Insane energy prices. Soaring inflation. Frighteningly regular mortgage rate hikes. Strikes. The start of 2023 was characterised by uncertainty, tinged with gloom which had a negative impact on AV investment. AV Magazine’s latest research reveals nervous buyers delayed spending: 67 per cent saw investments delayed, 21 per cent had projects…
Few would argue that the AV industry has a long way to go to achieving diversity. A walk around an AV trade show is usually all it takes to indicate how far. Pro AV is a ‘male and pale’ world where “women are deeply under-represented in pro AV” and “even…
If you’re dissatisfied with your current job in AV for whatever reason, then this is the time to go shopping for a new one. “It’s a candidate’s market,” says Denise O’Keeffe, AV and UC recruitment specialist in the UK and Europe at Woop Jobs. “There are more jobs than people…
Equity has become a key term in the AV world. It sits alongside diversity and inclusivity affecting how and who we hire, and how we support people once they’ve joined. It’s a big trend in the post-pandemic hybrid world of working and learning as we use technology to ensure that…
Spiking Covid infection rates, rising inflation, insane fuel prices, messy politics, never mind ongoing Brexit issues, Northern Ireland, train strikes, heat waves, queues at Dover… The UK picture isn’t exactly rosy but what is bringing a smile to the UK’s AV industry is its recovery. After more than two tumultuous,…
The last time we surveyed the AV industry on the subject of digital transformation (DT), things were very different. It was February 2020. Little did we know what lay ahead. A buoyant ISE in Barcelona last month showed that the AV industry’s bounce-back is well underway - just shy of…
The last time we surveyed the AV industry on the subject of digital transformation (DT), things were very different. It was February 2020. Little did we know what lay ahead. Back then, 28 per cent thought it was still early days for DT in their organisation, 35 per cent said…
After two years of Zoom and Teams we might not be mad keen to get back into our offices, but we welcome the return of the in-person trade show; 65 per cent say virtual cannot replace in-person events and 80 per cent of us expect to be at ISE in…
The New Year traditionally brings lots of ‘next big thing’ predictions for the year ahead and AV as-a-Service (AVaaS) has regularly been one of those predictions in years past. Despite that, it just hasn’t gone ‘big’, despite it being a model widely adopted in IT and AV being purchased increasingly…
AV workers are the lifeblood of our industry. It is their skills and hard work that puts the right equipment in the right place with the right content. By extension, an AV company’s success hinges on putting the right people in the right jobs. To thrive, companies need a full…
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