THE recent Business Festival 2002 was so successful the date for next year's event has already been set.

Organised by the Chamber of Commerce and Business link Herefordshire and Worcestershire, the festival's aim was to help local firms do business.

More than 70 companies exhibited products and services at the event, which attracted around 1,000 visitors to the Three Counties Show Ground, Malvern.

Thirty-six companies had already booked stands for next year's festival on Thursday, March 13.