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Derek Tallent

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    Press Red Rentals are a Telford-based Audio-Visual, Sound, Video and Lighting Hire Company We work with customers from around the world to deliver projects for exhibitions and events across the UK and Mainland Europe.
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  1. We are looking for a Full Time AV Technician to join us at Press Red Rentals Limited. We are an AV rentals company in our 20th year, based in Telford Shropshire, covering events throughout the UK and across Europe. Working primarily in Live Events and Exhibitions you will be involved in the delivery, installation, operation and maintenance of professional video, lighting, IT and audio equipment. Roles and Responsibilities • Delivery, Installation, Operation, monitoring, and maintenance of professional video, lighting, IT and audio equipment • Coordinate crew and equipment as needed • Provide technical support to our clients • Troubleshoots as needed to satisfy the end user's needs • Experience working within a tech company and/or customer-facing role is a plus • Strong self-starter who can demonstrate and be open to learning • Organized • Ability to take direction well • Participation in training as required • Testing and preparing AV equipment for installation. Qualifications • Full Clean Driving License • Knowledge of LED, Video, Audio, IT, Lighting is a plus • Good Troubleshooting skills • Strong Communication skills, team player, customer service skills Requirements • This can be quite a physical job, that may involve the need to regularly stand and walk, as well as push, pull, bend, climb, reach, twist, and kneel, and lift and/or move 25kg. • Good Communication Skills • Must live within a commutable distance of our headquarters in Telford • Must be legally entitled to live and work in the United Kingdom Hours and Salary • Full Time – Minimum 37.5 Hours per week • Paid overtime will be required which may include early mornings, late nights and weekends. Travel and Overnight stops are also required as part of this role. These are a need of the business and are to be expected by any applicant as part of the role. • Dependent upon experience and skills, the basic salary will be between £25,000 and £32,500 per annum If you are self-motivated, flexible and have the required skills and abilities together the desire to work with some of the most exciting technologies around in a company who are committed to career growth and development, please send your CV and a covering email to jobs@pressred.biz for the attention of Jamie McDonald.
  2. Press Red Rentals Limited is a small but fast-growing company providing Audio-Visual, IT, Lighting, Sound and Video equipment hire for trade shows, conferences and events across the UK at Europe. To help manage this growth we are now looking to strengthen our management team with the appointment of an Event Technician Team Manager to lead and manage our team of Event Technicians in the delivery of projects. This position is full-time, and based at our premises in Telford, Shropshire. You will be an experienced all-round technician with previous supervisory experience, used to heading up on-site teams at trade shows and events across the EU. You will have the ability to work under pressure, be excellent in a hands-on environment and have great customer skills when dealing with clients on site. The main duties of this role are: To provide leadership, direction and technical support to your team and sub-contractors when on site or in the warehouse setting. To not be afraid of getting your hands dirty when out on site with your team, and to be prepared to install equipment when required. To plan and schedule work for your team on an ongoing basis to ensure projects are covered by the correct number of technicians with the correct skill set To work with the warehouse team to assist with equipment preparation, vehicle loading and unloading and equipment check-in To ensure all relevant paperwork is completed prior to travelling to site (RAMS etc) and that on-site paperwork (delivery notes) etc is completed in accordance with company procedures In addition to the duties of running your own team, you will be expected to work with the other members of the management team in the following areas: To identify skill shortages and to recommend/plan training for staff To provide input to proposal documents, quotations and tenders where required To analyse market trends and to recommend new products and services for investment. About the successful candidate Previous extensive experience as an event technician is essential; this might be as an employee of an events AV company, within a venue, or, as a freelance technician. Ability to thrive under pressure of a live event. Supervisory experience essential. A keen eye for detail, with a high standard of equipment presentation is vital, along with good IT skills and competency with MS Office and Current RMS etc. Flexibility and the willingness to travel is a key part of this role. Our on-site teams often work weekends and evenings - this can include bank holidays. A clean driving licence, and the ability to drive 3.5t vans is a pre-requisite for this position, as is a current valid passport. The ability to be able to drive vehicles larger than 3.5t would be an advantage. About this position: Job Type: Full-Time, Permanent Salary: £35,000 - £40,000 + add-ons Benefits: Company Pension Our basic working week is 37.5hrs (nominally 9am-5pm with 30minutes for lunch), with evening and weekend working where required. Overtime is paid where required. We offer 28 days paid holiday per year (including bank holidays). We are currently reviewing staff benefits and looking at a new bonus scheme and performance-related bonus. All applicants must have the right to live and work in the United Kingdom. To apply for this position, please send your CV with a covering email to rentals@pressred.biz
  3. Indeed. If you look at the last set of accounts for the financial year 2019 the company lost £500k that year and then the pandemic hit. The phoenixing didn't happen until 2021, just over two years after the poor chap lost his life. If you were going to phoenix to avoid a HSE investigation/prosecution, wouldn't you do it almost immediately after the incident. I may be wrong, but I think HSE can still prosecute the directors even if the company has gone into administration or liquidation.
  4. Phil, have a look at the JTS products: https://www.fbtaudio.co.uk/jts/wireless/headsets-and-lavaliers/ Come as standard with a 4-pin XLR but the cable can be swapped for a 3-pin XLR And, I can sort you our a loaner to evaluate....
  5. The other big issue is that the customs staff at the borders in France, Netherlands and UK don't always seem to know what they should be doing when stamping a carnet.
  6. I think we're in danger of "over thinking" this. We've been running vans and trucks into Europe for years on an "own goods" basis. Our Restricted Operators Licence means that we are unable to operate on a "Hire or Reward" basis which is charging other people for carrying their goods (ie a Haulier or Courier) "Own Goods" should be defined as anything you're using for your production - even if it's sub-hired it doesn't matter. We've been stopped by DVSA in the UK, and the French equivalent on random checks, and not a problem. Unless you're working as a courier or haulage company, you won't need an operators licence to run your van into Europe.
  7. Not if you're carrying your own goods you don't. Only if you're carrying goods for other people as a courier or haulier, for example.
  8. ERG headbangers. I'll make no further comment lest I have to moderate myself. I think they've rebranded as the CRG....
  9. Not ideal for stand builders/suppliers/venue staff etc It's better to have a chance of one show rather than nothing at all ?
  10. This has been one of the most polite political conversations I've had on the Internet for years....
  11. True but it was kicking at an open door. Let's face it for their own doctrinaire reasons quite large numbers of politicians on both side have been at best lukewarm about the EU for years and Corbin was useless from start to finish. And after all there's not exactly wholehearted support amongst the population in many member states. Personally I support both the ideals and the institutions but sadly many of the politicians and politcoes forming the public face are execrable examples of mediocrity. Most businesses will simply have to go back to running subsidiary operations overseas like they often do outside the EU. Very true. The remain campaign was lacklustre and deserved to lose, having been run by a group of people that thought they couldn't lose. Corbyn is a different kettle of fish. He's always been a leaver, but wouldn't admit to it whilst leader of the Labour party for fear of alienating the core Labour vote. However, by sitting on the fence like he did, he succeeding in alienating the core Labour vote and handed the Conservatives a landslide. Fortunately for us, we set up a place in the Netherlands a couple of years ago to handle our European work. Sadly we've had to mothball it due to the pandemic, but we'll get it back up and running soon....
  12. I like to think I make a reasonable effort to keep up with politics and current affairs. But I don't remember hearing any concerns about the Irish border situation until after the referendum. "The public only pays attention to a tiny subset of issues that politicians and the media bang on about."..."Would we have won by spending our time talking about trade and the Single Market? No way" - Dominic Cummins Blog True. The whole vote leave campaign was very slick and built around one headline issue. Sadly, that headline issue was a lie.
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