George & Co. Events is a Manawatū-based event planning, styling and hire company operating from Palmerston North and servicing the lower North Island. The business runs two connected divisions: event planning, coordination and design, and a marquee, furniture and tableware hire operation.
### What they do for corporate clients
George & Co. handles corporate dinners, conferences and workshops, cocktail parties, long lunches, product launches and displays, trade show and expo fit-outs, VIP areas and private dinners, alongside a substantial weddings practice. Clients can engage them for full event design or for event management alone, or simply hire furniture and marquee stock for an event they are running themselves.
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The company says it has worked alongside some of New Zealand's largest brands on high-end events attended by executives and guests from around the country, and notes that it books a limited number of events each year.
### Team
George & Co. is run by Lauren George, Founder, Director and Lead Planner and Designer, and her husband Ben. Lauren's background is in academia, interior design and hospitality, and she leads planning and design work. Ben joined the business full time in June 2022 after leaving a role in property sales, following an earlier career in dairy farming, and runs the marquee and hire division. The couple also operate a related brand, Magic of Christmas.
### For event planners
For a conference dinner, awards evening or brand activation in Palmerston North, Wellington or the Wairarapa, George & Co. is a single point of contact for marquee, furniture, styling and coordination — useful where a venue lacks its own fit-out or an event is being built on a greenfield or non-traditional site. Enquiries go to hello@georgeandcoevents.co.nz. See more event suppliers in the directory.
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