Pub15 to launch next year
The first dedicated trade show designed exclusively for the UK pub industry, Pub15, is to launch in early 2015 at Olympia, London.
The trade show, to be held on 18th and 19th February 2015, aims to include up to 150 suppliers and industry professionals to represent the quality and breadth of products and services the modern day publican requires.
Show organiser SME London – producer of The Independent Hotel Show (UK), RSVP (UK), Feast (UK), and Art 14 – hope to inspire, inform and connect suppliers, operators, owners and tastemakers. The exhibition will be supported by first-class, free to attend business and educational seminar programmes covering topics including: finance, design, recruitment, staff retention, technology and more.
A range of sectors will be featured, including Design & Interiors, Premium Spirits & Wine, Craft Brewers & Beer, Technology, Food & Drink, Bar & Kitchen, Tableware, Marketing & Brand Awareness, Staff Recruitment and Training, and Legal & Finance.
Tim Etchells, chief executive of SME London, commented: “The UK pub industry is thriving. It employs over one million people and we are entering the new future of pubs. A highly innovative sector, UK pubs effectively invented the 'gastro pub' and are continuing to innovate and reintroduce the role of the pub as a vital community hub.”
Pub15 is supported by The British Institute of Inn-keeping and Sawday’s Pubs & Inns of England and Wales.
Registration for Pub15 will open in October 2014.