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Staging Connections defend TOD fees
This is from Tony Chamberlain, Managing Director at Staging Connections Group Limited in response to the Technician On Duty debate that has been running in CX Magazine (August) and here at cxmagblog. Staging Connections provides a Technician On Duty style service (Venue Technical Representative – VTR) to a venue when requested to do so by…
Read MoreTOD fees – inhouse AV company detail a fair approach
As a supplier with the largest number of in house venues in Canberra, we could not agree more that many in house suppliers practices in regards to TOD fees are far from what we would deem fair. We on the other hand have a VERY different approach. If an outside provider is coming into any…
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Russell Bennett from Microhire QLD sends this: Your AV Industry Needs You!!! · Imagine not being able to use your favoured and trusted AV company when doing events! · Imagine now , not having the right to choice your AV supplier on its merits – Price, Value or professionalism! · Imagine in a few years’…
Read MoreTraining Package Validation Workshops
A reminder that draft units, qualifications and skill sets for the review of CUE03 Entertainment Training Package are all available in the IBSA Feedback Hub for viewing and comment. Feedback has been extended to 8 August. Registrations for validation workshops will close 3 days prior to the workshop. This will be the final opportunity to…
Read MoreThe Maiz – Mustang Muze
The unexpected: desert, then on-tray. By John Maizels It’s been pretty much plastered all over the the web that I and Julius (aka J-Man, publisher, editor, chief strategist, and totally unpredictable director of all things CX) went on an adventure-filled road trip to InfoComm 2012. As Road Trips go, we had everything except Bing Crosby…
Read MoreCrew have rights. How? You don’t need a Union to get your rights!
IN THS POST: You get Super if paid over $450 month. Real life story: how a casual got the Award. ABN and Pty Ltd – read this Our post about casuals owed Super, and entitled to Worker’s Compensation sure hit a nerve overnight. (No thanks to Anon 1 and Anon 2 for the threats). Obviously…
Read MoreFailure on launchpad: Super due to almost ALL CASUAL CREW
At ENTECH CX heard case after case of production firms complaining that they KNEW other firms were NOT paying 9% super for casual contractor crews. One larger production firm are telling contractors they are not entitled, and routinely charging 9% less for labour. Here’s the GOOD / BAD news: ALL CONTRACTORS are REQUIRED TO BE…
Read MoreSafety Summit endorses Code or Guidelines
The National Safety Summit at ENTECH attracted a truly representative cross section of the entertainment and events industry on Thursday 19th July. It was standing room only at Melbourne Park, as the industry heard how a Code or Guidelines could be put together, and discussed wider safety and training issues. The Summit endorsed by a…
Read MoreG20 proves NSW Government is MAD to demolish Convention Centre!
“The decision to host the G20 Summit in Brisbane highlights the dilemma faced by the exhibition and event industry which is still waiting for a government decision on interim facilities while new conference and exhibition facilities are built at Sydney’s Darling Harbour”. says Spice News. The G20 decision was slammed by the NSW Government, who…
Read MoreBankwest kills iconic venue
Think long and hard about who you bank with. Bankwest fell over in the global financial crisis and was purchased by the CBA (Commonwealth Bank) for a low $2.1 billion. CBA then set about gutting the Bankwest loan book, calling in anything that they didn’t like. They had a commercial reason to do it: any…
Read MoreIndustry Events – the 2012 Winter master list!
We’ve never had so many seminars, training sessions, and trade events to attend! So now CX brings you the master guide to what’s on, and where, all the way to spring time. Best of all, some of these are not only free but you also get catering! First off the rank is ROSS VIDEO, holding…
Read MoreWorking Smart – How to find, inspire and keep good staff
Yahoo Google and most Silicon Valley firms face a skills shortage not unlike the technical production industry. But with profits per worker as high as $2.2 million per worker (Apple) and averaging $208,000 across the board, the comparison is not financial. Most tech production workers account for as little as a few thousand in net…
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