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An overview of all my magazine features, exclusive news and other content I have written for kbbreview, BMN and HVP.

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July 2022

• Feature: Haier: Data driven design
• Trends: Kitchen, bathroom, appliance and surface

June 2022

• News: Haier’s success down to its retailers, says European CEO
• News: Have the nationwide rail strikes affected the KBB industry?
• News: Recruitment crisis: ‘Give younger people a chance’
• Feature: Shine bright like a diamond
• Feature: Showroom of the month: Poggenpohl

May 2022

• Feature: The lay-on, the pitch and the wardrobe
• Feature: Showroom of the month: Kitchens Etc

April 2022

• News: Are supply shortages hurting customer relationships?
• Feature: Selling sustainable kitchens
• Feature: Showroom of the month: The White Kitchen Company

March 2022

• News: When will the stock shortages end?
• News: Villeroy and Boch Kitchens growth ‘beyond expectations’
• News: ‘Get into people’s heads and ask the right questions,’ says Kelly Hoppen
• News: 72% of customers see the value of virtual showroom tours
• Feature: Showroom of the month: Olive and Barr

February 2022

• News: Can KBB retailers make money from contracts work?
• News: Urban living: threat or opportunity for KBB retailers?
• News: Bathroom retailer beats the skills crisis by taking on own fitters
• Feature: Home sweet office
• Feature: Showroom of the month: Abiss Kitchens

January 2022

• Feature: Showroom of the month: West One Bathrooms

December 2021

• News: What does Plan B mean for your showroom?
• Feature: Personalise with colour
• Feature: Showroom of the month: Napier Bathrooms

November 2021

• News: CP Hart revamps flagship showroom in Waterloo
• Feature: Kuchenmeile, open and in person
• Feature: Showroom of the month: House of Rohl

October 2021

• News: ‘We have allowed the skills shortage to happen’, says KBBG MD
• News: KBBG sales and membership grow despite Covid challenges
• Feature: Save our high street
• Feature: Showroom of the month: Sheraton Interiors

September 2021

• News: KBB retailers coping with fuel shortages but fear longer-term problems
• Feature: Tackling the recruitment crisis
• Feature: Showroom of the month: Kitchens International

August 2021

• News: Get on board with accessible design or lose sales, warns expert
• News: Bucks New Uni adds BA option to kitchen design course
• Feature: Make your designs universal not just accessible
• Trends: Kitchen, bathroom, appliance and surface
• Feature: Showroom of the month: Tom Howley

July 2021

• News: Retailers choose to stay appointment only after restrictions are lifted
• News: Edinburgh retailer ‘heartbroken’ as floods strike for second time in eight months
• News: Recruitment nightmare for retailers as skilled staff cherry-pick where they work
• Feature: In conversation with… Bertrand Lejoly
• Feature: Spa wars, in a bathroom not too far away
• Trends: Kitchen, bathroom, appliance and surface
• Feature: Showroom of the month: Birkdale Kitchens

June 2021

• News: ‘No jab, no job’ policies – ‘disgusting’ or reasonable?
• News: A third of KBB retailers will require staff to be vaccinated
• News: Customers confused by new energy labels, say kitchen retailers
• Feature: Bold, durable and sustainable
• Trends: Kitchen, bathroom, appliance and surface
• Feature: Showroom of the month: Sola Kitchens

May 2021

• Trends: Kitchen, bathroom, appliance and surface
• Feature: Showroom of the month: Ripples, Chelmsford

April 2021

• News: Orders flood in as KBB retailers reopen post-lockdown
• News: Appliance shortages continue to frustrate retailers
• News: Retailers upbeat after positive week’s trading post-lockdown
• News: 60% of KBB showrooms will open by appointment only
• News: Retailers happy to be reopening their showrooms
• Feature: One year on: The Impact of lockdown
• Trends: Kitchen, bathroom, appliance and surface
• Feature: Showroom of the month: The Kitchen Store

March 2021

• News: Ernest Smith diversifies into manufacturing pocket plugs
• Feature: Spa days at home
• Trends: Kitchen, bathroom, appliance and surface
• Retailer profile: It’s all about the people

February 2021

• News: Unfair or justified? What retailers think of the exit roadmap
• News: Top industry figures start up new bathroom brand
• News: Retailers remain optimistic with Brexit in full swing, our survey says
• News: New road scheme could finish our business, says retailer
• Feature: We have a deal and we are out of the EU – now what?
• Feature: Keep it clean
• Trends: Kitchen and surface
• Feature: Showroom of the month: Gessi Clarkenwell

January 2021

• News: Retailers fear latest lockdown will impact future orders
• News: Installations and government support top concerns for retailers as new restrictions bite
• Feature: A picture tells a thousand words
• Feature: Design and function
• Feature: Showroom of the month: Ocean Bathrooms

December 2020

• Feature: A statement about luxury
• Trends: Kitchen
• Feature: Showroom of the month: Halcyon Interiors

November 2020

• Online-only News: Retailers react to surprise government U-turn
• Feature: Finding lootopia
• Trends: Kitchen, bathroom, appliance and surface

October 2020

• News: New bathroom supplier One of One promises exclusivity and better margins
• Online-only News: Silestone’s new sustainable surfaces confirm its commitment to the environment
• Trends: Kitchen, bathroom, appliance and surface
• Feature: Connected and smart living

September 2020

• Online-only News: Ex-BCT employees set up The Branded Tile Company
• News: ALM Studios expands
• News: Ripples diversifies with new range of body and home products
• Online-only News: Bax sees UK growth after collaboration with Haus of Design at kbb show
• News: Ocean Bathrooms revamps showroom during lockdown

May 2020

• Online-only News: New association aims to secure best future for bathroom retailers
• Online-only News: Wren reduces its showroom staff
• Retailer Profile: Sheffield Sustainable Kitchens
• Feature: Showroom of the month: Burlane Interiors

April 2020

• News: Baumann launches bathrooms in the UK
• Retailer Profile: Bathe and Beyond
• Feature: Showroom of the month: Humphrey Munson

13th issue – The design trends shaping your world

• Feature: Timeless design
• Feature: International design

March 2020 

• Online-only News: Smart technology creates theatre in the showroom, says BSH
• News: Ashley Ann expands HQ with £2 million investment

February 2020 

• News: City vibes and global living
• Feature: Showroom of the month: Searle and Taylor

January 2020 

• Online-only news: Firefighters battle blasé at kronospan’s Chirk factory
• News: Bauformat opens first UK training centre
• News: An ideal partnership

December 2019 

• News: Ex-Bathstore franchisee bounces back under own name
• Feature Q&A: In conversation with Joe Fattorini
• Feature Q&A: ‘Our mission is suitability’, Insinkerator
• Feature: Let’s get Digital: Make Friends and influence people
• Trends: Kitchen, bathroom, appliance and surface
• Retailer Profile: Cambridgeshire Bathrooms
• Feature: Showroom of the month: Silver Birch Interiors

November 2019 

• News: Kohler Mira declares goal to be carbon-neutral by 2035
• Feature Q&A: In conversation with Emma Culshaw Bell
• Feature: Manufacturing profile: Sales figures never lie, TKC
• Trends: Kitchen, bathroom, appliance and surface
• Retailer Profile: KCA
• Feature: Showroom of the month: New Forest Designs

October 2019

• Feature: Manufacturing profile: Kohler Mira UK
• Trends: Kitchen, bathroom, appliance and surface
• Retailer Profile: The Furniture Union
• Feature: Showroom of the month: DNA Bathrooms

September 2019 

• News: George Clarke calls for 100,000 council houses a year for 30 years
• Feature Q&A: In conversation with Roberto Palomba
• Feature: Distributor profile: ‘We’ve never gone for a quick sale’, CDUK
• Feature: The forgotten B (bedrooms)
• Trends: Kitchen, bathroom, appliance and surface
• Feature: Showroom of the month: Simply Kitchens

August 2019 

• Online-only news: Mira Showers wins second Queen’s Award for Enterprise
• Online-only news: BCT bought out by Al-Murad Tiles
• Online-only news: New sales director for LG UK
• News: Bathstore in administration
• News: Ideal Standard targets design crowd with £1m showroom in Clerkenwell
• Online-only IG video: Ideal Standard showroom
• Feature Q&A: Minhyeok Bu, Samsung
• Feature Q&A: In conversation with Brent Heavener, @tinyhouse
• Feature: Manufacturing profile: Grohe
• Trends: Kitchen, bathroom, appliance and surface
• Feature: Showroom of the month: CP Hart

July 2019 

• News: Uncertainty is ‘hurting consumer confidence’
• News: Our potential is so big, Brexit is irrelevant, says Grohe CEO
• Feature Q&A: In conversation with Simon Rimmer
• Trends: Kitchen, bathroom, appliance and surface
• Feature: Showroom of the month: Tom Howley

June 2019 

• Feature Q&A: Mark Bickerstaffe, Kohler
• Feature: Experiential retailing: ‘Everyone deserves an experience’, Parlour Farm, ‘It’s all about breaking down barriers’ Kitchen Culture and Stars of the big screens, Marks Electrical
• Feature: Distributor profile: ‘Without good customers, I don’t exits’, IDS
• Trends: Kitchen, bathroom, appliance and surface
• Feature: Showroom of the month: Porcelanosa

May 2019 

• Feature Q&A: In conversation with Georgie Barrat
• Feature Q&A: Manufacturing profile: ‘We only work with true partners’, Vitra
• Feature: Manufacturing profile: Prepared for whatever Brexit brings, Blanco
• Trends: Kitchen, bathroom, appliance and surface
• Feature: Showroom of the month: Dobsons

April 2019 

• Feature Q&A: Neolith
• Trends: Kitchen, bathroom, appliance and surface
• Feature: Retailer profile: ‘Customers must get on board or go elsewhere’, Sustainable Kitchens
• Feature: Showroom of the month: Baden Bathrooms

March 2019

• Feature: A marriage of convenience, retailer/supplier relationships
• Trends: Kitchen, bathroom, appliance and surface
• Feature: Showroom of the month: Acaelia Home Design

February 2019

• Online-only news: : BCT retailers ‘left in dark’ over administration
• Feature Q&A: In conversation with Simon Acres
• Trends: Kitchen, bathroom, appliance and surface
• Feature: Manufacturing profile: British, bullish and Brexit ready, Omega
• Feature: Showroom of the month: Bury St Edmunds

January 2019

• Online-only news: Cevisama: Brexit fears blamed for dip in Spanish tile sales
• Online-only feature: Tile counsel: How to create a showroom display
• Online-only news: Omega ‘taking the bull by the horns and investing’ ahead of Brexit
• Feature Q&A: In conversation with Joel and Kate Booy
• Trends: Kitchen, bathroom, appliance and surface
• Feature: Showroom of the month: Richard and Richard’s

December 2018 

• Feature Q&A: In conversation with George Clarke
• Feature: Making the internet work for you
• Trends: Kitchen, bathroom, appliance and surface
• Feature: Showroom of the month: Classic Interiors

November 2018

• Online-only news: Neolith celebrates strong first year of direct sales in the UK
• Online-only news: MHK buying group growing but behind target in UK
• News: Kbsa hits 40th anniversary and report ‘unheard of’ growth
• Feature Q&A: ‘Join us and be a bigger industry voice..’, Allister Reed, kbsa
• Feature Q&A: Designer roundtable
• Feature: ‘People still want a German kitchen’, Jens Klar, Nobilia
• Trends: Kitchen, bathroom, appliance and surface
• Feature: Conducting the perfect event
• Feature: Showroom of the month: Harlequin Bathrooms

October 2018 

• News: Ram raiders wreck kitchen showroom
• Feature Q&A: In conversation with Rachel Khoo
• Trends: Kitchen, bathroom, appliance and surface
• Feature: Retailer profile: From rivals to partners, Kutchenhaus
• Feature: Showroom of the month: Victoria and Albert

September 2018 

• Feature Q&A: In conversation with Kurt Merki Jr
• Trends: Kitchen, bathroom and appliance
• Feature: ‘I wanted to build an army of women plumbers’, Hattie Hassan
• Feature: Showroom of the month: Harvey Jones

August 2018

• Feature Q&A: In conversation with Patricia Urquiola
• Feature: Hire purpose
• Trends: Kitchen, bathroom and appliance
• Feature: Showroom of the month: Elite Stone

July 2018 

• Online-only news: and video: New colours and styles for PWS’s 1909 kitchens
• Feature: Navigating the marketing minefield
• Trends: Kitchen, bathroom and appliance
• Feature: Showroom of the month: Farnham Furnishers

June 2018

• Online-only news and video: Duravit showroom opening in Clerkenwell London
• Online-only news and audio: Charlie Smallbone and DeVOL Chelsea Flower Show
• Feature Q&A: In conversation with Christopher Howe
• Trends: Kitchen, bathroom and appliance
• Feature: Showroom of the month: Stanford Designs

Builders’ Merchants News (BMN)

BMN Leading lights

• Feature: Independents
• Feature: Nationals
• Feature: Branch openings
• Feature: Giving something back
• Feature: Voice of the independents

April, 2018

• Feature: Take a look into virtual reality

BMF Supplement

• Feature: Elliott’s 175th Anniversary
• Feature: A decade of Digby Stone
• Feature Q&A: 30 minutes with Glenn Paddison

March 2018

• Feature: Investing in people and branches

October 2018

• Feature: Timco is expanding to support its legacy

Heating Ventilation and Plumbing (HVP)

October 2017:

• Online-only news: Success for the first Women Installers Together Conference

September 2017:

• Feature: A fitting way to save time
• News: An inside look into Pimlico Plumbers’ expansion