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By Ashley Cox
After a maiden visit to the Emergency Services Show this month, Crescent Purchasing Consortium experts will be on hand for Education Estates 2024 at Manchester Central Convention Complex on 15th and 16th October.
The two-day gathering will be the 12th Education Estates event in its history and sees organisers encouraging visitors from schools, colleges and universities to join a "national conversation" around the education estate.
With a conference of seven themed stages accompanying an innovation-showcasing exhibition, Education Estates is set to bring together stakeholders from across the UK education infrastructure sub-sector, with the Department for Education (DfE) represented as its headline event partner and a special awards celebration scheduled for the night of Tuesday 15th October at the lavish Kimpton Clocktower Hotel, a short stroll from the main conference.
More than 3,000 visitors are expected to convene at Manchester Central in mid-October, with over 150 exhibitors, plus 150 speakers, poised to turn the former G-Mex Centre into a veritable hive of activity and estates expertise.
CPC will be based at Stand 130 for the event and we welcome friends old and new to swing by our base at Manchester Central and see how those pressing procurement matters are issues we can likely help with.
Following Education Estates in October, much of CPC’s attention will turn to the forthcoming Schools and Academies Show (or SAAS), at which we will have a significant presence, with the return of our CPC Village.
The autumn 2024 edition of this destination event for the UK education sector will take place at the National Exhibition Centre near Birmingham on Wednesday 20th November, with information on CPC’s participation to feature in October’s issue of the CPC Members’ Newsletter (check your inboxes in the latter half of the month).
For more on CPC’s upcoming events schedule and where to find us for an informal chat on your procurement challenges and concerns, contact our Event Coordinator, Ellie Griffiths, who will be able to further assist you.