With still four months to go before opening its doors to visitors, PATS Sandown is promising to be one of the most successful pet trade exhibitions ever with stands filling up fast and more floor space being made available.
Following the busiest and biggest PATS shows to date this year, nearly 100 exhibitors have already snapped up 87% of the stand space for Sandown, which takes place on Tuesday and Wednesday, March 18-19 2014.
The Southern show will also be bigger with the introduction of the Sandown View Lounge, where visitors can relax and enjoy a spectacular sight of the racecourse.
There will also be an impressive line-up of new faces with a number of companies signing up to exhibit at Sandown for the first time. Newcomers to the Southern show include Happy Pet, Ferplast, Veggie Pooch and Forthglade.
Organiser Annie Dyke said: "The high demand for stand space at Sandown proves that PATS, now in its sixth year, is more popular than ever. It's great to welcome new companies to the show as well as receiving great support from regulars to PATS."
Award-winning Natures Menu, who exhibited at PATS for the first time in 2013, will be returning with a bigger stand in the Esher Hall. The Norfolk-based company, which picked up two industry accolades this year as well as two New Product Awards at Harrogate in September, believes the timing of Sandown is perfect for the industry.
Sallie-Ann King, from Natures Menu, said: “I can’t believe the amount of visitors we had on our stand in the Esher Hall last March. RAW food is very current and is interesting to a lot of people. We secured lots of business last time and we hope to do the same in 2014."
As well as seeing new exhibitors at PATS Harrogate, visitors can expect a warm welcome from a host of top companies and regulars like Trixie, Cosipet, Collarways, Company of Animals, Red Mills, Flexi, My Pet, Gladwells, Burns, Wagg, Danish Design, Best Pets, Dorwest Herbs and Liberta.
The PATS website can be found at www.patshow.co.uk and the PATS hotline is +44 (0) 1892 862848. Companies wishing to exhibit should call Annie Dyke on the same number.
