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Ellis Furniture sends lucky customer on African adventure

July 13, 2010 By Kevin Leave a Comment

Ellis Furniture – a leading manufacturer of kitchen, bathroom and bedroom furniture – is sending one lucky couple on an African adventure for their honeymoon as part of a unique competition worth £2,500 to name a new door for the company’s bathroom furniture range.

Ellis Furniture joined forces with its retail customers across the country in the hunt for a new door name and after sifting through scores of entries the judges finally decided on a suggestion from William Wilson customer Graham Marshall. [Read more...]

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De Dietrich celebrates appliance partnership with new Cheshire Cookery School

June 27, 2010 By Kevin Leave a Comment

De Dietrich celebrates appliance partnership with new Cheshire Cookery School

As part of an ongoing campaign to work as an appliance partner with centres of cooking excellence, De Dietrich Kitchen Appliances has teamed up with the newly established Cheshire Cookery School in Altrincham. In order to celebrate its opening, a VIP launch event was held on 10th June 2010 with over 230 guests.

The Cheshire Cookery School is the brainchild of founder, Andrew Warnes and while a separate venture, is situated adjacent to The Altrincham Kitchen Centre and COD Electrical Showroom. The highly respected kitchens and electrical business, owned by the Warnes family, is one of the largest suppliers of high specification kitchens and appliances in the North-West. [Read more...]

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New Chairman of The Tile Association

June 11, 2010 By Kevin Leave a Comment

The new Chairman of The Tile Association is Ian Crowther Trade Sales and Marketing Director of Johnson Tiles. Ian has over thirty years experience in the building materials industry and he will serve for two years. He was a founding board member of The Tile Association.

Ian’s focus will be the association’s members, training and the promotion of excellence in the industry as a whole.

“All members, whether large or small, should benefit positively from their membership. The Industry needs a strong and active trade association to support the wider use of tiles not simply to gain more sales but to educate specifiers, builders and homeowners about the advantages of tiles and the sustainable attributes that they have”.

“Training provision for fixers and suppliers is an area that I would like to see the TTA to develop more to ensure that customer service levels improve and the tile buying experience becomes less daunting.”

Ian succeeds Ashley Heath who in his final address to the membership asked them to reflect on the association’s 10th anniversary and “ what our working life would have been without The Tile Association”.

You can read both Ashley’s and Ian’s speech in full in the news section of the TTA website at www.tiles.org.uk

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New Corporate Member for KBSA

May 9, 2010 By Kevin Leave a Comment

The KBSA has announced that one of Europe’s largest privately owned manufacturers of domestic appliances, Hoover Candy, is the latest corporate member to join the association.

Hoover Candy is a well recognised and respected company with more than 100 years experience in the industry.

The group employs 6,000 people and has 10 factories producing a range of built in and freestanding appliances. They offer more than 200 built in product lines as well as an extensive range of freestanding appliances including the unique Rosiere Bocuse range cooker.

KBSA corporate chairman Malcolm Scott said, “We are delighted to welcome Hoover Candy into the Association. The KBSA is committed to growing its corporate membership which offers a unique opportunity for manufacturers and distributers to engage with some of the best specialist retailers on the high street.”

“We are pleased to support the KBSA,” says Hoover Candy Managing Director, Maurizio Severgnini. “We are continually launching new and innovative products which are specifically aimed at the premium kitchen sector and recognise the great strengths of the KBSA and its membership in this sector. We have already started to offer support to retailer members via national distributors, and look forward to working closely with the KBSA in the future”

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F: 01623 818805
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Utopia Extends Marketing Department

May 3, 2010 By Kevin Leave a Comment

Utopia Bathroom Group Ltd has announced the appointment of Hasret Brown as Product Manager and Adam Whittaker as Product and Sales Analyst.

Hasret is a graduate in marketing and has over twelve years’ experience in a number of marketing roles, predominantly in the construction/building materials industry. Her most recent position was with RMD Kwikform Ltd as Assistant Product Manager.

Commenting on her appointment, Hasret said “I am delighted to be joining the market leader at such an exciting time and look forward to being part of the team taking this dynamic company forward.”

A recent graduate in business studies, Adam spent over a year working in the marketing department at Hewlett Packard as part of his degree course.

Adam comments “This is the perfect opportunity for me to develop my skills within the busy and challenging environment of the marketing department.”

tel: 01902 406402
www.utopiagroup.com

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