Home & Gift Buyers’ Festival concluded last week, marking one year of business recovery at Harrogate Convention Centre (HCC) since it reopened last July as part of the government’s Events Research Programme (ERP). Following last year’s Home & Gift Buyers’ Festival ERP pilot, this year’s event saw footfall rise by 8% from last year with 31 countries represented, according to show manager David Westbrooke. He said, “This is thanks in no small part to the amazin...