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"The event was great, lots of people and things for the kids and it was a very nice atmosphere."
Angela Amponash from Fudge Kids
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“I find Cheeki Monkeys very supportive and always respond to my emails promptly and answer all my questions. The team is very friendly and approachable. I also find the manual very helpful, easy to understand and follow. Facebook groups are the most important place to promote my events and the information about this in the manual is great. The forum is very helpful and really makes me feel part of something. It is helpful to hear about others experiences from those who are in the same boat and it is great to hear people's success stories, I find this very encouraging. I really enjoy working with Cheeki Monkeys!”
Rachel Payne (Event Organiser)
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"My daughter enjoyed the fair today and managed to sell a lot of our twins outgrown clothing!! We will more than likely be booking again." Many thanks
Eileen
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"Cheeki Monkeys Nearly New Baby Sales are dedicated to children's items, so I know that people are looking to buy good condition children's articles. The people who run Cheeki Monkeys are brilliant. I went along to one in Derby and could see that the whole day had really been thought about. It wasn't just stalls, there was entertainment for the children, including a DJ and face-painting making a lovely day out for families."
Emma
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"We had a great time visiting the Middleton market today and got loads of bargains! All really nice clean good quality toys being sold! Can't wait for the next one local to us!" Christine Brookes
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"The Middleton event was fab, thanks. Spent loads and wife really happy."
Simon Howlett
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“The Cheeki Monkeys team are great! Excellent company to work with, they are on hand for the other Event Organisers across the country and always available to provide information and help as best as they can. The manual helps to grow your business and talking and asking questions within the Event Organisers Forum is a great way of discussing ideas and asking questions that you are unsure of. We are at the end of the day trying to run a business and want it to be successful for everyone, so bantering ideas over is a great way of resourcing your own needs.”
Emma Long (Event Organiser)
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"The Snow Queen loved visiting Cheeki Monkey's Event today in Bury St Edmunds. Made so many friends and received lots of warm hugs! x"
A Fairytale Fantasia
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"The Event Organisers Manual has everything you need to get you started and is easy to refer to if needed thought your CM journey. Gemma and Craig are extremely helpful and always on hand to answer any queries that we may have, they have also been at the end of the phone on Sunday's when we have needed assistance at events in progress. The Cheeki Monkeys Event Organisers Forum is brilliant, especially for newbies. Any questions you have, just pop a post on the Forum and you will receive loads of friendly help from other EO's. It is very informative to find out about others events and experiences and provides motivation and support when you need it x"
Claire Martin (Event Organiser)
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"Brill sale yesterday got a few bits that I still needed for my baby due November."
Hazel Broadbent
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"Fab event got loads of baby things for our new arrival, it also kept the kids quiet for a couple of hours with the activities."
Susan Topham
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"Brilliant to grab so many bargains and run by fab people."
Kallikids Champion Derby-Staffs
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"Thanks for organising such a great event. It was very well organised. We enjoyed ourselves! See you at the next Gravesend market."
Claire Ramsay
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"Cheeki Monkeys is a very helpful and friendly organisation, great to work with."
Sue Mansfield (Event Organiser)
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"Brilliant today, have come home with an electric car garage and a new pair of Hello Kitty wellies, all for under £15."
Sara Zubel
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"Had a lovely time today! Thank you for having me looking forward to the next one. Great job on the whole event, it was wonderful and very well put together!"
Johnette RR
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"Thank you so much for organising such a great event in the Westminister area. I think it's very important to have an event like this from time to time, especially where you can share the amusement with your kids."
Rola Al Hassani
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“The Manual helps immensely with setting up Facebook and Twitter accounts, it is great with information and very thorough. Cheeki Monkeys are always available when you need them, answer all sorts of questions and deal with awkward situations as well. They take care of the payments and set up a database for stall bookings. The Forum is very helpful! Lots of ideas, support and tips, I use it more than the manual.”
Marwa Ticemial (Event Organiser)
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"Lovely sale yesterday! Lots of fantastic items I got for my two!"
Rebecca Jardine
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“Cheeki Monkeys is a very helpful and friendly organisation, great to work with.”
Sue Mansfield (Event Organiser)
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"Thanks again from all the staff, children and families of Garston Adventure Playground, who raised £57.90 at Cheeki Monkeys Baby and Toddler event at ESLA today."
Shirley Dugdale
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"Was very pleased with the amount of people that came today. Good day at Cheeki Monkeys East Devon"
Abigail Fuell (Stallholder)
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"Organiser is friendly and the events are great & organised,lots of cheap good items, lovely delicious cakes and good kids entertainment. Events are ideal for a family day out as you can find everthing in one place, face painting, craft, bouncy castles, clothes and baby stuff for sale, cakes, cupcakes and more. I do face painting at Cheeki Monkeys Westminster and I am proud to be a part of it!"
Alison Formosa
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"Today was my first experience of selling at a Cheeki Monkeys Somerset Sale and I was impressed with the set up. A really friendly atmosphere in a nice spacious hall. Topped off with lots of sales, resulting in a sucessful declutter and some money in my pocket x"
Louise Cox
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"Attended a Cheeki Monkeys event in Westminster hosted by Marwa, very friendly, happy and a mummy. Also great deals, food/drinks and loads of goodies for the little ones, thank you."
Frederick Abbott
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"Looking forward to the next event in Bury St. Edmunds, stress free shopping with three young boys, had some wonderful bargains, really recommend, thank you x"
Bethan Hughes
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"It was well organised with plenty for the kids to do like face painting, and some activities like make a mask and a stall giving out goody bags, there was a kiddy disco which was fun and a photographer. It was nice to go to something where there was plenty going on for the kids too. The stalls themselves were good, mostly parents selling their second hand bits and I came away with a few bargains, it was good quality stuff. With it being the first one I don’t think it was as busy as it could have been but I’d certainly go again and the kids had a great time!"
Susan
"Done our first ever table top sale yesterday at Cheeki Monkeys Yeovil. Everyone hosting was so friendly and we managed to sell quite a bit x"
Jessica Nicole Welsh
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"Hi! Just wanted to thank you for today in Doncaster it was a lovely venue and really well organised! I made just short of £100 so really pleased, even though I did come home with quite a bit! :) Definitely interested in doing another one! X"
Rachael Watts
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"Thank you so much to the lovely sellers at the Melksham market on Saturday! The twins are loving their Mega Bloks table (£1!) and their lovely ride-on aeroplane, although they both want to ride at the same time of course! Also grabbed great books and clothes for next to nothing. Well done Lisa, fab event, looking forward to the next one! x"
Kate Harrold
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"Logan loved the ball pit, he had so much fun yesterday at the Cheeki Monkeys sale in Perth playing with Abigayle and the other children... thanks for a great day! x"
Kelly-marie Brown
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"Had a great fund raising stall at Hull today, the organisers Andy & Stacy were brilliant! Stall did really well, sold almost all stock to all our amazing customers!"
Kay Smith
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"Thank you so much to the lovely sellers at the market on Saturday in Devizes! The twins are loving their Mega Bloks table (£1!) and their lovely ride-on aeroplane, although they both want to ride at the same time of course! Also grabbed great books and clothes for next to nothing. Well done Lisa, fab event, looking forward to the next one! x"
Kate Harrold
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"Amazing! Thanks so much Amy, that was a great turn out and great sale at The Watermark in Ivybridge, bought loads of stuff. Everyone was so polite, me and my daughter had a great time. Thanks, can't wait for next one... I'll be having a stall at the next one if that's OK? And if of course you are doing another sale hehe but absolutely brilliant x"
Emily Louise Burnitt
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"The Cheeki Monkeys Manual is very extensive and includes all the information you will need. You need to read it thoroughly, but everything you need to know is in there. If you can't find the answer (even though 99% of the time it will be in there), the forum is fantastic, everyone is friendly, helpful and usually willing and able to answer anything however trivial. The Cheeki Monkeys team are great, I suspect they are snowed under but respond to our queries quickly and sometimes work well into the night! They provide unlimited support at virtually any time."
Angela Heighway (Event Organiser)
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"Excellently organised event in Lincoln. I sold the majority of my items, well worth having a stall and visiting to buy, thanks."
Lauren Pearson
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"Had a brilliant afternoon in Carlisle. Such a good feeling, knowing my well loved baby things have new homes, to be reused and loved again by someone else. Thank you Xx."
Leanne Clifford Bell
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"Very well organised sale at Camberley today. Would definitely get a stall again and found a fair few bargains to take home too."
Shelley Nicholson
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"I had a brilliant time at the Nuneaton market today and met some lovely people. Thank you to all who participated I will be in touch very soon x"
Nicklepix Photography
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"Thanks for hosting, a lovely little market in Somerton, with coffee and cake a real bonus!! Look forward to seeing you in Yeovil next month!"
Smallprint
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"Thank you Cheeki Monkeys for two great events in Totton and Winchesterover the last couple of weeks! Considering they were your first markets in these areas, I was very happy with the amount of money I took as a pre-loved stall holder (almost £300 over the two events!). Keep up the good work! Looking forward to the Romsey event on 2nd April. Do you have any more events booked in Totton or Romsey yet? Keen to get the dates in my diary! Let me know if there is anything I can do to help with advertising xx"
Kara Dunham
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“I really enjoy Event Organising with Cheeki Monkeys, I find the Cheeki Monkeys team extremely helpful, nothing is ever too much trouble and they are always there if ever there are questions to be answered or problems to be solved. When I first looked at the manual I thought wow what a lot to take in, but having now read it a few times (it is now my bible) it's very, very helpful and although I don't post on the Event Organisers Forum very often myself, those that do 9/10 seem to ask the questions that need to be answered, so to me the forum is very helpful and it's also good to see how everyone else's markets are going.”
Jane Fevre-Chambers (Event Organiser)
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"I sold £100 worth of stuff in 3 hours at your Middleton Event, a successful day for us. We will definitely be coming again!"
Weasel and the Bug Toy Shop
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"Thank you for your quick response! It's refreshing to come across a clearly professionally run events company. Your website is excellent and very easy to navigate."
Sandra from Hamper Me Happy
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"Thank you Craig & Gem for a lovely day at the Guildhall, your support across the event from word of mouth to announcements on the P.A. system didn't go unnoticed, as a new small business I need all the local support I can get."
Lara Smith from The Baby Boutique
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"This market by cheeki monkeys was great on Saturday and more to come... There was a lot of great items to buy and the cakes and coffee went down well too. We really enjoyed doing a disco/music for the little ones. We are looking forward to the next event soon and highly recommend for anyone who has small babies and children to come and look what's on offer or for sale. There was some great information and craft items and i brought a gift for my child while there. with face painting and the photo shoot there's so much going on. This is a new event in our area but worth a visit. Dont miss a bargain item or the next Cheeki Monkeys Derby event!"
Helen Hill-Ash's Discos
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“My experience with Cheeki Monkeys so far has been brilliant. You guys are helpful and respond quickly to any questions. The forum is great to get advice and help form other Event Organisers.”
Lisa Jones (Event Organiser)
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"We went to Cheeki Monkey's first event in Derby as we heard about it through a friend. It was a very well organised event and they communicated well with everyone who was there. There were lots of different things to buy and activities to do like craft activities - it wasn't like a car-boot sale! We went to the mobile disco, bought a few things and all enjoyed ourselves while we were there."
Philip
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"I'm so impressed with the ladies at Cheeki Monkeys. The events they organise are just fantastic. They are well organised and run without a hiccup on the day. I'm so impressed I've had a table at 3 events now and have sold lots (and brought too opps!!!). I'm looking forward to joining them at more future events. I would recommend these events to both buyers and sellers. Don't miss out x"
Vicky Chamberlain
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"Fantastic day out, grabbed some amazing 'good quality' bargains and lots of fun :)"
Emily
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“The manual is very helpful and extremely informative and the support received from Cheeki Monkeys is brilliant! The Forum is also a great place for answers to questions such as good places for leaflet/banner printing etc.”
Nicola Gornall (Event Organiser)
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"Lovely afternoon at Cheeki Monkeys Ely and met some lovely people, looking forward to the next one x"
Jackie Webb
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"Great event at Bury St. Edmunds! Thoroughly impressed with the variety of bargains on the stalls, Sing and sign was impressive too. Can’t wait for the next Cheeki Monkeys event, definitely recommend x"
Lisa Marie Gray
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"Had a great time at the Cheeky Monkey Westminister market today. Bouncy castle, Anna from Frozen and Minnie Mouse, plus my 4yr old got some bargains. Thanks for organising this great event for locals. Keep up the good work x"
Tracey Smith
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"Hi Kathy, thank you for organising Saturday’s event in Cardiff. I found it really easy to book, pay and set everything up. I was impressed at the amount of marketing that was done for it and we would like to do another one. The price was really reasonable and it was great that the tables and chairs were provided. I’ll be in touch about booking the Whitchurch event soon, thanks again!"
Leah Phillips from Daisy Day Nursery
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"We had a brilliant time at Cheeki Monkeys East Devon. Got some lovely items from one of the ladies, blanket quilt and wall stickers."
Sophie North
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"A big thank you to Victoria Pyke and Cheeki Monkeys for the great event they put on yesterday at St. Peters Church Hall, Balsall Common. We had a great time and I would recommend anyone go to one of their events, I will be going to their next one in Castle Bromwich. Well done to everyone involved xx"
Lynda Mclaughlin
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"Thank you for putting on such a great Cheeki Monkeys event in Garston. Would love another one!"
Petra Cojocariu
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"The lady that organises Cheeki Monkeys events in Westminster is so lovely and friendly, she's organised and looks after you throughout the event. I had a fantastic time selling and met great people. And these events are 3 hours as most others are 2 hours so worth the money."
Samira Bahmani
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"The manual is amazing and it is proof of many thorough hours of work put into it! A reference book that is basically timeless and invaluable. Both Craig and Gemma are very, very supportive and lovely people too. The Cheeki Monkeys secret forum on Facebook is also a fantastic way to bounce off ideas with other Event Organisers. It allows you to share your thoughts, feelings, emotions, and most of all learn and educate every day. My favourite thing is to call up businesses and announce my name and the words "Cheeki Monkeys" - it is a real ice breaker as it always leads to a positive conversation with a smile. To put in the hours leading up to an event and to then see it all unfold it a pleasure, and promotes feelings of accomplishment and job satisfaction."
Belinda Campbell (Event Organiser)
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"Very popular and well ran event which have been across a wide range of halls across South Somerset. Looking forward to the next one, to grab a bargain and some lush cake!"
Adam Holder
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"Cheeki Monkeys are lovely events and Event Organiser Marwa is friendly and has excellent organisational skills. Sanaa's baking addiction will definitely be staying with Cheeki Monkeys."
Yasmin Gue
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"Fantastic time at Cheeki Monkeys Westminster, great event, lots of bargains, cant wait for next one."
Louise Rawlings
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"Thank you for having us at this fantastic event, sunshine was out, kids loved the bouncy castle and face painting, can't wait to do it all again next time. I hope all the children enjoyed the free sweet bags and some of the mums and dads... you know who you are!"
Thank you 5 Star Bouncy Castle Hire Cambridge
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"Had a brilliant time today at the sale in Manningtree. Everyone was so friendly and there was lots of cake! Can't wait till the next one x"
Charlene Dyer
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"Thanks guys for paying my invoice for my event in advance. Appreciate it as need to get my accounts in order for my 6 month review, as I found the position via the job centre they kindly put me on the New Enterprise allowance scheme and that stops next Wednesday. Then I'm on my own, but in reality I've not needed much mentoring from them regarding self employment - the forum has provided it all!"
Leanne Harrison (Event Organiser)
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"Thank you for my prize of a free stall at Cheeki Monkeys Grimsby. It was a great experience I have never had before and will be doing it again, thank you xxx"
Kelly Lee
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"I have been to many of these and always go home with a bag full of bargains.. I have also sold items and made a nice little stash of money to buy the next size of clothes/shoes which are always needed. Would highly recommend to both buyers and sellers."
Michelle Hollamby
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"Lovely day today, thank you very much to the organisers at Camberley, you did a wonderful job! It was great to meet so many lovely people and make new friends. Lots of interest, so thank you for a lovely day xx"
Shahnaz Sheikh-Swimkidz
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"Can't wait for the next sale at Newton Aycliffe! It's a fab idea!! Clearly a success! 😀😀x"
Rachael Coates
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"It was a great day for Caroline's Boutique at Cheeki Monkeys Garston, we love your event, it's just the kind if event we need, thanks for having us. xxx"
Caroline Smallshaw
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"My Mar 2016 event went very well considering it was my second market and such a huge event and my first in Romford. I had approximately 500 adults through the door and sold 176 wristbands for the entertainment. Sold out of walking animal balloons in 30 mins and there was a massive queue to get in. The kids loved the Easter bunny and the cafe took over £250. All in all I took nearly £2000."
Kirsty Higgins (Event Organiser)
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"Had a great day today at Cheeki Monkeys Livingston! Got so many bargains prices from 20p, can't wait to go down to the next one :)"
Amna Ali
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"We had a great time at the Nuneaton event today. The face painter was fantastic with my little boy and turned him into spiderman. It's the first time he's ever managed to have it done and we bought loads of cool stuff. Can't wait for the next one x"
Emily Samantha Coates
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"You guys are amazing, after being so dubious about going into a franchise etc. I can honestly say it's been a life changer for me, and I'm so glad I did it, best decision I ever made!"
Cate McNeal (Event Organiser)
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"I'm less than 200 likes away from 1000 on my Facebook page and I've just come over all humble and feeling accomplished knowing that I've done it all by myself. It's an amazing feeling knowing you've built your business all by yourself and seeing it take off is fantastic. My events this year are filling up nicely which is great."
Ashley Elvidge (Event Organiser)
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“I have found the Marketing and Operations Manual to be extremely helpful in organising my first market. In the lead up to my first event I was constantly referring to it and found that it contained clear instructions and everything I needed to know with regards to the planning of the event. When I have further questions these are always answered very quickly via email and I received great support for my first event. The Facebook forum has been really useful to get advice and further support. By following the manual and with the additional support I received, I was able to plan a successful and profitable first event.”
Kelly Barker (Event Organiser)
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