Highlights Wednesday, Oct 20, 2021

Acquabella boosts shower tray production by 150% with new automated line

Spanish bathroom products manufacturer Acquabella has invested in a new shower tray product line that will increase its annual capacity by 150%.

Acquabella boosts shower tray production by 150% with new automated line

Spanish bathroom products manufacturer Acquabella has invested in a new shower tray product line that will increase its annual capacity by 150%.

Retailer profile: Norden Bathrooms, Tiles and Kitchens

The Norden Group is a £10m business with 37 staff over eight sites with a thriving heating supplies business as well as a bathroom and tiles showroom and now a kitchen showroom too. Chris Frankland went to meet MD Dave Norden

Brits demand quieter appliances

Quiet Mark has found that Brits want their kitchens to make less noise and are willing to pay more for quieter appliances.

BMA among 40 trade associations to join CBI in call for business rates reform

The BMA has joined with 40 other trade associations to back the CBI’s call to Chancellor to reform business rates in the next Budget.

The kitchen tech of tomorrow, today

Nick Orme, the co-founder of new cooking brand Njori, talks about the rise of ‘smart’ tech in kitchen design and how it can help to make consumers’ lives easier.

Next stop Paris for Ideal Standard Together World Tour

The city of Paris will be the next focus for bathroom products manufacturer Ideal Standard’s Together World Tour.

‘We have allowed the skills shortage to happen’, says KBBG MD

The Kitchen Bathroom Buying Group (KBBG) MD Bill Miller said that it was a ‘sad admission’ that the KBB industry has known about the skills shortage for years but still allowed it to happen.

Victorian Plumbing sales soar by 30%

Online bathroom retailer Victorian Plumbing has reported revenues up 29% for the year to September 30.

Episode 20 : Season 3

The Kitchen Retailer of the Year

We’re rounding up our coverage of the kbbreview Retail & Design Awards 2021 with Keith Myers from our Kitchen Retailer of the Year 2021, The Myers Touch in Winchester. We get to hear his underlying philosophy of not only what makes a successful retailer but also the value he puts on truly understanding who the client is. This is really insightful stuff from someone at the top of their game so you don’t want to miss it!