Surrey Business Expo 2017. It was all about who you could meet, what you could bag and how you could keep cool.

From us here at Headline, thanks and congratulations to Paul Bridgland and Paul Webster for putting on another successful Surrey Business Expo.

On a day when we were stuck inside the hall at Surrey Sports Park, and you wouldn’t mind it raining, the 14^th June delivered unbroken sunshine. More of that later.

A steady stream of visitors were drawn to the Headline stand by the magnetic charisma of the team on show, and nothing at all to do with the combination of sweets, pens and a mystery gift in a shiny silver envelope. Thanks to everybody that stopped by and said hello. It was lovely to meet you all and to those who expressed an interest in our design and print services, we are actively following up all enquiries.

We enjoyed visiting the other stands too and would pick out for no particular reason Blackdown Ridge Estate, Celebration Drinks and Denbies in particular for their hospitality! The prize for most original stand goes to Outsideology, specialists in bespoke outdoor spaces. Not satisfied with the shell scheme provided, they installed a pergola-like structure complete with artificial grass. They brought a little bit of the outside inside for the day; and we all wished we could have done the same.

The hall was warm. The air con was never going to compete with such a hot day and so many people. What was needed was an innovative cooling solution. Step in Headline Design & Print.

The mystery gift in the silver envelope was a fan, which produced a lovely draft when activated by plugging it into any mobile phone. Immediate cooling from the sticky conditions! Using the event hashtag #surreybusinessexpo and the @surreybizexpo twitter handle to promote the fans, we are able to drive a sea of people towards us without breaking sweat. Sadly we had underestimated the popularity of our initiative and were not able to fulfil all of the demand – so apologies if you were one of those people. However if you would like something along the same lines, branded for your company, then get in touch and we’d be delighted to help.

That’s enough blogging. Back to the follow ups and  we must remember to put Surrey Expo 2018 in the diary. It’s on 13^th June 2018 and will come round too soon I reckon!