While the first few weeks after Christmas can seem pretty barren and dull for many people as things slowly get back to normal after the festive season, in the world of promotional products things start to hot up with the annual PSI event. Known as the leading European trade show of the Promotional Product Industry, [...]
More and more we're seeing the dreadful impact of plastics on our environment. We only have to look at the recent David Attenborough Blue Planet series which highlighted the dreadful consequences of disposing on non-disposable waste and specifically single use plastic. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xLx4fVsYdTI 2015 plastic carrier bag charge From October 2015, our Government stipulated that large [...]
It's Time to Tee Off Welcome to this month’s blog - July heralds to be a fantastic month for Golf for the UK. First to tee off is The Irish Open on the 6th July , followed by The Scottish Open (13-16th July), 146th Open at Royal Birkdale (20-23rd) and the Senior Championships in Wales [...]
The Rise of Wearable Tech Health and well-being has never been so popular. There are gadgets and apps for everything from heart rate monitors to GPS trackers, each filling the insatiable desire to gain more knowledge about our bodies. It is estimated that wearable fitness monitors is now a $1.15bn industry. I too have succumbed [...]
Is merchandise an afterthought or an integral part of the exhibition plan? Since my last blog I had the privilege of being invited by a client to Mobile World Congress in Barcelona to see for myself how the merchandise I supplied for them was being used. I took this as a great opportunity [...]
My Top 5 Exhibition Picks Earlier this year, I visited one of the largest exhibitions of promotional items in the UK. Held at the Ricoh arena in Coventry, it was a great opportunity to catch up with manufacturers, and find out what’s new to the market and what trends are anticipated for 2017. Here, I’ve [...]
