Ben McCarthy

MD of Premier Events in Leicester. Huge fan of food, drink, Leicester City and a massive workaholic!

[Ben McCarthy @Ben_Premier]

@mikemccarthy I was there when Akinbye scored?

[Ben McCarthy @Ben_Premier]

@BradleyVarnam Can’t go wrong with a cable 👍

[Ben McCarthy @Ben_Premier]

@BradleyVarnam What was the deal with the RF interference today? Can the club sort you out with a digital mic!

[Ben McCarthy @Ben_Premier]

Feel for @lcfc, they have lost to 5 of the top 7 teams as it stands at the minute and going into the season serious fans wouldn’t have predicted a top 7 finish! #lcfc

[Ben McCarthy @Ben_Premier]

Dear @demontforthall what part of your sustainability policy talks about making people drink out of plastic glasses! What’s wrong with the glass bottle the drink is provided with! It’s 2022 now….

[Ben McCarthy @Ben_Premier]

Clients obviously didn’t hear the bit where Boris said ‘don’t cancel Christmas parties’. This is turning our industry off but without providing any support…

[Ben McCarthy @Ben_Premier]

@BradleyVarnam What was that weird noise we all heard in the stadium through the PA system during the second half?

Sounded like you left your mic on close to a group of small children….

[Ben McCarthy @Ben_Premier]

@greghollingswth @BNILeicester @PeteMartinPhot1 Might have to teach you how to set up a projector @greghollingswth as this is offending my eyes!l 😀

#cornercorrection #16:9 #zoom

[Ben McCarthy @Ben_Premier]

@PeterCrouchPod @Chris_Stark is this the ultimate #refhousery dilemma?

[Seen Them Given @seen_them_given]

From how to tell if a referee is too far behind play, to telling off Gazza.

Welcome to Seen Them Given, a brand new podcast about refereeing and the big decisions of the season with @HACKETTREF.

So before the first big controversy of the campaign how would you settle this?

[Ben McCarthy @Ben_Premier]

For the first time in 18 months we will be able to deliver “in-person” events again with no social distancing, QR codes, masks or COVID passports - AMAZING👍👍👍

[Ben McCarthy @Ben_Premier]

@Chris_Stark @petercrouch @PeterCrouchPod @tomfordyce if the Samrat falls through we would be honoured to host the #shaftas at our studio. #passthepod

[Ben McCarthy @Ben_Premier]

Interested to see what happens to the #events industry. Will this studio still be needed, or will the kit be taken to venues from June???

[Jon Sopel @jonsopel]

Terrific production from @JKCorden and team on #DonaldTrump final day. And raising money for great cause
#InaugurationDay

[Ben McCarthy @Ben_Premier]

Read the government guidelines last night. Seems to me that what we are in now is not a lockdown, it’s Tier 4 + schools closed!

If it was a proper lockdown, garden centres would be closed for example. It’s stay at home, unless you need bedding plants!!

[Ben McCarthy @Ben_Premier]

This weeks virtual event from the studio was seen by over 300,000 people.

Virtual events are great, but I can’t wait to get back out to site and deliver events to an audience!

#wemakeevents #premierevents

[Ben McCarthy @Ben_Premier]

@Ffs_OMG @CaitEAlborn this always reminds me of you 😂

[Ben McCarthy @Ben_Premier]

@seanfarrington @bbc5live Events companies such as mine, who have had no government support, still managed to pivot to online and deliver amazing virtual events.

The government should put us in charge of more things they are struggling with as well, we would sort that out for them!

[Ben McCarthy @Ben_Premier]

It’s not just a #clicker that @BorisJohnson thinks is unviable, it’s also video techs to get the slides to fit on the screen!

There are lots of clickers available at auction at the minute from events companies that the government have forced to close!

#WeMakeEvents

[Ben McCarthy @Ben_Premier]

@annita_mcveigh by capping events at 30 people the government are claiming that we are open but in reality venues & suppliers have had no work or support since March. As an AV company we are still paying rates, didn’t qualify for a grant and lost 90% of income! #bbcyourquestions

[Ben McCarthy @Ben_Premier]

Was great to be out delivering an actual live event for a change!

[Champions Events🪄 @Champs_events]

Following government guidelines, our charity event at Wormsley last month went ahead! Thank you to our sponsors and those who attended, abiding by the rules and raising money for The Lord’s Taverners! https://t.co/ry4AppYGDF