Services
Everything between your door and the show floor
Use one service or hand us the lot. Every job is tailored to your event.
We pride ourselves on our professionalism, reliability and experience. We've been handling event logistics for so long that it's unlikely you're facing a challenge we haven't solved before.
- Exhibition, conference and event logistics
- Collection from you, or you deliver to us
- Pre-checking all equipment and electrics
- Maintenance report on return to storage
- Inspect your stand at our premises
- Exhibition set up and dismantling
- Tracking shipments to ensure arrival
- Return to your premises after the event
- National and international coverage
Event and exhibition transport
Entrusting your exhibition transport to a third party is not a decision to be taken lightly. When you place your materials in someone else's hands, you want to be sure they're safe.
With Bill Bowden Event Logistics you can be completely confident you're in safe hands. There's little we haven't seen or done before.
We can offer you
- Guaranteed reliable delivery
- A 24/7 helpline, so you can always reach us
- A range of pick-up and delivery options to suit you
- Worldwide coverage
- Help setting up and taking down your stand
- On-site support at the event
- Secure storage for empty cartons and cases during the event
- Container hire to keep loose items safe in transit
- Specialist transport and lifting equipment
- Clear paperwork and invoicing
"If you want a company that you can 100% rely on to deliver, it's these guys. Such a friendly and dedicated team. I would highly recommend them."
Nicola
"Nothing is ever a problem for these guys. There is always someone at the end of the phone no matter what time of the day or night."
Jenny
Warehouse storage
Between events, your stands, display materials and equipment need somewhere safe to live. Our secure warehouse keeps everything clean, dry and protected until you need it again, so you don't have to give up office space or worry about damage.
Because storage sits alongside our transport service, we can collect your materials after an event, check them over and have them ready to go again for your next show.
Our storage includes
- Secure, dry warehouse space
- Short and long-term storage
- Storage for stands, graphics, furniture and equipment
- Inspection and a maintenance report when items come back in
- Inventory of what we're holding for you
- Collection and delivery straight to and from your events
- Pre-booked access to view or check your materials
Exhibition stand design and build
Want a custom-built display that attracts real interest and makes your competitors green with envy? Or a suite of portable, reusable stands and materials that are unique to you?
Our design team specialises in displays for conferences, events and exhibitions. Because they work alongside our logistics team, everything they design is not only eye-catching but easy to pack, store and transport. They can work to a brief and a budget, or you can let their imaginations run wild.
Not just the big stuff
We don't only build the huge stands you see at major trade shows. Our simplest pop-up stand rolls into a small cassette you can carry over your shoulder. Whether you want the biggest stand at Olympia or a simple presence at your next networking meeting, we'll help you stand out.
And when we design your stand, we can deliver and build it too, so the whole job runs seamlessly.
Exhibition set up
Our set up and build service is essential for bulky or bespoke displays, complex stands, or simply when you don't have the time, equipment or manoeuvrability to do it yourself.
We'll deliver your stand to your booked space and put it together, so when you arrive it's looking its best and fully working. All you need to worry about is staffing it and following up the opportunities.
Set up and build can include
- Safe, reliable and timely delivery to your venue space
- Full set up, from pop-up and banner stands to large-scale display spaces
- Specialist unloading equipment such as forklifts, trolleys and cranes
- Experienced stand assemblers, technicians and craftspeople
- Quality assurance checks and electrical testing
- Connecting to the services you've booked with the organisers
- Take-down at the end, then delivery back to you or into storage
"We are continuously thrilled with Bill and his team's dedicated, trustworthy and friendly service, with no job too big or too small and always delivered to a high standard of precision, attention to detail and care."
Hannah
On-site lifting and handling
If you're organising an event, the last thing you want to worry about is how exhibitors get their materials from the delivery bay to their space. We take care of on-site lifting and handling for you, so you can focus on the success of your event.
Professional, friendly, hardworking and well briefed, our staff will represent your brand positively to your exhibitors.
We offer
- Experienced drivers and event logistics staff
- Forklift trucks and floor cranes
- Material lifts, hoists, gantries and trolleys
- Protective padding and packing if required
- Full public liability insurance
- Stand build and break down
Exhibition stand sales
If you don't already have the display equipment you need, we can help. We supply a wide range of stands, furniture and hardware, from roller and pop-up banners to modular displays, counters, lightboxes and signage.
We'll advise you on what will work best, scope out what fits your space, and design graphics that get your message across.
Our catalogue covers
- Banners of all styles
- Outdoor and indoor displays
- Pop-ups and hop-ups
- Modular exhibition displays and panel kits
- Literature holders and portable counters
- Signage systems, tablet holders and lightboxes
- Accessories and replacement parts
Project management
Event managers have more important things to do than wrestle with delivery paperwork. The logistics may not be strategic, but they're always critical. Imagine arriving at the venue to find your stand held in customs because a form wasn't completed correctly.
Our event project managers take the logistics and admin off your hands, from shipping paperwork to managing the suppliers working on your stand, all joined up with our delivery service.
We can take on
- Paperwork, including import and export documentation
- Supplier management and coordination
- Liaison with the event organisers
- Invoice consolidation
- Loading, unloading and stand build management
- Tracking and monitoring
- Sourcing bespoke stand design, supply and build
Event advisory service New
Bill Bowden has worked in transport and international events all over the world, on everything from the Olympics and the World Cup to BAUMA, the largest trade show in Europe, as well as craft fairs and business conferences. Through our Event Advisory Service he shares that knowledge with clients who need help with their events.
Whether you're running your own event, preparing for an exhibition or improving your organisation's approach to events, Bill can offer advice based on real experience.
We provide
- One-off consultancy for any events issue
- Reviews of your existing events processes
- Project plans and budgets for your next event
- Training needs analysis and training for your events team
- Risk assessments
- Supplier sourcing and management
- Specialist international transport knowledge
- Troubleshooting and advice