conferencing & events

Brighton i360: Beachfront Event Spaces

A unique sky-high viewing pod and flexible beachfront spaces combine at the Brighton i360 to create one stand out venue. Brighton i360 has everything to impress and excite your gathering, from sun terrace receptions to fine dining feasts at 450ft high in the sky.

Imagine throwing a party on the giant glass viewing pod 138 metres high in the sky! Or holding your business meeting with a spectacular sweeping view across Brighton’s beach. Or hosting a reception on our outside Deck with elevated views of the sea and the West Pier as your backdrop. This and so much more is available at Brighton i360. From a private sunset journey for two on the pod to a full building conference takeover, Brighton i360 has the experience and the passion for hosting a huge variety of events.

The Pod

Why plan an extraordinary event at an ordinary venue when you can take anything from a speech to a dinner or a party sky high in the futuristic viewing pod? The pod is available for private hire from only £899 and holds up to 175 people.

Meetings & Conferences

Light-filled beachfront meeting rooms and sky-high wow-factor for corporate events - this unique sea view venue has the whole package, combining fully flexible spaces with the option of private pod hire.

Brighton i360

Private Events

Fancy a birthday party around the highest bar on the South Coast or festive feasting overlooking the beach? At one of the most unique venues in Sussex, the sky really is the limit!

Team Building Experiences

If you’re looking for an activity-based event, Brighton i360 has a whole range of options. The Extreme 360 daredevil activities include walking on top of the pod and abseiling out of the pod. More serene experiences include Yoga in the Sky or private drinks tasting events.

Drop 360 at Brighton i360

Brand Activation & Filming

The beachfront terrace of Brighton i360 is located just metres from the beach and sea, overlooking the iconic West Pier. The beach is a hive of activity and the high footfall along the promenade makes it the perfect location for brand activations, product promotions or a photo shoot.

For more information visit

brightoni360.co.uk/venue-hire/

or call 01273 448 372

Adding the extra fun at the expo

Let us add the extra fun to your next event.

We love to add the extra WOW Factor and the extra FUN to any special Event.

Hiring our Magic Mirror is so much fun………….

Our All New Magic Mirror Supreme is a full length talking, animated Photobooth with the World’s most advanced software. Our Magic Mirror Supreme is fantastic event entertainment and has a hidden camera inside that takes your fun photos, whilst dressed in our exciting, good quality Props (Optional).

Our Mirror has many additional features too that can be tailored uniquely to enrich the experience for you and your guests. We want to share this with you and it’s added benefits that can enhance any Event you are planning:

Adding Fabulous Fun at any Party/ Awards evening/charity event and for making memories.

Amazing for Team Building Events

An ice-breaker at any Corporate Event

Brilliant for advertising your business as each print can display your unique company message, company name and logo,

With the colour changing lights, our Mirror is extremely Visual and engaging to attract visitors to your exhibition stand.

Five Star Bespoke Customer Service to provide you with the best possible Letters In Lights Experience.

All our products above can be hired for any Corporate or Private Event.

Contact Alison to discuss further: 07399 738802 /

07966 239486

www.lettersinlights.uk

Over 20 years of designing and supplying world-leading leak detection systems

Aquilar are a distributor and manufacturer of leak detection equipment providing worldleading solutions for detecting water, fuel, chemical and refrigerant gas leaks in critical industrial, commercial and residential environments.

Founded in 2000, Aquilar soon became the number one partner for the world-leading TraceTek leak detection system, formally invented and manufactured by the Raychem Corporation.

Aquilar has created a range of brands including AquiWave, AquiTron, AquiNet and EcoLeak. R&D continues with new products and solutions created to solve customers’ challenges, meeting new and changing standards in the building industry.

Aquilar prides itself on the level of service provided to its clients, offering step-by-step guidance, delivering the most effective solution for each project. A team of dedicated professionals can assist with design support, schematics, technical submittals and quotations through to the delivery of the leak detection system along with product support.

Whilst Aquilar do not install leak detection directly, it does have a number of highly-trained partner installers around the country to ensure all systems are completed and maintained to the clients’ specifications. Based in Broadbridge Heath, Horsham, West Sussex, Aquilar also benefits from ample warehouse space to keep good stock levels, providing off the shelf systems for the largest projects. Aquilar has over 20 years’ experience in the design and development of leak detection systems into most market areas including data centres, office buildings, banks, schools, hospitals, fuel storage facilities and laboratories. Aquilar have the right solution for all your leak detection needs.

Find out more at www.aquilar.co.uk or call us on 01403 216100.

Products still make a splash after 25 years

Leading cleaning products manufacturer, Bio Productions, is celebrating 25 years since its market-leading Biological Urinal Blocks first made a splash.

The probiotic urinal blocks were dubbed ‘Toss Blocks’ when they first launched, named as such because users simply toss them into urinals and let them do their work.

25 years later, the Blocks are still industry-leading, manufactured in West Sussex, and sold around the world in countries such as Australia and South Korea.

The environmentally-friendly products offer an alternative to traditional harsh chemicals and cancer-causing carcinogenic ingredients. Enzyme-based urinal blocks are not only better for humans and the environment, but they are also water-saving and cost-cutting, keeping pipes free from uric acid build-ups and costly plumbing bills.

To mark the anniversary, Bio-Productions will print commemorative labels on the Biological Urinal Blocks reverting to their ‘Original Toss Block’ moniker.

“To most people, probiotics are something you drink for good gut health, but we’ve been using them for two and a half decades to keep urinals clean around the world,” explains Angela Gill, MD. “We were first to do it and proud to still be the best. 25 years and going strong!”

www.bio-productions.com

Holistic solutions for the office space

Phil Cottrell

Director, GCL Building Technologies

Tell us about yourself, current role and career?

I have been working in the structured cabling and electrical installation industry for 30 years, where I climbed through the ranks from Assistant Engineer to my current role, which oversees operations involving electrical installations and intelligent building solutions on a national and sometimes international level. I’m deeply interested in technological innovation and how this can empower our lives to make us more efficient, happier workers, with a greater concern for the planet.

Who are GCL and how do you help other businesses turn to Smart Energy?

At GCL Building Technologies, our goal is to provide a holistic solution for the office space. We integrate various building systems and communications equipment to support both the business’ activities and encourage a move towards smart energy systems for construction, commercial, and property management sectors. The Smart Technology sector is rapidly evolving; in a storm of bold ideas, cost and product comparisons, I like to think of GCL as a point of calm, offering a single source of expertise to deliver your smart Intra-Structure services.

Engineers at GCL are constantly undergoing training in new technologies to reduce the customers need for a multi-supplier, ensuring the seamless installation or migration of your system. We offer several services that span smart-building, energy economy, repurposing, and well-building, to create office spaces that best serve their tenants through increasing productivity while minimising energy expenditure – something that is more important than ever given many businesses drive to net zero by 2050.

What current issues does the industry face? What solutions/ technology can keep in order to alleviate these?

This drive to Net Zero by 2050 requires big companies to be more educated and transparent than ever about their impact on the environment. With SECR (Streamlined Energy and Carbon Reporting) and ESOS (Energy Saving Opportunity Scheme) auditing our energy consumption is now a requirement and at GCL we have the technologies to assist businesses to monitor and reduce these numbers.

We’re also facing material shortages and consequently inflated costs, which I believe we can and should mitigate by looking at supply chains and sourcing locally (inshoring), instead of globally.

Are there any projects GCL has been working on recently that has an example of this?

We recently worked on an office repurposing in Aberdeen, that was condensing from two floors into one to facilitate an element of work-from-home. The space was repurposed to encourage more co-working and collaboration in a holistic environment. The existing lighting in the space utilised 55 Watt fluorescent Luminaires, which were replaced with a fewer number of 30 Watt LEDs with sensors and smart controls. This amounted to a 40% reduction in energy- which will greatly help with their carbon reporting.

What drives you most about your job?

Innovation - GCL is here to disrupt the norms in our industry. We’re constantly researching developments and seeking innovations in technology and the ways they can transform businesses. As a company we like to be at the forefront of these developments so we can offer them to clients before they’ve had the thought themselves.

What advice would you give to companies looking to modernise their current infrastructure?

To proactively research options to make infrastructure smarter. The innovation is all there, and with the internet and social media all the information is available to anyone. What we are missing is the education.

What are your predictions for the future of the industry?

On a technical level, I can see us waving goodbye to the traditional 13-Amp socket in favour of the ‘USB of everything’. On a broader scale, especially in a post-Covid environment, I think well-building (the marriage of building and well-being) is the way forward. We learned to work with the comforts of home over the pandemic, and now, returning to office spaces, more than ever these need to be environments that foster the feeling of comfort and safety, but without the distractions of home life.

Another prediction - or perhaps more of an aspiration is Energy self-sufficiency and independence that is not a faraway dream for UK residents. By adapting to energy sustainable practices with the help of solar, wind and batteries you store power for whenever you need it. Installing battery storage reduces your reliance on the electrical grid and decreases the required money you have to give to your energy supplier. With the right infrastructure, we’re looking at a world where it might be possible one day to drive a car for next to nothing.

Diversification & Product Development Key to Business Longevity for Baty

As Burgess Hill based Baty celebrates it’s 90th year in the precision measurement business, we explore just how important innovative product development and diversification have been to ensure their success.

Baty Gauges Original Baty Factory

Geoff Jackson

Business & Product Development Director, Baty - Bowers Group

Originally starting out as a gauging manufacturer making dial indicators, Baty diversified into a brand synonymous with optical profile projectors across the world. Now at the forefront of camera-based measurement and accompanying software, Baty leads the way in automating the inspection process for a variety of applications in modern manufacturing.

Baty’s Early Years

Baty International started life in London in 1932 as J.E. Baty & Company Ltd. After establishing a manufacturing facility in South London in the early 40’s, the business began to produce the early designs of a rudimentary optical projector which projected the image of a part onto a wall enabling scales measurements to be taken to calculate the size of the component.

Diversification in Action

After the war, Baty embarked on its own manufacture of dial gauges, when many items which form the current gauging range were designed over an 18-month period. Demand was so high both at home and overseas that the London premises became inadequate, and the company relocated to a new factory in Burgess Hill, Sussex in October 1957.

Meeting Industrial Demand

From 1957 onwards, Baty developed its range of optical projectors to include new and more sophisticated models to meet industrial demand. Baty soon acquired a worldwide reputation for excellence through their innovative product development, and the 1980s saw the business taking another step forward by experimenting with camerabased measurement.

Product Development

The early profile projectors featured Baty’s own manufactured gauges to measure stage movements, providing a basic X and Y measurement capability. Today high-resolution linear encoders are used to track X and Y stage movements and send measurement data to Baty’s in-house developed readout system FT2-E. Measured features are represented digitally on the 22inch touch screen monitor and a fully dimensioned drawing of the measured part can be generated.

Baty Continues to Diversify

As the market for optical profile projectors declined with the advent of camera-based technology, other profile projector manufacturers ceased to be. However, Baty’s profile projector business continues to flourish due to their innovative FT2-E touch screen measuring system.

Early video inspector products combined traditional XY stages with a camera to display the image of the part to be measured on a separate monitor. Video edge detection soon followed with the addition of zoom lens optics, CNC control, and touch trigger probes. Today, Baty Profile projects and Camera based vision systems are sold all over the world.

Ties to Motorsport

Baty’s ties to motorsport date back to the 1970’s when they were the title sponsors of a F3 racing team, featured on the front cover of UK’s best loved motorsport magazine ‘Autosport’, with former F1 world Champion James Hunt amongst the drivers involved in Baty sponsored race cars.

In later years, Baty were also proud sponsors of British Superbike team Hawk Kawasaki and Buildbase BMW.

Made in Britain

After diversifying into a leading name in non-contact measurement, then owner Geoff Jackson sold the business to Bowers Group in 2010, the Baty brand now completes a range of precision metrology instruments offered by the Group from hand tools to vision systems.

Exceptionally proud of its coveted Made in Britain accreditation, Baty products are, to this day, all manufactured in Sussex.

Baty & Burgess Hill

Baty was one of the first companies to move to the newly developed Victoria Industrial Estate which was commissioned and developed on the original boating lake in Burgess Hill, before moving a few hundred yards around the corner to the current location on Victoria Road. In its heyday, Baty was one of the biggest employers in Burgess Hill, and is still a well-known local business employing local people.

www.bowersgroup.co.uk/brand/baty

Why disrupted business environments need a new type of leadership

Now is the right time for local businesses to partner with the University of Sussex Business School and bring new skills and ideas to their organisations.

Businesses in the South East of England have faced significant disruption and many are now facing a transformational phase. Getting this right means survival. The Sussex MBA offers a place where managers can rethink their strategy and remodel their agenda.

At the University of Sussex Business School, we believe there are four pillars which are fundamental to providing the leadership needed to manage in today’s disrupted business environment:

Digital work – Developing an understanding of digital work is crucial to operate efficiently in the current shift to digital technologies and virtual work environments.

Innovation – Learn how to shift rapidly and develop new strategies to adapt to current disrupted environments.

Resilience – Both the individual level wellbeing of team members, and the sustainability of business models.

Policy – The ability to lobby and influence policy makers, at local, regional and national levels.

Our place in the south east of england business community

These four pillars are the foundation of the Sussex MBA, which is designed for busy managers and employees that are working full-time. It is our ambition at the University of Sussex Business School to develop strong local partnerships with business associations, corporations and entrepreneurs. The Sussex MBA is a centre of distinction for the development of business talent in Sussex and the South East of England. It is accredited by the Association of MBA’s (AMBA), a trademark of excellence held by only the top 3% of business schools worldwide. We are accredited by EQUIS, the most comprehensive institutional accreditation system for business schools.

The Sussex MBA Partnership Scheme

We have created The Sussex MBA Partnership Scheme to support the local community. Whether you are a local business, a business group or an entrepreneur, we offer you the opportunity to develop a mutually beneficial relationship with the Business School.

The scheme will support your talent development programme and be a major component of your current and future leaders’ training.

You receive substantial savings on MBA fees.

Your key managers get access to local, flexible study options, and the chance to tailor the course around the challenges and needs of your business. They can study part-time over two years, with in-class teaching held on Fridays and Saturdays only, typically three times per month between October and June.

We encourage you to join the MBA advisory board, helping the Business School to shape business education to support the challenges you face.

The Business School will benefit from having alumni in senior management positions with local employers to continually influence business education.

For more information about the MBA visit

www.sussexmba.com

To discuss collaboration with the Business School email: Marcus.Atkinson@sussex.ac.uk External Engagement Manager.