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