Star Fireworks is a British company that stages professional

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displays and special effects for events. It specializes in providing choreographed firework sequences for

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use. It was formed in 1971. It was known as Bracknell Fireworks until the name of the company was changed in 2005. Its main offices are in

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Notable clients

Star Fireworks has become well known for its fireworks and special effects for the UK version of the reality television show ''

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''. It has fired finale fireworks for every Big Brother series at Elstree Studios since 2002.

Awards

In 2013, Star Fireworks won the

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Champion of Champions competition in

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, in which previous winners from the past six years are invited to compete. The company was also crowned British Champions in 2010. In 2008, they won the British Firework Championships Northern heat in Salford,

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and placed second in the main competition. The company has also won or been runner-up in various other UK firework competitions.

Professional memberships and associations

Star Fireworks are members of the British Pyrotechnists Association (BPA). The company directors are Members of the Institute of Explosives Engineers.

Representation of the UK fireworks industry

Company staff are noted for their heavy involvement in representing the UK professional fireworks display industry in the UK and in Europe. Andy Hubble, a

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of Star Fireworks, used to be a consultant and media representative to the

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's former Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), on its firework safety campaign, from 1995 to 2005. He chaired the British Pyrotechnists Association from 2008 to 2010 and a second term from 2013 to 2016, with a third term from 2020 to 2023, sitting on various Government committees concerning professional fireworks and explosives safety and control in the UK. Andy has sat on the Council of the Institute of Explosives Engineers since 2016. He has represented UK interests as part of a multi-national team producing harmonized firework regulations across the EU sitting on the

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(professional fireworks). He is also a regular columnist for '' Fireworks (magazine)'' magazine and the Journal of the Institute of Explosives Engineers. In 2013 Star Fireworks took action when changes in the European Pyrotechnic Directive threatened their business and others with closure, gaining the support of local

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(MP) Dr Phillip Lee and the Consumer Affairs Minister Jo Swinson MP who, with the industry, found a solution to the problem.Popular fireworks firm saved after EU law change dismissed - Reading Post
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References

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External links

Official Fireworks Display Website

Official Fireworks for sale Website
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