After our successful first ‘Meet the Buyer’ event of the year with The Tillington Group of Garden Centres. We have decided to host our very own in Birmingham which we would like to invite you to.

 

The ‘Meet The Buyer Festival’ will be held in ‘The Market Hall’ in Digbeth, on the 6th July. This larger venue will allow us more space for more of our members and non-members to exhibit their products. Please see attached for more images of the venue.

 

We currently have buyers from Choice Marketing and John Lewis and will be expecting many more on the day for this exciting event, we will also be providing a lunch for everyone who attends and education seminars for exhibitors too.

Last week, suppliers and retailers from the garden retail industry came together for a day of fun, team building and networking at the GIMA Charity Golf & Activity Day, raising much needed funds for Greenfingers and St.Richard’s Hospice. 

 

The 2017 event marked the first time that Kwik Cricket and the Laser Clay Shooting Challenge were added to the mix, opening the event up for more industry colleagues to get out from behind their desks for a day of team building and fun.

 

In total 17 teams entered the annual golf competition, and another two completed the rivalry over on the Kwik Cricket and Shooting pitches.

SOLEX, the three-day trade show organised by LOFA for members every July, celebrates its 10th edition this year - and has attracted its most exhbitors ever.

 

Seven new members will join the exhibitor list this year to give buyers even more choice for the 21018 sales season.

 

The show attracts national and international retail and contract purchasing directors and managers from across the UK. This show floor brings together all the leading manufacturers of outdoor leisure products – furniture, barbecues, gazebos, parasols, outdoor lighting and play equipment – and provides a showcase for exciting new developments in design, environmental manufacturing, sustainability and production for both the retail and contract markets.