client quotes

  • “At the Burrell Collection‘s 21st birthday I was particularly impressed with 88 Events‘ ability to respond to the brief at short notice & their ability to stay calm under pressure - they had less than 1 hour to transform the venue. Their attention to detail was excellent."

    Marketing Director, Glasgow City Marketing Bureau
  • “Thank you for all your help with the event at Stirling. The evening was a great success and we raised over £120K which was fantastic! You really helped create the event atmosphere and your advice was really appreciated. Thank you very much again and I look forward to working with you again next year!”

    Head of Fundraising, Scottish Spina Bifida Association
  • “Our firm has used 88 Events to organise corporate events on a number of occasions. Their track record provides us with complete peace of mind that the event will be organised to a very high standard & will run smoothly on the night. Their creative ideas always make each event a unique occasion”

    Marketing Manager, Deloitte
  • “Thank you for a wonderful meeting at the Design Studio. It really lifted our clients‘ mood! They arranges events 2-3 times a year in different countries around the world but commented that choosing décor has never been so easy! Thank you for making my life easy!”

    Elaine Craig, Project Director, Hello Scotland
  • “Thank you for kindly donating your time & wonderful decoration skills to the Ladies Lunch. The event raised an amazing £14,310 which is in no small part due to the venue being decorated to such a high standard. Thank you for helping to make this 2nd annual event a very special day!”

    Fundraising Officer, Scottish Spina Bifida Association
  • A HUGE & sincere thank you to 88 Events for your professionalism & the high standard of service that you provided! Thank you for your help & patience on site & in the months previous - It paid off in the execution of a ‘flawless’ & incredibly successful event & this is down to your co-operation.”

    Claire Grady, Incentive Executive, Travel Scot World
  • “I did not want 100% knowledge of everything that was going to happen at the event; I wanted to enjoy & be surprised too! This was achieved. For what is a ‘cool’ office environment, your team managed to thaw the attendees instantly. I shall not hesitate to use you again. Thinking about Christmas already!”

    Administration Team Leader, Diageo Global Supply
  • “A massive thank you to the team at 88 Events. You created the WOW! factor at our Annual Speakers Dinner - I was actually speechless when I saw how the venue had been transformed. Looking forward to working with you again soon”

    Sarah Lapsley, BSHC Business Manager and Conference Organiser, BSH Conferences Ltd
  • "The Castle looked amazing and the dressing for the evening made it the success it was. It will be the talk of the community for years to come. Your staff were so professional, please pass on my thanks."

    Gordon Crawford, Head of Sport, Active Stirling
  • "88 Events are very well organized and even with late notice nothing was a problem and the venue looked amazing. Great communication and everything dealt with in a really great manner. I would highly recommend them and will be using their services again in the future."

    Marketing Executive, Hymans Robertson LLP
  • “No one was as professional and creative as 88 Events both in the pre planning stages and on-site. We knew in advance every event function they worked on was going to be spectacular!”

    Jenny Stahl, Corporate Events, AOL LLC
  • “A very sincere thank you to for your support & enthusiasm in making the Gordon Ramsay Gala Dinner such an outstanding success. The many months of negotiation and planning behind the scenes was clearly worth it, once again very many thanks!”

    Andrew H D Wynd, Chief Executive, Scottish Spina Bifida Association
  • “I don‘t think you need me to tell you how much we enjoyed ourselves on Saturday night. It was a real credit to your company that everything went so well - great organisation and the result of a lot of work from everyone at 88 Events on the night. The props were superb and I appreciate all the nice touches and individual items that went in to create the right atmosphere. A big thanks from all us here at West Coast for helping us to make it very special evening for our staff and customers - it‘ll be hard to repeat.”

    Don Rutherford, West Coast Harley-Davidson
  • "I knew I was in love with your company when I saw every single glass getting spot checked before the tables were complete. This level of detail is hard to find anywhere and is another show of your ability to provide only the highest standard of service. Thank you for making my life easier and less stressful!"

    Event Manager, CEO
  • "We have had the pleasure of working with 88 Events for the last three years in respect of an annual event we hold. They have a very professional and hands on approach with great attention to detail and high standards. We are always confident they will deliver to a high standard and never let us down."

    Chief Executive, Retail Markets, Ulster Bank Group
  • “ We have had a super event, the room looked fab. 88 Events made my job easy, they thought of everything. The evening exceeded our customers expectations which is no mean feat as they have very high expectations.”

    Helen Barbour, Events Manager, Diageo Global Supply Scotland

Expert event design

How to leave a positive and lasting impression on your target audience

Creating an event that stands out from the crowd and rewards your clients, staff, or other invited guests is no mean feat these days.

The sheer volume of events that now take place means that many of the people you invite to your event will most likely have seen it all before.

In order to make your event truly stand out from the crowd you must inject an element of creativity or uniqueness to proceedings that will ensure your clients leave your event with a positive attitude to your company or brand.

How then do you step above the mundane and actually create something that your guests will talk about for a long time, and in the process, help strengthen attitudes towards your brand?

Create an ‘Event’ not yet another event

If you regularly stage events or are about to lose your event virginity your end goal should be the same:

You must ensure that the people who attend your event leave with such a positive attitude that it leads to increased sales, improved performance or a myriad of other benefits that will affect your company positively down the line.

88 Events has been designing and managing events for all types of business for over 15 years.

Because we specialise in designing events as opposed to simply organising them, this approach guarantees you at the very least an amazing sense of uniqueness that will hit your guests as soon as they enter the venue and sometimes before!

After this initial dazzling of the senses, you should make sure the logistical and planning aspects of the event are carried off flawlessly to the event conclusion and beyond so as to maximise the effects you’ve created at the beginning.

If you would like us to handle the event management side of things for you, we can look after this for you as well. This will almost certainly help reduce your stress levels, save you money and free up more time for you to concentrate on your own business.

Do you want unique or uninspired?

At 88 Events, we have found recurring themes and genuine similarities in the clients we have dealt with over the last 15 years. The people that use 88 Events to design their events tend to fall into one of 2 categories. They are either:

(a) Event professionals such as event managers for corporate and commercial organisations or account managers for DMC’s, incentive and conference companies
(b) Visionary owner-managers of smaller businesses.

One thing they all share in common, no matter the type of role they are in, is a thorough understanding of what makes an event unique.

If they haven’t organised an event before, they have an appreciation of the fact that their event has to be so utterly unique or it would render the whole process pointless and an otherwise costly waste of money.

If you answer YES to these 3 questions, you should get in touch...

  1. Do you want your event to leave your clients, staff or other invited guests with a positive and lasting impression towards your company or brand?
  2. Are you tired of the same old event concepts or bored with the events you yourself have been to recently?
  3. Would you like to work with a company famed for its expertise in event design that can provide you with a plethora of innovative and imaginative ideas tailored to your budget that will ensure your event engages your target audience positively?

If you answered a resounding yes to the above questions, we suggest you get in touch today by calling 0141 445 2288, emailing info@88eventscompany.com or filling out a contact form.

We are excited about speaking to you and hopefully working together to create something truly memorable.

Now click the links below to delve deeper into how 88 Events can impact your next event: