Sed 2009 - 12.13 & 14th may 2009

[Dave_L]

Any of you lot going this year? Would be good to meet up etc

SED

Anyday is good for me at the moment.

Maybe some pavingexpert.com hospitality would be order of the day? (Where's me beer smiley??)



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[msh paving]

ill be there the first day,been the first day every year since 1993
maybe our leader could convince probst to look after us....... ???

[GB_Groundworks]

me, my dad and foreman shall be in attendance hopefully if we have nothing major on, on those days. Ands is it hillhead also this year? the quarry show thats up our way for some really big toys.

p.s dave your link is missing the "www"

[dig dug dan]

i'll be there the first day too. though with the current climate, will many manfacturers?

I used to go with some colleagues, but they don't want to look at the same things, and want to get off as soon as they can "to the pub"
Now i go on my own, and have a lesurely stroll round at least twice

[Dave_L]

Cheer Giles, corrected

[Tony McC]

I'll see what I can do....

[Injured]

Are these exhibitions worth going to?? I keep looking at them and am unsure as to whether or not to go and always decide against it.

[msh paving]

its a great day out,loads to see,will take allday to walk around,wish i could spare 2 days

[dig dug dan]

i was sceptical at first, but have never looked back since i first went.
The good thing is it's free, and now the car parking is too.
As above, loads to see, and you do need a good day to see everything, and speak to some manufacturers.

[Injured]

so it would be worth a 2hr drive for me to go then I think i will try and go then cheers.

[dig dug dan]

takes me about 2 hours too. if you don't go you might regret it!

[GB_Groundworks]

just got an email saying registration has gone live for 2009 event

[Dave_L]

Yep, same here. What day you going Giles?

[Tony McC]

The link to register online....HERE


Did we say first day? At a HSE thing on Wednesday I was speaking to the guy largely responsible for the machine-lay demo that has become an annual event at SED. It probably won't happen this year, apparently, or it will be summat of a much reduced format.

[Digbits]

The link to register online....HERE


Did we say first day? At a HSE thing on Wednesday I was speaking to the guy largely responsible for the machine-lay demo that has become an annual event at SED. It probably won't happen this year, apparently, or it will be summat of a much reduced format.

Interesting.

I know that, after SED 2008 when business droped like a stone for a lot of plant manufacturers immediately after the show in June, a few people - ourselves included - were questioning the outlay. The cost for even a modest stand, all-in, including transport, wages, hotel bills, is huge and the ordesr can't really justify it for most. I'm sure I had an ecast from the SED team stating that the average value of orders placed was £50k - the profit from which wouldn't even pay for the plot and the hospitality unit for a lot of exhibitors!

Added to this is the fact that many big manufacturers, such as Terex for example, have stated that due to the crunch, they will not undertake any exhibitions at all this year. We've all heard the horror stories of redundancies are short time working for all of the big players, and I guess smaller players are not immune, so the rumours you hear may not be far off...