Sourcing City are delighted to announce that Liz Young has been promoted to the key role of Supplier Services Director. Liz has been a valuable member of the Sourcing City team for six years. Having joined from Pen Warehouse in March 2009, Liz has been central to the success of Sourcing City and SC Marketplace over recent years.

The BPMA has announced the launch of a new members only trade show to take place in The Midlands in September 2016. The dates & venue are as yet to be announced, however the event will take place in the same month as the established Sourcing City Marketplace and the APG Roadshow industry events.

Trade Only Limited, publishers of Promotional Product Distributor magazine, the only trade publication for the UK promotional product industry have announced they will host the inaugural National Promotional Awards in January 2016.

Trade Only Ltd, organisers of the leading Trade Only National Show have announced a rebrand of the exhibition for 2016. The 10th edition of the record breaking and award nominated show will become Promotional Product Expo 2016 and will take place at the Ricoh Arena, Coventry, UK on the 20th and 21st of January.

Thousands of show-goers flocked to Coventry for the ninth Trade Only National Show making the event the most successful ever organisers have announced. The show – held on the 21st and 22nd January at the Ricoh Arena, Coventry, UK saw nearly 3,000 visitors through the doors over its two-day run.

Touching things brings a feeling of trust – we namely perceive things that we have touched to be real and genuine. An effect that turns haptic advertising – which will be presented in all its facets for the third time on March 25, 2015 at the HAPTICA® live ‘15 at the Palladium in Cologne, Germany – into a particularly high-impact marketing discipline.