Health & Safety event has successful inaugural year in London

Safety & Health Expo, organised by UBM Live, has celebrated its first year in London in style, with a total of 15,206 professionals attending the flagship exhibition for the health & safety industry. Taking place from 17^th – 19^th June, the move from the NEC Birmingham to London ExCeL was highly anticipated and came off the back of extensive market research. Show organisers have declared the event a great success with over 60% of companies already rebooked for 2015.

 Heather Beach, Director – OSH Global, UBM Live, said: “We wanted to reinvigorate the show and bring all aspects of the industry together under one roof. It was a bold move and we are incredibly proud of our first year in London and the multiple new features we added to the event. We would like to extend our thanks to all the associations for their support, particularly for the UK’s inaugural health and safety week. We look forward to building on this success and developing an event that flies the flag for British health and safety internationally.”

The show, which was held June 17-19, was run in association with RoSPA, IOSH, LEEA and BSIF. The event is the country’s largest dedicated exhibition to the health and safety industry; with no other comparable exhibition dedicated to uniting health & safety professionals with suppliers and specialists offering the very latest in solutions, innovation and education. The show floor looked better than ever with seminar theatres packed with over 2,000 seats filled over the 3 days, Ikar’s fall arrest system featured and Safety and Health Live demonstrating the flexibility of work wear and equipment in a fun way!

Plans to further internationalise the event have now been cemented by its new residence in London. This year’s event had a big increase of overseas companies, making up 20% of exhibitors. Growth in international attendees was particularly strong increasing from 1% to 5%, and paves the way for future internationalisation of the exhibition, so much so that the organisers have re-named the event ‘Safety & Health International’.