Confetti Shootout

This week we test out a few confetti shooters, or confetti cannons as they are called. These are beefed up party poppers basically, certain to start the party with a bang! The first have is from Henbrandt and this one startled us because it was so loud! But it was packed full of confetti and covered quite a distance. The next is from Amscan and this is very similar to the Henbrandt model, but with perhaps slightly less confetti, but it was all still flat whereas the Henbrandt confetti was folded up. The final confetti shooter is in the shape of a champagne bottle, it comes in plastic wrapping and foil making it an event even before you set the cannon off. This is similar to the Amscan Shoot but comes with foil confetti and is quieter than both the other two.

GDPR

The next thing we have to talk about is quite boring but very important. On the 25th of May, there will be new regulation put in place to protect people’s data. If you collect any data that can identify a person, you will need to keep records on: why you’re collecting data, how you’re collecting data, what you’re using it for and how long you’re keeping data. If someone comes and audits your business, you’ll need to be able to answer these questions and show records or you might get fined! You can find more about it here: https://ico.org.uk/for-organisations/guide-to-the-general-data-protection-regulation-gdpr/.

Balloon Ban!

Another topic that we will have to talk about is balloon releases, we haven’t supported balloon releases for a while now and recently there has been a ban in Australia for balloons altogether sue to the environmental impact! This is obviously quite a worrying consequence of improper use of balloons and leads to a larger impact on our industry. We have recently joined PEBA, the Pro Environmental Balloon Alliance, which is dedicated to preventing this kind of thing and educating balloon professionals to use balloons responsibly. We would urge you to take a look at this website!

Rob

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