Jun 20, 2023 | Crowd Behaviour, Crowd Safety, Event Security
The popularity of women’s cricket has grown tremendously in recent times, with the game gaining recognition and respect in its own right. In part, we believe this is because of… the success of the national teams leading to greater crowd enjoyment and an...
May 15, 2023 | Covid- 19, Crowd Behaviour, Crowd Management, Crowd Safety
It’s been reported that audience behaviour at theatres has declined and incidents have increased in frequency. Theatre staff have experienced more bullying, violence, harassment or abuse at work post-pandemic. In fact a recent survey by Bectu revealed that 8 in...
Jan 11, 2023 | Crowd Management, Event Management, Festivals
Professor Chris Kemp (CEO of MOM) shares his thoughts on the challenges being faced by events and festivals, and considers if we need a new approach. “My experience this summer showed that the festival industry is not just feeling the effects inside its own bubble but...
Dec 8, 2022 | Crowd Behaviour, Event Management, Event Security
Key event security experts gauge how the events industry is coping with current challenges in the latest edition of Access All Areas magazine (Winter edition, pages 16-22). In the cover feature entitled ‘Securing The Future of Events’, the main...
Oct 6, 2022 | Crowd Behaviour, Crowd Management, Crowd Safety, Event Management, Festivals
How many times have we been told over the last four decades that the world of festivals and events is out of control? It seems that over the last century, most of the lessons learnt have been adopted by the industry. Unfortunately sometimes, we do fail to learn from...