Round-up | NEWS CONTENTS
NEWS, COMMENT & OPINION 4 News
A roundup of the latest KBB news 16 People
This month’s movers and shakers
18 Pets in showrooms What pets have visited retailers? 20 Business Advice
Paul Da Silva explains how to make sure every project is profi table
22 Lena Henry
Whirlpool’s UK & Ireland MD on a low-carbon future
PRODUCTS & SUPPLIERS 29 Awards Finalists
Meet the fi nalists of the kbbreview Retail & Design Awards 2023
36 Shopfl oor analysis
Toby Griffi n looks at the issues surrounding product returns
38 Callerton
We speak to CEO Dawn Short about the past 40 years of the brand
46 Hidden kitchens and utility rooms
Explore the added value of these ‘extra’ rooms
50 En suites and cloakrooms How to maximise on space even in the smallest of rooms
RETAIL 60 Retailer profi le
We meet the owner of new retailer Angelic Bathrooms
64 Case study
The Wood Works showcases a traditional and timeless kitchen
Showroom of the month: A look at Home Living Group in Chiswick pg 68
Supplier profi le: We travel to Belfast to visit bathroom specialist Aqualla pg 42
Apprenticeships: What progress has the KBB industry made? pg 24
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3 EDITOR’S COMMENT
FINALISTS IN FOCUS
lthough we revealed the names of this year’s kbbreview Retail & Design Awards fi nalists in the January issue, this month we’re telling you a bit more about the businesses, teams, designs and people that have made the grade this year. Get to know them better in our seven-page special feature, pages 29-35. As always, the winners will be revealed at a
glamorous awards ceremony, which will take place on Thursday, April 20 at The Depot in Cardiff. I’d like to wish every single one of our
fi nalists good luck – it’s an understatement to say that just getting to this stage is a huge achievement and they should all be extremely proud. As well as the usual presentation ceremony where the winners receive
their trophies, for the second year running one extremely lucky guest at the awards will walk away with a fantastic cash prize of £5,000 courtesy of our Grand Prize Partner Schlüter Systems. And make sure you don’t miss out on our incredible after-party – which is. once again, sponsored by Quooker UK.
Spaces at the awards are limited, but there is still time to book your place. Go to
kbbreview.com/awards for all the information. Elsewhere in the magazine, there is big news from the MDA sector
as two of the world’s biggest names in domestic appliances – Whirlpool and Arçelik – have taken the fi rst steps to create a new European business that may hold a signifi cant share of the appliance market. Head to page 4 for the full story. Tying in with this month’s National Apprenticeship Week, our big analysis looks at what stage the industry is at in terms of creating opportunities to encourage young people to pursue a career in the sector and help alleviate the skills-gap crisis that some believe will ‘irreversibly damage our industry’ [pgs 24-26].
That’s just a taster of what’s inside this issue and, as always, it would be good to hear your views on any of this month’s news, views, interviews and features.
Rebecca Nottingham, editor
rebecca@kbbreview.com
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