INDUSTRY UPDATE THE KBSA COLUMN THE TILE ASSOCIATION COLUMN
Sell out Kbsa KBB Industry Conference a huge
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he Kbsa KBB Industry Conference held at the Belfry Hotel on 27 September, was a complete sell out and was hailed as a huge success.
Kbsa national chair Richard Hibbert said, “The atmosphere throughout the day was amazing, with guests networking and engaging with the speakers. Our programme of speakers really delivered with thought provoking presentations that inspired, ensuring that everyone could take away something to apply in their own business. “The past twelve months have been challenging and the conference provided the perfect opportunity for us to come together and realise the power of the collective. The content from the presentations illustrated that the independent sector is well placed to embrace the positives and look to the future with ingenuity and resilience. “Feedback from those that attended has been amazing, and we hope to build on its success in future years, and show that the Kbsa KBB Industry Conference deserves its place as the must attend event in the KBB calendar.
“We benefited from incredible support from our four main sponsors, Blum, Quooker, Neff and Blanco. We had a record number of retailers in attendance, with a number of potential new members that we hope will progress to membership.
“The future undoubtedly holds many challenges but the conference has shown that the Kbsa has a vital role in bringing together and supporting KBB retailers, to help them prosper and thrive.”
About Kbsa
The Kbsa is the only trade association operating specifically for kbb industry, and represents independent kbb specialists. It was founded in 1978. Over 100 brands supplying the industry support the Association and its key objective of promoting the professionalism and excellence available from the independent specialist retailer.
Appointment of new technical & training manager is an important milestone for TTA
he Tile Association is delighted to announce the appointment of Martin Pouncey as TTA Technical & Training Manager.
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Martin’s appointment represents a major investment for TTA, which is set to take its technical and training work on to a new higher level. It demonstrates TTA’s commitment to raising standards in the industry, and the support which a salaried Technical & Training Manager will provide is an exciting new benefit for members, particularly independent fixers. Martin will be mobile, as a liveried van is part of the commitment from TTA. This means that he will be able to provide on-site support, wherever it is required – on jobs, at member companies’ offices, at trade days and at exhibitions. He will also take over responsibility for carrying out many of TTA’s much-valued Technical Inspections.
More details are available from The KBSA
www.kbsa.org.uk or call 01623 818808
“This is a massive step forward for us, moving us on from providing technical support mainly through printed TTA technical publications – although those will continue to be an important foundation of TTA’s work,” says Paul Luff, TTA Chairman. “Having somebody with Martin’s skills, training and expertise on TTA staff, working full time on behalf of our members, is going to make an enormous difference. This will make every single member’s annual membership fee really work for them!” Martin joins TTA from Instarmac, where he was Technical Training & Site Support Manager for five years. He was previously at BAL and latterly has been Vice-Chairman of TTA’s Training Committee. He has acted as a consultant to City & Guilds and is a qualified Assessor and External Verifier. “We would struggle to think of a better qualified candidate to be our new Technical & Training Manager and are looking forward to working with him to support our members,” says Kay Porter, CEO of TTA. The appointment is in line with TTA’s Strategic Plan, which is currently being implemented, and in particular its first Strategic Pillar to “Raise tile and tiling standards and enhance installation expertise and craftsmanship”. Critically it also supports Pillar 2 of the Plan, which aims to “Improve the value of membership, attract, engage and retain more members”. As well as providing technical support, coordinating training operations and encouraging member recruitment, Martin is set to work on a wide variety of technical and training communications. This enables TTA to move the training and technical aspects of its work up a gear, in pursuit of excellence and the goal of constantly improving the scope and quality of services offered to members.
For further information or to join TTA visit
www.tiles.org.uk/join
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