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Finalists announced for the inaugural BiKBBI Installation Awards

The shortlist for the first Installation Awards from The British Institute of Kitchen, Bedroom & Bathroom Installation (BiKBBI) has been announced.

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Skills bill: use it or lose it

Damian Walters, the CEO of the BiKBBI, explains why the industry must support vocational learning and its new apprenticeship scheme to avoid losing Government funding.

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BiKBBI KBB Fitted Interiors Apprenticeship

Bring more young people into our industry or we will fail, says Quooker MD

The skills gap – especially the installer shortage – has plagued the KBB industry for many years, but Quooker MD Stephen Johnson says the industry needs to wake up to this issue or it will fail.

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‘It’s your duty to embrace apprenticeships’ urges BiKBBI chief

The KBB industry is being urged to support a “game-changing” new initiative from the British Institute of Kitchen Bedroom Bathroom Installation (BiKBBI) which it says will help tackle the installer skills gap crisis.

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KBB installers not exempt from ‘pingdemic’ isolation rules

Kitchen and bathroom installers will not be exempt from having to automatically isolate if ‘pinged’ by the NHS Test and Trace app, the government has confirmed.

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Installations CAN continue in new lockdown, says BiKBBI

Tradespeople can carry on working in customers’ homes despite the new national lockdown measures, according to the latest advice. Guidance from the…

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BiKBBI appeals for ‘trailblazers’ to help save installer apprenticeship

The British Institute of Kitchen, Bedroom & Bathroom Installation (BiKBBI) is calling for industry support to help create a ‘trailblazer group’ in order to develop the Apprenticeship Standard for Fitted Furniture Installers.

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Can’t find installers? Do something about it…

Damian Walters, chief executive, British Institute of Kitchen, Bedroom and Bathroom Installation (BiKBBI) on the lack of fitters holding back industry recovery……

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New sponsor for the BiKBBI

The British Institute of Kitchen, Bedroom & Bathroom Installation (BiKBBI) is welcoming kitchens, bedrooms, doors and accessories manufacturer BA as its newest…

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17 – A game changer for managing installations?

This is episode 17 of the kbbreview Podcast. This is a special episode looking a really interesting initiative that is trying to…

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EXCLUSIVE: Installers CEO pleads with PM to rethink immigration plans

The proposed government overhaul of immigration will put ‘enormous pressure’ on the kitchen, bedroom and bathroom installation sector, according to the CEO of the main industry installers body.

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‘Protect installers or risk losing them forever,’ warns BiKBBI boss

The CEO of the BiKBBI has spoken out in the wake of Bathstore’s administration, warning that if we don’t protect installers we risk losing them.

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Roman becomes corporate sponsor of BiKBBI

British luxury shower specialist Roman has become a corporate sponsor of the British Institute of Kitchen, Bedroom and Bathroom Installation (BiKBBI).

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Fitter shortage ‘a perfect storm’, retailers warned

The number of people moving to the UK from other EU countries has fallen to its lowest level since 2013, sparking renewed concerns over tinstaller shortages.

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Finalists announced for the inaugural BiKBBI Installation Awards

Skills bill: use it or lose it

Bring more young people into our industry or we will fail, says Quooker MD

‘It’s your duty to embrace apprenticeships’ urges BiKBBI chief

KBB installers not exempt from ‘pingdemic’ isolation rules

Installations CAN continue in new lockdown, says BiKBBI

BiKBBI appeals for ‘trailblazers’ to help save installer apprenticeship

Can’t find installers? Do something about it…

New sponsor for the BiKBBI

17 – A game changer for managing installations?

EXCLUSIVE: Installers CEO pleads with PM to rethink immigration plans

‘Protect installers or risk losing them forever,’ warns BiKBBI boss

Roman becomes corporate sponsor of BiKBBI

Fitter shortage ‘a perfect storm’, retailers warned

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