Showtime Exhibitions

Showtime Exhibitions says it brings over 30 years of exhibition experience to every project, and it publishes the hard numbers from recent jobs: a 112 m² stand for BBC Studios at Brand Licensing Europe 2025 in Excel London, and a 10m x 9m stand for Boston Dynamics at LogiMAT 2026 in Stuttgart, built on site in four days.

What you get from one in-house team

Design, fabrication, transport, build and storage all sit with the same Milton Keynes team, so you brief one contact and do not chase separate contractors. Your stand is made in its own workshop with CNC machinery, which keeps quality, finish and timing under its control. You see 3D visuals and technical drawings before anything is made, and its terms include up to eight design revisions.

If you exhibit several times a year, ask about its modular systems: it describes them as reusable, quick to install and adaptable to different stand layouts, which lowers your cost across a season. After a show it can store your stand, refurbish it or reconfigure it for the next event.

Shows abroad

For overseas events it handles international shipping and ATA carnet paperwork, so your stand and kit can travel to a European show and come home again. The Boston Dynamics stand travelled from Milton Keynes to Stuttgart while the same team delivered a second stand for that client at NEC Birmingham.

Work it has built

Its case studies describe the brief and the build. For VAS Aero Services at MRO Europe it made a stand of about 6m x 4m shaped like a section of aircraft fuselage, with a meeting space under the curved structure; workshop build took two weeks and installation three days. The BBC Studios stand used timber and MDF walls, lightboxes, raised flooring and LED lighting, many of them dismantled for reuse after the show. Its portfolio also names stands for Michelin, PayPal, Canada Goose, Appear TV, Biogen and Stobart.

Prices and terms to know

It does not publish prices; you fill in a brief and it replies with a tailored quotation. Its standard terms ask for 50% on order, 25% a week before installation and the balance within 14 days of the final invoice. Quotes exclude show services such as lighting, power, water and cleaning unless stated, and it may charge for proposal time if you do not go ahead. The site carries the ESSA member mark.

Other builders to compare

Nearby, Pinnacle Creative in Northamptonshire publishes prices from £300 per m², Aspect Exhibitions in Northampton has been trading since 1991 and also hires stands, and Motive Exhibitions in St Neots assembles your stand for you to inspect first. Compare every firm in our stand design and build section or in our guide to the best UK stand builders, and read briefing a stand builder before you ask for quotes.

Source: show-time-exhibitions.co.uk