This is an invaluable opportunity to develop your sales skills, meet our world-leading suppliers, and network with your colleagues across the evo business.
PLUS, tap in to fantastic seminar sessions on personal development, to help you smash your personal and professional goals in 2026!
📍 Manchester Central
📅 5 March 2026 - full day event (10am - 4pm)
Our Fantastic Speaker Lineup includes:
Outbound sales experts, Jack Frimston & Zac Thompson
Will deliver a sales-led chat aimed at dealer sales teams, exploring why cold calling still works, how to overcome personal barriers and the role of resilience in long-term sales performance.
As co-founders of WHAM, one of the UK’s fastest-growing outbound sales agencies and authors of the bestselling Sales Is Therapy, Thompson and Frimston have trained thousands of sales professionals across multiple industries. They also host a top ten business podcast. We have a meeting that has featured business leaders, including Daniel Priestley, Rory Sutherland and Chris Voss.
The evo LIVE session promises to challenge outdated perceptions of selling, focusing on practical, human-led approaches rather than old-school scripts and clichés. Thompson and Frimston’s work covers modern cold outreach, conversational sales, buyer behaviour and the science behind effective sales techniques. Attendees will learn how to generate a pipeline from scratch, open calls in disruptive ways, handle objections with confidence and build stronger relationships.
Their approach reframes sales as a human-first craft, prioritising curiosity, emotional intelligence and commitment-based closing over pressure or persuasion. They also address workload and mindset management, lead generation and examine the future of sales for Gen Z.
Rugby League Legend and Performance Coach, Jamie Peacock MBE
A former England and Great Britain rugby captain, Peacock is one of the most decorated players of the modern Super League era, having spent nearly two decades performing in high-pressure elite sport.
Jamie is now a keen endurance runner, having completed 4 marathons and 3 ultra-marathons, the furthest being a 104-mile quadruple marathon around London. All of these have been completed to raise money for several charities including MND, Greenhouse Sports Project and Sue Ryder Hospices, with over £100,000 being raised.
Peacock will share his 12 principles, illustrating how employees can perform at their best as individuals, leaders and as a collective to create a winning team and culture. No talent or sporting knowledge is required – the focus is on making consistent, positive decisions each day guided by the principles.
PLUS, Experience:
🧼 4 Training Zones, including Cleaning & Hygiene and Workwear & PPE, led by subject matter experts
🔊 3 new Seminar Speakers focusing on personal development, back by popular demand!
💯 Up to 100 world-leading brands all under 1 roof
🪑 Wider depth of suppliers, including market-leading furniture brands
🧑🏫 Vertical-driven, immersive evo exploration zones, including education and back-of-house environments
🍵 Collaboration with Nestlé Professional, one of our Headline Exhibitors, to bring you a front-of-house café experience
