Trade Only reports that the sixth Trade Only National Show, held at the Ricoh Arena, Coventry on the 25th and 26th of January, has broken previous visitor records with over 3,000 visitors through the doors over the two days. (A 16% increase in unique visitors on 2011.)

Initial analysis has the final number of visitors at 3,035, compared with 2,836 in 2011.  The number of unique visitors was also up (2,835 against 2,435).

Visitors to the show also attended the BPMA and PSI Pavilions, watched manufacturing demonstrations at WORX!, while the educational Power Sessions attracted up to 150 people per session. The show also featured the highly successful BPMA Annual Awards Dinner with a record attendance of 800.  The BPMA Award winners were; Supplier of the Year:  Senator Pens , Distributor of the Year (?5m+): Brand Addition, Distributor of the Year (?2m- ?5m): Merchandise Mania, Distributor of the Year (Up to ?2 million): Allwag Promotions, Best Free Build Exhibition Stand: The Pen Warehouse, Best Exhibition Shell Scheme: Nimbus Nordic Campaign of the Year: 2BSourced and Personality of the Year: Godfrey O’Donnell, Keramikos.

Published on: March 23rd, 2011