Rebecca Hubbard
Posted: Wednesday, September 1, 2010 11:21 am

Event organiser easyFairs UK Ltd have announced a new venue and dates for their INTERIOR FIT OUT trade show next year. The Business Design Centre, Islington, London will host the show which will take place from 5th to 7th April, alongside their own RETAIL 2011 event and The VM and Display Show.

“This is great news for the industry,” comments Matt Benyon, easyFairs® UK Managing Director. “High street sales are hitting back which is great news for shop fitters and interior specialists, and so are we! With new dates, a great new venue at the heart of London’s creative sector as well as an additional open day, INTERIOR FIT OUT 2011 is a brilliant new event for all sectors of the industry, a real face-to-face business networking opportunity for the whole industry. These are very exciting developments which will guarantee a much stronger overall audience and deliver a definitive event for the industry on an annual basis.”

INTERIOR FIT OUT 2011 is supported again by the Association of Interior Specialists (AIS) whose Operations Director, Jane Cook enthuses, “The move to the Business Design Centre and co-location demonstrates great initiative by easyFairs and will be great for all three shows. Prising architects, designers and other specifiers involved in interior fit-out, as well as specialist contractors and suppliers away from their desks and out of the office is getting harder and harder, so the more we can offer to encourage specifiers to attend the better.”

The complementary shows, RETAIL 2011 supported by the Shop & Display Equipment Association (sdea) and The VM and Display Show take place at the Business Design Centre at the same time and Andrew Colclough of The VM and Display Show organisers comments, “Co-locating with INTERIOR FIT OUT and RETAIL 2011 brings a new set of exhibiting companies to the party, showcasing new products areas from manufacturers, shopfitters and contractors fittings to shelving systems, digital communications, signage - a great step forward for the whole sector.”

Benyon concludes, “There is a natural cross-over of visitors between the shows and this new ‘3 for 1’ offer gives busy buyers more than one reason to come and visit in these challenging times. I believe INTERIOR FIT OUT 2011 will be a huge success.”