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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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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

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

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:

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