After months of careful planning and hard work from the team, the Natural Stone Show is over, until 2019.

As the UK's only exhibition and conference dedicated to natural stone, Visitors including architects, designers, developers, stonemasons, wholesalers and retailers enjoyed 3 days networking events, product displays and launches, giving inspiration and advice for their tiling and stone projects.

Throughout the show we continued to notice the growing trends for larger format slabs, wooden effect stones and tiles, book-matched marble and much more. Footfall for the show was increased, which was an encouraging sign for the industry.

This year, visitor attendance was 19 per cent higher than previous edition, held on April 2015. The Architects day of the Conference was the best attended yet with 140 architects and designers, enjoying their guided tours of the show hosted by Vincent Marazita and Peter Harrison.

On display, we had the latest innovations and finishes in tiling profiles from Schluter and Atrim, Tile and Stone fixing methods from renowned brands such as Mapei, KeraKoll and Python, Waterproofing and backer board solutions from Dukkaboard, and a range of sealers from Vulcaseal, Fila and Lithofin were demonstrated.

Copies of the new Edition 17 were on hand to take away, complemented by a popular Toblerone bar and a range of other literature and freebies.

We would like to thank everyone that came to visit us on Stand G1, for their time and interest, including existing clients, new contacts and suppliers.

We look forward to speaking soon to further discuss how we can become a trusted partner to your business, supplying solutions for the installation and maintenance of tiled and stone surfaces along with in-depth expertise and leading customer support.