We had just returned from a trade show, and I said to David that we need a show dedicated to our industry again, we need something to bring us all together, because our industry is a small industry that needs to work together. I said we could use the “Trade Stove and Fireplace Professional” name as we already have a large following on David’s group and it would make sense as the organisers to use that.

We were talking about this in the office discussing locations and Lisa suggested Doncaster Racecourse, I then remembered that they have a large exhibition centre, so I contacted them to arrange a site visit, David and I were blown away at the size and potential of the location.

Once we decided the name of the show and the location, we then wanted The Fireplace Specialist magazine and SIA to be involved, this would be another way of keeping our industry together. We then had to sit down with our directors and get their blessing to go ahead with organising everything.