Category: Exhibitions and trade shows
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The Business of Aquisitions
In this month’s column, Steve Monnington, CEO of Mayfield Merger Strategies, explores a potential shift in relationships between UK and German trade show organisers and checks in with another entrepreneur behind one of this year’s acquisitions.
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The Business of Acquisitions
In his second column, Steve Monnington, CEO of Mayfield Merger Strategies, checks in with the entrepreneur behind one of this month’s acquisitions and profiles a new accelerator for show development […]
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UK exhibitions inject £11.5 billion into UK economy
The UK exhibitions industry generated £11.5 billion in total economic output in 2024, according to the annual Economic Impact Study by Oxford Economics, commissioned by the Events Industry Alliance.
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The Business of Acquisitions
In the first of a regular monthly column, Steve Monnington, CEO of Mayfield Merger Strategies, examines the importance of entrepreneurs in the exhibitions sector. From Batimat to Confex, today’s global […]
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Global exhibition organising revenue rankings highlight UK dominance
UK companies make up three of the top five exhibition organisers in the world, according to Stax, a global strategy consulting firm’s annual ranking. The Stax Top 20, published on […]
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Video preview: IBTM World Forum for Advocacy 2024
Claudia Hall, IBTM World’s Exhibition Director and Robert Wright, Founder of The Business of Events caught up with The Iceberg’s James Latham to preview November’s Forum for Advocacy 2024.
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The Impact of Business Events: Empowering Women in STEM
Making workplaces more inclusive for women was the main focus of the WISE (Women into Science and Engineering) Conference held at IET London: Savoy Place, on Wednesday, 16 October 2024.
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Advocating for the value of Business Events
IBTM World Exhibition Director Claudia Hall will open the Forum for Advocacy on 18 November. She tells us what she’s hoping it’ll achieve and why advocacy is such an important issue.
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Exhibition and trade shows contribute £10.9 billion to UK economy
The business events industry helped to boost the UK economy by £10.9 billion in 2023, according to a new economic report by the Events Industry Alliance (EIA). Marija Erzen, co-owner, […]