Area Focus: Coventry - Mid Warks - Arena is ideal venue as events schedule expanded

An organiser of business-to-business events is set to host six major conferences, exhibitions and award ceremonies after expanding its presence at a Midlands venue this year.

Western Business Media (WBM Ltd) will be bringing its events to Coventry Building Society Arena over the second half of 2024.

This year it will host three new events at the arena.

WBM publishes titles across a wide variety of UK business sectors, with a focus primarily on health, safety, cleaning, security and logistics.

The publisher first partnered with the conference and exhibition centre in Coventry in 2021 and has delivered more than 20 events at the venue during that time.

Its first event of the year at Coventry Building Society Arena was to be Fire Safety Matters Live on Wednesday, June 12, a leading conference for education, compliance and networking in the fire safety industry with more than 600 guests expected.

The conference was to close with the prestigious Fire and Security Matters Awards, to celebrate the achievements of people in the industries, with the sold-out awards to welcome 800 guests and lead into Security Matters Live the following day – the first time at this particular venue for the event.

The following week, on Thursday, June 20, Tomorrow’s Warehouse was welcoming hundreds of logistics professionals to Coventry seeking to find out more about the latest insights and trends in modern warehousing.

Health and Safety Matters Live completes a busy June for WBM at the arena on Thursday, June 27. The event is expected to attract more than 500 attendees to hear from industry leading figures and visit over 30 sector-leading exhibitors.

Looking to later in the year, on Tuesday, September 10, the Industrial Maintenance Solutions Summit is a brand-new conference and exhibition expected to provide practical solutions to the day-to-day problems encountered by maintenance engineers in the field.

And the final event from WBM at the arena this year will be The Cleaning Excellence Conference and Awards in December.

Mark Sennett, CEO at Western Business Media, said Coventry Building Society Arena is the ideal location for its events.

“Coventry Building Society Arena is in the heart of the country, easily accessible for our delegates and perfect for events where we are seeking to bring together professionals from across the country,” he said.

“We have a strong working relationship with the team at the venue and they work alongside us to deliver stellar events for our audiences.

“WBM has been hosting events now at the arena for four years and we’re delighted to be expanding our events schedule.”

Jenni Ford, Director of Sales and Marketing at Coventry Building Society Arena, added: “Our diverse facilities enable us to deliver brilliant conferences, exhibitions and award ceremonies across a wide range of sectors.

“We are proud to support Western Business Media in the delivery of these events which provide important opportunities for knowledge sharing for professionals in many of the country’s most vital sectors.”