Monthly Archives:: September 2008

Time to seek warmer weather!

Posted by Tina Benson & filed under Misc.

Corporate Golf Event in Portugal This is my fourth visit to Portugal this year and, looking out of the office window here in the Garden of England, Kent, I am glad to be leaving the English climate for now! However, it won’t be all fun and games over there…we have a client only taking a Read more…

Eurostar fire!

Posted by Tina Benson & filed under Corporate Hospitality.

Eurostar trains halted by Fire Hellen should really be making this entry as this was her event last week. But having crawled back to her home from having 8 hours sleep over 48 hours, then setting off on her holiday this week, I reckoned her memory of the Eurostar trip to Paris Wine Tasting event Read more…

Another golf event at Foxhills

Posted by Tina Benson & filed under Misc.

Corporate Golf Day Yesterday amid fears of yet another poor summer’s day, Team Tactics organised another corporate golf event at Foxhills for the second year running for BHTA. However, the weather was much better than forecast and there were just a couple of last minute changes to the scoresheet in the morning. The day started Read more…

A not so Brilliant Weekend for the events industry…

Posted by Rory & filed under Misc.

As Tina has mentioned below, the ‘credit crunch’ (are we all sick of hearing this term?!) is making for some testing times throughout business. With budgets been reduced, slashed or revoked completely this is undoubtedly a tough period for the events industry. This has been illustrated most clearly with the collapse of brilliantweekends.co.uk on September Read more…

Keeping staff spirits high…with the credit crunch

Posted by Tina Benson & filed under Misc.

Sadly we are seeing the credit crunch hit many industries, companies are cutting back and everyone is very nervous about the future. Certainly the US Government has boosted their economy with the support of the mortgage market. It is tough out there but those staff who are left do need to feel that they are Read more…

Multi Activity Day at Adventure Island

Posted by Rory & filed under Staff Entertainment.

Multi Activity Day – 20 July 08 At 05:30 last Sunday morning when most sane people are tucked up in bed about to enjoy a lovely long lie-in, Laura and I were driving (very bleary- eyed!) to Gloucestershire for a Multi Activity day at Adventure Island. One of our long standing clients decided to return Read more…

Henley Festival Triumphs Again (Despite the Rain!)

Posted by Rory & filed under Corporate Hospitality.

HENLEY FESTIVAL 2008 After careful watching of the forecast for the week we eventually left our offices for Henley Festival knowing we would have rain at some point. As we drove down the hill into Henley town and saw the flooded banks of the Thames we realised that instead of trainers we should have brought Read more…

Blackfriars Gets a Black Cab Treasure Hunt

Posted by Rory & filed under Misc.

On Friday 22 August we held a fun packed team building day for a group of 20 corporate investors in Central London. Their day commenced by boarding a private pod on the London Eye where a sumptuous champagne breakfast took place followed by a briefing for their 2 hour Cab Clue Trail to follow! Once Read more…