INDUSTRY UPDATE THE TILE ASSOCIATION COLUMN
Uform Appoints Kitchen Designer & Brand Manager
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form is pleased to announce the appointment of two new roles within its Category and Marketing Teams.
Jack Pullan joins the Category Team as Uform’s new Kitchen Showroom
Designer and will be responsible for delivering a new in-house Showroom Design Service, aimed at supporting customers in their showroom planning requirements and helping to ensure Uform’s product portfolio is showcased in the most commercial way. Jack joins with a
TTA Awards 2022 – Another Great Success!
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TA has held a highly successful annual Awards night, at which the winners in 17 categories were unveiled and
honoured. The Awards proved to be a great opportunity for the whole industry to get together once again – to network, to celebrate and of course to pay tribute to this year’s winners. TTA would once again like to congratulate all the Award winners this year. The evening was hosted by Dominic Holland, who carried off the role
efficiently and with considerable sardonic wit. There was a record number of 15 Gold sponsors this year and they all
received major exposure during the evening. The full list of Gold sponsors was: Amber Underfloor Heating, Banks & Lloyd, Genesis Global Systems, JACKOBOARD®, Mapei, N&C, Palace Chemicals, PCS, Shackerley (Holdings) Group Ltd., STS, Topps Tiles, UltraTile, Verona, Warmup and Weber. “It was certainly a night to remember,” says TTA Chairman Paul Luff,
“capping off a great day at the Tiling Show, which I am delighted that so many from our industry found to be useful and enjoyable. I would once again like to add my congratulations to all the Award winners, as well as those who got ‘Highly Commended’, and all our Gold sponsors, our judges and everyone else who worked so hard to make the evening a success once again. “I was particularly delighted to be able to welcome to our Awards night
Alberto Echavarría and Mireia Llinares of the Spanish trade association ASCER. In my view our developing relations with the trade associations in the tile producing countries is one of the most exciting things TTA is involved in at present, so the fact that they were able to attend our Awards was excellent. It was also great to see larger numbers of independent fixers and independent retailers coming along.” The Awards presentations took place on the same day as the Tiling
Show, which was held in the same venue and was also attracted a very good crowd from the industry. The most commonly heard comment at the Show was that it had a really good vibe or buzz. The Show was busy from the start and, unusually for a trade show, there was no let-up in the afternoon, with visitors still coming in less than half an hour before the Show was due to close. Visitors also comprised a good cross-section of the industry, including tile fixers, contractors, retailers and distributors.
wealth of experience from previous design and CAD planning roles covering all channels from consumer, trade, and contract kitchen designs through to retailer showroom display planning. He will act as a key support to the Uform Sales Team across UK & Ireland. Erin Costen joins the
Marketing Team as Brand Manager for Uform’s end consumer brand, Kitchen Stori. Erin’s key focus will be centred around building brand awareness of Kitchen Stori and establishing a new retailer programme which will be exclusively available to a network of independent Kitchen Stori retailers nationwide.
Erin’s previous roles
include Senior Project Manager for a Belfast based Design and Branding agency and a dedicated Marketing role within one of Northern Ireland’s largest independent electrical retailers. Uform Group Sales
& Marketing Director Wes McKenna says, ‘We’re pleased to welcome Jack and Erin on board. These latest appointments are testament to our commitment to ensuring our service
proposition for retailers and trade customers adds value to their business and ultimately provides them with further growth opportunities. The dedicated roles are also aligned to our vision of being easy to do business with through offering extensive choice, quality, and convenience, whilst offering a world class customer service. We wish Erin and Jack the very best in their new roles.’ For further information on Uform’s product and service offering, visit the
website.
u For further information or to join TTA visit
www.tiles.org.uk/join
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