What are the kbbreview Industry Awards and why should you be involved?

What are the awards all about?

The kbbreview Industry Awards reach a milestone in 2009. It's the ceremony's 15th birthday and in those years it's become the annual highlight for anyone working in the kitchen and bathroom industry.

Next year's event will be held on May 11 alongside the kbbreview Expo exhibition at London's ExCeL and entries are now open to all independent retailers, interior designers and architects.

There are 14 categories to enter, split into three distinct disciplines - design, business and products. The design section covers kitchens and bathrooms,  the business section is for the best showrooms and the best retailers, and the product categories cover the most cutting edge enviromentally friendly products on the market today.

For full details of all the categories, click here.

How do we decide who wins?

All the awards here rely on submitted entries from you the retailer or the designer. You pick the ones that apply most to you, put the entry together following the instructions and send them off to us as quickly as you can - you can't win if you don't take a chance.

In December, our judging panel of experts narrows those entries down to a shortlist of finalists. Then, in the design categories, the finalists are invited to London in February to present their designs to the judges in person.

In the business categories - Showroom Award and Master Retailer - all the finalists are visited by the judges to see the operations for themselves.

For full details of the judging and entry process, click here.

When do we announce the winners?

All the finalists are invited to the 1,000 people black tie award ceremony on May 11 2009 at the ExCeL in London and the winners are announced with the traditional opening of an envelope.

What's new for 2009?

This year, we're looking to get as many entries as possible submitted through this website. This is by far the easiest way to get your entry through to us. Here you'll find all the information you need as well as all the entries from the 2008 finalists to see just how easy it is to enter. Good luck!

CLOSING DATE FOR ENTRIES: DEC 1st 2008

"I hope that whoever wins this award in the future feels
exactly how I did - very, very honoured."
Roger Cooper: 2008
Special Achievement Award