Following a successful four year partnership with Autumn Fair, Spring Fair (5-8 February, NEC) has announced a new partnership with Theo Paphitis’s #SBS Small Business Sunday (#SBS) initiative. Spring Fair will host the winners in February, offering them a free stand worth thousands of £pounds in the dedicated #SBS Village situated in a Hall 4.
“I’m delighted that we have extended the partnership to Spring Fair, where this year’s exhibition winners will have an even more valuable opportunity in the early part of 2023,” states retail entrepreneur, ‘Dragon’ and #SBS Small Business Sunday creator Theo Paphitis. “This is an exciting development for #SBS, one of the UK’s leading small business initiatives, and I’m looking forward to visiting the show and meeting all our brilliant and deserving winners.”
Adds Nicola Meadows, portfolio director at Spring Fair: “Our shared values and vision with #SBS and Theo enable us to provide an incredible opportunity for start-up businesses. Taking centre stage in the #SBS Village, the winners across the gift, beauty and toy sectors, will gain access to thousands of buyers ready to order products.”
Twelve new winners and two past winners who had been unable to exhibit previously, will present their designs, including beauty and wellbeing brand Glamavan offering biodegradable and sustainable glitters; botanical cast fragrance diffusers from The Fox Glove Tree; bath and body care by Awesome Botanicals; organic and cruelty-free skincare and candles by Okiki. Gift sector winners include sign language gifts from Give Gifts; Glosters Pottery offering a range of ceramics created by the sea in Porthmadog, North Wales; wallpaper, prints and luxurious limited edition cushions by Sally Brown; a dry wash shampoo from TingTang; beauty gifts from Wolf & Griffin; Kitsch Republic’s fun homewares and gifts; mosaic kits from China Petals, and Chocolate Moments.
Theo Paphitis is the keynote speaker at Spring Fair, and will be addressing visitors on the Inspiring Retail Stage on Tuesday 7 February. In conversation with The Sun’s business editor Ashley Armstrong, he will be delving into some of the current challenges facing businesses across the UK, as well as the opportunities that can arise out of tougher trading conditions.
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Top: Theo Paphitis is shown at #SBS Autumn Fair in 2021 with exhibitor Lizzie Martell.
