UK

One Day at Christmas: One month to go
In one month, the UK events industry will do what it does best. Open the doors, feed a crowd and make people…

Registration opens for the EN Sales Leaders’ Summit, with Flume returning as headline partner
Registration is now open for the EN Sales Leaders’ Summit 2027, which takes place on 14 January at The Minster Building in…

Finelight Group acquires Business Show Media GH Ltd in its largest acquisition to date
Finelight Group, the international B2B media, events and intelligence group based in Norwich, UK, has announced the acquisition…

NEC welcomes nearly 96,000 to Motorhome & Caravan Show
The Motorhome & Caravan Show welcomed 95,816 visitors to Birmingham’s NEC this year, with organiser NCC Events…

Forge acquires Kisaco Research, owner of AI Infra Summit
Forge, the events and media company formed this year from Emerald and Questex (amalgamated by Apollo Funds), has acquired…

Nineteen Group acquires Lubricant Expo organiser Blueprint Event Company
Nineteen Group has bought Blueprint Event Company, the Hove-based organiser of the Lubricant Expo shows in Europe, the Middle…

Grip launches Outpace, an AI agent platform for event organisers
Event tech company Grip has launched Outpace, an online platform of AI agents that carry out tasks for organisers. The first…

EN Indy Awards 2026: the shortlist is revealed
The finalists for this year’s EN Indy Awards have been confirmed. Find out who’s in the running ahead of the ceremony at…

AEV names Showsec as crowd management partner
The Association of Event Venues (AEV) has signed event security and crowd management company Showsec as its official crowd…

Nineteen Group acquires FIT Show from Montgomery Group in fourth acquisiton of the year
Nineteen Group has acquired FIT Show from Montgomery Group, adding the UK’s leading dedicated trade event for the windows…

Buyer confidence: The new currency of event sales
The events market has changed. What was once a relatively predictable cycle of space bookings, sponsorship packages and…