SPS Wins AV Rental Company Award

Show Presentation Services, the leading equipment rental and staging specialists, won the prestigious award for Rental Company of the Year in the 2001 AV Industry Awards. The winners of the awards, designed to celebrate the best audio-visual companies, projects, users and applications and held by AV Magazine in association with Sharp and a raft of sponsors, were announced at a ceremony at the Grand Hotel, Brighton, on 18 October. SPS beat off competition from Saville's and XL Video to win the award, which was given to the rental company which had shown the most marketing, technological or applicational innovation and which had demonstrated business development and both turnover and profit performance.

Robin Coles, managing director of SPS, commented: "We are delighted that the judges recognized our genuine commitment to innovation and excellence, demonstrated by a 70% increase in turnover over the last year. Staggering business growth rates were achieved by our scenic construction and lighting rental departments in particular, of 241% and 148% respectively. 2000 also saw us launching our LED rental business following our investment in a Barco D-Lite7 Modular LED screen, and Event IT, a new department dedicated to supporting the use of all types of IT requirements in the conference, exhibition and live event arenas. We also commenced a five year AV contract for Earls Court and Olympia."

Coles continued: "To win the AV rental company of the year award means a lot to SPS. Therecognition by a panel of judges selected from our industry that we have excelled among our peers is gratifying. SPS is fortunate to employ a staff of talented and hardworking people and this award belongs to them."