Industry Update THE BMA COLUMN
PWS’ new 1909 collection predicted to be huge hit by
Spring into a new bathroom S
consumer home interest press PWS unveiled its new 1909 kitchen collection in February to 18 editors and writers from the consumer home interest press at the company’s impressive Design Centre. “I love the look and feel of the collection – the beautiful colours, clever attention to detail, thoughtful touches and stylish range of options available,” comments Ruth Bell, Editor of KBB. “I think 1909 is a hit!” Months of research went into the planning of 1909, a fact acknowledged by specialist kitchen writer Grahame Morrison:
pring is in the air. Summer is just around the corner. And what better time to start thinking about a new bathroom.
Today, the choice is enormous; the recent exhibitions have proved that. All budgets, tastes and styles are catered for. Members of the BMA have worked incredibly hard recently to completely revitalise their ranges with great new stylish products which have a much lighter touch, designed to help save our precious water and energy.
But choosing a new bathroom can be daunting. After all it can’t be described as a regular purchase and consumers do need some guidance when they take the plunge. With this in mind the BMA recently launched its new brochure - ‘10 STEPS’. The new 16 page guide to ‘choosing and using a new sustainable bathroom’ can be downloaded, for free, direct from the BMA’s website at
www.bathroom-association.org. The guide takes the reader through the simple steps of rating their existing bathroom, discovering their needs and those of their family, finding out what plumbing system their home supports, choosing the right bathroom products for their needs and getting it installed.
But it doesn’t stop there. Helpful tips guide the user through using the new bathroom in the most sustainable and economical way.
There is no doubt, there’s never been a better time for a bathroom makeover.
“In all my years of reporting on the highs and lows of the UK’s KBB sector I cannot remember being so convinced about the success of a new kitchen range as I am by the 1909 collection. If you only plan to put one new kitchen display in your showroom this year you would be daft not to take a long hard look at it.” 1909 is backed by an extensive retailer marketing support package.
Ellis Furniture adds talent to kitchen team
Ellis Furniture has boosted its kitchen sales team with the appointment of Alex Patterson. He left Ellis to join Utopia in 2010 and re-joins the company to swell the kitchen sales team as regional sales manager for kitchens, covering retail and house build customers.
“Demand for our kitchens is growing and so we have focused on expanding our kitchen portfolio,” comments sales and marketing director Peter Elson.” Alex has a great knowledge of manufacturing and furniture and it has been a smooth and easy transition from bathrooms to kitchens. Customers are already benefiting from his
u For more information, please contact BMA on 01782 631619, visit
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professionalism and attention to detail.”
“I have always loved bathrooms and designing and selling bathroom furniture,” says Patterson. “It is a real pleasure to return to Ellis Furniture and to once again be a part of a great British manufacturing company that invests across the business and always manages to remain ahead of its game.”
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