Gigalite Event Services of Stourbridge, West Midlands specialises in lighting and stocks many fixtures including Ayrton Magic Blades, Magic Dots and NandoBeam LED Washes, Robe ColorSpot 250s to 1200s, Elation Beam Extremes and ZFX LED Washes, Martin Atomics, SGM X5 LED strobes and IP65 G-Spots! Control includes Grand MA, Avolites & Chamsys. They stock plenty of generics as well as various retro effects and of course a substantial amount of cabling including pre-packed kits ready for stages! They are a well established and well connected equipment hire company, who can deal with events of all sizes.

What do you need to know from an organiser in order to provide a comprehensive quote?

To help us provide our prospective customers with a quick response and detailed initial quotation, we ask that you provide the following information: a brief explanation of the type of event and your objectives, including any known requirements that will allow us to build up a picture of what you're looking to achieve and make informative suggestions. We also need to know details of the venue and any appropriate relevant information or specs; this is useful as it will help us build a comprehensive plan with the best suited equipment. We can also address any foreseeable issues such as accessibility or power distribution. We aim to provide the most comprehensive response we can and this is significantly aided by the information you provide us with.

What advice would you give to a customer looking to hire a provider in your area of work?

We welcome any questions from our customers; we aim to build a good working rapport from the offset. We are keen to build long standing relationships; our business is built on recommendation! We operate a proactive approach to finding solutions for you and simply ask that you are forthcoming providing the information we need in order to help you. You will see that we are transparent in the way we work and again, we ask that our customers are as open as possible. We also understand the importance of costs and would always prefer a client to disclose their budget; we believe in offering a good value service and will always try to work within a client's budget if feasible. We believe any good company would do the same. The greater the communication, the better.

Please tell us a little bit about how and why you started the business.

Gigalite was started back in 2009 in response to a growing demand for affordable yet quality Audio Visual Production. The company worked closely with several venues within Birmingham, providing primarily Lighting and PA for both corporate and live events. We have since developed to a level where we're proud to offer a broad yet well defined list of equipment and services, all in a very professional manner with great care and attention. We are comfortable working with events of all sizes and have a wealth of experience led by a team of highly skilled and well trained personnel coupled with some very strong key relationships throughout the industry.

Please tell us about a booking you've had through Add to Event, how did it go? Would you recommend us to others?

As an early adopter of the Add to Event service, we have worked closely with the team behind this well thought out and successful platform to gain a substantial amount of new customers which we continue to work with. Having used similar services in the past, we can confidently say that Add to Event is in a league of its own and the developers have worked hard to build a superb tool for both event service companies and, of course, event organisers who might well struggle otherwise to build trusting relationships in a sometimes unfamiliar industry. Add to Event is the first step for anyone looking to hold an event or just hire equipment.