Co-op Live, the new 23,500 capacity and £365m entertainment venue opening in Manchester, will be the biggest in the UK and attract the best global events and fans to the city. Backed by investors, Oak View Group, City Football Group and international superstar Harry Styles, the venue will announce its first acts in September and...

On 29 September, Backstage Academy will be the next stop for the Production Futures tour, hosted on Production Park in Wakefield.  Join us for an exciting day packed with training, networking and work opportunities, as well as live demos with the latest technology. Come and meet our world leading partners, speakers and panellists talking about...

Students Can Win up to $10,000 USD in Sixth Global Design Competition Global design and BIM software provider Vectorworks, Inc. opens its sixth Vectorworks Design Scholarship. This global competition is open to undergraduate and graduate students in major disciplines related to architecture, landscape architecture, landscape design, entertainment and interior design who can now submit either...

Production Futures On Tour kicked off the first leg of its 2022 UK tour in the beloved city of Manchester at the super cool live venue Depot Mayfield, with hospitality courtesy of Escape to Freight Island. Students and freelancers across all disciplines of entertainment and production industries attended to take advantage of the training workshops,...

A brand new touring event with a mission to recruit young people into behind-the-scenes roles in the entertainment industry will debut at Depot Mayfield, the home of Escape to Freight Island, on Thursday (March 24). The day-long event for students, graduates and emerging talent is being run by Stockport-based recruitment network Production Futures, in collaboration...

As the world continues to emerge from the two-year pandemic, ASM Global has announced plans six months in the making for ASM Global Presents: The Next Great Opportunity, an unprecedented three-day international “collaborative job fair” encompassing four continents internationally from 15 – 17 February 2022. Aimed at helping address the global staffing shortage that many...

The CoiL Learning Center’s mission to “encourage leadership and learning in the events and entertainment industry” is as strong today as when it first started. And arguably… it’s now more important than ever. In the spirit of CoiL’s commitment to and love for our industry, we’re excited to announce that CoiL is now global, growing...

Last year, Panasonic announced the KAIROS Training Academy Network Panasonic to train operators to get the best from its live production platform. KAIROS offers an open software architecture system for video switching. The academies have been created in partnership with partners across Europe and the UK including Creative Technology (London and Sweden), AED (Belgium), VMB...