Clear Presentations

Venue: Midland Hotel, Manchester

Clear have produced the Vertex Outstanding Achievement Awards for the last 12 years. This is an international event with colleagues from India, America and Canada attending. With a new team at Vertex, this event needed to stand out as different.

Held at the prestigious Midland Hotel, Manchester, we decided to go for a presentation ‘in the round’. The room looked fabulous with beautiful flowers, branded menus and graphics.

Extensive lighting enabled us to change the colour of the room and moving lights added to the excitement of the evening.

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Venue: The Hilton, Deansgate, Manchester

Held at this prestigious city centre venue this 2 day conference flew in several speakers from USA to share best practice in manufacturing.

Delegates were pre-issued with bar coded lanyard badges enabling registration on the day to be speedy and efficient. The event opened with an animated AV comprising of graphics and video, starting the event on a positive note. During the conference delegates were interviewed on film with the footage edited and played back the same day.

The conference included workshops which were held on both days and also an awards presentation held at the Museum of Science & Industry.

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Venue: The Midland Hotel

280 delegates attended this 2 day conference with workshops and awards dinner. The custom built set incorporated individually lit light boxes which illustrated the issues addressed at the conference. Interactive keypads were used throughout the event to gain audience opinion.

The look of the room was totally changed for the Awards Dinner to a 70’s disco theme with mirror balls and brightly lit set. Coloured light boxes pulsing to the beat of the music enhanced the theme and added to the fun. Hosted by Ruby Wax the awards incorporated 16 videos demonstrating best practice created for nominations located throughout England.

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Venue: Liverpool Anglican Cathedral

Clear won the contract to manage all aspects of this event which celebrates success within the business community for the second year. Responsibilities ranged from managing the nomination and judging process, liaising with sponsors to design and production of the evening. Held in such a spectacular setting with lit candelabra on every table and fabulous lighting, the venue looked stunning. Entertainment for the 500+ guests included a Chinese youth orchestra and gospel singers.

Uniquely, the category winners at this event were chosen by the audience using interactive keypads.

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Venue: Williams F1 Conference Centre, Oxford

Held at Williams Formula 1 in Oxford this was an exciting venue to work at and great fun. Hosted by our own ‘team coach’ the morning conference focussed on winning and staying ahead of competitors.

Presentations were short with our ‘coach’ ensuring that there was a lot of interaction with delegates. The afternoon focussed on team building with a Toyota wheel change challenge, Scalextrics, racing simulators and building a F1 vehicle which was raced at the end of the day. A visit of the on site F1 museum was also included. The themed day was rounded off with a Monte Carlo style after race party with Casino and Robbie Williams tribute at a nearby hotel.

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Venue: ExCel, London

This event which focussed on the working time directive for junior doctor’s was held at London’s ExCel. The event included a plenary session and 13 rotating workshops which included over 60 presentations.

Lanyard badges were produced with individual agendas for each of the 350 delegates. Over 85 exhibition boards were created for each of the authorities attending.

A video was produced which included interviews from NHS leaders to explain the positive impact of the directive. The event also included a supplier exhibition.

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Venue: The Midland Hotel, Manchester

This Gala Dinner is the highlight of the food and drink industry calendar and celebrates the best that the region has to offer. Held at this prestigious hotel, the theme for the event was I love NW Fabulous Food. The set was styled on ‘Broadway’ with New York street signs, velvet drapes and theatre posters designed to represent the 5 NW regions. Cocktails were served by waitresses dressed as 20’s flapper girls with music from the shows played by our sensational saxophonist. The delicious menu was specially created for the occasion by The Midland’s top chefs using the finest locally sourced produce.

Over 300 guests attended this stylish occasion hosted by Granada’s Lucy Meacock.

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Venue: Bournemouth Int. Conference Centre

Four awards ceremonies were held over 2 days with over 1400 delegates attending from throughout the UK. A web site was built to enable easy registration and allowed delegates to order promotional material.

Animated audio visual presentations were created using over 800 photographs of the public spaces nominated for a Green Flag Award. The set incorporated video panels which played animated graphics and video throughout the event.

The Gala Dinner for 500 guests was hosted by Michaela Strachan.

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Venue: Blackpool - Winter Gardens

Over 900 guests attended this spectacular awards dinner in one of the few NW venues which can accommodate this number. The evening started with 2 drinks receptions with entertainment followed by an awards ceremony hosted by Julian Clary in the theatre. The set was a VersaTile LED wall which displayed video and graphics and looked stunning.

The awards were followed by dinner served in the magnificent ballroom. Entertainment was provided by X-Factors Rhydian and an electronic violin artiste. With numerous spaces being used a crew of 25 was required to manage this large event.

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Venue: Southport Theatre and Convention Centre

A spectacular Awards Dinner for over 500 guests with lots of entertainment requiring meticulous planning and organisation.

Themed ‘Parisian Masquerade Ball’, guests were greeted on the promenade by fire eaters, accordian players and hostesses in magnificent costumes. Two drinks receptions were held with entertainment, followed by dinner in the Floral Hall. Guests moved through to the theatre for the Awards Ceremony which started with a performance of neon juggling.

The after show party started with a bang with can, can dancers followed by a party band who kept the celebration going until the early hours.

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Venue: London, Manchester, Birmingham and Glasgow

This event is an evening awards dinner road show which visited London, Manchester, Birmingham and Glasgow. With tight timing and a large crew, team working was essential to the success of this event.

The evening was themed as a Masquerade Ball and featured a large Rococo style set with twin gilt framed screens. The set was designed to include a central staircase and chandeliers and looked fabulous.

The event was attended by up to 800 guests at each of the 5 venues.

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