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HIX 2025 trend report: The top 3 influences currently shaping bathroom design

Best in show – Amelia Thorpe rounds up the hottest bathroom trends from this year’s HIX hotel design exhibition. Celebrating the best in hotel design...
bathrooms features

Thu 11th Dec 2025

Simon Acres Group launches KBB Futures Roundtable to drive industry change

Specialist recruitment consultancy Simon Acres Group is set to host a new initiative designed to spark meaningful change across the kitchen, bedroom a...
industry news

Mon 1st Dec 2025

Interview: Alex Jenman of Gainsborough Kitchens on beating the big chains

Gainsborough Kitchens stays ahead of national competitors by combining quality furniture with bespoke design – director Alex Jenman tells Tim Wallace...
interview features

Mon 1st Dec 2025

Moores launches ‘Your Cause, Your Choice’ to support employee-led fundraising

Kitchen manufacturer Moores has launched a new employee-led charity initiative. The ‘Your Cause, Your Choice’ scheme replaces the company’s traditiona...
kitchens news

Fri 31st Oct 2025

Häcker Küchen unveils additions to its concept130 range during in-house exhibition

German kitchen company Häcker Küchen has opened its doors at its HQ for its in-house exhibition, which is currently running until 26th September under...
kitchens news

Fri 26th Sep 2025

Bathroom Association celebrates rising talent at Thirty-under-Thirty Awards 2025

The Bathroom Association, the leading voice for the UK bathroom industry, has unveiled the winners of its Thirty-under-Thirty Awards. Now in its seco...
bathrooms news

Thu 25th Sep 2025

Why top designers are turning to porcelain for contemporary surface solutions

As a surface for application in kitchens and bathrooms, porcelain has been rapidly gaining popularity and is starting to muscle in on quartz’s share o...
insight features

Thu 11th Sep 2025

New research from Geberit highlights trend for wall-hung WCs

Wall-hung toilets offering modern, space-saving design can increase the appeal of a home, according to new research commissioned by Geberit, with almo...
bathrooms news

Tue 2nd Sep 2025

How Olive & Barr’s Al Bruce designed and launched a fourth retail showroom

British handmade kitchen company Olive & Barr has announced the opening of its 4th showroom in the Regency town of Leamington Spa – we catch up with f...
insight features

Tue 12th Aug 2025

hib. scales new heights with charity challenge

Bathroom manufacturer hib. has kickstarted its fundraising efforts for corporate charity partner Ronald McDonald House Charities UK after digital mark...
bathrooms news

Tue 15th Jul 2025

Poggenpohl strengthens its team by hiring a new technical designer

Poggenpohl has appointed a new technical designer to work from the Hampstead Studio. Dora McDowall is an interior design graduate from Manchester Univ...
new hire people

Mon 28th Apr 2025

W&R Barnett acquires majority shareholding in Symphony Group

Belfast-based W&R Barnett has acquired a majority shareholding in the Symphony Group, including The Symphony Group plc, for an undisclosed sum.  W&R...
kitchens news

Thu 17th Apr 2025

Moores makes strategic change to operations team with latest promotion

Moores has made a strategic change to the operations team, announcing the promotion of Laura Horne to senior operations manager. Laura has been an int...
new hire people

Tue 15th Apr 2025

Interview: How Stone Cookers is reshaping the range cooker market

Last April, Michael McGinley launched his Stone Cookers brand into the UK market. One year on, he talks to Nicola Hanley about how his heat storage ra...
interview features

Wed 26th Mar 2025

Celebrity chef Shaun Rankin reveals his custom farmhouse kitchen

Michelin-starred chef, restaurateur and TV personality Shaun Rankin shows us round his newly renovated kitchen, specially created for him by The Main...
kitchens features

Thu 13th Feb 2025

ASCER announces winners of the 23rd Tile of Spain Awards

ASCER (The Spanish Ceramic Tile Manufacturers’ Association) has announced the winners ofthe 23rd edition of the Tile of Spain Awards of Architecture a...
industry news

Mon 2nd Dec 2024

Why miniature range cookers can broaden your customer base

Mini 60cm range cookers offer all the traditional good looks and functionality of the larger models, but can also open your business up to a whole new...
kitchens features

Tue 8th Oct 2024

Rearo looks to double the scale of its commercial operation

Rearo, which specialises in the manufacture and supply of bathroom and kitchen surfaces for UK trade and retail markets, has laid out plans to double...
industry news

Fri 20th Sep 2024

Jacqueline Mariani on 30 years of success as a KBB PR specialist

JMM PR managing director Jacqueline Mariani is celebrating 3 decades working in the KBB industry – she reveals her highs and lows, and what makes a PR...
insight features

Mon 16th Sep 2024

James Latham supplies HIMACS and hardwoods for London restaurant

James Latham, one of the UK’s leading independent timber, panels and décors distributors, recently supplied a variety of materials to the fit out of M...
industry news

Mon 19th Aug 2024

Franke reveals latest promotions in Retailer Rewards Scheme

Franke has launched its latest Franke Rewards promotional scheme offering cashback rewards on key products within its tap, cooker hood, appliances and...
kitchens news

Tue 13th Aug 2024

10 compact kitchen islands for a spacious and free-flowing design

With island units sitting high up on most consumers' wish lists when it comes to their ideal kitchen design, we round up 10 inspiring compact solution...
kitchens features

Mon 12th Aug 2024

Dornbracht products specified for new hotel The Peninsula London

The Peninsula London was modelled on the Palazzo Farnese in Rome by Hopkins Architects. The hotel has 190 rooms and suites, several fine-dining restau...
bathrooms news

Thu 1st Aug 2024

Hyperion's Richard Skeoch: Large-format tiles can enhance your designs

Richard Skeoch, director of tile retailer Hyperion Tiles, reveals the reasons behind the trend for large-format tiles, and explains why incorporating...
insight features

Mon 1st Jul 2024

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