Category Archives: Events blog

Conference AV Hire for CLA Event at The Post Barn, Newbury

Staging setup for rural conference with podium, projector screen, and round tables in a barn venue.

AVE Services recently supported the CLA Rural Professionals Conference at The Post Barn in Newbury, providing a full audio visual setup for a busy day of presentations, panel discussion and audience Q&A. Held in the impressive surroundings of The Post Barn, the event brought together rural professionals to hear the latest updates affecting rural business […]

H&BA Conference AV Production at Easthampstead Park | AVE Services

Attendees networking at the Health & Beauty Association Annual Conference 2026, featuring a stage with large display screens.

AVE Services was pleased to return to Easthampstead Park for another Health & Beauty Association conference, supporting a full day of industry insight, networking and professional discussion in The King Suite. The H&BA is a long-established trade association for senior sales and marketing professionals across the UK health, beauty and personal care sector. Its events […]

AV Equipment for Hungerford Arts Group Meetings at Sheepdrove Organic Conference Centre

Wooden seminar room setup with rows of chairs facing a large projector screen, ready for a corporate event or conference.

For the past year, AVE Services has been providing presentation equipment and setup support for the Hungerford Arts group’s monthly meetings at the Sheepdrove Organic Conference Centre in Lambourn. While this is a relatively small AV job, it is exactly the kind of event where reliable equipment makes a big difference. Arts groups, societies, guest […]

Event Production for Spain Talks 2026 at the Spanish Embassy in London

Conference setup in an elegant room featuring rows of chairs, stage lighting, and AV screens displaying Spain Talks.

AVE Services was proud to support Spain Talks 2026, a major travel industry conference and awards event hosted at the Spanish Embassy in London. Held on Tuesday 21 April 2026, Spain Talks brought together senior figures from the Spanish and British travel industries for the fourth edition of the event, with this year’s conference taking […]

Behind the Scenes: Capturing the Equine Lower Limb & Hoof Training Class

Uplighting illuminates a rustic brick wall with colorful beams, ideal for weddings or corporate events.

Content warning: This event included clinical dissection footage and discussion of equine pathology, including laminitis, soft tissue injury and hoof penetration. When a training day centres on the equine lower limb and hoof, the production challenge is not just getting cameras in the room. It is making highly detailed teaching visible, understandable and watchable for […]

Small Stage Setup for a Comedy Night at The Retreat Hotel, Elcot Park

Conference room setup with round tables, bottled water, and notepads. A blank screen on a stand prepares for presentations.

When it comes to live entertainment in hotel venues, a well-placed stage can make all the difference. For a recent comedy night at The Retreat, Elcot Park, we supplied and set up a 2m x 2m stage in the Orangery to create a neat, practical performance area for the evening’s guests. For this event, the […]

Behind the Scenes of an Equine Head and Neck Dissection Day

Live broadcast panel displaying multiple camera feeds for an educational event featuring a lower limb and hoof dissection.

Content warning: This page contains clinical dissection images and video, including blood and deceased horse specimens, which some viewers may find upsetting. When NKC Equestrian and event partner Kate Granshaw brought together a full-day equine head and neck dissection course, the technical setup needed to do more than simply support a presentation. It needed to […]

Funeral Audio Relay with Video Recording at St Barnabas’ Church, Faccombe

Historic stone church with adjacent event marquee, suitable for weddings or ceremonies, featuring staging and sound setup.

Providing clear sound and respectful video coverage for a funeral or memorial service is incredibly important, especially when space inside a church is limited. For this service at St Barnabas’ Church in Faccombe, we supplied a funeral audio relay setup that ensured guests both inside the church and outside in a marquee could hear every […]

100V Arena Audio System for an Indoor Horse Show at Kingston Maurward

Indoor equestrian event setup showing riders on horses with lighting and sound equipment visible, set in an arena.

When clear communication matters at an equestrian event, the audio system has to do more than simply be loud. It needs to cover the whole arena evenly, keep announcements intelligible, and do it all without unsettling the horses. For this indoor horse show and demonstration day at Kingston Maurward, AVE Services supplied a complete 100V […]

Funeral Relay at St Mary’s Kingsclere

Camera set up in a church capturing altar area for a live event, featuring staging and audio equipment.

At St Mary’s Kingsclere, we delivered a discreet funeral relay solution designed to support guests viewing the service on a remote screen in a separate room, while keeping the main church space calm, respectful, and free from intrusive cabling. For this setup, we used a single-camera system built around a Blackmagic 4K paired with a […]

Live relay for a memorial service in Chieveley (Newbury): keeping everyone included on site

Church altar with large floral arrangement and stained glass windows, suitable for a wedding or special event setup.

Some services don’t fit neatly inside four walls. For a recent memorial service in Chieveley, near Newbury, we provided a funeral video relay so guests could follow everything clearly from a marquee next to the church, around 150m away. The aim was simple: a respectful, dependable funeral video link that carried both video and audio […]

Help for Heroes charity auction dinner at Carvers Hill Estate, Shalbourne

Banquet hall setup with round tables, white tablecloths, and seating for a formal event. Small stage and display screen visible.

A brilliant charity event at a standout Wiltshire venue: we were asked to provide full AV equipment hire and technical support for a Help for Heroes charity auction dinner night, hosted at Carvers Hill Estate in Shalbourne (Marlborough, Wiltshire) The evening began with a live performance from a local singer and guitarist, before guests enjoyed […]

PA System Hire for a Corporate Christmas Party at Newbury Racecourse

Festive-themed restaurant seating area with a large red Ho Ho Ho balloon, ambient lighting, and dark green booths.

We recently provided a professional PA system for a corporate Christmas party held at Newbury Racecourse, hosted in the Hampshire Stand. The event combined formal and interactive elements, so reliable, flexible audio coverage was essential throughout the space. For this event, we supplied four RCF 10” speakers paired with our wireless speaker kit:👉 https://audiovisualexcellence.co.uk/shop/brochure/jts-spt-1r-uhf-wireless-audio-transmitter-system/ Using […]

Stage Hire for a Corporate Presentation in Central London

Small stage setup in modern corporate conference room, featuring modular black staging platform, backdrop, and natural light.

For corporate presentations, the right staging can make a significant difference to how information is delivered and received. Recently, our team supplied stage hire for an internal corporate presentation in Central London, providing a clean, professional platform that helped the event run smoothly from start to finish. The client required a small presentation stage for […]

Last-Minute Band Stage Hire for MOD Worthy Down Christmas Party

Sturdy stage setup with black skirting, step access, and ambient purple lighting, prepared for a corporate event.

When the team at MOD Worthy Down needed a band stage for a Christmas party, they called AVE Services for a fast, reliable solution. With just a couple of days’ notice, we supplied and installed a smart, professional 4x3m stage (13ft x 9ft stage), complete with stage skirt and subtle uplighting to finish the look. […]

Pennyhill Park Christmas Awards Night with N2O – LED Videowall, Lighting & Stage Hire in Surrey

Festive event setup with round tables, decorative lighting, and holiday-themed AV display for a Christmas party.

When N2O asked us to support their annual awards and Christmas company party, we knew it needed to look every bit as special as the work they deliver for brands all year round. As an award-winning brand experience agency, N2O live and breathe immersive, high-impact events, so the brief was simple: create a polished awards […]

Dual 86″ Screen Hire for Eden Business Meeting

Conference room setup with staging and dual projection screens for a corporate event, featuring branded banners and seating.

When Eden Motor Group needed crystal-clear visuals for an important business meeting, they chose AVE Services to provide reliable AV hire at the DoubleTree by Hilton Swindon, just off Junction 16 of the M4. For this short but important session, our team supplied and installed two 86″ large screens on electric lift stands, creating a […]

AV Hire at The Retreat at Elcot for a Corporate Get-Away

Conference room setup with round tables, bottled water, and notepads. A blank screen on a stand prepares for presentations.

Planning a corporate get-away at The Retreat at Elcot and need reliable AV hire for your meeting, presentations and evening entertainment? AVE Services recently supported a corporate client at this beautiful venue, providing a complete technical setup for both daytime sessions and night-time fun. For the main meeting space, we supplied 2 x 65″ screens […]

75″ QLED Screen Hire For Lime Wood Hotel Event In The New Forest

Large flatscreen on mobile stand displaying Weak or no signal in a wine cellar, near a table with HDMI cables and a remote.

AVE Services recently provided a 75″ QLED display on a day hire for an event at Lime Wood Hotel, set in the heart of the New Forest. The screen was brought in specifically for a single booking, giving the client a stunning focal point for their content. Lime Wood is one of our regular partner […]

AV support for panel day at Larkhill Racecourse

Conference room setup with rows of blue chairs, a stage, and AV equipment including large screens and speakers.

Larkhill Racecourse might be best known for its point-to-point meetings, but it also works brilliantly as a space for corporate events and demo days. We recently supported a panel discussion there, supplying full conference equipment and an on-site sound engineer to keep everything running smoothly. The racecourse is tucked right next to an MOD base […]