UK Conference Venues

With the new Morris Conferencing venues database set up and working better than we could hope for the sheer amount of London Conference Venues registering has made us consider setting up a secondary database purely concentrating on Conference Venues in London

Morris Conferencing already know about the major London Venues and provide a database on their main website UK Conference Venues the new database will be instantly editable and always kept up to date.

It will provide access to the Events and Conference managers of all London venues, ensuring we always know which venue is availabe on which specific dates. This saves you endless hours of searching for a venue and then finding it can’t meet your dates or delegate numbers.

In the meantime, for your information, we have created a new conference centre on our top floor.  One of it’s unique selling points is that is has technical training rooms with up to 20 PCs per room.  Most conference centres will only offer up to 16!  The space was literally opened last week and so very new on the venue market!

All the rooms on the top floor have floor to ceiling windows creating a great environment to work in.  There are 2 chill out/refreshment areas as well as quiet areas for breakout sessions with wifi throughout.

Each room is fitted with brand new LCD projectors and pull down screens.  As with our 1^st floor facilities, technical support is included throughout the day.

Not all conference venues are the same, which is why Morris Conferencing have specific sections of their website set up accordingly.

• London Venues
• City Centre Venues
• Country House Venues
• Specialist Conference Centres

This well known large conference agency has taken a suite of offices a 59-61 Wostenholm Road, Nether Edge. It will be headed up by a Sheffield resident Duncan Shaw and initially have a team of 4 staff.Mr Shaw commented that we have been waiting for the right location to become available in this thriving City and we are delighted with the new address.

Morris Conferencing also has offices in Warwickshire but wants expand in Sheffield.

Michael Morris the MD says “ with the excellent University courses on Event Management, Travel and Tourism being taught here  it gives us a larger Talent Pool to choose our staff from and everyone is so helpful and friendly in this City so we will expand our workforce here over the next ten year. Website www.uk-conference-venues.co.uk info@corporateconferences.co.uk     

Morris Conferencing have now launched a new Conference Venues Directory which has been devised by conference agents, constructed by conference agents, and will be used by conference agents.

Star Venues aims to provide in depth knowledge of all major UK venues and are currently inviting all UK venues to update and refresh the information Morris Conferencing has in their database, and also inviting new venues to submit their details.

Professional Conference Agents can plan every aspect of your event – whether it be a gala dinner, conference, boardroom meeting, exhibition, product launch or Christmas Party. Venue finding for an event is often free, so it’s well worth contacting a conference agent.

The have in depth knowledge of conference venues both in the UK and abroad. They are kept up to date with industry news – such as new venues, discounts on day and residential packages and will often find the perfect venue – somewhere you probably never thought of! Agencies build relationships with venues and hotel groups, so you will more than often be offered discounted prices.

Morris Conferencing announces the release of a brand new venue finding system Venue Finder

Venue Finder combines an extensive database of over 11,000 UK venues with the know-how and expertise of experienced conference agents.

Where Venue Finder differs from the usual online venues directories is in the fact that the end user need not have any knowledge about UK venues.

The customer simply tells the conference agent their needs, the agent imputs this information in to Venue Finder and within minutes the conference agent has a full list of suitable venues available on the customers required dates.

The conference agent has the contact details of who to speak to at each venue, knows how low each venues can go with delegate rates, knows what facilities each venue provides and can provisionally hold all suitable venues for the customer to select from.

Venue Finder is a Free Venue Finding System which saves you time and money.

Contact Morris Conferencing now for further information on Venue Finder.

Conference Centres often have great selling point such as advanced equipment, dedicated and experienced staff, great locations – both in cities and countryside, bedrooms for residential conferences and grounds for team building activities. They also have great rates that rival most hotels and are willing to be flexible to win the business.

A couple of favourites here at Morris Conferencing are:

 West One, London 

This building was actually home to the Arts Council for half a century. They have invested lots of thought into creating a dedicated meeting, training and conference centre in the heart of the West End in London. All rooms have natural daylight, accommodation and excellent facilities.

They have refurbished five floors of the building, to create rooms that range in size and can take up to 250 delegates. 3 rooms are computer based, with free wifi in every meeting room and LCD projectors also in all rooms.

Here you can also undertake a team building event, we like to call Ready Steady Conferences, where like the program, split into two teams and serve up lunch – the best team wins. Please click here for more information.

 Lane End Conference Centre 

Lane end is a purpose built conference facility within 26 acres of land – perfect for team building. It is less than an hour from London, with quick and easy access from the M4, M40 and M25. It is also very close to Heathrow Airport.

It has three buildings all with air-conditioned rooms, lots of syndicates, lounge, bar, bedrooms and recreation areas. There are 7 lecture rooms, 27 syndicates and 104 bedrooms for residential conferences.

There are lots of leisure facilities including golf, tennis, gym, sauna, steam room, snooker, pool, table tennis, darts, football, croquet and petanque, so why not mix a little business with pleasure!

The experiences we have had with this venue is the staff are dedicated and will go out of their way to make the conference perfect. We have great contacts with the venue and we can negotiate the best rates.

The Beeches, Birmingham 

This conference centre is part of the Chartridge group, who have conference centres in Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire and Wiltshire.

The Beeches is actually located the leafy suburbs of Bourneville, but only 15 minutes from the centre of Birmingham. It has bedrooms and great meeting facilities, making it great for residential conferences. All conference centres in the Chartridge Group offer good rates directly; however Morris Conferencing can negotiate to match your budget.

Call Morris Conferencing now for FREE expert advice and for help with locating the best venue for your event.

Staff Parties  If you are planning a Xmas party, you should be aware of tax issues. Reasonable levels of employee entertainment are an allowable cost against the profits of the business, unlike entertaining clients. As long as the annual cost is no more than £150 per person for entertainment functions, there should be no tax implications with the employees. Employers must consider all costs, which may not just be the meal, but drinks, transport etc… For those who are leaving organising their Xmas party, like some of us do with buying Christmas presents, enquire now as space is still available at venues across the UK!

A noticeable trend in the meetings and conference industry is the increasing number of Religious events in the UK.

Religious conferences send to have large numbers of people attending, often 300+, often with bedrooms. As they do tend to have very low budgets, organisers of these events often find it hard to locate a venue that will come into their price brackets. At Morris Conferencing, we have good contacts with University’s in the UK, which often are ideal as they have large lecture theatre’s, plenty of syndicate rooms and lots of accommodation, however some venues are not available all year round.

There are many large hotels and conference centres are able to take on these larger religious conferences. Delegates can opt for a twin room to bring the costs down. Weekends and the months of July, August and early September are probably the best times to hold a conference as it is off-peak in terms of conferences for venues. These events are also family orientated, so the summer months are often ideal as children will not have to take time off school.

Morris Conferencing deal with many large religious events for different religions, delegate numbers and various locations in the UK and Ireland. As finances often force religious groups into a ‘no frills’ approach, Morris will take this into account and work with you to meet all of your needs. We have contacts with many University’s, hotels and conference centres that can accommodate large numbers. We negotiate to get the best price for you, by looking at all aspects of the conference.

For expert advice, call now on 0870 162 4909 OR email info@corporateconferences.co.uk OR visit our website now!