Lisa & Elliot's BDC Adventure!

The Business Design Centre

Well, Me & Elliot both went down to London on Thursday (28th October) to meet with Kate, the Conference Manager at the BDC. She very politely showed us around the venue, showed us the sizes of the different spaces that are available for use and gave some approximate prices which were not too bad!

Sony Ericsson & Orange were having a day there about the new 'Android' Phones, so it was cool to have a look around the stalls they had for developers (not that we were supposed to be in there mind you!) and see how they had set things up, which was pretty impressive. Unfortunately, we could not take photos in that area, and this was the area that was where we wanted to do the venue.

The Gallery, fits about 50 - 60 stalls - Right size I think!

It has its own reception area to check guests in, enough space for speaks and stalls, there is a seminar room (lots of them) next door which is easily accessed from this room and they can make that as big or as small as you like. One of the smaller rooms can be used for VIP's, in a catering / buffet style room. There is catering on site, security on site (security is included within the price or you can pay more for security overnight if leaving valuables around!) facilities, disabled access, they create the room for you - own tables, boards, can provide signage for the event and there are some big companies already located within the BDC.

Floor Plan:

Elliot will post pictures of what we found and Kate will be emailing me a list of all prices soon that I can post on here. There is a car park attached to the BDC, it is outside of the London Congestion Zone, easy enough to get to, Hilton Hotel and Ask! Restaurant next door, right next to a shopping centre full of clothes shops, food places, electrical goods, etc..

I think it is a great location for this type of event!

Only problem.... the BDC hold 2 weeks of a Design Event at the start of July 2010 which holds all University's that have Design / Digital Media courses showcasing their work. They would not be comfortable holding ours at the end of July because the two events are 'too alike' so the date may have to be changed to suit this venue - this can easily be done!

Lisa x

* Just as a point of interest, getting there without Sat Nav, Fine! Getting out of London without Sat Nav? Well....we ended up circling round for 2 hours, ended up on the other side of London and gave up n bought a Sat Nav to get me home!!