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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 […]

Branded Microphone Flags for Events, Interviews and Press Conferences

Sennheiser wireless microphone with AVE Services branding, ideal for conferences and live events.

When you are filming interviews, hosting a press conference, recording branded content or running a live event, the small details can make a big difference. One of the easiest ways to add a professional, on-brand finish to your setup is with a branded microphone flag. At AVE Services, we can now supply branded microphone flags […]

AV Hire for Outdoor Events, Parties and Racing Days in Upper Lambourn

Mounted outdoor PA speakers on a metal stand amidst greenery and cloudy skies, ideal for open-air events and announcements.

Moving into Upper Lambourn feels like the perfect fit for AVE Services. Set in the heart of Berkshire’s racehorse country, the area is known for racing, countryside living, private celebrations and proper social events. If you are planning a garden party, field party, racing day gathering, Grand National screening, birthday, anniversary or private celebration, we […]

Outdoor PA System Hire for Fêtes, Sports Days, Community Events and Racing

Outdoor event setup with mounted loudspeakers and inflatable attractions on a grassy field under a cloudy sky.

When you are organising an outdoor event, sound is one of those things that can make the whole day feel organised, professional and under control. Whether it is a school sports day, village fête, community event, fun run, horse trial, MX race, showground event or local fair, people need to hear what is happening. They […]

LED Video Wall Hire for a Pangbourne College Open Day

Church interior with AV setup including a large LED screen displaying colorful visuals, lectern, and seating for a conference.

AVE Services recently supplied a 3.5m x 2m LED video wall for a school open day at Pangbourne College, installed inside the Falkland Islands Memorial Chapel on site. For schools, open days are more than a simple tour. They are a chance to make a lasting first impression, welcome prospective families, communicate values clearly and […]

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 […]

Planning a conference stage? Pair a digital lectern with microphones, screens and live relay

Staging and AV setup for Limerston Capital's 2025 Annual General Meeting with screens and sound equipment.

When planning a conference stage, it is easy to focus on one piece of equipment at a time. A lectern gets booked, microphones are added later, and screens become a separate conversation altogether. In reality, the most successful conference setups come from treating the stage as one connected system. At AVE Services, we often supply […]

Funeral & Memorial Live Streaming Using Bonded 5G and Starlink

Witney audio visual equipment hire

When family and friends cannot attend in person, live streaming allows them to still be part of the service in a respectful and meaningful way. At AVE Services, we provide funeral live streaming and memorial live streaming for venues of all sizes, helping loved ones watch from home, from hospital, from care settings, or from […]

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 […]

Why do event and theatre technicians and staff wear black all of the time?

AVE Services van parked outside a venue at night, with purple lighting highlighting the brick facade and festive outdoor decor.

If you’ve ever been to a theatre show, concert, conference, or live event, you’ve probably noticed the crew: calm, focused, carrying radios, gaffer tape, and the weight of everyone else’s poor planning. And nearly always dressed head-to-toe in black. It’s not a fashion cult (mostly). Wearing black is a practical, professional choice that helps crews […]

“We’ve got 45 minutes to set up”: fast-turnaround events along the M40 corridor

LED uplighting on a stage at an indoor event venue, highlighting stage design and event mood lighting.

If you’ve ever had the words “doors open in 45” dropped on you like it’s a totally normal way to run an event, welcome to corporate life along the M40 corridor. Oxfordshire sites around Bicester, Banbury, and the surrounding business parks are brilliant for accessibility, but they also tend to come with tight schedules, shared […]

Outdoor events in Oxfordshire: power, audio coverage, and the weather problem

AVE Services van parked near a barn, with a toy truck navigating a muddy puddle in the foreground.

Outdoor events in Oxfordshire are brilliant… right up until the first gust of wind finds the one unsecured speaker stand, or a sudden downpour turns your “temporary cable run” into a trip hazard and a short-circuit audition. If you’re planning an outdoor event (festival field, marquee wedding, community day, school fete, sports presentation, corporate summer […]

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 […]