Operational Updates
Whilst we cant wait for crowds to return and get back to business as normal, it was interesting to reflect back over the Easter weekend and compare it to the same weekend before COVID in 2019. Surprisingly, we actually put out more shifts this year than we did in 2019. Strange times indeed.
As with racing, football and rugby have also continued behind closed doors, with a short respite with small crowd numbers, it must have been incredibly disheartening and costly for both football and rugby to have conducted so much preparation and planning to allow crowds back, only to find those plans dashed. Whilst we await Boris Johnson's road map back, we are sure that these plans will be put to good use before full return.
Horse Racing, under BHA guidelines, has managed to continue since last summer when it was re-introduced behind closed doors, went to limited and controlled crowds and then back to behind closed doors.
We were proud to be appointed to as supplier to Hammersmith & Fulham for Ambassadors supporting safe shopping in the lead up to Christmas and into the New Year for the Shepherds Bush, Hammersmith and Fulham Broadway areas.
Following the success of 2019's HVM installation for the Regent Street Xmas Lights switch on in London, we were proud to return to support safe shopping in the capital this year across a number of weekends in December. Our HVM installation allows Regent Street to convert to a fully pedestrian operation. From learnings last year and the acquisition of our new lighter weight Mifram system, we have also been supporting the installation in side roads.
The New Year used to signify a busy football calendar for CSP, but now we support the close of year and the celebration of the new year. Like Jools Holland on the BBC, the New Years Eve fireworks in London by the Thames has now become a regular diary fixture. Over 100,000 people book to attend this extravaganza and this requires a massive operation to effectively deliver a safe and fantastic event. Approx 12,000 fireworks are exploded from midnight with 2,000 of these alone launched from the London Eye.
31 July 2025
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