Market survey: Rental companies


Entec provides lighting, rigging, sound equipment, and crew, for shows at Le Zenith in Paris for Japanese rock band L'Arc-en-Ciel


Road works


AFTER THE countless excitements of 2012 – not least the many events connected, directly or indirectly, to the Diamond Jubilee and Olympic Games – one might reasonably have expected this year’s survey of rental companies to be a slightly muted affair. But although long-term concerns about a (surely


H1: REGIONAL SPLIT


UK........................52% Netherlands .........20% France.....................4% Germany.................4% Sweden...................4% Norway...................4% Italy.........................4% Denmark.................4% Spain ......................4%


6 l PSNLIVE 2013


inevitable) slowdown in growth of the live market after years of rapid expansion have not gone away, providers are actually feeling rather upbeat about their business. This optimism doesn’t even seem to have been too badly affected by obvious signs of difficulties in the newer festivals market, with the inaugural Isle of Man and


The liberalising Live Music Act 2012 will have played a part in helping to boost the


importance of small events to PA providers


South London’s electro-oriented Playground events among a spate of cancellations to be announced during the run-up period to this year’s PSNLive. As in previous years, the UK


was responsible for the largest single share of survey respondents. The full breakdown can be found in Graph H1.


Summer has brought its fair share of event cancellations, but although there are concerns about long-term industry consolidation PA/rental providers are looking to the future with a fair amount of optimism, writes David Davies


H2:COMPANIES’ EXPECTATIONS FOR AN INCREASE/DECREASE IN OVERALL VALUE OF WORK


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