Price
Turfcare, the UK and Ireland distributor of the Ventrac multi-implement compact
tractor and Ryan turf maintenance equipment, certainly selected a prime
position at the revamped BTME.
Despite a
few grumblings from some exhibitors about their location and subsequent
footfall, the company’s Managing Director, Rupert Price was particularly
upbeat.
“We
deliberately chose a location in one of the walkways that linked the Purple and
Green zones and it worked exceptionally well for us. Many people asked if we
were late booking our space, as it was a slightly unusual position, but this
was a deliberate decision that paid off brilliantly.
“This is
the third time that we have attended the show and there’s definitely a
different vibe from the first two occasions. Nobody really knew of us back
then, but now they come onto the stand and say that they’ve seen us on social
media or in the press and they want to see the equipment in the flesh, so to
speak.
“Needless
to say, with the amount of footfall across the stand, we’ve had some great
enquiries and there’s a lot of work to do over the coming months, when we’ll be
following up the leads and booking demonstrations.
“Personally,
I don’t think the decision to change the layout of the event was an issue; Jim
Croxton and his team did a very good job of trying to ensure that every
location was well signposted, but you can’t expect to get it absolutely correct
at the first attempt. I’m sure there’ll be a few tweaks next years; it was
still BTME, but slightly different.”
