Planning events can be a costly business, with one of the largest costs being the people to run it! If you are planning an event a great way to spend lots of money is to employ someone to organise it. It will often be more cost effective to hire a freelance event manager to manage your event - not to mention that they will often have a lot of experience and be able to bring a lot of fresh ideas to your event.
The first thing that often scares an event organiser is the daily cost of a freelance event manager. A good freelancer will cost somewhere between £150 and £250 a day, with more specialist roles (such as health & safety consultants, content producers or specialist technicians) being made considerably more.
Although the daily cost is often quite high, when you consider the bigger picture, hiring a freelancer will be cheaper. For example, if you hire a freelancer to organise your event, they won't be 'employed' directly by your company, but will be self employed or even employed by their own company. This means that you won't have to pay their tax, national insurance contributions or payroll fees on their behalf. And because they are separate to your organisation, you should expect them to provide their own equipment and tools. This should be everything from their own email accounts, mobile phones, computers and equipment.
Often freelancers won't even work at your office location, but will work remotely, so you don't need to pay for their desk space, tea and coffee, or even their desk! The best is that they will only bill you for the hours that they are working on your project, so you don't have to pay them for days off, checking their own emails, holiday or sick pay.
So when you are looking for a resource for your next project, consider a freelance event manager.
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