Dear Dave

I wanted to write to you concerning your recent contribution to the Audio Visual requirements at our recent AD!mpact programme we undertook with The Trinity Mirror Group PLC. Being on the road and covering eight different venues within two weeks is a daunting propect for us here at NRS. From the offset, it was something we were going to need help with.

Firstly, your professionalism and understanding of what we wanted to achieve was outstanding. Seeing you at the end of each day was so important to Katie and I as we knew that setting up and transporting so much equipment would have been a virtual impossibility for us. You however knew exactly what we required.

Secondly, the kind manner of you and your team made it a real pleasure to work with during this time. Nothing was too much trouble for you which makes a real difference during a stressful and hectic schedule for us all. Where possible, I will be recommending you to my colleagues and explaining to them that you are worth every penny.

I look forward to working with you on future programmes.

Warm regards

Ian Mizon

Accounts Director 

NRSUK

Thank you so much for everything on Friday.  It was a long presentation, and it came together really well.  You and Glenn were brilliant as ever.

Hopefully getting out of London wasn't too bad on a Friday evening.

We would like to invite you and your team to our Christmas party on 16th December and would love it if you could come.  I have attached an invitation and await to hear from you!

Best wishes
Katina

Well done! It was a fabulous evening and you and your crew did an amazing job keeping it all on schedule and creating a wonderful backdrop etc. The music was spot on and everyone was very complimentary about the whole event. Thank you for all your hard work and humour during the evening.

Kindest regards
C B

Hampshire County Magazine & Wiltshire Life Magazine Awards 2010

We’ve had a lot of enquiries recently throughout the U.K and we feel there is a need inform you of our methods on how we calculate our travel expenses and costs.

How we calculate our travel cost is simple, we visit The AA website (http://www.theaa.co.uk) and input the to and from postcodes in the get route section of the AA website. This brings up the distance in miles and kilometres along with expected travel times. We then charge £0.40 per mile.

Anything below or in the region of 25 miles we don’t charge any travel expenses for.

For example if we were travelling to Norfolk from Birmingham the AA give a distance of 160 miles and a time of 3 hours 16 minutes. By multiplying 0.40 by 160 it gives a total of £64 each way. You would then have to multiply £64 by 2 for the return journey.

Another example would be if we were travelling to London from Birmingham the AA give a distance of 115 miles and a journey time of 2 hours 27 minutes. By multiplying 0.40 by 115 it gives a total of £46.00 each way. Once again you would then have to multiply the £46.00 by two to give a grand total of £92.00. Congestion charges along with parking fees would be charged at cost.

Listed below are just some examples of other routes and journeys we have recently had to quote for:

Brighton: 165 miles each way – total travel expenses are £132.00
Derby: 45 miles each way – total travel expenses are £36.00
Leicester: 43 miles each way – total travel expenses are £34.40
Liverpool: 100 miles each way – total travel expenses are £80.00
Manchester: 85 miles each way – total travel expenses are £68.00
Newcastle: 206 miles each way – total travel expenses are £164.80
Oxford: 66 miles each way – total travel expenses are £52.80
Wolverhampton: 0 miles each way – total travel expenses are £0.00

The Wiltshire Jazz Festival was a resounding success. It is not just me saying so: I had some superb comments about the quality of the bands, the splendid sound, the lovely ambience and the excellent organisation.

There are many people to thank. First of all, I would like to thank Andrew Foster and Brewin Dolphin for their sponsorship. Without their generous support it would have been impossible to have organised an event of such quality.  This year we upped the ante considerably in terms of the standard of the bands we brought to Dinton and with the staging, sound and lighting that we brought into play. Andrew took something of a gamble in personally backing this event, bringing with him nearly 20 clients. I sincerely hope that all his clients had a fantastic time and his impressive support pays dividends.  Thank you so much, Andrew, and I do hope that I can persuade you to stay on board for next year!

Secondly, I must praise Hughes Productions Ltd. David Hughes (Producer) and Neil (Technical Engineer F.O.H), and their team in Glenn (Lighting) and Chris (Stage Sound), for their superb professionalism in managing the whole event. David brought his colossal and unflappable experience to bear and Neil is what I said at the end of festival, quite simply the best sound engineer in the country! David and Neil were on the go all day and everything worked without a hitch. If you want to have a first-class jazz festival the quality of the sound is simply imperative. We are fortunate to have such fine friends of the company in Dave and Neil fully on board with us.

Many many thanks go to Jennie Bray for helping prepare for the event and clearing up on the day.  And, of course, I must not forget my wife, Sue, for all her support and for being on the go all day, from morning till late at night.

What a great team. Thanks you all so much everyone.

Kind regards

Mark

Author: Mark Allen