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Practical guidance for UK exhibitors at every stage: choosing the right show, budgeting your stand, designing for footfall, and turning conversations on the stand into a real pipeline.

Browse the latest guides, trends and ideas from the team that designs and builds the stands.

A hired modular exhibition stand with a rigged banner.
27 Aug 26

Exhibition stand hire is a service. A booth builder designs the stand, brings it to life inside the show hall, and takes it away when the…

27 Aug 26

The hire vs buy question is not which option is cheaper on day one, but rather which cost shape fits how often you exhibit, who will…

Shell scheme exhibition stands at SA Navy Day 2026.
27 Aug 26

Shell schemes and hired exhibition stands get lumped together because both are on the simpler side. And yet, they are not the same job. A shell…

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01 Jun 26
The stand is only part of the bill. A practical guide to the venue-ordered charges, electrics, rigging, internet and storage, that quietly inflate a UK show…
29 Apr 26

Making An Impression, The First Time Around Exhibiting for the first time involves more decisions than most people anticipate, and most of the important ones need…

29 Apr 26

“Was it worth it?” This is the question every exhibition budget holder asks after a show. The challenge is that most exhibitors struggle to answer precisely…

29 Apr 26

Choosing the right exhibition stand builder saves you more than just money. A stand that arrives on build day with missing panels, graphics printed at the…

28 Apr 26

The most common mistake UK businesses make when planning their first exhibition is treating the stand as a single cost. It is not. There are two…

15 Apr 26

Making Sure Your Leads Don’t Get Away! Your event has just ended. You have a stack of badge scans, a pile of business cards, and a…

01 Apr 26

What UK Businesses Need To Know Manchester Central is different from every other venue in this guide. ExCeL, the NEC, and the SEC are purpose-built exhibition…

30 Mar 26

What UK Businesses Need To Know The Scottish Event Campus, known as the SEC, is Scotland’s largest exhibition and conference venue and the only purpose-built exhibition…

30 Mar 26

What UK Businesses Need To Know The NEC is the largest exhibition venue in the UK. With 20 interconnected halls and around 186,000 sq m of…

30 Mar 26

What to Know Before You Book A Stand Olympia London is one of the most recognised exhibition venues in the country. It sits in Kensington, less…

26 Mar 26

What UK Businesses Need To Know Before You Book ExCeL London is the largest exhibition centre in London. Sitting on 100 acres in the Royal Docks,…

15 Dec 25

Not everything has to go digital. Around the world, many people continue to enjoy games played in person, while sitting around a table. Think of timeless…

17 Oct 25

Kevin McCloud’s hit TV series has evolved. What was once just a living room staple is now also an inspirational UK B2B phenomenon! As a home…

10 Oct 25

Not all trade shows have to be so formal. Outdoor trade shows are fast becoming a highlight of the UK exhibition calendar. These events are both…

11 Sep 25

Planning a trip to the NEC Birmingham? The UK’s largest event space has a complex parking system that caters to everything from motorcycles to electric vehicles….

08 Sep 25

Driving to your next exhibition at the ExCeL? Parking at London’s largest event venue can be as complicated as the city itself, especially if you’re new…

22 Aug 25

We’ll start with the bottom line: attention is scarce, venues are noisy, and “one-size-fits-all” is invisible. Nowadays, B2B exhibition attendees demand personalised experiences. Your product might…