Cupboard love
Getting a new kitchen installed can easily be as costly as a new car these days. So sometimes consumers need persuading that good food is much more enjoyable than sitting in traffic jams. But just in case this is not obvious we have launched a new incentive for Wickes kitchen design consultants called Made to [...]
Beery wenches and weary benches
Although we like to talk about strategic marketing and targeted comms, sometimes you just have to get out there and do the event. On this occasion it was the Stuttgart Beer Festival for one of our electronics clients. They had certainly earned the right to celebrate having outperformed their targets in arguably the worst UK [...]
Try me a River…
Following the relaunch of the Savoy Hotel, London and our hugely successful hosting of a corporate buyers lunch there in January this year we are delighted to do it all again with our friends at the Fairmont group which manages The Savoy… in October. This time we will be taking over the private section of [...]
One small step for brand engagement…
The Olympic parks are nearly finished and we will be running yet another highly successful and informative hosted visit for corporate buyers to the site on 17th June. We meet at the Andaz, Liverpool Street for snacks and a quick shoot round this stylish property, on to the Olympic parks, lunch at Forman’s Fish Island, [...]
Work experience can be such a drag
Graduate unemployment is pretty high at the moment which is why so many students willingly enter into work placements as part of their undergraduate course in order to gain valuable commercial experience. Here at FMI we have a policy of taking on students doing relevant business degrees for their ‘year out’. Bev joined us in [...]
Eat, drink and be sorry?
We can all get pretty scathing about the performance of kitchen staff on the events we run for our corporate guests during the year but would you do any better? Here’s a chance to find out. On Monday February 28th we will be inviting bona fide event organisers and various marketing supremos the chance not [...]
Heads we win
Not afraid of taking our own medicine we ran our staff Christmas celebration at Aynhoe Park, near Bicester just off the M40, on an exclusive hire basis. This small stately home has been beautifully restored with sculptures, stuffed animals and 10 quirky bedrooms plus a large marquee lawn at the back… perfect for any private [...]
Balancing your budget
Completing the comms or marketing budget for 2011 was never going to be easy. Especially when you know that if you ask for too much it might get rejected. And if you ask for too little you end up trying to get a quart out of a pint pot all the way through the year. [...]
Dealing with the survivors
Our MD John Fisher recently gave a talk to the French Chamber of Trade and Commerce on the subject of how to motivate staff during the recession. Now that the banking crisis is (almost), over it’s time to deal with those who kept their jobs.
But many studies show that this is a critical time for [...]
Birdie, Eagle, The Oxfordshire…
Following The Oxfordshire’s recent opening of its new hotel complex we have been invited by the management to bring a group of golfers along for a friendly round of golf on this superb championship golf course. The day will start with bacon rolls, will incorporate 18 holes of golf and finish with lunch in the [...]
Ship-shape, Southampton fashion
Ever wondered what one of the world’s biggest cruise-liners actually looks like on board? Well, now’s your chance.
FMI Group are hosting up to 10 would-be incentive organisers to join them on board the hugely impressive Independence of the Seas while it is docked in Southampton for a change-round on September 1st. You will embark [...]
Swifter, higher, stronger
FMI is hosting a tour of the new Olympic facilities at Stratford, East London on 18th June in the company of official London Blue Badge guides. We begin with morning coffee at 1030h at the Andaz Hotel, near Liverpool Street, followed by a visit to the Velodrome, the Hockey and Tennis Centre, the Aquatics Centre [...]
Horses for courses
And they’re off… again. This time at Lingfield Park, near Gatwick, on Wednesday 7th July. FMI are delighted to invite bona fide corporate clients to an afternoon’s racing with the added opportunity to view the magnificent new Marriott Hotel & Country Club which has just opened as part of the racecourse complex. We would very [...]
Buyers go for early Bath
Twelve corporate clients joined FMI on a day trip to Bath, courtesy of the UK Pullman. ‘Taking clients out of their everyday environment and showing them arguably one of the UK’s best incentive ideas is a great way for us to get to know people better. Along the way we hope they will be impressed [...]
Money vs massage
The Hindu Business Line, October 2009
To accountants who are weary of massaged numbers here is a message about massage. That, as an incentive, massage can be more powerful than money… Book review of FMI’s How to Run Successful Employee Incentive Schemes, now in paperback, available from FMI or directly from the publisher Kogan Page [...]
English Hospitality Day
C&IT magazine, March 2010
FMI entered the monthly ‘Agency Challenge’ in C&IT’s regular feature that asks four agencies to present their ideas in less than 150 words for a fictitious brief. A client is then asked to judge the entries. Dave Ball, Events Director, provided his brief thoughts on London.
” ‘One day’ suggests in and out [...]
VAT does it all mean?
M&IT magazine, March 2010
The change in the UK opt out with regard to VAT on UK events means that UK clients will now have to pay more than they did last year for the same event.
Click here to see what we said in Meetings & Incentive Travel magazine.
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Judgment Call
Financial Times, 1st April 2009
The FT posed the question as to whether senior people giving up their bonuses was a real contribution to the bottom line or a PR exercise in employee relations. FMI replies…
Click here to see what we said in the Financial Times.
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