UK Plant Expo 25

Brought to you by UK Plant Operator Magazine, the team that delivers the UK Plant Operator of the Year competition.

To celebrate the fifth anniversary of the UK Plant Operator of the Year, the 2025 event is about to get bigger, better and be based in the heart of the country.

When: June 24th & 25th 2025

Where: Warwickshire Event Centre, Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, CV31 1XN.

UK Plant Operator of the Year is now a proven and established event, providing a unique environment in which contractors and the wider construction industry, plant hirers and the equipment manufacturers can build connections with operators.

The 2025 event is about to get a whole lot bigger, with a new date, new venue and new opportunities to increase engagement in the construction sector.

Why Now

With market confidence growing, an improving economy and sector outlook, there is an appetite for both exhibiting and visiting trade events.

The construction forecast for 2025 and beyond continues to show positive growth. With a focus on skills and retention top of mind for most in our sector there is an appetite for both exhibiting and visiting events, building relationships and celebrating our industries top talent.

Whilst many predicted the demise of live trade shows, the pandemic showed you don’t know what you’re missing until its gone.

UK Plant Operator of the Year has a proven record of delivering year on year exhibitor and visitor numbers. In 2023, 1,400 visitors (an increase of 45%) attended the event we held in partnership with the CITB at the National Construction College, over in Kings Lynn, Norfolk.

Now is the time to expand and extend the reach of this ever-popular live event.

Who Do We Work With

Since year one of our event, it has been a privilege to work with a selection of industry leading brands such as:

JCB, Takeuchi, Lui Gong, Develon, Thwaites, Mecalac, Finning Cat, Wolffkran, MB Crusher, Astrak, Steelwrist, Safetyshield, GKD, BKT Tyres, Conquip, Collins Earthworks, e-Power. Commercial Fuel Solutions, Breheny Civil Engineering, The British Army, The Lighthouse Club and our strategic and headline partner for three years the CITB.

We are pleased to say that for the 2025 event we will be working in partnership with Warwickshire County Council.

What to Expect

If it moves you will see it moving, if it digs you will see it digging, if it lifts you will see it lifting.

The feedback we receive from our events to date are unanimous in their praise for the fact that visitors want to see live exhibits, they want to see live demos and they want to see the best Plant Operators in action and in competition.

Exhibitors as well welcome the opportunity to showcase their latest machines, safety solutions and technology all to improve performance, reduce risk and decarbonise construction, as well as an opportunity to gain valuable feedback from those who will ultimately utilise their solutions onsite.

UK Plant Expo 25 will be different, manufacturers will be able to uniquely demonstrate what it is their machine can do, by creating a task to challenge Plant Operators skill and judgement.

This, alongside acres of dedicated digging demos, on stand working exhibits and competitive challenges. All undertaken by the UK’s very best- and well-known plant operators, all for the biggest prize fund on offer in the UK.

Live interviews with the plant operators, live coverage of the machine challenges, live commentary from an experienced team…Think Formula 1, think UK Plant Expo 2025.

Meet and connect with the people from the world’s best construction equipment manufacturers, innovative solution providers, distributors, hirers and contractors.

Two days in June for the industry to come together in the central Warwickshire countryside, at an event centre that is flanked by the M6, M1, M40 and A46.

An event that typifies the industry, understands the industry and will deliver for the industry.

Who Will Attend

Visitors to UK Plant Expo 25 will be targeted from national and regional plant hirers in addition to contractors from the construction, civil engineering, groundworks, the utilities and infrastructure sectors. Major projects and clients will be invited, providing valuable networking opportunities for operators and engagement opportunities for those looking for the UKs top talent, as well as their supply chain.

Decision makers and influencers from a spectrum of relevant roles across the sector, training bodies, equipment manufacturers, recruitment specialists and technology providers will also be in attendance.

This event to be a celebration of our industry, a forum for those who are recruiting, can implement innovation and are securing a pipeline of work to engage with those responsible for training, providing new technology and solutions, as well as those looking to join the sector.

Why Warwickshire

The Warwickshire Event Centre is situated in the heart of the country, with easy access from all major motorways. Birmingham airport is just a 30-minute drive with Leamington Train station some 10 minutes away.

The Royal town of Leamington Spa is just a ten-minute drive away, with many hotels, bars and restaurants ideally suited for post event R&R. Warwick is just a 20-minute drive and offers further ample accommodation options.

The venue has two outdoor event fields and indoor event space of 2,280 Sqm, all set on a 30-acre site.

The event centre has over 15 years’ experience and is well established. Welcoming over 40,000 visitors per year to its various event.

What is UK Plant Expo 25 Mission

The mission of the event is fourfold:

A passion for producing the UK’s No 1 Plant Operator campaign.
A platform to accelerate and sustain industry growth.
A place where the industry can meet to share progress.
A positive people experience to inspire the industry.

What Value Will You See Exhibiting

UK Plant Expo 25 from UK Plant Operators Magazine will be a great place to be seen at, but there is so much more value on offer.

From just one Purchase Order number, for one of just three options, you will become part of an always on marketing and PR campaign that will continue to deliver value through the key periods of Winter, Spring & Summer (through to July of 2025).

Option 1:

>Large outdoor exhibition space

> Sponsorship of a unique Plant Operator category

> Monthly banner & MPU ads on UK Plant Operators website

> One double page magazine editorial

> Two full page ads in UKPO magazine

> Back links to your website from exhibitor listing.

> Press release content shared in weekly newsletter to all subscribers.

> Inclusion in extensive social media activities