LOLA - Life So Far....

Thanks for visiting our website. Since you’re interested, we want to tell you a little bit about our life so far....

LOLA emerged between the walls of a tiny art gallery above an adult magazine shop in Soho in May 2007. Strange place to start a company we know, but we were running a few events between shows and we needed some help.

Our first 20 staff were a lovely group of girls from Central Saint Martins College of Art & Design. Pretty soon those same girls were working at art galleries and fashion shows all over London. Our big break came when our great friends at the TATE gave us a chance. We’re still happily supplying to them today.

LOLA grew quickly and before we knew it, we unexpectedly won an award! It was called the International Special Event Society Best Newcomer to the Industry 2008. Sounds important doesn’t it!

By the beginning of 2009 we had established teams of staff across the UK. Working in Birmingham for Virgin one day to Cardiff for Coca Cola the next was pretty cool. We expanded our offering to ensure we could supply almost every type of person you might need in events and hospitality.

At the end of 2009 we decided we needed a big brother so we approached The Concerto Group. It was kind of like going on Dragons Den but instead of a 5 minute pitch ours took 9 months!

Finally in September 2009 we did a deal and became a proud part of the UK’s leading event management and services team. We hit the big time!

Most importantly for us, joining Concerto meant we could get really good at all the important things like staff selection, training, management and keeping our clients happy.

In May 2011 we turned 4 and these days we’re sending out hundreds of staff to jobs all over the UK with over 2000 happy clients and counting!

Team LOLA