I don’t know what sound equipment is good these days, Biotech and elretardo know much more than me about that but I do know a fair bit about the law and how it is enforced, from two decades of hard experience, plus 4 years in Government office as a Civil Servant..
I can’t believe Kit mentioned any of his plans on this heavily monitored forum, or that he is prepared to sacrifice what could be a dream job as well as his colleagues jobs for what could just be a couple of weekends fun before it all goes tits up.
Kit – times have changed. the cops can do much worse now to a hire company, they can put it out of business especially when they work with Revenue and Customs, the local Councils and all sorts of other government agencies.
They could make you look to the whole of EA like criminal scum, even accuse you of exploiting young people in this country and exploiting foreigners – they could cost you a lot of other business (I would expect a sound and light company in EA also does stuff like young farmers discos etc).If I was Kits boss and knew he had posted this I wouldn’t fire him but I’d have a very long chat about the risks and issues (and probably help him try and put on a decent event).
For £21 you can get a license and do it all properly and still have events as good as a rave – I’ve been to a fair few. I’ve been to parties in Suffolk where the cops have left them alone because folks have done things the “right way”. but if you do it the wrong way you can lose not just fuckloads of money but your liberty and future career prospects. I know prison ain’t as harsh as it once was but any form of criminal record fucks you over in later life, if I didn’t have the family connections I wouldn’t be allowed to have the management job I do today because of my non-blank CRB.
And if Kit is the boss of his company I’d implore him tothink long and hard about the risks he is taking with his livelihood and his future reputation.
