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Unusual rig a barge for Help for Heroes

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On Wednesday December 8, JCB unveiled its London Christmas fund-raising campaign in conjunction in support of Help for Heroes, with a reception in the London Television Studios overlooking the River Thames. The view was important, because the focus of everyone’s attention was a barge carrying two 14m Christmas trees, two JCB backhoe loaders and a large banner displaying details of how donations … [Read more...]

LTM Supplies New LoadGuard® Motors to OTT for JLS Tour

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Merseyside, UK, based lifting, control and rigging sales specialist Lift-Turn-Move (LTM) has supplied 40 x 1 tonne LoadGuard® hoists to Over The Top Rigging (OTT). These were specified by Mark Wade, who is production rigger for the current JLS UK arena tour with his company OTT supplying all the tour's rigging equipment and services to the show's technical producers, Production … [Read more...]

MILOS at Milton Studio

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Trussing specialist MILOS UK has designed, manufactured and installed a super-grid with 3 moving sub-grids, a pile winding winch movement system and a full set of blackout drapes for Milton Studio One on the campus of the University of Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, UK. The venue is a magnificent Grade II listed theatre space within a former Methodist Church, now part of The Milton Building … [Read more...]

Cover It Up Helps Turn on Festive Spirit at Westfield London

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London, UK based drapes specialist Cover It Up supplied scenic dressing and blackout draping for the Festive Lights Switch On by pop star Rihanna at Westfield London Shopping Centre in Shepherd’s Bush, west London. Cover It Up has supplied 6 sets of different generic scenic drapes to Westfield London that were specified by Technical Manager Simon Jones for use on different events throughout … [Read more...]

5 Star Cases/CPL Collaboration Hits the Thousand Mark!

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Wisbech, UK based 5 Star Cases is mid-way through the supply of a large amount - currently around the 1000 mark and set to double - of cases to award winning AV rental and staging company, Central Presentations Ltd (CPL), with bases in Birmingham and Bristol. CPL has been using 5 Star for its case requirements since late 2006, and is currently in the process of replacing all its existing … [Read more...]