Following the new lockdown rules and continuing the Covid-19 uncertainty, Giving & Living, the South West's well known gift and home trade show, has been postponed to the spring of 2021. The show will now take place from Monday 10th May to Wednesday 12th May and will be held at Westpoint, Exeter. It will, as ever, be the place for buyers looking to stock up with the very latest trends in gifts and home accessories for the year ahead.... read more
Posted: 10 November 2020
Organisers have announced that the 2021 edition of London Stationery Show will take place from 18th to 19th May at the Business Design Centre. Exhibitions in the UK have been halted over the course of the pandemic and were originally due to resume in October. The government Department for Culture, Media and Sport has already approved the event industry's Covid-19 guidance, and was also satisfied with pilot events which took place in September. It is now expected that events will be allowed to restart from March 2021.... read more
Posted: 6 November 2020
Hyve Group, the organiser of Spring Fair, together with the co-located Jewellery & Watch and Fashion (JWF) and Glee at Spring Fair, have announced that the physical show has now been cancelled and will be replaced with its Spring Fair @Home virtual event. Moda, the national footwear show, also organised by Hyve and planned to co-locate at Spring Fair 2021, also announced changes to its scheduled 2021 event.Due to new UK government restrictions on the reopening of business conferences and exhibition halls, Spring Fair will no longer take place in February 2021. The next planned home, gift and fashion retail event will be Autumn Fair, together with Moda, at the NEC Birmingham on 5th-8th September 2021, while Spring Fair will return as an in-person event, 6th-10th February 2022.... read more
Posted: 5 November 2020
Ultima Displays, one of Europe's leading one-stop visual communications providers, has launched a unique self-sanitising stretch fabric which will unlock the potential for tension textile displays and partitions, and provide a confidence boost to the events and exhibition industry... read more
Posted: 24 September 2020
In view of the current situation caused by the Covid-19 pandemic and the associated international travel restrictions, Messe Frankfurt has decided to cancel the coming edition of Creativeworld and, for 2021 only, to offer it as in digital format within the framework of the Consumer Goods Digital Days from 17th to 20th April, 2021.... read more
Posted: 22 September 2020
Leading stationery brand, Manuscript Pen Company, is celebrating after receiving the best children's stationery accolade at the Stationery Awards 2020 for its Benji's Big Day Activity Book... read more
Posted: 18 September 2020
The organisers of The Knitting & Stitching Show Special Edition at Alexandra Palace, London regret to announce that the event, due to take place from 8th-11th October, has been cancelled... read more
Posted: 17 September 2020
The Stationery Awards 2020 winners have been revealed, with suppliers and retailers across the industry being rewarded.The awards are organised by London Stationery Show and Stationery Matters to recognise and benchmark good practice and innovation in the stationery sector.... read more
Posted: 9 September 2020
Ocean Media Group has announced it is working with London Stationery Show's founder Chris Leonard-Morgan. Chris will work with event director Alex Butler as special advisor on the future development and direction of London Stationery Show. He's an acknowledged stationery champion, well known in the industry and a Liveryman and guide at the historic Stationers' Company in London.... read more
Posted: 31 August 2020
The finalists for the Stationery Awards 2020 have been revealed, with the full list appearing on the show's website. Originally due to take place in April to coincide with London Stationery Show, the awards have been delayed this year due to the pandemic.... read more
Posted: 24 August 2020