FLANNERY Plant Hire has confirmed a major presence at UK Plant Expo 2027, signing up as both a sponsor and exhibitor.
Taking place on Friday 11 and Saturday 12 June 2027 at the Heart of England Events Centre in Warwickshire, UK Plant Expo aims to ‘bring the industry back outdoors’, with working machinery, live demonstrations and operators at the heart of the new event.
Flannery has committed to exhibiting and sponsoring the event, with safety and skills director Aaron Davis particularly keen on the combination of a dedicated B2B Friday and a Saturday that will also give families and young people the chance to experience the plant sector up close.
He said, “For me, UK Plant Expo has the feel of the traditional plant shows many of us grew up with, when you could see machines working and have proper conversations with the people behind them. There is a bit of that SED spirit about it, and I think the industry has missed that.
“Friday gives us a focused B2B day where we can spend time with customers, suppliers and industry colleagues, but I’m equally excited about the Saturday. Bringing families along gives us a fantastic opportunity to put our industry in front of young people who might otherwise never think about a career in construction or plant.
“Skills are a huge part of what we do at Flannery. We need to show the next generation that this is a modern, highly skilled and technology-led industry with some brilliant career opportunities. If a young person comes to the show, sees the machines working, meets the people operating them and goes home thinking, ‘I could do that’, then that is incredibly valuable.
“That combination really appealed to us. It is a proper working plant show for the industry, but it also has the potential to inspire the people we need to bring into the sector in the future. That is why Flannery wanted to get behind UK Plant Expo in a big way.”
