Features By Amelia Thorpe
96 results
Amelia is an award-winning journalist, specialising in kitchens, bathrooms, interiors and design. She has contributed to many leading national publications, and has written about the kitchen and bathroom business for more than 15 years.
Interview: Rangemaster's big plans to broaden its sink portfolio
Rangemaster may be best known for its range cooker collection, but growth in its sink portfolio offers kitchen retailers...
Interview: Kaelo inventor Kevin Jabou on his opportunity for retailers
With his Kaelo wine-chilling invention, Kevin Jabou has achieved a remarkable thing – he's designed a new product, and...
Interview: Clive Christian's Phil Cole on the new Garden Kitchen
A new outdoor kitchen for Clive Christian Furniture represents a major development for the brand, as global head of sale...
Interview: Sales are good, but we need new product, says Duncan Waters
As he reports strong sales and launches a new showroom in Tunbridge Wells, West One Bathrooms MD Duncan Waters tells Ame...
Interview: Now is the time to get behind the kitchen design degree
Charged with revalidating the kitchen design degree, established six years ago at Buckinghamshire New University, course...
Interview: Gordon Riddoch on why Rutland London moved into bathrooms
British brand Rutland London is expanding from towel radiators, to now offer a complete bathroom collection. Director Go...
Interview: 'Smeg offers kitchen studios such a depth of product'
As Smeg relaunches its Symphony range cookers, Laura Jones and John Davies talk to Amelia Thorpe about co-ordination, de...
Interview: Barber Osgerby on the simple inspiration behind Axor One
Designers Edward Barber, right, and Jay Osgerby, left, talk to Amelia Thorpe about innovation and simplification as they...
Interview: As Matki turns 50, Nicholas Cunild is looking to the future
British shower enclosure specialist Matki is celebrating half a century in business – MD Nicholas Cunild talks to Amel...
Interview: Perrin & Rowe's James Smith has big ambitions for the brand
New launches, new brands, and even a new showroom: Fortune Brands marketing supremo James Smith tells Amelia Thorpe all ...
Interview: Kast MD Tim Bayes on his enduring love of concrete basins
As Kast Concrete Basins launches the new Aura collection, MD Tim Bayes talks to Amelia Thorpe about his passion for the ...
Interview: Think ahead to succeed, says Crown Imperial's Barry Head
As Crown Imperial celebrates 75 years in business, MD Barry Head tells Amelia Thorpe how, in his view, success comes fro...
Interview: Ed Vause on how a mobile showroom is the key to his success
Ed Vause, founder of natural stone and porcelain tile supplier John Samuel, set up a mobile tile and flooring showroom i...
Interview: Pronorm's Richard Turner on making a success of 2020
Against a global backdrop of immense challenges, the headwinds of COVID and Brexit failed to knock kitchen furniture man...
Interview: It pays to be unique, says Acquabella's Juan José Benavent
Spanish brand Acquabella has recently launched a succession of striking new products in the UK – CEO Juan José Benave...
