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DELIVERY THE BORDERS RAILWAY


A simple guide to putting on an event fit for a Queen


(Tip: let her bring her own flask)


BY KEVIN O’SULLIVAN W


ith the eyes of the world on Her Majesty the Queen, who recorded the longest-ever reign


by a British monarch on September 9th, the challenge was to make sure the event she was attending that day, the official opening of the newly constructed Borders Railway line, went without a hitch. Although fog at Balmoral caused


the Royal Party to be delayed by 48 minutes event organiser Stark Events had attended meticulous planning


meetings every fortnight for a year precisely to ensure that any unfore- seen occurrences could be handled with the minimum of fuss. Te company’s director and found-


er, Ann Stark, had prepared to such a level of detail, including measuring the width of the Royal Range Rover, that mere lateness was not going to derail proceedings in front of a global television audience of millions. “Because of the nature of the event


nobody was ever going to drop the ball on it,” says Ann, whose company is one of five rostered agencies for the delivery of public sector events in Scotland.


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