Martyn's Law Portalby Pair Software
For events, venues & organisers

Permanent venues. Temporary events. One management approach.

For event organisers, venues, festivals and organisations delivering temporary or recurring events, including venues that operate as both qualifying premises and qualifying events.

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Industry challenges

What you're up against

Why this operating model is different

The operating environment changes from event to event: different footprints, different crowd profiles, different suppliers and different people on site. Some organisations run a permanent venue, some run temporary events, and many do both under the same accountability.

The implementation challenge

Martyn's Law duties have to be met each time, but rebuilding the approach for every event produces inconsistent decisions and evidence that is hard to reconstruct afterwards. What has to stay constant is the management system, not the setup.

How the platform helps

Challenge → capability

Different teams and suppliers each event
People & Governance: named owners defined before doors open.
Permanent venue and temporary event footprints
Premises & Uses: both recorded in the same register.
Measures agreed on site, never written down
Protective Measures: recorded consistently every time.
Evidence scattered after the event
Evidence & Records: timestamped pack per venue or event.
Lessons learned lost before the next event
Actions & Reviews: owners, due dates, carried forward.
Leadership needs a position across the season
Executive Assurance: one view of every venue and event.
MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

Built on recognised management system principles

Designed to fit alongside existing governance arrangements rather than introducing another parallel management process.

People & Governance

Clear ownership for each venue and each event.

Premises & Uses

Permanent venues and temporary events in one register.

Protective Measures

What is in place, recorded to the same standard each time.

Evidence & Records

Downloadable evidence per venue or per event.

Actions & Reviews

Gaps and lessons carried into the next event.

Executive Assurance

The whole programme visible in one place.
ORGANISATIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES

Built for the people accountable

Event organisers

A repeatable approach across every event in the calendar.

Venue & operations teams

Guided workflow for the venue and for each event it hosts.

Directors & trustees

Evidence for boards, insurers and licensing conversations.
Benefits

What good implementation looks like

One approach, every event

Consistent governance even when the setup changes.

Venues and events together

Qualifying premises and qualifying events in the same system.

Evidence created as you go

No reconstruction after the event has ended.

Clear responsibility

Named owners agreed before the event runs.

Lessons carried forward

Actions and reviews follow through to the next event.

Assurance for leadership

A reportable position across the whole programme.

EXECUTIVE ASSURANCE

Evidence for boards, insurers and licensing conversations

Records are generated from live data as the event is planned and delivered, so evidence is available during the event and afterwards, not assembled from memory.

  • Venue evidence pack
  • Event evidence pack
  • Action tracker with owners
  • Review and lessons-learned log
  • Sign-off audit trail
  • Programme-wide summary

Frequently asked questions