UK - Global Medical Devices Company appoint Universal WorldEvents as outsourced EMEA events team.

The dedicated event delivery team comprising eight members of staff based in the UK is branded as the client’s events team and has distinct email addresses and business cards. The team have already delivered 19 events in the first three months of the relationship and have 48 more confirmed throughout the rest of the year.

The Professional Education Director of the company said: "The fact Universal WorldEvents have offices in the major European markets was a key factor in their appointment combined with the team that they were able to put in front of us and the fact that they have a really strong track record of delivering events on a global basis."

Commenting on the appointment Universal WorldEvents, Sales and Marketing Director, Mark Saxby said: "This is hugely significant for us in terms of the size and scope of the contract. Due to the outsource nature of the contract it has entailed a lot of input from our in-house legal and HR departments and their experience in this area has been invaluable. We have had a large team involved in order to meet all the implementation requirements."

Graham McIntosh, Managing Director of Universal WorldEvents said: "This is further endorsement of our decision to merge UniversalProcon and WorldEvents earlier in the year. It has given us the critical mass and scale to be able to take on this size of opportunity. Everyone is very excited to be working in partnership with the client and we look forward to delivering highly effective and successful events for them over the years to come."