WHO WE ARE
We are the Event Supplier and Services Association (ESSA), a trade body representing the very best contractors and suppliers of goods and services to the UK’s thriving events industry.
With a focus on health and safety, ESSA drives excellence across the industry and shares best practice with its membership while providing a platform for education and business development.
With our members, who sit at the centre of the events community both in the UK and overseas, we are the collective voice of the supplier and services sector inside and outside of the business events industry.
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Trust and confidence
Working with an ESSA member comes with a quality assurance that your customers will receive the best possible service.
ESSA Accredited
Stand out from the crowd with ESSA Accredited Status, an annual company-level qualification designed to demonstrate a commitment to the highest standards of health & safety benchmarks.
Training and development
ESSA is committed to providing market-leading training and development opportunities to members.
Join a collaborative community
ESSA’s supportive and inspirational community helps our members develop and benefit from shared best practice, seek new opportunities, overcome challenges and address industry issues.
Make the right connections
Exhibitors, organisers and venues can access a supplier directory containing a full list of ESSA members. Available on the ESSA, AEO and AEV websites.
Technical help and operational support
Access a wealth of support including the most up-to-date rules and regulations via a dedicated helpline, online resources and email communications.
Personal account management
Tailor your ESSA membership to your needs by providing us with your top three objectives and we will create your personalised account management plan.
Exclusive member discounts
Access a range of products and services at preferential member rates designed to help save money and time and put money back into your business.
WHY USE AN ESSA MEMBER
THE QUALITY SERVICE CHARTER
Every member is required to sign our Quality Service Charter and Code of Conduct, a commitment and promise to adhere to codes of best practice and provide the highest level of professional service.
Member verified
Every new member application is sent for peer review to the whole of ESSA membership.
Fully insured and vetted
Members must provide proof of £5m Public Liability insurance (annually checked) and are subject to the association's credit and accounts checking for financial health, repeated quarterly.
ESSA Bond*
In the event of a member defaulting under contract, the ESSA Bond is an insurance policy that will seek to recompense any loss incurred by the client (exhibitor, organiser or fellow member). *Subject to terms and conditions and qualifying members.
LATEST ESSA NEWS
ESSA Aims Report - June 2026
ESSA has refreshed its existing Aims report for 2026, setting out a practical framework to help the UK exhibition industry respond to the operational, safety, sustainability and commercial pressures shaping event delivery today across build-up, break-down and the wider exhibition supply chain. The ...
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What is the exhibition industry's 'Five Guys Chips' offer?
Reimagining net perceived value in the UK exhibition industry from the bottom up. Every industry reaches a point at which it must confront an uncomfortable truth: the value it believes it delivers and the value its customers actually feel are not always ...
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The ESSA Senior Leadership Summit 2026 round up
ESSA Senior Leaders Summit challenged event industry leaders to rethink human judgement in an uncertain world Whittlebury Hall, Northamptonshire: Industry leaders from across the events and exhibition services sector gathered last month at the ESSA Senior Leaders Summit 2026 to tackle one of ...
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Designed to Return: How a Stand Built for One Show Was Booked for the Next Before It Opened
A modular illuminated tradeshow build delivered in Reykjavik for the Icelandair Mid-Atlantic show was engineered for reuse — and its success secured the contract for the 2027 edition. Most exhibition builds are treated as one-offs: designed for a single show, used for a few ...
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Four Decades of UK Manufacturing: T3 Systems and the Case for Making It Here
As UK manufacturing faces renewed pressure, T3 Systems marks over 40 years of designing and building modular display systems domestically — and two Queen's Awards for Enterprise along the way. British manufacturing has spent much of the last two decades on the back foot, ...
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Cutting Exhibition Waste: How Reusable Modular Systems Are Reshaping Event Builds
Single-use stand construction remains one of the events sector's biggest waste sources. Reusable modular systems offer a proven alternative — cutting waste while holding build quality and speed. Every exhibition season, a familiar cycle repeats across the industry: stands are built from timber ...
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The Event Supplier and Services Association (ESSA) is a trade body representing the very best contractors and suppliers of goods and services to the UK’s thriving events industry.
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