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Virtual Worlds designs online game to help Ideal Bathrooms celebrate turning 40

Virtual Worlds has helped Ideal Bathrooms celebrate its 40th birthday by designing an interactive game for customers visiting its website to enjoy. [6-7-2021]

Neue Alno on the rocks as it hunts for investors

German kitchen manufacturer, Neue Alno, has applied for insolvency proceedings and will go into self-administration, according to multiple reports in the German press. [5-7-2021]

BREAKING: Government confirms mandatory water label

The Government has announced plans to bring in a mandatory water efficiency label that could lead to KBB retailers being liable if they sell products that do not carry the label or do not visibly display it in their POS for products that do. [1-7-2021]

Recruitment nightmare for retailers as skilled staff cherry-pick where they work

The skills gap and the fact that employees can pick and choose where to work is proving a double-whammy for independent KBB retailers struggling to recruit the staff they need. [1-7-2021]

Compusoft merges with 2020

Compusoft and 2020 have struck a deal that will see the two companies merge together to create a “leading provider of space planning and manufacturing solutions for the residential and commercial segments”. [1-7-2021]

SieMatic: Heritage and investment key to success

SieMatic was founded in Germany in 1929 and the brand has been driven by one idea ever since: to develop exemplary kitchens. [1-7-2021]

Retailers: embrace new ways or lose sales

Retailers who have embraced digital and hybrid models of retailing are thriving while those that haven’t are falling behind, according to Simon Bodsworth MD of Daval Furniture. [30-6-2021]