Bigger event

The DIY & Garden Show, which will be held in London from 16 to 18 January, will be the biggest event for four years. “The number of manufacturers from the UK is increasing, as is the number of international suppliers in the first year without a Cologne Fair,” says sales director Paul Grinsell. It is expected that 22 companies will be attending from the USA as participants on a group stand organised by the Worldwide DIY Council. Among them will be the two big cooperatives, Ace Hardware and True Value. Other international exhibitors will be coming from Austria, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Holland, Slovenia, Switzerland and Taiwan. Together with the Totally Tools event for hand and power tools, which is to be held in parallel, more than 200 exhibitors are expected in London.