Designers and retail professionals have welcomed the return of the UK’s largest trade show for kitchens and bathrooms, Kbb Birmingham, which takes place at the NEC from March 6-9.

Showroom and design manager of Halcyon Interiors Graham Robinson said he was excited to return to Kbb Birmingham and was looking forward to networking face-to-face.

His view was echoed by owner and managing director of Coalville Kitchens Luke Wedgbury who said it felt like “a generation” since the last show, which took place before the lockdown in March 2020.

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Wedgbury said he felt like a “kid in a candy store”, as he explained: “I’m so excited to get on the stalls and touch and feel the new products and have a play with the new technology. I’m can’t wait, I’m really excited about it.”

The show will host 200 exhibitor brands, spanning 28 product categories, and is expected to attract 12,000 visitors over the four-day event.

Owner of Day True Tony Robson said the return of Kbb Birmingham will be good for the UK kbb retail market.

He commented: “I think it gives the traditional kitchen and bathroom retailers somewhere to go and see what’s going on, meet some people face-to-face where we’ve not had that [due to lockdowns], and meet some core suppliers.”

Luke Wedgbury of Coalville Kitchens said he attends the show to find products to benefit his customers and business, while Graham Robinson of Halcyon Interiors explained it enabled him to confirm ideas and touch new products.

Tony Robson of Day True will be visiting the show to take a look at sustainable products and ways of retailing, as well as gauging reaction to Collected by Day True interior products, which are being used to dress the Rotpunkt stand.

Speaking about the collection of interior products which are used to dress its own showrooms and sold online, Robson said: “We think there’s something there that we might be able to offer to the industry, as well, where we could dress other showrooms and they could sell the products.”

They highlighted that finding just one product that sparks interest, makes designers think about the way they do things, or they want to feature in their showroom makes a successful show for them.

Robson concluded: “One of our core values is being ‘progressive every day’ and I want to see our industry being progressive every day, as well. I want to see innovation. I want to see interesting things. I want to be wowed.

“My ultimate exhibition, if I can just come away finding one company or one product that I think ‘wow that’s amazing, I’ve got to put that in Day True, then that would be the exhibition for me.”