Latest News archive from December 2011
| Canburg brands continue 're-organisation'
Canburg, owner of the Smallbone of Devizes and Mark Wilkinson Furniture brands, has dismissed unsubstantiated industry rumours on the current health of the two businesses. | |
| New MFI boss: 'We'll meet the needs of today's consumer...'
Tim Wallace asks MFI commercial director Adrian Storr whether the brand has learnt from the mistakes of the past... | |
| Biofuel subsidy hits wood prices
Government ministers and MPs have been warned that biofuel subsidies are damaging British manufacturing by causing raw material prices to rocket. | |
| iGranite App is 'holy grail' for showrooms
Kitchen makeover brand Granite Transformations has achieved what it's calling the 'holy grail' of home improvement marketing, by developing an iPad app that enables customers to preview exactly how new worktops, doors, drawer fronts and other elements will appear in their own homes. | |
| CP Hart named 'best bathroom retailer'
Bathroom retailer and supplier CP Hart has been named Best Bathroom Retailer at the Northern Design Awards. | |
| Act now to save high street, urges Portas
Act now to save high street, urges Portas | |
| Uform is best supplier
Kitchen supplier Uform has won the title of Best Supplier Showroom 2011 at the annual Ireland Kitchen Trade Guide Awards. | |
| Major change for Mereway brands
British kitchen manufacturer Mereway is strengthening its Mereway Kitchens brand by bringing its other trading names under one banner. | |
| New kitchen brand grows from ashes of Habitat and Moben
A new multiple kitchen retail brand - KutchenArte - has been launched using former Moben showroom space and product purpose made for the Habitat stores. | |
| Record number of entries for kbbreview Awards
With the closing date now gone, the entries for the kbbreview Awards 2012 have been counted and verified and it's another record breaking year for the industry's leading event. | |
| Buy-out for Jacuzzi plant
Mark Prince and Dave Tutton, the ex-managing director and market director of Jacuzzi UK, have bought the company's Staffordshire ceramics factory. | |
