Rob Clark

Well, that's me - Rob Clark! I have developed Roadshow from it's conception in 1999 and still enjoy the opportunities to get directly involved in the shows. My experience as a Technician across a broad spectrum of Audio-Visual related areas and the continued growth of the company has enabled me to indulge in my real strengths - Business Development and Production Management. While the general running of the business can be very rewarding, I relish the opportunities to design and work on increasingly bigger and more ambitious productions.

Roadshow's Conception

Roadshow was conceived in the Summer of '99 whilst I was working for a well established audio-visual hire company. I recognised a requirement in the AV industry for a company which, whilst acting entirely independently, could provide a one-stop-shop solution to all the usual outsourcing problems. Kit, crew and transport are areas which, during quiet periods, are in abundance but at peak times can become an outsourcing nightmare. How comforting would it be then to know that a company existed purely to address this irregularity? This question was answered definitively when Roadshow, from it's arrival on the AV scene, quickly became an established and trusted name

So, by 2002, it was becoming clear that Roadshow was going to have to differentiate between its core Trade business and the increasing pressure to take on clients directly. We decided to test the water by developing a Healthcare targeted campaign and very quickly began working with a specific division of the NHS. This proved to be a turning point in our development as word of our involvement quickly spread to other areas of the Healthcare market. With little overheads, a fresh approach and brand new equipment, we have cemented a very solid foundation within the NHS and its associated departments. Our focus on maintaining that has, inevitably compromised our Trade business but has introduced us by referral beyond Healthcare and into IT, Marketing, Retail, Charity and Finance.

To this day, despite our successful campaign to win new end-user business primarily from the Healthcare industry, we continue to provide the AV industry with solutions ranging from the basic supply of crew through to full conference production services and benefit from the broad spectrum of skills associated with the diversity of projects. Every project undertaken by Roadshow introduces our crew to new environments, regions and technological advancements. To this day, Roadshow enjoys support from many of the country's leading AV Hire and Production Companies.