The Workplace Event 2026: People, partnerships and change

The Workplace Event (TWE) returned to the NEC Birmingham this April, and Business Moves Group was there representing the Office Moving Alliance (OMA), sharing a stand alongside fellow OMA members from across Europe.

Three days, thousands of built environment professionals, and conversations that kept coming back to the same thing: the people behind every workplace transition.

Because in the workplace, change is often a sign of progress. But it can bring logistical stress and uncertainty to businesses without the right partners to navigate them through it.

Joining forces with OMA 

We worked with our global OMA partners across all three days, connecting with visitors and showcasing how we support organisations with workplace relocations and transformation projects across the UK, Europe and beyond.

As an OMA member, TWE is the perfect location for bringing together the clients, consultants and professionals who are navigating exactly the kind of change we specialise in.

Q&A with OMA and CIBT 

We co-hosted a live Q&A session featuring Matthew Dunn, head of new business at BMG, Denis Asseraf, senior sales manager at French OMA partner AMT Transfer, Marc Gundersdorff of German OMA partner Hertling GmbH & Co. KG, and Craig Riches, senior director at CIBT, a global provider of travel visa and passport services, and an OMA client.

Craig spoke candidly about his experience managing international office moves before working with OMA: dismantling equipment himself, navigating ethical disposal across borders, and constantly searching for reliable local contacts in Copenhagen, Helsinki, Paris and across Europe. Language barriers, inconsistent standards and the pressure of coordinating a patchwork of suppliers made every move a significant undertaking.

Craig described the relief of working with OMA as a single, trusted source. When a move came up recently, he got an immediate response from a vetted, approved partner, removing both the risk and the need for his team to travel to sites as frequently. The pressure, as he put it, was simply gone. 

The session reinforced a broader point about what fragmented delivery really costs: in budget, employee stress and operational continuity, whereas OMA offers both the global network and the flexibility of local expertise.

Watch the full video Q&A here.

Conversations across the event

Beyond our exhibition stand, the three days offered a chance to take the temperature of the sector more broadly. Consistently, conversations returned to how organisations manage the human side of change, how teams are supported through transitions, and what it means to deliver a workplace experience that actually works for the people inside it.

It is a theme that runs through our own work every day. Workplace relocation is never purely logistical. The best outcomes come from understanding where the furniture is going, but beyond that, what the people need.

Rachel's FM Business Daily interview

On day two, our managing director Rachel Houghton sat down with FM Business Daily for their FM Power List interview.

Rachel reflected on her career, BMG's expansion, and the role of change management and storage and logistics in delivering successful moves. She also spoke about why nurturing talent and creating fulfilling experiences for stakeholders, whether that be clients or our own colleagues, will always matter more than competing on price.

The full interview will be available soon – so watch out for it on our LinkedIn.

Until next time

The Workplace Event continues to be one of the most worthwhile dates in the built environment calendar, and this year reinforced why.

Whether on the stand, in the session room or in the corridors between, the conversations that matter most are the ones that take people, and their workplace needs, seriously. That is what we are here for.

Read more about our workplace change specialist service, our recent success stories, and our global work with the Office Moving Alliance.