The organiser of the Craft, Hobby and Stitch International consumer show has highlighted a rise in international companies booking for its 2013 edition in Birmingham.
Exhibition industry veteran Richard Pegler has been appointed the new managing director of SO Group. The news comes just a week after SO Group announced its president Steve Barratt was leaving, effective immediately.
Work on a major retail and leisure complex at The NEC is set to commence this month after the construction company and casino operator behind the scheme reached financial terms.