EXHIBITORS have heaped praise on the location, format and content of this year's Fleet Show, reinforcing the importance of next year's show as the biggest event in fleet. These are the findings of an independent survey of 140 companies exhibiting at the show by Key Business Communications Solution.

85% of respondents said that the quality of visitors was good or excellent, revealing the show's key role in attracting new business and raising their profile in the industry. Nine out of 10 exhibitors invited customers to the Fleet Show, and the survey remarked: 'There is no doubt that the Fleet Show is attracting visitors of a high quality, defined as having potential to place orders and convert new business.'

Furthermore the new venue for the show, at the National Exhibition Centre in Birmingham, and the absence of driving was given a resounding welcome by exhibitors, who felt it helped maintain the high quality of visitors to the show. After the successful debut at the NEC, the Fleet Show will be returning to Birmingham for next year's event, which runs from April 4-6.