Bacta Past Presidents Dinner look to the future
  • 1st October 2021

Based on the value of a room full of experience, Bacta national president, Greg Wood was in excellent company when he joined with 14 of his predecessors at a private dinner held at the Hippodrome Casino, Leicester Square. A total of 14 past Bacta National Presidents plus the incumbent Greg Wood, met for the third…

Response to Budget 2021
  • 5th March 2021

Electrocoins John Stergides shares his thoughts on the recently announced Budget 2021 The chancellor continues to ignore the very same businesses he’s relying on to drive manufacturing in the recovery The budget 2021 is good for everybody else except for the manufacturers and distributors in the supply chain. Our customers are currently closed but they…

A year of Breadcrumbs – BACTA Division 4 members discuss
  • 26th February 2021

When the doors do finally re-open for business and things start getting back to normal, what kind of normal are we looking at? Bacta has been courting the views of its Division 4 members on what the industry has experienced and how they view the road to recovery. Steph Norbury talks to five key people in the…

Exhibitors back EAG Online
  • 26th February 2021

As registration opens for EAG Online, the event organisers have revealed that exhibitors are responding “very enthusiastically” to the exhibition’s new digital format The organisers behind this year’s EAG Online have stated exhibitors are responding “very enthusiastically” to the new digital format, as registration opens ahead of the spring event. Featuring exhibitor presentations, up-to-the minute…

BACTA Presidents reflect on the past and look to the future
  • 17th March 2020

The iconic Hippodrome Casino in central London, played host to a distinguished group of industry thought leaders last week for the inaugural Bacta Past Presidents Dinner. The brain child of the most recent past BACTA president,  Electrocoin’s Gabino Stergides, whose Bacta presidency covered the period 2017-2019, the dinner was attended by: Frank Manzi (National Chairman:…