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BiKBBI launches push for apprentices as an installer crisis looms
THE KBB industry must act quickly to avoid a dramatic shortage of skilled installers, says a survey by the British Institute of KBB Installation (BiKBBI).
That is why it has announced details of a new nationwide drive to recruit thousands of apprentices into the industry. The survey that flagged up the looming crisis was completed by more than 3,000 BiKBBI members. It showed a shortfall of skilled tradespeople over the next 10 years, made worse by high levels of demand for KBB installation work, which the BiKBBI said would lead to disappointed customers and hamper the UK’s economic recovery.
Sole traders made up more than 80% of the businesses surveyed and a third of those said they were planning to retire in the next 10 years. Only 16% had plans for someone to take over their business.
Installer businesses had little confidence that new blood was entering the industry to carry things on. Only 9% said there was a good supply of qualified installers ready to take on jobs and just under 10% thought there were a lot of young people coming into the industry. BiKBBI CEO Damian Walters said: “Put bluntly, we’ve relied for too long on an ageing workforce who are now looking forward to their retirement. We
need to pull out all of the stops to prepare a new generation of skilled installers ready to take their place.” The new apprenticeship drive will see the BiKBBI work in partnership with training providers, leading apprentice training agency (ATA) The Apprenticeship Group, end point assessor (EPA) Achieve + Partners. The initiative aims to generate 700 apprentice installers a year, beginning this autumn, and is backed by a significant investment from Quooker. The plans include:
• Leading a trailblazer group to agree an updated set of standards for the Level 2 Fitted Interiors qualification that has been successfully piloted in the South East; • A major promotional campaign and partnerships with schools. • Supporting members with employment processes to ensure that small installer businesses can take on apprentices without incurring additional overheads.
Türling steps down as CEO of Ideal Standard International
TORSTEN TÜRLING has left his role as chief executive of Ideal Standard International and will be jointly succeeded by Jonas Nilsson and Jan Peter Tewes. Türling had been CEO of the bathroom products company since 2015. Nilsson (pictured above right) joined Ideal Standard International in January 2019 as chief operating officer and Tewes (pictured above left) came on board in October 2018 as chief commercial officer. In September 2020, following a reorganisation of the company into business segments, Nilsson was appointed as president, sanitaryware, and Tewes as president, fittings, while retaining his role as CCO. Over the past year, as Ideal Standard changed its business structure, Nilsson and Tewes were instrumental in that process and were responsible for its successful transformation.
Before Ideal Standard, Tewes was executive vice-president, building (Europe) at Uponor, and a member of the group’s executive committee. He also spent 10 years at Grohe in a variety of roles, including chief marketing officer and a member of Grohe’s global management team. Nilsson joined the company after several high-level jobs, including president, Europe, Africa and South America, at the automotive supplier IAC Group, president, Europe and Africa, at Autoliv AB, chief operating officer at Franke Kitchen Systems Group and various roles at Visteon corporation and Lear corporation.
Clive Christian expands as enquiries more than double during 2020
CLIVE CHRISTIAN Furniture had a successful 2020 with a significant increase in enquiries, a restructure of the management team and the introduction of an apprenticeship scheme.
Compared with 2019, the furniture manufacturer has seen a rise in enquiries by 125% since the start of the pandemic. The first few months of 2021 saw its strongest first quarter in many years. Over the past year, there was a big team expansion with three appointments to the board of directors and four new apprentices in the workshop. Chief executive David Dare and global sales director Phil Cole joined the team last year, while Oliver Deadman was promoted to head of design. There are plans in progress to expand the company’s presence in the UK and USA and to enter new markets such as Marbella in Spain and other countrie in Europe and Asia. As part of its global expansion plan, Clive Christian opened a new showroom in Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam. The venture into this new market began in late 2020.
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June 2021 ·
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