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Peter's background was Military Electronics and had worked all over the world for both Plessey and GEC. David had the product and industry experience while Peter was used to dealing with major corporate clients.

In their opinion clients were finding it frustratingly difficult to find a display system that would both suit their requirements and budgets. The manufacture's were good at making panels but failed to understand what the clients were looking for when it came to effective exhibition stands.

All the manufacturers were telling clients that their product was the best and that their product would be able to solve their display requirement. This is quite clearly not the case.

All manufacturer's products are different and some more suited to particular display needs than others. With this in mind Access Displays produced a very clear sales policy, which promised to offer impartial advice as an independent supplier. Selling at manufacture's prices customers soon saw the benefits of being able to see all the different products under one roof. Rather than having 4 or 5 manufacture's do their presentation and then not remember what the first one had said, clients could now go into one showroom to see the differences, feel the difference and get an expert opinion as to what system to purchase. As well as this Access Displays offered a hire service, graphics and an installation service.

As the company's reputation and client base grew so did the products and services. Most of the customers that were sold to in 1990 are still with us today. In the early days we could only offer modular displays but our clients were having such success with their exhibitions that they inevitably required bigger and better custom stands. So in July 2000 Access Displays bought the Swindon based custom build house, The Design Shop (Swindon) Ltd.

Established in 1983, The Design Shop has a highly skilled work force and 12,000 square foot of workshop as well as a full graphic design and production studio.

Since that acquisition Access Displays has relocated it's entire operations to Swindon and as a result have been able to reduce costs and offer its customers better value for money.

The company has changed enormously from its early days and now offer our clients a complete range of services relating to exhibition and display whilst maintaining the highest standards of workmanship and the most effective and innovative graphic and stand design.

With an ever increasing American client base using our services, we launched "Access USA" in May 2005. Working with one of our suppliers in Chicago we have built a complete section on our web site which allows our customers in America to buy over 300 different cost effective display solutions on-line.

As one of the largest exhibition and display companies in the UK with a reputation for quality and customer service we will continue to explore other global opportunities that benefit our customers around the world.


"We are only as successful as our customers"

Peter Bowen - C.E.O.