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Kitchen & Bathroom Show to take place at Sandown Park
The UK’s first dedicated consumer show for kitchen and bathroom products and services is to be held on the 14th/16th November 2008 at Sandown Park, Esher, Surrey. Whether home owners are replacing, remodelling, extending, building from scratch, or just keen to integrate the latest technology, the Kitchen & Bathroom Show will provide visitors with the right products, services, advice and inspiration to enable their dream kitchen or bathroom to... [more]
New National Sales Manager for [tc] bathrooms
Neil Gregory has been appointed as National Sales Manager for [tc] bathrooms. With over 20 years’ sales experience in the Kitchen Bedroom and Bathroom sector, Neil previously worked for seven years in fitted kitchen sales for Harrods and more recently as Regional Sales Manager at the largest kitchen, appliance and bathroom distributor in Europe - PJH Group. Part of his role will involve establishing operational systems that allow the [tc] bath... [more]
Bathroom Manufacturers Association provides training module on Basics of Competition Law
If the bathroom industry is to uphold a good reputation, we can’t ever risk falling foul of the competition law and coming under scrutiny by the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) in the same way that 112 construction firms in England have recently for allegedly engaging in bid rigging and cover pricing activity. Open and healthy competition is good both for consumers and for businesses. If firms compete on a level playing field, they will flourish.... [more]
Majority of gas installers believe they should be assessed for on going competence to ensure compliance with current standards
The results are in for the Association of Personnel Certification Bodies’ (APCB) survey to find out gas installers’ views on the Approved Certification Scheme (ACS). Despite some misgivings, it seems that overall the majority of recipients are happy with the general format of ACS, with 96% opting to either keep the structure unchanged or break the assessment down into bite sized chunks, taken annually as opposed to the current five year regim... [more]
Dimplex offers support on Part L compliance
Dimplex offers support to builders and specifiers who may have been given misleading information on Part L compliance, with a dedicated field specification team and a heating design team who regularly provide guidance over the phone. Don Newman, Dimplex heating design manager, says: “Part L compliance is no more difficult to achieve with electric heating than with any other fuel. In many cases, we talk directly to the SAP assessor and in on... [more]
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