As part of its ambition to boost global sales to $1 billion (£820 million) by 2022, Jaquar will open its latest experience centre in London in September and is already planning another Jaquar World in Leeds. [19-08-19]
The finalists for the SBID (Society of British and International Design) International Design Awards 2019 have been announced. [19-08-19]
Sixty per cent of people are happy with their kitchens but dissatisfaction starts to creep in after they are five years old. [19-08-19]
Yvonne Orgill, chief executive of the BMA, has joined the advisory board of the British Institute of Kitchen Bedroom and Bathroom Installation. [16-08-19]
Mira has revealed that every day the nation’s shower drains are blocked with an average of 700kg of hair or the weight of nine people. [15-08-19]
Ian Penney has been appointed as director of Bathstore after Homebase rescued the company in July 2019. [14-08-19]
Northern Ireland-based brassware manufacturer Aqualla has set up a new research and development department as it steps up its push into the English market. [14-08-19]
German appliance giant BSH Hausgeräte has named Gerhard Dambach as its new chief financial officer. Prior to this he was CEO of BSH in Italy. [09-08-19]
Mira Showers has won its second Queen’s Award for Enterprise, this time for its Mira Sport Max shower. [08-08-19]