Essential says this is "great news for Essential's customers, adding a wealth of expertise and skills to the Essential offering and ensuring that the newest and most advanced fixtures and technology are available to lighting designers and production companies in the UK and Europe.
Essential's 24-hour support and technical assistance will also benefit from close links with people who provide technical services for over 50,000 events a year, from a small conference to challenges as epic as the Sydney Olympic Games. Through a network of group businesses it will now be easier both to provide the Essential service for events traveling to Europe and for European customers organising events in the Middle & Far East.
It's business as usual at Essential Lighting, with the company, brand, directors and team all continuing exactly as before, committed to continuing to deliver the highest quality lighting services and equipment to the live event industry.
Essential's managing director, Martin Locket commented: "We are very excited about the opportunities that becoming part of a global, professional group of technical specialists presents to the development of Essential Lighting. The experience, technology and combined global resources ensure that we will continue to evolve the service that we provide to our customers. We remain focused on supplying our clients in the UK and European live events industry with the best equipment and services for every size of event."
Michael Gardner, CEO of Staging Connections Group, added: "Essential is a great fit with our family global event services businesses; the quality of equipment and professionalism of staff matches perfectly with our values and we're delighted to welcome them to the group. We're committed to support Essential's continued growth, delivering the best combination of resources to the UK and European live event market."
Essential Lighting is a leader in the live event business, delivering lighting for projects as diverse as the BBC Proms in the Park, Eurovision's 'Making Your Mind Up', car launches for Ford, Renault, Toyota, BMW and Volvo, to London Fashion Week, and political conferences.
SCGL has over 1,100 staff and operates from over 21 offices in Australia, New Zealand, the Pacific, the Middle East, UK, South East Asia and China.
(Lee Baldock)
