Exhibition Checklist for Ipswich and Suffolk Events: Banners, Flyers and Boards

The proven exhibition kit for a standard 2–3m stand: two roller banners (framing the stand, £75 each with stands), 500 A5 flyers (£65), a full box of business cards, one rigid board or poster for the back wall, and something stickable or takeable. Order it all a week out; collect it checked and ready two days before.

The checklist

Item	Qty for a one-day show	Notes
Roller banners	2	Design guide — headline top third
A5 flyers	300–500	Dateless design = reusable next show
Business cards	100+	Cards outlive flyers in pockets
Back-wall poster/board	1	A1 poster or Foamex
Stickers/giveaway	100	Die cut logo stickers travel far
Price list / one-pager	50	For serious conversations only

Suffolk-specific timing

Trinity Park shows, waterfront events and county business expos cluster in spring and autumn — printer capacity tightens the week before big local dates. Booking your kit two weeks out costs nothing and beats the queue.

Design once, exhibit for years

Keep dates, prices and event names off the banners; put changeable info on the cheap items (flyers, one-pagers). A dateless banner amortises across every show you'll ever do.

The night-before failure mode

Discovering the banner cassette is jammed or the flyer box is short at 8pm. Unpack and test everything when you collect — a benefit of collecting from a local shop being that anything wrong gets fixed the same afternoon, which no courier offers.

FAQ

Can the whole kit be done in a week? Comfortably; most of it same-day if pushed. Do you keep our exhibition artwork on file? Yes — next show is a reorder email. Table runners and flags? Available — ask at the shop for fabric options and lead times.