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Advertise New Jobs with UVL

The Unique Venues of London jobs page is now available for all event industry organisations to advertise new roles. Click here to view the current vacancies.

Central Hall Westminster Book your 2012 event for 2011 prices

To support their clients and customers during the current economic climate, Central Hall Westminster has announced that it is to offer 2012 events based on 2011 prices

Event Concept

Event Concept announce two promotions

Lincoln's Inn New Website

Lincoln’s Inn Banqueting Department’s ‘new look’ website is now live!

Fisher Productions

Fisher is proud to announce of the re-accreditation of the BS 8901 until 2014

The Royal Opera House

As part of London’s Olympic celebrations, the Royal Opera House will be performing Wagner’s world famous Ring Cycle. During their rehearsal period, the magnificent Paul Hamlyn Hall will be available to hire.

RCP hosts BBC’s ‘Gardeners’ Question Time’

The Royal College of Physicians, the leading venue overlooking London’s Regent’s Park, has hosted one of the BBC’s best loved radio programmes, Gardeners’ Question Time. Recording took place in the venue’s Wolfson Theatre on Monday 23 January.

By Word of Mouth

By Word of Mouth enjoyed an excellent December with its diary packed with Christmas events right up to 23December.  Many of these took place at UVL venues including The Royal Academy of Arts, The Wallace Collection, The Saatchi Gallery and The Royal Hospital, Chelsea.

A Week to Remember at the Admirable Crichton

It’s a year of celebration at the Admirable Crichton not least because we are celebrating our 30th Anniversary, but also because we are already enjoying a very busy 2012 planning spectacular and ground breaking parties.

Making it in the Modern World

Science Museum to host new exhibition celebrating the best of modern British manufacturing during the Olympic Games

Wise Productions Launches New Website

Wise Productions has launched a new website to showcase the variety of its work within the events industry. The new website, which features over 500 photographs, has been designed as a large-scale image gallery to showcase the company’s work in venues and their west London warehouse alike.

Hampton Court Palace

Weddings and civil partnerships at Hampton Court Palace

Gallery by day, astonishing venue by night…Perfect for your Olympic entertaining needs.

Throughout the London Olympic and Paralympic Games, the Saatchi Gallery will be available for exclusive evening event hire, offering a unique venue for entertaining during this exciting time for London.

Hire LSO St Luke’s in Summer 2012

An exclusive City venue home to the London Symphony Orchestra, LSO St Luke’s is now available to hire in July and August 2012.

Create food and Party Design

Making an Exhibition during London 2012 Create Food and Party Design are accredited caterers at over 25 Unique Venues of London, and many of the esteemed art galleries amongst them are putting on Olympic sized exhibitions during 2012 as a adjunct to the biggest event of our time in our beloved city.

RCP achieves Gold Standard in national customer research awards

The Royal College of Physicians, the leading conference and events venue overlooking London’s Regent’s Park, is one of only 18 venues across the whole of the UK to achieve Gold Standard Accreditation from BDRC Continental, the specialist consumer research organisation.

Central Hall Westminster to host World’s biggest Sports Awards in 2012

The 2012 Laureus World Sports Awards Ceremony will be staged at Central Hall Westminster on the evening of Monday 6 of February. The event will be attended by the biggest names in world Sports both past and present.

Merlin Events Launches New Showcase Concept: It's Your Party

Always at the forefront of breaking new ground, Merlin Events London announces its new showcase concept to engage event organisers.

Merlin Events London Slashes Caterer List

General Manager of Merlin Events London, Michael Aldridge, has taken the controversial step of slashing the list of caterers which service the three venues he runs

Food Show Win Sole Caterer at Fulham Palace

Its one of our favourite venues and now we are proud to announce that Food Show has been selected as sole caterer for Fulham Palace.

Royal Hospital Chelsea

The Royal Hospital Chelsea is opening its doors to gardening enthusiasts (or those who just want something a little bit different!) for one week only during the prestigious Chelsea Flower Show.

UVL’s New Members

Unique Venues of London (UVL) has announced six new members will join its collection of dynamic events spaces, effective from this month.

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Launch of UVL Website Proves Success

Traffic to the Unique Venues of London (UVL) website has hit an all time high with over 300,000 pages being viewed on over 20,000 visits since its launch in February this year. In June alone the home page saw 3,935 visits with 1,214 views of the ‘Contact Us’ page generating 175 email enquiries for specific events at one of the 62 member venues.

The new website has been designed to make it easier for buyers to navigate their way through the most select group of magnificent and unusual venues on offer in London. It allows buyers to search venues by capacity making it quicker and easier to find a venue which matches their needs. The venues on offer range from the small and intimate such as Wellington Arch and the Leighton House Museum to the grandest of venues such as Central Hall Westminster and The Royal Opera House.

Other features available on the website include an E newsletter with all the latest news about UVL, details of London’s leading event suppliers including caterers and production companies, and a job section allowing members to give potential applicants the chance to work in some of the capital’s most amazing venues.

Charlotte Reeves Chairman of UVL and Director of Corporate Relations at Somerset House comments;     “We are delighted with the number of visitors to the website since its launch. It is a fantastic site that allows event planners to search our diverse database of the most exclusive and prestigious venues in London. We only hope these figures will continue to grow.”

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Notes to Editors
For more information contact Naomi Roots or Louise Warren at Davies Tanner on  01892 619 100 or naomi.roots@daviestanner.co.uk / louise.warren@daviestanner.co.uk
Unique Venues of London (UVL) was established in 1993, initiated by the Natural History Museum. It is a membership organisation of 62 unique and specialist properties within the capital. The organisation was launched to showcase and celebrate London’s diverse venue scene, while offering valuable problem sharing and networking opportunities for the industry.

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