INDUSTRY UPDATE THE TILE ASSOCIATION COLUMN
Book Your Tickets Now for TTA Awards 2024!
ith entries closed and judging under way, tickets for The Tile Association Awards are now available. TTA Awards 2024’s theme is “Building on the Best”, championing quality craftsmanship and service excellence. Individual tickets are priced at £195+VAT. Alternatively, there is a package deal for a table of 10 at £1,755+VAT, and a further discounted £1,560+VAT available for a second table.
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BiKBBI – Protecting the installation workforce is more important than ever
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here has been lots of talk recently about the fragility of the trades labour market, with research suggesting that one in 10 tradespeople are ready to down tools for good. In fact, in the KBB sector, the data is even more worrying. Results from the BiKBBI Installer Survey 2024 recently revealed that 66% of kitchen, bedroom and bathroom installers would be willing to leave the sector in favour of better financial gain and opportunities in other sectors. Unfortunately, in times of economic uncertainty, it is usually the self- employed and micro-SMEs that will come under pressure first and it really does become a case of survival of the fittest. Whilst the world has indeed been tumultuous over the past four years, the installation sector faired pretty well when so many other industries were in turmoil – so the downturn that is being felt now is going to hurt.
We need to work together as an industry to protect and grow the installation community that is critical to every business in the wider KBB sector.
Relationships are going to be key – retailers should be doing everything in their power to ringfence their existing installer workforce, with a focus on gaining their commitment to continue the relationship. This could include pricing reviews (if applicable), reviewing terms of work and also how they integrate installations within their business generally. The industry as a whole need to think about who will be installing their product in five to ten years’ time and, if they are not already doing so, should consider working with the BiKBBI on strengthening their future proposition.’
Damian Walters – CEO, BiKBBI
This year we are pleased to welcome Shaun Williamson as our host, an actor renowned for playing Barry Evans in EastEnders. Stay tuned for the announcement of the judges, who are hard at work thanks to your fantastic entries!
TTA is once
again grateful to the commitment from our Awards
sponsors, which ensures that the Awards can continue to celebrate industry achievement.
The Gold sponsors are: Amber Underfloor Heating, Banks & Lloyd, Beava, BIHUI, Genesis Global Systems, Jackoboard, Mapei, Palace Chemicals, Polyfab Coatings & Systems (PCS), Shackerley (Holdings) Ltd, STS, Topps Tiles, UltraTile and Weber UK.
TTA Awards is also a proud fundraiser for Children Today, created to help children and young people with disabilities up to the age of 25 across the UK by providing specialised equipment that improves quality of life. In one evening alone, last year’s Awards raised and donated a remarkable £14,000!
We look forward to seeing you there and wish good luck to all who have entered. For any further information, visit
https://www.ttaawards.com/.
For further information or to join TTA visit
www.tiles.org.uk/join
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