With around one in three of the UK’s working population being kitted out in some form of corporate clothing, workwear or protective clothing, the Workwear and Corporate Clothing Show has become an essential fixture in the diaries of clothing buyers the length and breadth of the UK.

Over eighty exhibitors – drawn from as far as Scandinavia and Tunisia – will be showing their latest products and many will be parading their clothes down the show’s specially choreographed fashion shows.

Confirmed exhibitors include Alexandra, APT Fabrics, ASEO, Buffera, Burlington Uniforms, CAT, CEPEX (Tunisia’s export organisation), Crocs, Dimensions Corporatewear, F. Engel, Van Dal, INVISTA’s CORDURA® brand, Kingfisher Leisurewear, Lauffenmuehle, Polymark, Premier Clothing, Quotex, Shandar Sporting Goods, E Sutton & Son, Syscom and William Sudgen & Son.

Trade buyers also have access to the Totally Trade Expo for professionals in promotional clothing, workwear and garment decoration. Industry suppliers, from software companies to machinery manufacturers will also demonstrate equipment to improve efficiency and reduce production costs.

Industry Conference

The exhibitions are complemented by WorkIt! 2010 - a one day conference where leading industry experts will present on the main issues facing the industry today and the trends and technologies that will shape it tomorrow. This year’s theme is the ‘Supply Chain and Innovation’ and the international panel of speakers will discuss the latest in PPE legislation, the practicalities of sourcing in the economic downturn, how buyers and suppliers can work together more effectively, long distance manufacturing, tendering successfully, branding, nanotechnologies and the next generation of protective clothing.

Awards

At the end of the opening day, the leading lights of the workwear world will gather to mark the achievements of the industry at a glittering gala dinner featuring the Business Manager Awards 2010. The eight awards are hotly contested throughout the industry and include: PPE, Corporatewear, Workwear, Innovation and the Industry’s Lifetime Achievement Award. The Business Manager Awards are sponsored by INVISTA’s CORDURA® brand, Dickies and Lion Apparel.

The Business Manager Awards will be hosted by Karren Brady. Karren was named as "One of the 100 most powerful women in the world" by Cosmopolitan Magazine and was Managing Director of Birmingham City Football Club until 2009. She is Chairman of Kerrang! and sits on the Board of Directors of both Mothercare and Channel 4. Her latest role sees her take up the position of Lord Sugar’s right hand woman on hit BBC TV series The Apprentice.

The Workwear and Corporate Clothing Show 2010 will be held on 13th and 14th April 2010 at the Ricoh Arena in Coventry.

For a full list of exhibitors and more information visit: www.workwearshow.co.uk

For more information on how to exhibit, sponsor or visit next year’s Workwear and Corporate Clothing Show please call Laura Whitehead on: +44(0)870 870 4578

• The Workwear and Corporate Clothing Show is the only UK exhibition solely dedicated to the workwear, corporate clothing and PPE market
• In 2007, the UK’s workwear, corporatewear and PPE industry was valued at approximately £446 million
• The global textile and garment market is valued at around US $400 billion

Source: Company release, United Kingdom, November 30, 2009