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‘I’ve always had a passion for bathrooms’

Setting up a new business can be challenging enough, especially with the cost of living crisis in full swing. But when you are only 22, your degree is in accounting and finance and your last job was as a bookkeeper, launching out into a new industry makes it an even bolder move.

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‘I don’t want safe. I don’t want boring’

Luxury kitchen and bathroom retailer Premiere Klasse has just opened its second showroom in affluent Ascot. Chris Frankland meets director Kristian Tolbod

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An inside look into Kütchenhaus’s 60th store

The owners of Kütchenhaus’s 60th store in Sheffield were already experienced in the KBB market. So what attracted them to go down this route? Chris Frankland visits James Teehan at the new store to find out more

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Once upon a time in the West (End)

Hyde Park Bathrooms and Kitchens is celebrating 25 years and has grown by providing a loyal clientele with a quality of service. Chris Frankland met owner Ahmed El-Ghazoini to learn the secrets of its success.

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Birkdale Kitchen Company: A premium connection

It was just a year after Birkdale Kitchen Company near Southport opened its doors for the first time that it won the kbbreview Kitchen Showroom of the Year award. Chris Frankland pays a visit

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TBK Design: a sensory experience

TBK’s 30,000sq ft London showroom is packed with beautiful displays. Manager Gary Parker tells Chris Frankland how kbbreview’s 2021 Bathroom Retailer of the Year set out to give customers the best possible experience

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‘We want to inspire our customers’

Elliotts Living Spaces in Lymington has moved into a larger showroom in the new 54,000sq ft Elliotts builders merchant branch that opened there in April. Chris Frankland went to find out more from showroom category manager Victoria Anderson

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Retailer profile: Pier1 Bathrooms

Pier1 Bathrooms in Hove won the New Bathroom Retailer of the Year title at the 2021 kbbreview retail & Design Awards. Chris Frankland talks to MD Angus Warner (pictured) to find out what lies behind that success

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Retailer Profile: Elgar Kitchens

Elgar Kitchens near Worcester won kbbreview’s New Kitchen Retailer of the Year award in 2021. Chris Frankland meets co-director Lisa Palmer to find out the secret of its success

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Retailer profile: Herts Kitchen Design

When Sam Woodland and her daughter Hannah left an established kitchen retailer to set up on their own, what made them do it and what were the challenges they faced? Chris Frankland finds out

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Retailer Profile: Niche Kitchens

Brothers Sean and Tom Anson opened Niche Kitchens on the Wirral in between lockdowns and have seen the retail and joinery sides of the business go from strength to strength.

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‘We won’t walk away from a job – unless we are happy with it’, says Baymoor Interiors

Ashley Turner and Mark Chappell fitted for other retailers before they opened Baymoor Interiors in Devon. They set up on their own as they felt they could offer a better service. Chris Frankland finds out more.

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Cameron Interiors: the UK’s first employee-owned kitchen retail company

Cameron Interiors recently become the first UK employee-owned kitchen retail company. kbbreview speaks to the team.

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The Tap End: An all-female bathroom retailer

kbbreview finds out what has made The Tap End in Pontyclun, started by Justine Bullock and Lynda Rees, succeed.

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Retailer profile: The Wood Works

Bespoke kitchen retailer The Wood Works is celebrating 30 years in business and early last year opened its first high-street showroom in London’s Mill Hill. Chris Frankland talks to founders Richard and Donna Delane

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RETAILER PROFILE: Versatile Bathrooms

We visit 2019 kbbreview Retail & Design Awards finalist Versatile Bathrooms in Navan, near Dublin.

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RETAILER PROFILE: Bathroom Discount Centre

Managing director Simon Stowell tells Rebecca Nottingham how he’s turned Bathroom Discount Centre in Fulham into one of the largest, single-site independent retailers in London

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‘I’ve always had a passion for bathrooms’

‘I don’t want safe. I don’t want boring’

An inside look into Kütchenhaus’s 60th store

Once upon a time in the West (End)

Birkdale Kitchen Company: A premium connection

TBK Design: a sensory experience

‘We want to inspire our customers’

Retailer profile: Pier1 Bathrooms

Retailer Profile: Elgar Kitchens

Retailer profile: Herts Kitchen Design

Retailer Profile: Niche Kitchens

‘We won’t walk away from a job – unless we are happy with it’, says Baymoor Interiors

Cameron Interiors: the UK’s first employee-owned kitchen retail company

The Tap End: An all-female bathroom retailer

Retailer profile: The Wood Works

RETAILER PROFILE: Versatile Bathrooms

RETAILER PROFILE: Bathroom Discount Centre

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