1,000 Users now on-board

This week the Current RMS Team are celebrating hitting the 1,000-user mark with close to 700 rental businesses worldwide now relying on the system to manage their hire processes. Launched just 15 months ago, Current has experienced rapid growth, illustrating the need for AV, Lighting and Production hire businesses to be able to work on…

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Lexair brings Elation to Oceania

Lexair Entertainment recently announced that it has entered into an exclusive distribution agreement with Elation Professional for Australia and New Zealand. Elation is one of the most successful and fastest growing brands in the lighting industry and has received international recognition by industry peers, entertainment customers and lighting designers alike. Elation has also received numerous awards…

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Bankstown Sports Club invests in partnership with The P.A. People

Bankstown Sports Club promotes their Venue as the fun and entertainment destination of south-west Sydney!  A community focused club offering 65,000+ members a choice of 8 restaurants, 7 bars, 13 event spaces, Australia’s largest indoor children’s play structure Monkey Mania and an exciting line-up of live shows. Right now, they are creating two new restaurants:…

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Peter Freedman appointed member of the Order of Australia

RØDE Microphones founder, Peter Freedman, has been appointed a member of the Order of Australia amongst some of Australia’s most honored scientists, philanthropists, sporting legends and entertainers. Founder and Managing Director of Australian audio company RØDE Microphones, Peter Freedman, was yesterday appointed a member of the Order of Australia in the General Division, in recognition…

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VUE AUDIOTECHNIK Expands Technical Sales Team With Industry Veteran Greg Kirkland

VUE Audiotechnik has recently announced that it has added Greg Kirkland to its Technical Sales team. Kirkland brings with him more than 30 years of experience in sound system design and engineering, sees to expand VUE’s technical support for larger design firms and projects. Kirkland has been responsible for designing, installing and programming audio systems…

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VUE AUDIOTECHNIK Strengthens European Presence With Ron Vogel Audio As Exclusive Dealer For The Netherlands

VUE Audiotechnik is proud to announce that Ron Vogel Audio (RVA), based in Zwanenburg, is now its exclusive dealer for the Netherlands. RVA will facilitate distributor-like services such as sales demonstrations and service of VUE Audiotechnik products across the country, as well as specify VUE products for various permanent installation projects. The relationship will help reinforce VUE’s…

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Flexible Media Gymnastics at GECC with Green Hippo Amba

Gladstone’s multipurpose Entertainment Convention Centre boasts a flat floor event space that can service 1,700 standing, and an auditorium seating 674 for theatrical productions, concerts and presentations. Situated 100 kilometres south of the next major centre, Rockhampton, the GECC services community and business groups from the coast to the hinterland, and is equally at home…

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Vale David Grant

This is inadequate, and will be replaced when more elegant words are available. David Grant died today from a brain tumor. In 1987, David Grant established David Grant Special Events after a career on the production side of theatre and television, then in advertising and journalism. DGSE helped pioneer the events industry and has remained…

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Norwest Sold

UPDATED AT END: Leading Australasian live production supplier Norwest Productions (now known as NW Group) has been sold and restructured in a deal worth $27 million. The announcement reads: “NW Group management and Archer Growth completed a secondary buyout from AnaCacia in December 2015 following successful growth.” The deal provided AnaCacia Capital with a successful…

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V.E.T. Training is Dead

Forget about V.E.T. Courses – look to Higher Education instead Slowly the stories emerge about college recruiters stalking disadvantaged people at Centrelink, offering $50 cash and a laptop if they sign on for a ‘free’ Vocational Education and Training (V.E.T.) course. What happened next is astounding. The government would pay the college in full for…

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Soundwave Festival Restructured: Poor management led to losses

Returning in January with new dates, Soundwave Festival boss AJ Maddah hopes to repay millions to angry production suppliers, venues and bands. The recent collapse of the previous operating company saw 186 creditors unpaid with debts of $25.8 million. Soundwave was a profitable business for Maddah and his partner Joanna Ward, grossing $62 million in 2013. They took the profits and invested in…

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