Dont miss the party!

Over 127  companies have booked to exhibit at the National Funeral Exhibition so far and that number rises almost daily. If you have a new innovative product you could exhibit for as little as £350. O.K. that’s a very small stand but size doesn’t always matter! You’ll see more potential customers in three days than [...]

A celebration of life

Jade Goody’s funeral on April 4th will be, according to Max Gifford, a celebration of her life. This is a term many of us now use to describe a funeral but it’s still a very sad affair. It’s certainly not for me to comment on Jade Goody’s life but her death has brought greater  public [...]

James wipes them out

If you’ve seen anything of that crazy BBC programme Total Wipeout – you’ll know that ‘James the Undertaker’ won the fianl episode last Saturday night. James comes from Austins of Stevenage.  Congratulations James – maybe you want to make it a double and win our Boule competition at the show. Probably a little tame for [...]

The ‘R’ word

It’s 9.49 a.m. and we’ve already confirmed two new exhibitors this morning. No one ever mentions the ‘R’ word when we discuss exhibiting, and I refuse to use it. Could it be that the green shoots of recovery (well that’s an ‘R’ word and I don’t mind using that one) have arrived with the daffodils? [...]

Are you staying over?

With so much to see at this year’s show you may want to book a night’s accommodation. Make a weekend of it and enjoy the wonderful Warwickshire countryside, have a meal at one of the superb restaurants or see a show at the RSC Stratford on Avon

Rumours killed stone dead!

There’s a very strange rumour going around the industry. Somebody is spreading it around that visitors have to pay to enter the show. Now it could be that it’s a totally innocent mistake but I got a call from an exhibitor who was actually told the price that would be charged. Just to make it [...]

What can you get for free these days?

There’s not much you can get without denting the bank balance, so free advertising for exhibitors has to be a bonus

We’re all still sceptical about internet advertising but since Sunday over 200 unique visitors have come to the site, so get registered and get POSTING!

We are promoting both the show and the site [...]

NFE 2009 has international flavour

The June show will have many more international visitors and exhibitors, proving that the show is now being recognised worldwide. One company from the other side of the globe is using the exhibition for its international launch of a major new concept. We’ll keep you posted on the blog