The BPMA and DIT have announced the release of grants for PSI 2018.

Over 100 members and suppliers attended the Ignite exhibition at Warwick racecourse on Thursday October 5th, creating record turnout numbers once again. Ignite will return to Warwick on Thursday October 4th 2018.

The only thing that matters is what the visitors and exhibitors thought about Merchandise World at Stoneleigh, and we are pleased to say many have told us that they were more than pleased. Here is a selection of the comments the Merchandise World team received…

Whether you were at Merchandise World at Stoneleigh in September – or not, we would be interested in your view. Merchandise World has been created as a high quality industry event, exclusively for Professional Distributors. At a time when change is challenging the traditional ‘distributor sales channel’, we want to support and reinforce the commitment of top suppliers to professional distributors.

The promotional products sector is shining the spotlight on promotional merchandise’s ability to make people feel valued, with the theme of ‘Thank You!’ for this year’s Promotional Products Week (PPW) which runs from 2-6 October.

BDA (Bensussen Deutsch & Associates) have acquired Manchester based Sports Merchandise Global (SMG). Sports Merchandise Global are the UK’s leading provider of specialist sports merchandise, and were previously part-owned by ORB Group in Glasgow, Scotland.