The Subpostmaster & CTN World exhibition is the only significant post office, convenience and news exhibition in the UK. Run in partnership with the National Federation of Subpostmasters and the National Federation of Retail Newsagents, the show works with the industry to create a commercial event that provides a platform for new products, services and innovations. Registration forms for the event can be obtained from www.ctnworld.co.uk or www.subpostmaster.co.uk until 29 August.

This event will feature a packed variety of hosted store visits, briefings and conference presentations with some of the most innovative C-store retailers in the World. Senior retailers and suppliers from 20 countries attended this event last year. Forecourt visits include the new Tesco Esso Alliance Express and Somerfield Texaco formats. In Central London we will focus on how Marks & Spencer hit some of the highest sales densities in the World with rail commuters. And we learn how to make a success of salads to go with specialist salad chain Chop'd in the spectacular new St Pancras railway station retail development. Presenters include Gordon Campbell, Managing Director at Spar International, Ed Burcher, Senior Director for Foodservice with Petro-Canada, Karen Hubbard, UK Convenience Retail Director for BP and Mary Barnard, General Manager, Quaker, Tropicana and PJ's Division, Walkers Snacks. To ensure we understand the categories of the future, interactive sessions will focus on the Food to Go, Soft Drinks and Tobacco categories. For more details, visit the website

Insight NACS

Insight/NACS analyse green innovation for the convenience sector in the supply chain and at stores themselves. State of the art forecourt distribution, cost and carbon saving through truck sharing along with best technical and operational solutions in store design, lighting, air conditioning and refrigeration will be explored in site visits and a round table discussion. Attendees will be given the chance to visit Tesco's "Environmental" Express store, while a number of experts in the sustainable industry are to be present. More details can be obtained from Lorraine Evans at Lorraine@insightresearch.co.uk

British Food Fortnight

The biggest national celebration of the diverse and delicious range of food that Britain produces. Small medium-sized and major retailers all take part, including more than 1,000 independents, 200 medium-sized retailers and five supermarkets. For more information visit www.britishfoodfortnight.co.uk or email info@britishfoodfortnight.co.uk

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Retail Industry Awards 2008: about the awards 20 Aug 2008

This year's Retail Industry Awards take place on 25 September 2008 at the Grosvenor House hotel in London. The awards are firmly established as the key networking event of the grocery retailing year, bringing together the whole industry to celebrate and acknowledge outstanding achievement in all aspects of the industry. Now in their 13th year, the Retail Industry Awards are a major celebration of excellence in UK food and drink retailing. They are designed to honour and reward outstanding achievement among both individuals and food retailing companies in the independent and multiple retail sectors. Entries are now closed. Table sales are now available. Please click on the link for a booking form. For further information, including sponsorship opportunities, call Emma Doran on 01322 611249. To pre-register your interest in entering, email Nancy Mok.

Ms Nancy Mok
Tel: 01322 611240
Email: nancy.mok@nexusmedia.com

Diversified Business Communications, organisers of Natural & Organic Products Europe at Olympia, has announced the launch of a new trade exhibition for the £3bn quality lunchtime food to go market. Lunch! will target the increasingly image and quality orientated food to go market and is aimed at quality sandwich bars, juice bars, cafés and contract caterers. It will cover food, drinks and ingredients and also equipment, interior design, furniture and packaging. A 'Working Lunch' programme will include seminars, demonstrations and competitions.

Hazel Bosher
Email: hbosher@divcom.co.uk

• www.lunchshow.co.uk

Diversified Business Communications

Launched by Diversified Business Communications, Lunch! will target the quality orientated food to go market and is aimed at quality sandwich bars, juice bars, cafes and contract caterers. As well as covering food and drinks, and their ingredients, the Lunch! menu will also include equipment, interior design, furniture, packaging and other products needed to run a successful business. The Retailer of the Year Awards are also set to be presented at the event, with three different categories: Independent lunch! Retailer of the Year 2008; Multiple lunch! Retailer of the Year 2008 and lunch! Contract Caterer of the Year 2008. More information is available at www.lunchshow.co.uk or by emailing Hazel Bosher at hbosher@divcom.co.uk

InterMopro, the International Trade Fair Dairy Products, InterCool, the International Trade Fair Frozen Food, Ice Cream, Technology and InterMeat, the International Trade Fair Meat and Sausage will be staged at the Dusseldorf Trade Fair Centre. Spread across some 40,000 net square metres, a total of more than 900 exhibitors from 30 countries are expected to step out at InterMopro/Cool/Meat 2008. More information can be found at www.intermopro.de, www.intercool.de and www.intermeat.de.

More than twenty European brand owners will be in London this October to show the very latest licensing properties from across the Channel, marking an increase of 38% on last year already and representing the biggest European turn out since Brand Licensing Europe launched ten years ago. Buyers from large retailers are set to be present.

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Juice bottlers from the USA, Russia, Italy, Japan, Algeria and the UK will examine strategies to drive growth in this sector at the Foodnews World Juice 2008 conference in Barcelona. The consumer's desire for healthier alternatives to carbonated soft drinks (CSDs) has created new opportunities for the juice industry in recent years, though this space is being contested by an increasing number of beverage categories with which juice must compete. Speakers at World Juice 2008 assess both the significance of these megatrends and the niche products such as functional juices, one shot drinks and sophisticated “adult” still drinks which have shown the most dramatic market growth. The World Juice Innovation Awards will also be preseneted. More information can be found at: www.worldjuice.com.

Mapic Reed Midem Organisation

The annual retail real estate conference and exhibition will attract an international participation of more than 10,000 retail real estate professionals, including investors, retailers, property agents, architects, construction companies, and retail, leisure, factory outlet, shopping centre and hotel developers. For more information visit www.mapic.com or call 0207 528 0086.

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The Quality Food Awards take place on 27 November 2008 at the Battersea Evolution in London. The QFAs are the most prestigious awards event for food products on sale in UK grocery retail outlets. Now in their 29th year, the awards recognise excellence across a wide range of food product categories. The expert panel of judges consider a variety of criteria, including taste, product innovation, nutrition, ingredients, packaging, presentation and value. The awards are open to both branded and own-label products and can be entered by independent, multiple and convenience retailers and suppliers. Entries are now closed. Table sales will be available shortly. For further information, including sponsorship opportunities, call Emma Doran on 01322 611249.

Ms Nancy Mok
Tel: 01322 611240
Email: nancy.mok@nexusmedia.com

Marks & Spencer

A number of successful business leaders are set to gave insight into what qualities are needed to run large organisations. In an attempt to raise £1m for Breast Cancer Care, Leighton has invited Sir Stuart Rose (Marks & Spencer), Jacqueline Gold (Ann Summers) and Val Gooding (BUPA), for an inspiring evening of conversation and debate. The speakers' challenges and successes are to be imparted. For more information or to book tickets visit www.breastcancercare.org.uk/onleadership, call 020 7960 3554 or email specialevents@breastcancercare.org.uk

Awards Corporate Clothes Show

Retail staff uniforms will be exhibited at the Corporate Clothes Show organised event, which is preceded by the Business Manager Awards. These are held at the Hilton Birmingham Metropole Hotel. Hosted by Clothes Show Live founder and world-renowned designer, Jeff Banks, The Business Manager Awards will acknowledge the hard work of corporate clothing buyers from all business sectors, including those who source careerwear, leisurewear and protective workwear. Buyers can be nominated by their own supplier and forms can be downloaded from www.workwearshow.co.uk. They can also be obtained by emailing Hannah Johnson at Hannah@director-e.com.