Events & Festivals Research, UK Centre for Events Management

Events agency Parallel Blue's marine division has been appointed the official hospitality provider for the 2010 Skandia Sail for Gold Regatta in Weymouth in August.

Trader Media Group has appointed Venues Event Management to deliver its annual Leadership Conference in May.

Twickenham Stadium has announced conference and event sales of £3.2m for the year to date 2009/10, despite tough trading conditions.

The top ten UK event agencies reported event-based turnover of £289.5m in 2009, according to C&IT's State of the Industry survey.

Zibrant has hired 30 additional employees as part of a recruitment drive sparked by a spate of new client wins.