VMI Sponsors Year 2 of KIFF Film Festival 31 January 2023 VMI loves to support new entrants to the industry and is a founder member of a brand new film festival which started last year. The Kingston International Film Festival aims … Read more
2022 VMI Annual Client Survey – Best Ever Results 27 January 2023 In December/January 2023, we held our 15th annual client satisfaction survey, asking all VMI clients who had hired from us in the previous 12 months exactly what they thought about … Read more
Building a circular economy into every business 2 January 2023 We all like the idea of sustainable business and sustainable living but what about adopting sustainable techniques in an office? Barry Bassett from VMI was thinking about this when he … Read more
VMI is Double Winner at 2022 West London Business Awards 31 December 2022 VMI Named Park Royal Business of the Year For Leading On Climate Change and Barry Bassett is named West London Business Leader of the Year. The actions and leadership of … Read more
VMI’s Christmas-themed New Products Day was a great success 24 December 2022 We arranged an amazing event in early December 2022, which was superbly received, attended by several hundred visitors and above all, was great fun! Instead of a full written account, … Read more
VMI New Products Day 6/7/8 Dec. Limited Availability 1 November 2022 *** FREE EVENT – LIMITED AVAILABILITY *** VMI’s biannual New Products Day is this week! This is a big deal for us, as we only host this once every 2 … Read more
Excellent Bristol Lighting Event Held in October 26 October 2022 VMI held a very successful lighting event at the brand-new Boomsatsuma studios in Brislington, Bristol on 25 October 2022. Thanks for running the led lighting day in Bristol, which was … Read more
It all started with a comment… 7 September 2022 It all started with a comment back in 2018: Like many companies, VMI regularly engaged in customer questionnaires seeking feedback on product and service and like any company there will … Read more
VMI Implements What3Words for Efficient Deliveries 28 August 2022 Postcodes are great but can be really limiting when clients are shooting in open parkland like Richmond Deer Park or venues like Wembley Stadium which have several entrances. Even large … Read more
VMI Shortlisted for ProMoviemaker Rental Company of the Year 2 August 2022 Pro MovieMaker Magazine has written this terrific article on VMI’s environmental crusade as a reason for shortlisting VMI for their Gear of the Year award. A COMPANY WITH A CONSCIENCE … Read more
VMI sponsors Cinematography award at Portsmouth University 14 July 2022 One of our favourite sayings is that ‘Everyone got to where they are today, from where they were yesterday’ – even Steven Spielberg was a student at one time! VMI … Read more
VMI Hosts Successful Ronin 4D Workshops 14 July 2022 VMI continues with is new post-COVID 2022 workshop season with three bespoke Ronin 4D workshops held at West London College’s Studio in Ealing Green and also at the Cleveland Arms … Read more
VMI awards Best Shorts award at KIFF 1 July 2022 VMI loves to support new entrants to the industry and is proud to have been a partner and sponsor of the best short film at the inaugural new film festival … Read more
VMI Lighting Workshop Demonstrates Value of In-Person Events 6 June 2022 Seeing is believing, as they say, and now that we’re all back to business the chance, VMI’s new in-person workshops which allow visitors to get hands on with equipment and … Read more
VMI is voted one of the UK’s Best Workplaces 4 May 2022 Having achieved a Great Place To Work certification for VMI, we were invited to enter the UK’s Greatest Workplace Awards and were delighted to be officially ranked 62 as one of the UK’s Best Workplaces …more
VMI donates full ARRI camera kit to West London College 3 May 2022 West London College is proud to announce a significant partnership with camera rental company, VMI, who supply camera packages to the TV Industry for dramas, feature films, documentaries, music videos … Read more
VMI Awarded Ealing Business Pioneers To Promote Sustainable Lighting Use In Film and TV 1 April 2022 VMI has been awarded an Ealing Business Pioneers grant to help fund running in-person courses to spread awareness of the benefits and advantages of the latest LED lighting technology. The … Read more
VMI Sponsors KIFF Film Festival 7 March 2022 VMI loves to support new entrants to the industry and is proud to be a partner of a brand new film festival in June, which aims to celebrate a diverse … Read more
Launch of VMI Microsite to show 20-year Sustainability Journey 31 January 2022 Not many people know that we have been working for almost 20 years to make VMI into a more sustainable and socially equitable company. We are totally committed to becoming … Read more
VMI Donates Lights for Student Training 21 January 2022 VMI has partnered with Bristol-based college, boomsatsuma, donating a range of lighting equipment for BA Hons Filmmaking Production and Post-production degree student skills development, Jan 2021. Degree students based at … Read more
VMI is a certified Great Place to Work! 20 January 2022 VMI has always striven to be a place that people enjoy working in and a recent independent audit by organisation, GreatPlaceToWork, has confirmed that 96% of VMI’s workforce judge VMI … Read more
VMI wins National Climate Award Hero of Net Zero at COP 26 31 December 2021 VMI won a national award being crowned “Hero of Net Zero” by the UK Government at the international COP26 climate summit in November 2021 for its work on sustainability. More … Read more
Formal commitment to Net Zero on Government Business Climate Hub 30 December 2021 The Government Business Climate Hub keeps a register of all UK companies who have committed to a net Zero Pledge and August 2021 saw VMI also adding its name, committing … Read more
VMI Christmas Jumper Day to help Save the Children 11 December 2021 VMI took part in Save the Children’s Christmas Jumper Day on Friday 10 December 2021, where we all wore our silliest, most festive jumper on and raised £124 for Save … Read more