A Cumbria Business Expo 2023, held at Carlisle Racecourse today, has been hailed a success by the event sponsor Cumberland Council.
The Business Expo was Shout Expo’s fourth annual B2B exhibition in the North West and was first time the event had been held in Cumbria. Shout Expo already organise and deliver large, annual B2B exhibitions in Lancashire, Greater Manchester and Liverpool.
The inaugural Cumbria Business Expo was the largest B2B exhibition in the region, with almost 100 exhibitors and 1,000 visitors in attendance. With extensive social media coverage before, during and after the event, and highly competitive partnership and exhibitor packages available, Cumbria Business Expo offered businesses unlimited opportunities for new leads and brand promotion.
Director of Shout Expo, Jordan Conlin, said: “We were delighted to bring our B2B exhibitions to Cumbria. Our previous plans for expanding our events into the region were thwarted by COVID, so to finally have the Cumbria Business Expo come to fruition is fantastic for Shout Expo.
“The thriving Cumbria business community offers a range of commercial, public sector and private sector organisations. We know there is a huge demand for a large B2B exhibition in the region, so we were very excited about giving Cumbria businesses the perfect platform to showcase their products and services at their own regional expo.”
Leader of Cumberland Council, Councillor Mark Fryer, said:
“We were delighted to be the main sponsor of the first ever Business Expo in Cumbria and it was great to welcome it to our patch. We want to do all we can to support local businesses in the Cumberland area and the Cumbria Business Expo helped showcase the region to potential investors and put the spotlight on Cumberland.”
Social media coverage for the event was posted using the event hashtag #CBE2023.