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Deal or no-deal, you must be Brexit ready

With the end of the Brexit transition period just a few weeks away Marcel Crezee, MD of the UK division of buying Group MHK, offers some useful tips and advice to ensure you, and your business, are prepared

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Southend kitchen retailer reports 65% growth despite the pandemic

The Kutchenhaus store in Southend has defied the pressures on the high street with a 65% increase in sales year on year.

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Retailers donate new kitchen to reward a ‘true community star’

A group of independent kitchen retailers have collaborated on a Kitchen for a Key Worker project to give away a fully fitted kitchen to someone who has helped their community during the lockdown.

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Symphony launches online training program

Yorkshire-based fitted furniture-manufacturer, Symphony Group has announced its latest program of live virtual training sessions.

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RETAILER PROFILE: KCA

KCA is one of the few retailers that majors on contracts. Vicki Evans met commercial director Jamie Harding to learn why this is such a lucrative sector.

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RETAILER PROFILE: Kitchens International

Scottish independent kitchen specialist Kitchens International turned 25 this year and added two more kbbreview Retail & Design awards to its trophy cabinet. Francesca Seden talks to brand director Paul O’Brien about the secrets of their success

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Retailer profile: Celtic Interiors

A finalist in the kbbreview Retail & Design Awards 2019 Showroom of the Year category, Celtic Interiors in Cork not only has an impressive display offering, it also manufactures its own bespoke furniture in-house. Chris Frankland talks to director Aiden O’Leary

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Wren Kitchens crowned UK’s top employer by Indeed

Wren Kitchens has been named the UK’s best employer in a comprehensive annual survey by recruitment website Indeed, beating major household names.

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Ikea UK retail boss jets off to USA

Javier Quiñones, country retail manager for Ikea UK and Ireland, will cross the Atlantic to become the new retail boss of Ikea USA.

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KBSA offers members access to discounted peer-to-peer funding

The KBSA has partnered with digital peer-to-peer business lending platform Funding Circle that allows members to access funds at a preferential rate.

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Exclusive: MHK buying group ‘to double retail members’ in UK in 2019

Marcel Crezee, MHK UK boss, said MHK would continue to push aggressively into the UK this year. He aims to double MHK’s UK retail members in 2019.

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Major kitchen retailer ceases trading after 50 years

Vale Kitchens, with two studios in the Midlands, has said it cannot continue to trade in the “current business climate” and has closed down.

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Johnny Grey Brexit comments ‘scaremongering hogwash’

The owner of Orpington-based kitchen retailer The Kitchen Design Co has responded angrily to UK designer Johnny Grey’s industry call to arms to try to prevent a no-deal Brexit.

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Two independent kitchen companies in administration

Two UK kitchen furniture makers were forced to shut their doors last December after being caught in a cash crunch in the wake of rising Brexit uncertainty.

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Could Wickes be up for sale?

Travis Perkins has suggested that Wickes could be put up for sale as part of efforts to simplify the group’s structure and improve earnings.

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Topps Tiles to stockpile supplies as full-year profits fall 25%

Profits fall at Topps Tiles as it said it would start stockpiling ahead of the UK’s planned departure from the European Union (EU).

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Ikea to axe 350 UK jobs in new city centre strategy

Ikea said it would cut 350 jobs in the UK and Ireland over the next two years as part of its next phase of transformation that includes a focus on showrooms.

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Brexit: the view from Wigmore Street

How are some of the capital’s leading showrooms coping with increasing market uncertainty?

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Deal or no-deal, you must be Brexit ready

Southend kitchen retailer reports 65% growth despite the pandemic

Retailers donate new kitchen to reward a ‘true community star’

Symphony launches online training program

RETAILER PROFILE: KCA

RETAILER PROFILE: Kitchens International

Retailer profile: Celtic Interiors

Wren Kitchens crowned UK’s top employer by Indeed

Ikea UK retail boss jets off to USA

KBSA offers members access to discounted peer-to-peer funding

Exclusive: MHK buying group ‘to double retail members’ in UK in 2019

Major kitchen retailer ceases trading after 50 years

Johnny Grey Brexit comments ‘scaremongering hogwash’

Two independent kitchen companies in administration

Could Wickes be up for sale?

Topps Tiles to stockpile supplies as full-year profits fall 25%

Ikea to axe 350 UK jobs in new city centre strategy

Brexit: the view from Wigmore Street

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