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April 2012. Wingrave, UK. Evolution International Group Limited(EIGL) have heeded the advice of Prime Minister, David Cameron when back in November 2010 he announced that Asia was key to UK prosperity and that for the UK economy to grow, it should look further afield.

In August last year, EIGL, headquartered in Wingrave, Buckinghamshire decided to build on the success of its European and America’s business, Evolution Live – renowned for creating unforgettable events that motivate, inspire, captivate and inform. EIGL chose to follow Prime Minister David Cameron’s words by establishing Evolution Live Asia Pacific in Thailand to grow the Group’s business and global reach.

The Bangkok based team immediately set to work establishing local contacts and was quickly rewarded by winning its first major account with InterFace Flor, a Global commercial flooring manufacturer with a local base in Singapore.

Crew from Evolution Live in the UK, flew out to Hanoi where the Interface Flor event took place to lend their expertise enabling Evolution Live Asia Pacific to deliver beyond the initial specification and greatly exceed our client’s expectations.

We used Evolution Live’s traits of creating world-class events, allied with a local understanding and appreciation of the cultural differences to design, produce and deliver the event. The 4 day conference included gala dinners, workshops, team building exercises and new product launches. The key messages were carefully thought out and linked by our team through every aspect of the programme. The Evolution Live Asia Pacific team were able to create a truly successful event that inspired, motivated, captivated and informed InterFace Flor’s guests.

Robin Hales, Vice President Asia, Marketing and Product commented, “We wanted to bring our regional sales team and dealer partners together and create an event that would not only launch a new product and its messages to key members of staff, but also provide reward for their hard work.  When Evolution Live Asia Pacific pitched to us, we were really impressed by their creativity, thorough approach and attention to detail and we could see straight away from their existing client portfolio, that they had experience in producing exactly the kind of event we were looking for.  They said they would deliver an unforgettable experience and they truly lived up to this.  We are grateful to Stuart Granger, Executive Producer, Evolution Live Asia Pacific and his team – a brilliant event and the feedback from our sales team and the distributors was very positive which reflects on InterfaceFlor too!”

Evolution Live Asia Pacific will be building on the success of this first major event throughout 2012 and beyond.

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Press Contact:

Jade Webb or Kev Jefcoate 0845 2255 386

jade@evolutionlive.co.uk

Pictures available upon request

About Evolution International Group Limited (EIGL)

EIGL businesses share a common objective – to Create Unforgettable Experiences.

We design and deliver unique events and campaigns that enable you to improve business performance, motivate teams, excite, inspire and engage audiences – whilst demonstrating a successful return on investment to your stakeholders. 

Evolution International Group is headquartered in the UK, from where our global operations are led and our European and Americas businesses work with an extensive, diverse client portfolio to include some of the most respected and recognised International brands.

EIGL’s continued growth has led to expansion in the Asia Pacific and wider Asia regions with the opening of a regional office in Bangkok, Thailand to represent both our International customers and those based in the region.

We create solutions that can cover all aspects of event organisation and delivery from concept through to delegate management and logistics, creative content & video, stage set & exhibition stand design / build and full technical operational support including audio visual supply. As additional services we can create fully integrated marketing campaigns including PR, sales & sponsorship.

Founded on, and continually enhancing a reputation for live experiences that motivate, inspire, engage and inspire, our businesses are powered by highly motivated teams of professionals that go all out to deliver effective, appropriate communication through the best live events possible.  We work with you and approach every project as a unique venture, creating trust and a strong relationship with our clients.

Fancy taking a road trip this summer?

 You’re invited to take a road trip with Evolution Live this June…

So pack your sunglasses and buckle up on a virtual journey with the Evolution Live team as they tour the British Isles supporting a financial services road show.

We are offering social media users the opportunity to join us on a virtual road trip around the UK. On the 14^th June Evolution Live will be launching our road trip competition which will be hosted through our Facebook site (with clues also appearing on twitter and linked-in) … So get involved and kick start your summer in style.

Join us for some summer fun as we test your knowledge of sunny blighty through a series of clues, as our team let you jump into the passenger seat for a 2 week road show.

Can you outwit your office pals, friends or family to decipher our clues and guess the total mileage of our road show tour? Each day clues will be posted from each new venue and competition entrants simply need to identify where in the UK the team are in order to guess the total mileage covered whilst on their travels. The competition entrant who correctly guesses (or is closest to) the mileage travelled will win a weekend road trip of their own including free car rental, 4* hotel accommodation and champagne to compliment the weekend!  

Evolution Live will be running the road show, taking in 10 venues across the UK; this is just one of numerous that will be managed by Evolution Live throughout the year. This road show is fully produced on behalf of our client including supply of all AV equipment and all technical support on-site. Additional services we offer range from: venue finding to video production.

As a local business, Evolution Live recognises the need for representation in the social media arena space and is looking to understand whether smaller businesses can compete in this area harnessing the power of social media … watch this space.

Evolution Live is running this competition in association with our partners: Wayside Group and Q hotels.

Answers can be emailed to jade@evolutionlive.co.uk or submitted through any of our social media sites. Find the clues at facebook.com and twitter (www.facebook.com/evolution.live and www.twitter.com/liveevolution): for terms & conditions see: www.evolutionlive.co.uk/blog.

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For further information or photos, please contact Jennie Wright or Jade Webb at Evolution Live’s press office:

T: 0845 22 55 386

E: jennie@evolutionlive.co.uk or jade@evolutionlive.co.uk

W: www.evolutionlive.co.uk

Local Charity evolves in South Africa

Creative Director of Wingrave based, Live Communications agency, Evolution Live, TJ Lane, left on Saturday 6th March to do a film shoot for 8 days in the townships of South Africa for newly formed charity The Auntie Foundation.

The Thame based charity has been formed to help the children in South Africa’s townships who face difficult situations whilst left unaided in the hours between the end of the school day and the arrival of their parents returning home from work.

Having created a video for the charity launch and website, made from old footage sent from South Africa; the Evolution Live team now head to Cape Town and Johannesburg to film with the children and parents to discover how they cope and the difference the Auntie Foundation can make to their lives.

The foundation is still in the early stages of development, however it is believed that through this video they will be able to raise awareness, cultivate more support. With the use of the content from the filming they will be able to further develop their teacher programmes which encourage UK nursery teachers to go over to South Africa and volunteer as well as raising awareness for their twinning scheme. Where nurseries in the UK can formally ‘twin’ and support their own crèche in South Africa.

Evolution Live hopes to create a hard hitting documentary that identifies the mismatch between the richest country in Africa and one of the highest rates of child suffering anywhere in the world.

As part of their involvement with, and support for the charity, Evolution Live is funding the trip in the hope that they can help to raise the Auntie Foundation’s profile.

Tj explains that ‘the choice parents living in the townships are facing is to go to work and leave their children unattended which often results in them becoming involved in drugs, crime and abuse. Or to stay at home with no income and often face starvation. Evolution Live is involved in this project because it will enable other options for these parents that provide safe environments for the children, meaning they won’t have to make this difficult decision.

If we can help to change the life of a single child, then it’s all worthwhile.’

For more information, photos or further quotes from Tjden Lane, please contact Evolution Live’s press office:
Neil Chesher: neil@evolutionlive.co.uk
Jade Webb: jade@evolutionlive.co.uk
T: 0845 22 55 386.

A new year and a new identity in 2010 for Evolution Live. From 18th February Evolution Live will be launching its new corporate identity, which will reach all aspects of its marketing and operations.

Evolution Live was established in 2003 with one purpose, to create world class events. However, in the period since then the company has now evolved into a vibrant live communications business heading into 2010 with fresh ideas, bright future and a wide variety of clients.

This re-brand was spurred by the vital  role live communications has developed within all market industries including: the financial, retail and public sectors.

It is felt that live communications is essential for international companies to communicate with its employees by building the relationship using cost effective methods.

Within today’s retail market it is becoming ever more important for organisations to put into place exceptional customer service procedures. Live communications is the most effective way of updating and communicating these procedures. Staff members can also feel more valued by seeing the senior management team face to face.

Andi Swain; CEO of Evolution Live believes the reason for his company’s success is that ‘we simply listen to the want of the clients. The message is the essential part of any live communications and we immerse ourselves within the client’s company to adapt and change the message so that it is accurately received by the target audience’.

To cope with this Evolution Live is at the forefront of using innovative concepts to get the client’s message and it was felt that a rebrand would reflect this transition of change.

The new Evolution Live logo contains colours which symbolise the range of services we provide and enables you to navigate easily whether audio visual hire, multimedia or event management services on events such as: conference, gala dinners, product launches, exhibitions and seminars.

The logo is also bolder to symbolise Evolution Live’s confidence in the future and the strength live communications can have on the market.

The new launch of Evolution Live incorporates not only the logo but a brand new website in order to improve customer’s usability and to promote the services on offer more effectively.

Evolution Live is moving forward to use the rebrand to build on evolutionlive track record and hope that the clients will respond well to the re-brand and will be excited about the changes to come.

 If you would like more information or to arrange an interview with Andi Swain please contact:

Neil Chesher

t: 0845 2255 386

e: neil@evolutionlive.co.uk