office* 2013: UK’s biggest event dedicated to the PA and executive support profession opens in London tomorrow!
With visitor pre-registration figures up 25% on 2012, this year’s office* – the UK’s biggest dedicated event for PAs, EAs, VAs, office managers and executive support professionals – looks set for a record turnout when it opens its doors at 10am tomorrow morning (8 October) at Olympia’s National Hall, London.
Tomorrow also sees the return of National PA Day, plus the unveiling of the results of the 3rd annual National PA Survey, which provides a fascinating insight into the role of modern PAs – often the unsung heroes of the workplace.
Having sold out of all of its available exhibition space last week, this year’s visitors will benefit from seeing 175 exhibiting companies offering an eclectic mix of business services and supplies. Recent additions to the exhibitor line-up include First Class Traveller, Classic Lodges, KCO UK, GTA Associates, Art Hotels, The Post Office, 30 Euston Square, Selfridges Hampers, Christopher Keats, Everything Office, Give Truly, Event Prop Hire, and Bisham Abbey and Lilleshall National Sports Centres. None of which have appeared at the show before.
Other new exhibitors hoping to make a big impression this year include Corporate Traveller (sponsors of the show’s new Networking Hub); All Bar One & Browns; De Vere Venues; Emirates; Guoman & Thistle Hotels; London City Airport; Marlin Apartments; Ricoh UK Ltd; and GLO & 5 Star office products.
Visit http://www.onlineexhibitormanual.com/divoffice13/Exhi/exhibitorList.aspx to view the full exhibitor list.
Returning show features include the AIM Accredited Destination and Venue Village, HBAA (Hotel Booking Agents Association) Village, and Benefit Pamper Parlour, plus the free office* Interactive Theatre. Highlights there include ‘Get 3x more done in one day – Microsoft tips in minutes’ and ‘Look good, feel good, work better’ by Benefit Cosmetics’ Lisa Potter-Dixon; plus VAs attending on the second day of the show, can enjoy three sessions focussing on their specialist skill-set.
Of course office* wouldn’t be office* without its capacity-busting Keynotes and this year’s headliners are Katie Piper – winner of the 2011 Women of the Year ‘You Can’ Award – and Laura Schwartz, former White House Director of Events and Special Assistant to President Clinton.
The ten-session, two-day Keynote line-up also includes celebrity PA Donna Coulling, Vanessa Vallely, founder of leading City women's networking site wearethecity.com, and Hamish Jenkinson – former PA to Madonna and current EA to Kevin Spacey. The full programme, with timings, is available to view athttp://www.officeshow.co.uk/education/keynote-theatre.
Complementing the show’s free Keynotes is a comprehensive choice of 32 seminars and master classes* (offering tailored training and all the latest management techniques in four dedicated theatres). Certainly one of the show’s biggest selling points for many repeat visitors, the full programme can be found athttp://www.officeshow.co.uk/education/office-seminars (*seminar prices vary according to the number booked).
“office* brought together all aspects of the secretarial and administrative community and made it clear that not only do we add value but, in an ever changing world, we strive to attain further standards of excellence so that we can support business going forward,” says PA Karen Johnson, from Pantheon Resources Plc, just one of last year’s surveyed visitors who rated the show as excellent/good (93% did!).
office* 2013 returns to Olympia, London, on 8-9 October (doors are open 10am until 5pm on both days). To register for a free entry ticket (which includes access to the Keynote Theatre and office* Interactive Theatre), please visit www.officeshow.co.uk and use priority code OFF109 when prompted (www.eventdata.co.uk/Visitor/Office.aspx?AffiliateCode=OFF109).
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Media enquiries & press pass requests:
Emma-Louise Jones, PR Manager
Press passes are available to all editorial staff (including freelancers) employed by relevant business-to-business publications or mainstream media outlets (newspaper, radio, TV, news agency etc). To apply, please email ejones@divcom.co.uk (please note, additional details may be requested to verify journalistic activity and all press passes are issued at the management’s discretion).
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office* exhibitor enquiries:
David Maguire, office* Event Manager
t: 44 (0)1273 645127 e: dmaguire@divcom.co.uk
Website: www.officeshow.co.uk
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Facebook: www.facebook.com/pages/office/116716991701373
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Notes:
office* attracted 3,687 attendees to its 2012 event. It was shortlisted for Best UK Trade Show Exhibition (under 2,000m2) at the Association of Event Organisers (AEO) Excellence Awards in 2013.
Diversified Business Communications UK Ltd (Diversified UK) is a fast growing trade event organiser and publisher based in Brighton and Nailsworth (Glos). In addition to office*, Diversified UK’s portfolio includes SITS – The Service Desk & IT Support Show; SITS Europe in Berlin, Germany (new for 2014); Service Desk 360; lunch!; Casual Dining (new for 2014); Natural & Organic Products Europe; Natural Products Scandinavia and Nordic Organic Food Fair in Malmö, Sweden; camexpo; Ocean Business (including Offshore Survey Conference & Ocean Careers); Ocean Buzz; MARELEC Marine Electromagnetics conference in Hamburg, Germany; Natural Products magazine; and the Natural Beauty Yearbook.
Diversified UK is part of Diversified Business Communications, a leading international media company, with a successful portfolio of sector leading exhibition, conferences, publications and websites.
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