Our well-regarded nation-wide networking events provide a relaxed social environment to meet new and potential clients outside of the normal working hours. Our events enable you and your clients to build new connections as well foster relationships with other commercial suppliers. Many of our members have had great success securing new leads, and business opportunities, through meeting guests at our events.
To ensure that networking events continue to be effective, popular, enjoyable and ultimately sustainable we ask our members to adhere to the following rules:
Event Booking Policy
To ensure that Commercial Interiors UK events are attended by our members and designers, specifiers, operators and industry leaders, members must purchase tickets for both themselves and guests. Members are expected to allocate at least half the places purchased to clients/guests and a guest list is required prior to the event to confirm this. If on the provision of the guest list, it is found that only members staff are attending, these tickets will be cancelled.
Invoices MUST be settled prior to the event and all event bookings are non-refundable once confirmed. This includes events hosted by our Media Partner Design Insider.
Guest Lists
To ensure your guests receive all the essential event information (and to help us reduce last-minute dropouts), we kindly ask that you send us their names, company names, dietary requirements and email addresses as soon as possible.
This will allow us to:
- Share important event updates and details directly with them
- Help them feel welcome and informed ahead of time
- Ensure a smooth check-in experience on the day
Please note that we strongly recommend that potential guests are invited as early as possible. We have found that this generates the best attendance and lowest cancellations by guests. We also require guests dietary requirements, if any, 2 weeks prior to the event.
Final confirmed guest lists must be provided by the deadline indicated on the booking form (usually the week prior to the event) and by email to minimise errors on badging.
Post event guest list:
A guest list of attendees will be provided after the event. This will include the names and company names of all who attended but will NOT provide email addresses.
Badging
Printed badges are provided for every attendee with full name and company name. If appropriate table numbers are also indicated on the badge.
Tickets
Commercial Interiors UK do not normally provide tickets for events. Entry is by name on guest list and a printed badge will be utilised as the ticket.
What our members say…
We asked a selection of members who regularly attend our events to provide a little feedback. The following comments were kindly provided by colleagues from Panaz, iliv and Hansgrohe:
In three words?
'Social, enjoyable, valuable'
‘Fantastic nationwide networking’
‘In the diary’
What is the key purpose behind your attendance?
‘Meet new clients, especially those we are finding it difficult to access in normal working hours and enhance existing relationships’
‘Bringing contacts together at a relaxed social style event has worked fantastically well’
‘To maintain a presence’ and ‘to see a great range of different people’
Your advice to new members?
‘It is always a welcome environment to connect with others, pack your business cards, smile and come and meet like-minded peers’
‘Build relationships not only for yourself but your guests as well, they will remember this far more than the drink you got them…’
‘This is what Commercial Interiors UK is good at doing – connecting people’