our […]
by Will Glynn-Jones, Managing Director, Send Me A Sample As technology evolves, so too do the ways brands engage with consumers. One of the biggest developments over the last decade has been in product sampling — the once in-person, largely in-store experience has moved increasingly into the digital space. Rather than handing out samples randomly, […]
By Daniel Todaro, CEO, Gekko Group When independent stores raise the issue of needing more support from brands to compete against multiple and online retail, there’s no support more valuable than training. Without the sales skills to confidently identify the customer’s needs to sell the benefits of a product that is right for them, you […]
An airfield depolyment showed the inflatable structure meets stringent Health and SAfety requirements for outdoor events with minimal set up time. Evolution Dome has successfully deployed a temporary inflatable hangar to supportLeonardo’s Proteus autonomous helicopter programme, demonstrating the suitability of inflatable structures for event sites where weather resilience and rapid deployment are essential. Deployed on […]
These are the pictures I curated for the 2025 FMBE Awards, presented on 29th January 2026 at Troxy London, with captions below each one to eaxplain the choice. The pictures are a great guide to key moments in FMBE History – with emphasis on those who were shortlisted again this time. FMBE Awards has become […]
Highlights – in pictures – by Frank Wainwright, Awards Director. With thanks to our sponsors, who are credited in the details below. Event Photos by Aniseed. Link for party photos! Please LIKE the page and tag each other! FMBE Awards celebrated its Past, Present and Future at Troxy London 29th January 2026 with a Time […]
(OK, we tried to do this as a Christmassy 12, but couldn’t make it fit!) As we head to celebrating a remarkable 21 years of FMBE, I have worked my way back through the history books to find 13 of the agencies that have had the biggest impact on our history so far. This is […]
Last month’s Yellow Brick Lane art installation project to coincide with the cinematic launch of Wicked: For Good was a bit of a rareity – a piece of genuine global-local brand experience cultural joy. (Photos courtesy Organic Publicity.) From 21st until the 30th November, fans and visitors could embark on a journey along the “Yellow […]
by Frank Wainwright Back at FMBE Awards last year I stood in front of our audience and predicted a year of mergers and acquisitions ahead. To me it was obvious. The climate was right and building. We had two of our own examples in the room from France. Marvesting had come to FMBE alongside its […]
Seeing this neat pop up, FMBE thought it was a nice Christmas promotion to share and it’s a lovely example of what a smaller growing brand can do to make itself known using well-crafted brand engagement. The festive season is officially brewing at King’s Cross, where Bird & Blend Tea Co. brought joy to travellers […]
By Jason Megson, International SVP, Sparks As brands increasingly look for how to instil the truth, the thrill and the impact in their marketing, time and time again brand experiences are proving one of the best vehicles to achieve this. The power of ‘in real life’ elements and of broader storytelling around a brand are […]
At the start of September, it was my personal privilege to have a hard hat tour of one of London’s most wonderful building projects, the £1.3 billion redevelopment of Olympia. Olympia is being reimagined and West London is set for the emergence of a multipurpose world facility for business, entertainment and leisure – all under […]
A bright and vivacious October pop up for Boots caught our eye. So FMBE tracked down the Collaborate team responsible for ‘House Party’ and they provided us with their view of the event a few weeks after it closed. In partnership with The Pharm team at VML, Boots Beauty stepped off the shelf and into […]
Nimisha Mehta-Slade, Marketing and Client Strategy Lead, Realise summed up the excitement, post-event. “We had an incredible time partnering with the Uber Eats team on their Halloween takeover, one of those projects that reminds you exactly why we love working with them! They’re never afraid to lean into the unexpected and take an idea somewhere […]
Staging and crewing company T3W were the stage suppliers of choice for a triad of major events which took place over the summer at London’s Trafalgar Square. Chosen for their expertise, T3W provided staging solutions for McLaren Racing Live: London, run by Velocity Experience, and Pride in London and Canada Day, run by LS Events. […]
Guests to Thorpe Park currently have the chance to step inside the Byer’s House and play spooky games courtesy of this blockbuster brand experience delivered for the brands by N2O. The experience, featured in our news, runs until 2nd November.
David Gibbons, director, IMP, discusses the value of simple human interaction In experiential marketing, simplicity can be underrated. While data dashboards, digital funnels and (flippin’) Ai grow more complex, consumers still experience brands through moments. And that’s why at iMP we believe the most powerful and effective brand activations don’t rely on ’the algorithm’… they […]
One of the great privileges of running FMBE for 25 years and the awards for 21 years has been to see young entrepreneurs making new businesses, advancing them and coming of age. That’s what this moment felt like, seeing MD Tomasz Dyl present the new offices for GottaBe! to a mixture of friends, industry connections […]
Frank Wainwright met James Henry, CEO to hear about the rise and rise of retail activation and multichannel integrated agency IMA. Photos taken during Frank Wainwright’s shopper vist to the adidas flagship store where IMA is the activation partner. As an agency IMA, the global agency based in Leeds, came onto my radar through its […]
Frank Wainwright went to the Fanatics Store to meet Anthony and crew and to see the influnece of agency Agile Retail in action. Buckingham Palace – tick – Madame Tussauds – tick – Tower of London – tick – British Museum – tick – St Pauls – tick – Covent Garden – tick – Fanatics […]
Jack Lamacraft, Global MD, explains the approach that The Park is taking in order to have an experience-focused culture within their agency. With a growing number of brands embracing the power of experiential marketing, it’sincreasingly important for our teams to be one step ahead if they want to deliver the bestwork. But this can’t just […]
When FMBE heard that Smyle had been busy with activations around Wimbledon – one at the tennis tournament and one with a tennis theme at Covent Garden. We thought it would make a nice snapshot of how an agency of scale operates on as events go live. So here is the interview as told to […]
by Joel Kaufman, managing director, Link Communication Too often brands and their agencies lose sight of the fact that the purpose of sampling is to create measurable sales growth for the brands; not just to give products away. This is a common criticism of many mass reach sampling campaigns around London’s busiest stations. Many well-meaning […]
by Bronwyn Evans, Operations Director EMEA, Sparks We only understand the difference we make if we measure it. Sustainability is now a business imperative for the events industry rather than a buzzword. While events have historically been associated with wasteful practices, single-use materials and a “build-and-burn” culture, the industry is now at an important inflection […]
How to engage fans as the ultimate personalities of tennis are leaving As the legends of tennis – Federer, Serena, Nadal and Djokovic – fade from the main stage, the sport faces a pivotal challenge: how to keep fans captivated when the familiar icons are no longer the headliners. For years, these personalities haven’t just […]
In the wake of the Monaco and Imola F1 GPs, we learnt that Elevate Global had contributed Imola Monaco These are high prestige events and exacting locations. FMBE asked the Elevate team to tell us about how they work for motorsport around the globe. Motorsports events rely on precision, speed, and seamless execution – both […]
On 15 May, San Miguel proved that Spanish summer isn’t just a place – it’s a mindset. The Spanish beer brand teamed up with Mixmag to throw the UK’s most daring event of the year: Fly San Miguel, the first party where showing up with a valid passport could land you on a flight to Ibiza. Held at Number 90 […]
PrettyGreen is the agency behind a growing series of Peppa Pig activations that blend storytelling and real settings – with Good Morning Britain(GMB) leading the media coverage. After her pregnancy reveal live on GBM at the end of February, stage 2 activated with a gender reveal at Battersea Power Station on April 25th. The iconic […]
What were the client’s specific objectives for Sparks? Michelob Ultra’s objective was to create a brand toolkit that could be activated for fans in all Copa America tournament stadiums, showing up in a big way for the key games. What was the inspiration for the design? The intention behind the traveling kits was to create […]
At a time when the automotive sector is under global pressure, shopper targeted car promotions – with high test drive outcomes – could be exactly the fillip car brands need. The recent Maison 5 event at Future Stores combined style with substance, a brand promotion that was designed to take this new promotional space and […]
As the spring workload intensifies, Ali Wallace, Founder & CEO, DNA Recruit, discusses how to secure the right expertise. Scaling an agency is exciting, but it also presents you with a unique set of challenges. You’ve got the work, the clients, you’re pushing into new markets, new service lines, and maybe even new countries. But […]
Imaginaton and Ford offered to share their case study from July 2024 with FMBE. Here it is: ABOUT THE PROJECT How can mandatory sales training be made engaging and memorable for Ford salespeople? By designing a gamified experience that captivates the audience through friendly competition, making learning more dynamic and rewarding. CHALLENGE Ford presented Imagination […]
By Frank Wainwright – FMBE At this year’s FMBE Awards, as usual we presented two Agency of the Year Awards, one for Brand Experience – recipient N2O – and one for Field Marketing – recipient Powerforce. These two agencies share a few things in common, sound business principles that have created a platform for dynamic […]
Experts reveal their 12 tips of Christmas to help stores maximise sales Experts from Green Field Marketing Solutions, a specialist outsourced sales and merchandising company, have put together the essential list of 12 things retailers need to know this Christmas to maximise sales and profits in their stores. “We’ve been working in the FMCG space […]
This summer The Samsung Galaxy AI Bus Tour has been unmissable. There have been two double deckers on tour. Bus One finished its tour in London this month, whilst Bus Two still has a few more dates left, currently visiting Freshers events at university before culminating at a busy city centre location with dates up […]
Rob Hicks, CEO, C-Screens witnessed a cultural shift to communal viewing this summer In the summer of 2024, the weather was tepid at best, but the sports scene was ablaze with the Paris Olympics, Euro ‘24, T20 World Cup, and the Wimbledon Championship among many other landmark events. This confluence of events did more than […]
Goodwood Revival presents a unique chance for automotive brands to dip into their heritage whilst keeping the future very much in view. FMBE’s Frank Wainwright went along to the show to find out how TRO, together with clients BMW and Mini delivered that. Goodwood Revival has become an important date for many automotive brands and […]
By Christopher Booker, New Business and Marketing Director, TRO Manage to get Oasis tickets? Make it to a Taylor Swift gig? Fandoms have been very much front and centre in the news this summer, but nowadays, they extend way beyond the traditional territories of music and sport. From Disney diehards to Air Max collectors, SKIMS to […]
Once upon a time, in about 1997, I interviewed Peter Mandelson about his ambitions for Britain in the shape of the Millennium Dome, then under construction and belittled by political opponents as a White Elephant and a Tacky Theme Park. Once upon a time The Eiffel Tower project troubled notable Parisiens because the ‘metal asparagus’ […]
With the 2024 UEFA European Football Championship underway and the Paris Olympics coming in August, this summer is shaping up to be a true Summer of Sport. According to Mintel’s UK Sporting Events Market Report, 63% of UK Brits are expected to follow one or more sports during 2024. Over the years we have seen […]
Frank Wainwright travelled to Brighton. Brighton doesn’t have a cathedral so it is not a part of Frank’s Big Tour of England route, so we’re not going to the city this summer. Brighton has a huge role to play in the brand experience sector, so getting there ahead of the tour was a must. Frank […]
Agency Sledge has announced a new report: Events And Content Must Go On: Insights and Soundbites to Overcome Lead Time and Budgetary Challenges. Designed to arm industry professionals with the tools to navigate these current times, it reveals firsthand lead time figures, based on Sledge’s own projects, analyses those factors impacting them, delves into solutions […]
Richard Lloyd-Williams, Managing Director of integrated sampling agency Flavor has just become the first agency of its type to gain BCorp status. In this article he looks at the chellenging area that is sustainable sampling in FMCG and talks to a selection of three brands about the key challenges – and how they meet them. […]
Link Communication in Leeds has enjoyed a strong start to 2024, and as FMBE’s recent visit to their expanded premises at HQ proved, the feeling at the agency is very much all systems go ahead of this summer. Much of the expaned offer from Link is coming through the new production facilities overseen by direct […]
Link Communication’s Joel Kaufman looks ahead at some of many varied options for connection your brand to this year’s sporting selection. Obstacle Courses and Endurance Extreme endurance races like Tough Mudder, Total Warrior or other events like them attract dedicated fitness fanatics and thrill seekers. These nationwide events bring in over 20,000 runners per event […]
from Ocean Outdoor With the UEFA men’s Euros just around the corner, followed by Wimbledon and then Paris 2024, this summer’s bumper sports schedule offers brands multiple ways to reach and engage with the UK’s army of fans. As England and Scotland head to Germany, Ocean will broadcast highlights of the UEFA group stage matches […]
Take a look at PrettyGreen’s sports insight as this summer of gerat events gets into gear. Consumer Trends and the Active Landscape Sport is attracting greater attendances both in terms of viewing and participating. And whilst sport remains a male dominated culture, the fastest growth areas are often women. The European Athletics championships are happening […]
My recent visit to the Champion’s League Festival in Trafalgar Square was hosted by TRO. True, I could have just walked in to this free appetiser slice of our summer of sport, but the invitation gave me a guided tour with Chris Booker, TRO’s new business and marketing director. That was definitely worthwhile as there […]
Twilight Trees came to our notice last year when Fusion’s wonderful event and FMBE award winner with Nissan, featured their Japanese blossom installations evoking a crucial part of the event’s special atmosphere. In the last few years Twilight Trees have been a key component of activations for a set of brands and retailers for whom […]
by Andrew Bodwick, head of agency and brand, SpaceandPeople On-site insight: Clothing retailer pop-up shop sees 77% more visitors in Liverpool compared to Manchester When I was at the Brand Experience 360 event in April, a speech by Olivia Rayner, Creative Director at Sense Marketing, left a big impression. Rayner highlighted the loneliness epidemic seen […]
by Julian Cordy, CEO of Field Sales Solutions In today’s dynamic marketplace, where consumer demands are ever evolving, the role of field marketing services has never been more crucial. As CEO of Field Sales Solutions, I am deeply committed to ensuring that brands receive the highest level of support to drive sales and enhance customer […]
It was welcome back to ‘I’ll be back’ as The Arnold Sports Festival UK returned, drawing 30,000 sports enthusiasts to the NEC. The event also debuted US brands Darc Sports and Young LA with activations built by Equinox. The Arnold Sports Festival UK made a triumphant return to the NEC Birmingham over the weekend of […]
New data from Brand Finance reveals that smaller UK brands are punching above their weight, outshining nation’s bigger brands in terms of brand strength Five out of the top 10 strongest brands in the UK have a brand value of less than GBP900 million, according to new data from Brand Finance, the world’s leading brand […]
Located at Westfield London White City, the Skin Rescue Lab ran from 19th to the 21st April 2024to drive brand awareness and conversation around clinically proven, organic, and natural skincare. Ahead of this event, Claire Bories-Azeau, Managing Director, The Organic Pharmacy commented: “This year, as we launch our brand “refresh”, out-of-home activations are the perfect […]
Quarterly Event and Brand Experience Industry Recruitment Trends: January – March 2024 You Search & Select, the leading senior specialist in event and brand experience industry recruitment is pleased to share its newest quarterly report on recruitment trends for January to March 2024. Founder and Fitabilty® Recruiter, Robert Kenward, is uniquely placed to gather intel […]
It’s been just over a year since FMBE joined in the welcome of Andrew Orr to the helm TRO after 17 years of rising through the ranks with an interview to mark the occasion. It was an interview included his stated wish to bring the agency to agency of the year status as the next […]
Frank Wainwright toured Manchester’s Trafford Centre and caught up with FMBE industry expert, Bruce Gardner, brand experience manager, Pradera Lateral, for a tour that showed a renwed purpose and energy emerging under Pradera Lateral’s guidance. Spoiler Alert: The dark days of Covid and the failure of the previous management, intu Properties are long gone. Since […]
by Frank Wainwright. Cultivating Community was presented at Shoreditch Motel Studios on Wednesday 20th March at an event hosted by agency Seed. (News story for context https://fieldmarketing.com/news/seed-launches-cultivating-community/ ) As a 50+ yo white male, writing about youth communities is a potentially risky business. Some of these communities have risen up in reaction to the critical […]
by Frank Wainwright. Photographs courtesy of SpaceandPeople Specsavers’s playful marketing continues with the van stuck on rising bollard stunt, delivered by Specsavers Creative with Grand Visual and brand experience events business Ann Squared, in the castle area of Edinburgh and then extended to Liverpool One this Easter weekend. This stunt really works – it plays […]
FMBE’s Frank Wainwright talked to Live’s Leyton Ede about staffing and the agency’s environmental allegiance to SkootEco. Presentation – Live’s carbon offset explained Doubling down on doing the right thing is a tenet of Leyton Ede’s brand experience event staffing business Live, an agency that emerged intact through the dark corridors of COVID having […]
Above – Live Tracker Feed during theTunnel Ultra 200, last 20 miles. Photo – top – David Miller “Followers” are all very well and good, but when ‘engagement’ is what you want to understand then a closer analysis is needed. In fact ‘follower’ is a pretty bad word for someone who genuinely takes an interest. […]
Pepsi rolls out first visual identity change in 14 years across 120 countries worldwide. The brand steps into a dynamic new era with a new look and exciting culture-first experiences across sports and music. The events for this have blended reality and digital to create content – FMBE’s Frank Wainwright has provided a thought commentary […]
written by Victoria Phillips – Commercial Sales and Marketing Director – RMG and Storey In field marketing, where every minute counts and every mile matters, prioritising sustainability isn’t just an eco-friendly choice—it’s a smart business move that can significantly enhance staff wellbeing. This article delves into our actionable strategies that not only reduce environmental impact […]
Written by Helen Hanson, Founder and managing partner From its humble beginnings, yep my bedroom in Streatham back in 1996 HEL’s (nee Hel’s Angels) was conceived not only to meet industry benchmarks but to redefine them. As the sole female founder (joined 7 yrs later by my fabulous business partner Kim Levine) I embraced the […]
Through the last couple of decades Andy Buck has become one of the best known faces of field marketing, field sales and brand communications, with a strong reputation for bringing energy, dynamism and innovation to this industry. Through 17 years at CPM he was most recently the Chief Development Officer there. Now he has been […]
The alliance between cultural and business innovation is often expressed metaphorically but rarely in bricks and mortar. My recent experience of Somerset House gave me the understanding that the building and its august heritage is used as a place to incubate and curate not just artistic talent but business innovators too. It is a place […]
Written by Laine Redpath “We are constantly trying to look at the wider perspective of what we do within the events industry and the language we use as the orators of our clients brands. Engaging with consumers is an evolving aspect of the job and changes just as the technology we use changes and the […]
Photography by Colin Baldwin Costa’s pop-up in Brunswick Square called the Unbelieva-bar is promoting the brand’s new hot milkshakes. The pop up has been created for Costa by The Circle Agency. The introduction of hot milkshakes has certainly got the fanbase chatting. Have we ever had to debate the difference between a hot chocolate and […]
The continuing upsurge in prominent events in the Middle East is no longer a phenomenon, but rather the expected outcome after many years of reputation building. Breakthrough moments are fewer and further between, making the recent series of milestones for Invnt all the more impressive. Invnt, an agency which presents itself as [INVNT GROUP] THE […]
Somerset House styles itself as ‘The Home of Cultural Innovators”. It is an iceberg of a venue, a big bit you can see, and a huge network that isn’t so ‘on show’. The bit you can see is a London landmark, glittering with historical opulence. On the surface it looks quite exclusive. The bit you […]
This category saw a fascinating head-to-head for gold and silver, and we have chosen to share insight from two very dynamic agencies. GOLD WaveCrest In this category the international agencies present one in depth case study together with an overview of how and why the agency is going places. From the winner we saw a […]
GOLD TRO The FMBE Awards evening just got better and better for TRO. 2 out of the 3 campaign of the year awards went their way as did a bronze with De’Longhi in the competitive roadshow category. In De’Longhi, Unite Students and Anthropy, TRO had already shown how the versatility and reach of brand experience […]
GOLD Tactical Solutions Whilst the B Corp recognition saw Tactical Solutions a clear winner for Professional Agency Management this year, it was evident that this was seen by the agency as a marker of sustained agency success. The agency has established itself as a major competitor in field sales, now adding a convincing story at […]
Gold winner: Clear Box Retail When Clear Box Retail took silver in our Field Data category it was notable that the agency was using data in a new way and by doing so had enabled work with field teams in the UK and US, using ClearView. After closer investigation FMBE discovered that Clear Box had […]
GOLD TRO – Unite Students (Immersive Events, Controlled Audience winner) SILVER Option1 – Orange (Operational Success winner) BRONZE TRO – Anthropy (B2B/B2E winner) You can read more about these campaigns in their individual win pages. The winner To see an immersive event roadshow win campaign of the year was great news for brand experience. It […]