Coutts & Co
is the UK private banking arm of the Royal Bank of Scotland. Coutts & Co
offers clients a range of products and services covering sophisticated
investment products together with expertise in trust and fiduciary
services and UK tax and banking services. Coutts commercial banking arm
also provides full banking service to UK businesses.
The first Coutts & Co regional office to be opened was Eton in 1961.
Today, Coutts & Co has regional offices in Bath, Birmingham,
Bournemouth, Bristol, Cambridge, Cardiff, Chelmsford, Cheltenham, Eton,
Exeter, Guildford, Hampshire, Leeds, Liverpool, Manchester, Milton
Keynes, Newcastle upon Tyne, Nottingham, Oxford, Reading, Sheffield and
Tunbridge Wells.
Every year
the Family Business Team reward the best family businesses banking at
Coutts, and put on a lavish awards dinner at their flagship bank on The
Strand, London. This year (2009) Alive & Sound won the contract to
provide the set design, AV equipment, and production of the show in
liaison with the in house events team.
Using a
combination of a 14ft screen and black set with uplighters, we projected
videos and live footage throughout the evening through one of our Sanyo
XF46 Projectors (12,000 Lumens). The projection was particularly
challenging as there was no suitable place for rear projection and the
only area available to place the projector was on a balcony behind a
glass window. However using an extra long throw lens we achieved our
goals and produced an amazingly vibrant screen for the evening. This was
complimented by a selection of 50" Samsung Plasma screens around the
courtyard.
The evenings
entertainment included a live performance from Il Divo competitors
Blake. We worked with their sound engineers to create a fantastic sound
through our PA system, which compromised of 4 x FBT Verve 10 Speakers, 2
x FBT Verve 18S Subs, and a range of compressors and audio processors.
Events
Manager, Jennifer Mays says:
"Alive & Sound's energy, commitment and attention to detail ensured the
evening was an even bigger success than in previous years! Professional
throughout Alive & Sound helped make the event a pleasure."