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BMA chief calls for action on climate change
BMA CHIEF executive Tom Reynolds, has urged more joined-up thinking among legislators and specialists across the home improvement industry in a bid to aid the Government’s plan for Net Zero.
Speaking at the Net Zero Carbon Parliamentary Debate, organised by The National Home Improvement Council, and hosted by Lord Stunell OBE at the House of Lords, Reynolds delivered a speech that called for action on climate change to be delivered through retrofit.
He said: “All too often green housing policies have been developed in an uncoordinated way. There has been no longevity in any initiative to have greater impact on carbon reduction targets. We must join up our thinking and actions to make a real difference.”
Reynolds also highlighted the need for consumers to understand the role of water efficiency in reducing carbon emissions when they plan refurbish- ments. He called on the Government to use the Unified Water Label (UWL) scheme as it develops its mandatory water labelling system for products, which is part of the Government’s 25-Year Environment Plan to reduce personal water consumption to 110 litres a day by 2050. He concluded: “Transforming 27 million homes to make them net zero is complicated but has great benefits for all.
It won’t be achieved if individual
departments do their own thing, or individual parts of the home improve- ment sector go off on their own.” The event brought together experts from all sides of the home-improvement sector to
debate the case for a
revolution in our approach to addressing the climate emergency, while tackling the post-Covid economic recovery, creating green jobs and ensuring building safety. Speakers included NHIC president Lord Stunell, NHIC CEO Anna Scothern, Hannah Vickers of the Construction Leadership Council, Alex Thwaites from Ovo and Paul Simpson
from Recticel Insulation UK. Also
attending were Craig Baker, MD Kohler Mira UK and UWL MD Yvonne Orgill. The BMA has joined forces with the Simon Acres Group to support the bathroom industry in recruitment and training. BMA members and their retailers will have direct access to current bathroom vacancies on the BMA website.
Kudos invests in new warehouse and showroom in Cheshire
CUMBRIA-BASED SHOWER products
manufacturer Kudos
Kitchen market set to grow to £4.5 billion after strong 2020
THE LATEST kitchen market data shows a strong year for kitchen products sales in 2020 worth £4.2 billion and predicts further growth to £4.5bn for 2021.
The JKMR Fitted Kitchen Market Overview:2021 highlighted that, despite the impact of Covid – with total kitchen installations just 8% lower than 2019 – the retail element performed far more strongly than the new-build sector, with sales dipping by just £100m to £4.3bn and 1.1 million kitchens purchased . It reported that kitchens were a key room in many refurb projects with budgets swollen by money saved from non-existent holidays and it was independent kitchen studios in particular that benefited, forecasting that independent studios would have their best year in 10 years in 2021 at £1.8bn. The report suggested, however, that the mini-boom of 2021 may well come to a halt, with annual installations struggling to reach their projected 1.2m. JKMR also looked at online sales of fitted kitchen products, which were 9.6% of the market (including MDAs sold with new kitchens) in 2019, rising to 11.6% in 2020 and projected to hit 12.5% in 2021. The report said this showed that the service element in fitted kitchens works against pure-play online retailers. Fitted kitchen cabinetry volumes saw a dip in 2020, but are expected to return to 2019 levels in 2021. Worktops saw the greatest value growth for 2010 to 2019, reflecting, said the report, the inroads of higher-priced materials, but sinks and taps outstripped worktops in 2020 and are projected to continue to do so.
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has opened a new 60,000sq ft warehouse in Cheshire to help boost delivery efficiency. The new warehouse in Sandbach, Cheshire, will house finished goods and the company chose the site for its central location to ensure efficient deliveries to its retail customers. The new warehouse will also house a 2,500sq ft showroom and training facility, where all the latest product collections are on display, including shower doors, walk-in enclosures, shower trays and wet-room systems. Kudos is also encouraging retailers to bring their customers to the showroom to see the latest products. They can also book training sessions there for their staff. Kudos retail
support managers will also be carrying out installation demonstrations. The new showroom is part of a £650,000 investment programme that has created space at Kudos’s Cumbrian factory for increased production.
Kudos sales and marketing director Nick Graville said: “We’ve always had a showroom on site in our factory near Kendal for local retailers to use and this new showroom offers more retailers that support. We’d like our customers to treat these areas as an extension of their own showrooms.” Kudos also sponsored the Bath- room Designer of the Year: project cost £10,000 to £25,000 at this year’s kbbreview Retail & Design Awards and is sponsoring that category again in our 2022 awards.
· November 2021
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