Industry Update PWS’ Northern Star
PWS has announced the promotion of Paul Dorrington to Northern Regional Sales Manager. Paul takes on this new position following 2 ½ years in the role as Area Sales Manager for the North West area. As a graduate in product design and technology, Paul’s design skills, and appreciation of the product development process, complement his widespread experience in kitchen sales over the last decade. Comments David
MacArthur, Sales Director at PWS, “I am thrilled to welcome Paul to the sales management team at PWS, joining Marina Gibbons who was promoted to Southern Regional Sales Manager in 2015. Paul’s appointment is the third internal promotion from within the PWS sales department and is a clear signal, that as a business, we are keen to promote from within, making our business stronger as a consequence. With Paul’s extensive sales and design knowledge he is perfectly placed to develop and manage sales in the Northern region.”
Twyford supports a new pre-school in The Gambia
Twyford has donated ceramic products for a toilet block in the Rainbow Foundation Pre-School, a new school in Faala in The Gambia, for 60 local children. Faala is a new settlement near to Sanyang and the school has been constructed
for younger children who can’t safely travel to Sanyang, due to the long and dangerous route on foot. The addition of the new toilet block has provided four cubicles for the children
and two for the teachers. Twyford donated four small toilets, two large toilets, four washbasins, taps and all relevant fittings. Says Dave Hindle, project spokesman: “This school is vitally important for the
children of Faala. There was such a demand for places when it opened that we desperately needed to be able to able to provide the right quality of sanitary facilities. Smaller toilets aren’t available in The Gambia, so the children were absolutely delighted when they saw the delivery from Twyford. The parents and teachers are also happy that they have such good facilities.” Says Raffaela De Vittorio, Marketing and Brands Director for Geberit and
Twyford: “This is a such a worthwhile project that we didn’t hesitate when we were approached to see if we could help. I am so pleased that the school is doing well and hope the children are enjoying all of their new facilities.”
Bathroom Academy renewed, refreshed and relaunched
T
he popular Bathroom Academy, managed for the industry by the Bathroom Manufacturers Association, has received a major upgrade and was re-launched at the recent KBB exhibition in Birmingham. The Bathroom Academy has been under review by experts from the
bathroom industry for almost twelve months. Many man-hours have been dedicated to make the eLearning website bang up-to-date and its fresh new look brightens the easily navigable site. The ever popular Bathroom Guides have been refreshed with new images,
graphics and information and an all-new series of Business Seminars have been introduced for 2016. “It’s taken quite a while” says Bathroom Academy boss Yvonne Orgill,
“but we’ve now completely rebuilt the Academy website. We have also revised and updated the download-able bathroom guides and introduced new regular one-to-one training courses in partnership with our provider, Strategic Professionals. We are delighted with the result and we were pleased to use our stand at KBB to launch the exciting new package.” The Bathroom Academy is a unique learning platform. It now offers both
web-based and personal learning and its modules are used in all sectors of the industry, and at all levels. For 2016 a new Industry Guide on Wet Rooms has been added to the
line-up of 10 modules. Most of the guides are free to download and cover a variety of subjects about bathroom products, their installation and relevant business practice. Additionally, a new range of classroom-style Business Skills courses were
rolled out at the beginning of the year. Courses are delivered by Sharon Southcott of Strategic Professionals. Sharon is an experienced Chartered Institute of Marketing Tutor who has worked in the bathroom sector developing marketing strategy for many years. A full calendar of courses is planned for the year and bespoke courses are
also offered for companies who prefer to have them delivered at their own premises. See the diary of courses on the Bathroom Academy website or contact us direct.
www.bathroom-academy.co.uk The Academy is managed by the BMA on behalf of its membership. It has
been regularly updated since its launch almost ten years ago but the latest upgrade has brought the Academy website, the classroom courses and its entire content bang up-to-date.
For more information, please contact BMA on 01782 631619, visit
www.bathroom-association.org or email
info@bathroom-association.org.uk
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