Shorts: Norwich City, Two Circles, Csm Live
English Football League (EFL) Championship club Norwich City has announced a regional partnership with UK based commercial energy and technology consultancy Green Light Consultancy Group.
Ed Turnham, Head of Sales and Acquisitions at Norwich City, commented, “The process of finding a new energy supplier was a rigorous one which followed a full tender process.
“It would have been easy to simply continue with our existing provider but given the volitivity surrounding energy prices it was important for us to interrogate the options and find the best deal for the club.
“Throughout the process, Green Light Consultancy Group were progressive with their approach, working consultatively with the club, to ensure that we received the absolutely best price in the market, whilst illustrating their financial commitment to the football club.”
Heather Reading has joined UK-based sports marketing and data technology company Two Circles to strengthen its global ticketing operation.
Reading has nearly 15 years’ experience in the major sports events sector, including as Marketing Manager for the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games and Head of Marketing for the 2017 World Athletics Championships.
Most recently she led the delivery of the ticketing strategy for the record-breaking UEFA Women’s Euro 2022, the biggest women’s sports event ever to be held on UK soil with 575k tickets sold – more than double the previous record for the event.
Reading will take on the new role of Ticketing Lead.
Not-for-profit gym and leisure centre industry association ukactive has announced the appointment of three new Board members: Winter Olympics gold medallist Amy Williams MBE, PR specialist Victoria O’Byrne and management consultant Katy Cox.
Amy and Victoria join the Board as Independent Non-Executive Directors with immediate effect, marking the first appointments under ukactive’s new Chair, Mike Farrar, who took over from Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson on 1st September.
They join Katy, who was appointed as Treasurer in April, and each will serve an initial three-year term.
UK-based live experience, branding, and events agency, CSM Live is building on its textile recycling initiative from the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games having partnered with the Circular Textile Foundation (CTF).
CTF is an organisation that works with brands and manufacturers to ensure as much clothing as possible is designed to be recycled. This is another key step in CSM Live’s mission of bringing environmental sustainability to the forefront of their business strategy.
Tim Cross, Director of the Circular Textile Foundation, commented, “CSM Live is truly leading the way for the global events industry by making the very necessary, and significant, commitments towards reducing waste and achieving circularity. We are absolutely delighted that CSM Live have joined the CTF and look forward to supporting them in making events circular.”
