WINTER | NOEA COLUMN
Driving the
events industry
forward
Once again, NOEA are delighted to have announced
another Futures Supporter: Arnold Clark.
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e’re incredibly proud of our Futures
Supporters, in GL events, A.C.T (National) Ltd.,
Eventbrite, and now Arnold Clark, we not
only have recognised brands supporting the industry,
but genuinely nice people to work with; and while we
work with businesses, its people that make the world go
round, and it takes a special mentality to use a company’s
resources to push an industry forward. Something each
of these businesses is doing.
Arnold Clark Group are Europe’s largest
independently-owned car retailer, and they’ve built up a
strong reputation for the quality of their people and how
it is reflected in their excellent customer service.
For the events industry, they are all about fleet
vehicles; here they have great variety, ranging from
small city cars to Luton box vans, and everything else in
between.
They have been supplying vehicles to events of all
shapes and sizes across the country for more than 50
years, and they’ve worked with some amazing events
from famous sporting events such as the European
Championships and Commonwealth Games, to
international events like the Royal Edinburgh Tattoo.
We’re always grateful for the energy these companies
bring to NOEA, but we’re also delighted to have the
support of their people. Arnold Clark Car & Van Rental
have the largest in-house marketing department in
Scotland, and regularly promote events across different
social channels and audiences.
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For example, when they sponsored the 2018
Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo they sent internal
communications to their 12,000 employees and held
competitions to win tickets in-branch, as well as through
their social channels.
We’ve actually known the team at Arnold Clark Car
& Van Rental for some time, they’ve been members of
NOEA for the last eight years, they know us well, and
are looking to do more for NOEA and the wider events
community, taking the opportunity to play a more
proactive role in the quality, performance and growth of
the events industry.
Philippa Park, Corporate Account Manager for Arnold
Clark Car & Van Rental, said: ‘We’re delighted to officially
announce our role as Futures Sponsors of NOEA. It’s a
really exciting time to be a part of the outdoor events
industry and we’re fully committed to this new position.’
About Arnold Clark
Arnold Clark Automobiles Limited is one of the largest
car dealer groups in Europe. But it all started with just
one showroom - opened in Glasgow, Scotland, back in
1954.
Sir Arnold Clark, the founder of the company, left his
position as a motor mechanics instructor with the RAF
and was unable to find a job.
He bought a Morris Ten Four for £70 and restored it -
selling it for a profit. The rest, as they say, is history...
“Arnold Clark have
worked with
some amazing
events from
famous sporting
events such as
the European
Championships and
Commonwealth
Games”