To meet unprecendented demand for places, BHETA will now be holding the event at The Regency Hotel, Solihull.
The housewares forum, exclusively for BHETA members, will take place on September 26, with guest speakers including Victoria Redshaw and Phil Pond from Scarlet Opus, who forecast consumer, business and design trends, Simon Boyd, who will be providing a post-show review of Exclusively Housewares, and Nick Davison from i2i, who is keen to hear members' comments and views on Autumn Fair 2013.

The principle retail guest speaker at the event will be Lakeland director of buying Matthew Canwell, who will share his views on the current market and the role of the internet in an increasingly competitive trading environment, as well as providing an update on Lakeland's exciting store expansion plans.

Any queries regarding the housewares forum should be directed to Kulli Cheema, kc@bheta.co.uk