According to IIR Print Group director Trevor Crawford, this year's show boasts an unprecedented number of added-value features, such as the Printers' Profit Zone and Litho Technology Theatre, both of which will be hosting a series of informative seminars and debates across all three days.

Sessions at the show cover topics from emerging technologies and trends and social media, all the way through to sourcing finance and boosting sales and margins.

"We wanted to breathe new life into the show and make it completely topical to the issues and challenges faced by the UK print community and the show has evolved as a result," Crawford said.

"In the past, the show was almost a social event; we know that life is very different now and the number one most important reason to come to the show has to be that it will help visitors become inspired, develop new ideas and network and I genuinely think this year's event will tick all those boxes."

He also cited the fact that 35% of this year's show floor is taken by first-time exhibitors and will trump 2009 and possibly 2007 in terms of the number of live equipment demonstrations.

Crawford declined to reveal the level of pre-registrations, but said: "We're clearly well ahead of 2009 and well ahead of our own pre-show estimations and very excited about the prospects for the show."

Online registration for the show closes midday on Monday 9 May. For more information on the seminar and exhibitor line-up at next week's show, visit the Northprint website.