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Belonging in Events: Why Connection Drives ROI

Third Space Events: Why They Feel More Like Real Life

Work Without Meaning? Why Employees Are Disengaging and How Events Can Help

Experience-Led Marketing: Creating Joyful Brand Connections That Last

Incentive Events for Remote Teams: Making Distance Disappear

How to Build Belonging in Hybrid Teams (Without Forcing People Back to the Office)

Tackling Loneliness Through Events: Your Top Questions Answered

The Importance of Staying Organised When Planning an Event

Loneliness is a Public Health Issue — But What About the Workplace?

Why Incentive Events Are More Than a Perk, They’re a Business Strategy

Tackling Loneliness at Work: 5 Event Strategies You Need to Know

What is AV and How is it Used in the Corporate Events Industry?

The Rise of Human-Centric Events, Where Mental and Physical Health Take Centre Stage

Why Events Are Essential for Fast-Growing Companies: Boost Culture, Engagement and Brand Impact

How to Replace Hustle Culture With Mindful Experiences

Why Events Need to Drive Momentum — Not Just Moments

Why Going It Alone Doesn’t Cut It: The Case for a Full-Service Event Partner

The Conference is Dead – Enter the Era of Intentional Gathering

Building Communities, Not Just Events

Summer Corporate Event Ideas to Energise Your Team

Why Events Are the Cure for Loneliness – And How Brands Can Build Community

Marketing Your Corporate Event for Maximum Impact

The Marketing Illusion: Why digital alone won’t cut it anymore

How to Align Your Event Strategy with Attendee Values and Drive Meaningful Impact

Why Attendees Demand Events That Align With Their Values

How to Use Tech to Enhance Human Connection at Events

Hosting Eco-Conscious Corporate Events That Deliver Results

Why Your Next Corporate Events Should Focus on Wellbeing

What Gen Z Can Teach Us About the Power of Tangible Experiences

Why Upskilling Needs to Be the New Networking at Events

How Technology is Redefining Corporate Events

Upskilling at Scale: How Events Support Lifelong Learning for Modern Workforces

How Bespoke Corporate Events Boost Staff Engagement

Why people are hungrier than ever for events

The rise of generational lenses: creating events that resonate across ages

Reflecting on Success: Unwrapping First Event’s 2024’s Highlights

New Year, New Trends: Navigating the Landscape of 2025

From concept to conclusion: crafting your approach to strategic event planning

Revolutionising brand experiences: the impact of cutting-edge event tech

The Power of First Event’s Services

Maximising Impact: Key Data to Capture for Event Optimisation

From Launches to Legacies: How Events Contribute to Long-Term Brand Building

5 Ways Hosting a Conference Can Accelerate Your Business Growth

How creative and tech-led events can boost marketing strategies

Beyond Rewards: Rethinking Incentive Events for 2025

Immersive Storytelling: Engaging Audiences in New Ways

A Week in My Life: Jonny King, Senior Project Manager

The Power of Personalisation

Enhancing Event Experiences with AI: Efficiency and Engagement

Everything You Need to Know About Hybrid Events in 2025

How to Make the Most Out of Your Post-Event Feedback

Unlocking Meaningful Connections: Building Lasting Brand Loyalty Through Creative Events

The Untapped Power of Events in a Shifting Business Landscape

The Future of Inclusive Event Experiences

First Event enhances client offering with key hires

Tech Trends in Events: How to Deliver Community, Content, and Connectivity

Why becoming an employee-owned business was the “best thing” for us

How to Ensure Your Events Align with Sustainability Goals

Beyond the Agenda: From Networking to Community Building

Enhancing Event Experiences with AI-Driven Insights

Strategic Sponsorship: Maximising Impact at Events

From Attendees to Advocates: Strategies for Sustaining Brand Loyalty through Events

Ignite Imagination: The Key to Event Brilliance Lies in Creativity

Breaking the cycle in events: creating an industry where success is accessible to everyone

Incentive Events Unleashed: Benefits for B2B and Employee Engagement in 2024

Harnessing creativity for exceptional event experiences

Mastering Audience Engagement: Strategies for Live, Hybrid, and Virtual Events

Max Collishaw asks whether AI can preserve creative talent, rather than threaten it

Unveiling the Future: How Event Apps Revolutionise Experiences in 2024

Elevated Experiences: AI-Powered Events

Top Event Trends Every Event Planner Needs to Know

First Event 2023: Wrapped!

Introducing our Head of Sales: Louise Gee

Registration to reflection: Transforming event lifecycles & elevating attendee experiences with event apps

The 2024 Guide to Virtual Events

Event marketing done right: our 13 top tips!

How Can AI Elevate Your Events?

5 Event Trend Predictions For The Next 5 Years!

Is it closing time for alcohol centred events?

Top 10 Incentive Travel Destinations That Motivate, Inspire and Deliver Results

How to keep delegates engaged during your remote event

11 best practices for organising sustainable events

Find out which 5 Audio Visual trends are leading the way in 2023!

The Powerful Benefits of Experiential Marketing

Why email marketing is the must have tool for event registration success

Top 5 UK Conference Destinations for 2023 and 2024

9 reasons why event websites are important

7 Mental Health Event Ideas That Inspire Action

6 event planner marketing strategies used by top professionals

23 Sustainable Event Ideas for Corporate Events That Make an Impact

Event Branding Guide: What it means, why it matters, and our top tips!

How we spread the love this February

13 virtual event best practices to drive attendance and engagement

9 must-know marketing secrets for successful events

Attendee engagement strategies to drive event success

8 Reasons why your event needs its own native app

2022 wrapped!

2023 event trends!

Experiential marketing: 5 of the top trends for this year!

How to evaluate your event strategy in 2023

Don’t scare your people away! The Tricks & Treats of Event Personalisation

Why you should host your own corporate event

The best incentive travel destinations for 2023

Top 10 Sustainable Venues in the UK

The future of the event experience

Is it time to start planning your 2022 Christmas party?

How to plan a green event: our ultimate guide!

Virtual offering fuels growth at events business

7 ways event marketing can boost audience engagement

First Event expands with fourteen new hires

How a culture can save a workplace

Where to Host Your Next Corporate Event: UK’s Top Conference Venues

Are virtual events a sustainable solution?

4 ways incentive events promote wellbeing & mental health

Do hybrid events really give you the best of both virtual and in-person events?

10 Benefits of incentive travel schemes

The 6 secrets to maximise the ROI of your virtual event

The 5CS of internal events that boost employee engagement

4 Reasons virtual events aren’t going away!

Our VEGANUARY challenge!

10 reasons hybrid events are the future

Why go vegan at your next event?

Our 2021 highlights!

Top tips for winning at virtual and hybrid events

Planning a green event

Our top tips to attract more attendees to your next event!

The importance of analysing your attendee data in 2022

Why do I need to integrate events into my employee engagement strategy in 2022?

What is event marketing and is it important?

Do virtual events generate ROI?

The future of incentive travel

15 virtual team building activities to engage your remote employees

Top hybrid event strategy tips – think Hollywood!

Top 6 UK conference destinations

Supporting mental health and wellbeing through corporate events

2022 top destinations for incentive travel

Are virtual events here to stay?

Creating a successful PR & marketing plan for your event

How a virtual event app can enhance your event results

Using studio, hybrid or full virtual events in your event strategy

Top conference destinations 2021

The types of virtual events explained

Virtual conferences for live events

How personalisation can show you love your employees!

Top 5 events for employee engagement

Not using a corporate event agency? Here are the errors to avoid

Driving employee engagement

The rise of the ‘unconference’

7 Inspiring Corporate Event Ideas That Actually Deliver Results

How incentive travel can increase employee happiness

Organising a kick-ass work Christmas party

Update: How can incentive travel help businesses reach sales targets?

Mental health awareness in the workplace

Why choose Belfast as your next conference destination

The importance of event marketing

London event venues guide

Measuring conference ROI: are conferences really worth it?

How to justify the cost of attending trade shows

The benefits of an event app

Happy Yorkshire Day!

12 event technologies to boost your event ROI

How to create engaging conference content

How to find a corporate event venue for success

Incentive activities to maximise memorability

How to ensure employee engagement through incentives

The essential conference planning checklist

Top 10 incentive travel destinations

The benefits of an incentive travel scheme

Cash rewards vs. Experience: there’s no better incentive than travel

Paperless conferences: everything you need to know

How can events help consumer goods companies achieve their targets?

Meet our new Senior Account Manager, Kerry!

The importance of transparency as an events agency

First Event – net promoter score

Abu Dhabi incentive – do or don’t?