Event Health & Safety: Mount Street Christmas for Grosvenor
Background
OPS have been working with Grosvenor since 2016 to help them deliver their broad range of events safely. To celebrate Christmas in Mayfair and Belgravia, the Grosvenor Estate install decorative lighting to promote their shopping and retail districts and activate with memorable switch-on moments, often involving road closures to allow the public to participate safely.
The annual Mount Street Christmas Lights Switch-on event is a highlight of the calendar. The event coincides with the unveiling of the Connaught Hotel’s artist-designed Christmas Tree and features late night shopping in the street’s many high-end retailers.
Both locations draw significant crowds and require detailed planning and coordination.
The event also includes stalls serving mince pies and mulled wine, performances from a local choir and speeches from the CEO of Grosvenor and the artist who has designed the tree.
Delivery
- Onsite Health and Safety during element of the build, break and live show
- Event Risk Assessment
- Supplier Management and Auditing
- Licensing & Permissions
- Stakeholder Management
Results
- Successful and safe delivery of the switch on event.
- The road closure allowed for the nature of the event to expand from the previous format; allowing for tenants and retailers to ‘pop up’ on the street as well as providing space for an attractive bar provided by Nyetimber’s vintage bus.
