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BESTOF BRITISH


It’s time to celebrate the Best of British manufacturing and design!


celebrate all that’s great about modern British kitchen and bathroom design. With the lockdowns of 2021 and the Covid pandemic now a receding memory, and spring offering us all the chance to look ahead to the summer, it’s a great time for us to bring you our fantastic annual selection of British companies pushing the boundaries of modern kitchen and bathroom design and manufacture. In this supplement you will find a wide range


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of products and services from trusted brands who have come through the pandemic and are now thriving in the kitchen and bathroom space. With global uncertainty and the rising cost of living, it has never been more important to support our home-grown talent – across the following pages we aim to guide and inspire you to do just that! UK consumers have always shown


themselves willing to buy British, and the companies in this supplement offer products and services across the wide spectrum of the kitchen and bathroom sector from all parts of the country. Take for example Yorkshire-based Trojan, one of the largest manufacturers of


elcome to BKU’s Best of British supplement for 2022, where we


acrylic baths in Europe, whose reputation for manufacturing high quality products has put them at the top of the industry. Staying in the North we find Decorative Panels, Europe’s leading supplier of decorative-faced sheet materials, panel components and flat pack furniture, whose experience, in-depth market knowledge, and continual investment in infrastructure, people and machinery has produced a solid financial and ethical foundation from which to grow. Moving south, Waterline, the UK’s largest


supplier to the independent kitchen specialist sector, was established in 1985 and became part of the Crown Imperial group of companies in 2011. With a product portfolio comprising the best brands in kitchen furniture, appliances, sinks, taps and ancillary kitchen products, a distribution head office in Newport Pagnell and depots in Bolton and Bristol, it is ideally located to satisfy customers’ requirements nationally. In the West Midlands, TYDE (created in 2020


from the merger of the Thomas Dudley Ltd and Masefield Beta Ltd brands) combine the products and expertise across its five brands, Dudley, Epson, Beta, Cronex and Resan, to bring you a one-stop solution for your plumbing requirements.


2 BKU MAY 2022 BEST OF BRITISH EDITION Staying in the West Midlands, Tyseley-based


Mereway Group are award winning manufacturers of high quality kitchen and bathroom furniture, supplying to an extensive network of independent retail outlets nationwide. Over the last 35 years the company has built an enviable reputation for not only creating beautiful hand-crafted, bespoke kitchens and bathrooms here in the UK but by offering the first class customer service Further west, Wales’ Masterclass Kitchens, a


family run business established in 1975 by Brian Lakin, began making kitchens for friends and family out of a barn in Barry, South Wales. The company has kept its Welsh heritage - its 70,000 square foot factory employing over 200 people isn’t far away from where Brian first started. Last but not least, Cumbria-based Kudos


Showers has built a reputation for the highest quality and is widely recognised as the UK’s leading independent shower enclosure manufacturer. We hope this whistlestop tour round the UK


will help you identify and source the best British products, either manufactured or designed here in Britain, at a time when supporting our homegrown brands couldn’t be more important – remember, when you can, buy British!


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