What to look for when sourcing a venue
- Meetings with clients or customers: a meeting venue can provide a professional setting creating a positive impression and helping to build constructive relationships.
- Internal meetings or training sessions: an external venue can provide a neutral location for team meetings or training sessions, supporting productive discussions and encouraging participation.
- Conferencing or events: the right space can provide the facilities required for larger-scale hybrid events such as seminars, lectures or product launches.
- Team building activities: the ideal location for off-site training or group activities, helping to develop team cohesion and boost morale.
1. De Vere Grand Connaught Rooms: a stunning art deco space offering different types of meeting space
The Grand Connaught is a great place to start. Centrally located, it offers small, medium and large meeting rooms, accommodating most corporate events. With various boardrooms that are ideal for breakouts, each is equipped with projectors and high-end AV facilities to ensure that meetings run smoothly. There’s also a professional, in-house audiovisual team on hand to deal with any tech issues that may arise.The spaces have been praised for their copious natural light, catering options, reasonable prices and wheelchair access. All rooms have slightly different sizes and capacities, and companies will be allocated spaces best suited to their specific requirements.
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- Location: Holborn
- Capacity: up to 300 (large meeting rooms)
- Cost: ££
2. The Hub on the Square at Arboretum: a fun, quirky space in the West End
Just a short walk from Covent Garden, this is a popular contemporary space complete with high ceilings, natural light and plants. This refurbished space is ideal for networking events, workshops and in-house meetings alike. There’s a meeting room and a mezzanine on offer for breakouts and catering options available. Arboretum also offers its Main Lounge as a larger meeting space if required.
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- Location: Leicester Square
- Capacity: up to 100
- Cost: £
3. 30 Euston Square: a historic venue in central London combining Victorian grandeur with stunning spaces and views
- Location: Euston
- Capacity: up to 300
- Cost: £££
4. The Brewery: a versatile event venue with a range of meeting spaces and state-of-the-art technology
- Location: City of London
- Capacity: up to 1,000
- Cost: ££
5. The Mermaid London: a range of flexible meeting spaces and excellent catering options on the banks of the Thames
The Mermaid is a modern, multi-space venue with an inspiring backdrop of the river. It has nine event spaces, and exclusive use capabilities to host up to 2,000 attendees for larger events. The Mermaid is a great blank canvas space: it can host seated dinners, drinks receptions and exhibitions. It’s a highly flexible venue for your corporate event, situated conveniently next to Blackfriars station.
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- Location: City of London
- Capacity: 12-600
- Cost: ££
6. The Big One at The Corner London City: an ideal location for smaller groups
- Location: Aldgate East
- Capacity: up to 50
- Cost: £
7. Close Creative Studio at The Foundling Museum: the ideal space for a small corporate event in the heart of Bloomsbury
- Location: Russell Square
- Capacity: up to 65
- Cost: £
8. The Barbican Centre: one of the largest conference centres in Europe
When it comes to London conference venues, you can’t get much more impressive than the world-famous Brutalist Barbican. There’s a range of packages and offers available for corporate venue hire including the iconic Hall, seating 500-1943 attendees and easily accommodating conferences, AGMs, graduations and product launches. With a vast range of auditoriums, conservatories, terraces and rooms available, you won’t be short on choices!
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- Location: West End
- Capacity: up to 1943
- Cost: £££
9. St Mary’s London: a spectacular and versatile event space in West London
- Location: Marylebone
- Capacity: up to 200
- Cost: £££
10. The Elizabeth Room at No. 6 - a light and airy space that can be adapted to your specific event needs
- Location: Whitechapel
- Capacity: up to 210
- Cost: ££
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