In my experience of attending shows, the small traders have been slowly pulling out for around ten years or more. I used to go to the small traders area in the Ally Pally exhibition, it was one of the reasons I went, but as they thinned out then practically disappeared from the show, it made going less appealing. I noticed 2022 and 2023 at Warley that that area was less well populated, and I did get me to thinking that the proprietors were pulling out, probably due to costs and age. The hobby's old guard is changing, I think.