The Natural Stone Show, the showcase event for the UK stone industry, will be back at London’s premier exhibition venue, ExCeL, 28-30 April next year.

Space is selling fast, so if you want to exhibit contact Anna now. Call (0044) 0115 945 3897. Email anna@qmj.co.uk

The exhibitor list is already starting to look like a Who’s Who of the stone industry. Companies include Lovell Stone Group, Vulcaseal, Doulting Stone, Dry Treat, D Zambelis, Trade Price Stone, Sankyo, Harvey Stone, Laser Products Europe, Stone Art, Associated Stone Group, Breton, Thibaut, Stoneworld, Marchetti, Gallagher… the list goes on.

Don’t miss out on the stand you want at the UK’s most important event for selling to the stone industry, the construction world in general and its clients. It demonstrates why choosing stone is the right choice. Find out about the show at: www.stoneshow.co.uk

ExCeL is in the heart of the UK’s fastest growing region; a region that will be the largest construction zone in Europe for the next decade, with its Enterprise Zone status helping to stimulate £5.4billion-worth of major commercial, residential and retail development.

Projects include:

• The £1.5billion transformation of Silvertown Quays into London’s innovation quarter
• A £1billion contract to convert Royal Albert Dock into the capital’s next business district
• Plans to create the UK’s largest floating village at Royal Victoria Dock and a significant mixed-use residential scheme at Great Eastern Quay

And that's just the tip of the iceberg. More information on other projects in the area can be found at www.royaldockslondon.com

Not that it is just in London where construction projects are leading the economic revival. A broad-based UK-wide construction recovery is now taking place.

Growth in the first two months of 2014 accelerated at its fastest pace for six-and-a-half years, with residential house building expanding at its quickest rate since 2003, commercial building at its fastest pace for six years, and volumes of new work up again for a fourth consecutive quarter.*

The UK will be the fastest-growing of the major European economies this year and next, according to the European Commission, which has doubled its growth forecast for Britain.

This is the background against which the Natural Stone Show enters its 20^th year in London.

It is the only UK event to focus exclusively on stone and directly related products and services.

It provides the best ‘one-stop’ opportunity to win new customers, launch, present or demonstrate new products, find new distributors and agents, network with other suppliers, research and exploit new markets and raise the profile of your business.

For more information on exhibiting at the Natural Stone Show, download the exhibitor brochure here.

Or contact the team for the latest stand availability at stoneshow@qmj.co.uk / +44 (0)115 945 3889

*All economic data taken from Markit/ CIPS purchasing managers’ index (PMI) Q1 2014 summary