Features By Amelia Thorpe
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Features by Amelia Thorpe | 90 features

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: Flexibility is key to coping with change, says Alan Dodds

While some brands have struggled with the challenges thrown at them by COVID-19, Roca Group has pressed ahead with its g...

InterviewFeatures Thu 25th Feb 2021

Interview: Diversification and digitisation have been key for Euroline

While the pandemic has had many negative effects, Nigel Jacobs, MD of Euroline, chooses to focus on a positive one. “A...

InterviewFeatures Wed 17th Feb 2021

Interview: How CRL became one of the top 3 quartz brands in the UK

It has been four years since C.R. Laurence of Europe (CRL), the former UK distributor of Caesarstone, launched its own r...

InterviewsFeatures Mon 8th Feb 2021

Interview: How extraction specialist Westin is raising its profile

It was one hundred years ago in 1921 when Walter Stanley Westin founded his electrical engineering company in an old tex...

InterviewFeatures Thu 4th Feb 2021

Interview: David Osborne on Roman's future plans and new A&D showroom

In December, Roman announced the opening of its London A&D showroom as part of the Sanipex Gallery on the busy King’s ...

InterviewFeatures Mon 1st Feb 2021

Interview: Imperial Bathrooms' Graham Bucktrout on energising a brand

As one of a handful of surviving British sanitaryware manufacturers, it is probably true to say that Imperial Bathrooms ...

InterviewFeatures Tue 26th Jan 2021

Interview: Richard George – 'PJH's bathroom retail sales are up 30%'

Amidst the gloom of a third national lockdown comes a welcome blast of positivity. “We’ve had an incredibly strong y...

InterviewFeatures Thu 21st Jan 2021

How Ocean Bathrooms is finding new ways to extend its reach

After a week of feeling gloomy at the beginning of lockdown in March, Joe Mühl, commercial MD of family-owned Ocean Bat...

InterviewFeatures Tue 5th Jan 2021

Bora CEO Willi Bruckbauer on the power of being a niche brand

Known for pioneering the cooktop extractor, there can be little doubt that Bora has made its mark. After all, many other...

InterviewFeatures Thu 3rd Dec 2020

Inside Casa Gessi London – the premium brand's incredible new showroom

With its grand dome modelled after the Pantheon in Rome, the listed 18th-century Old Sessions House in London's A+D dist...

BathroomsFeatures Tue 24th Nov 2020

Why more manufacturers must support campaigns to promote retailers

In October, Quooker – in partnership with the KBSA – launched a £250,000 advertising campaign aimed at encouraging ...

InterviewFeatures Thu 19th Nov 2020

Hansgrohe UK MD Jay Phillips on plotting a course for steady growth

Few would deny that 2020 has been a challenging year, but Hansgrohe UK and Ireland MD Jay Phillips remains resolutely fo...

InterviewsFeatures Tue 3rd Nov 2020

New Clive Christian owner David Dare on reinvigorating a luxury brand

Clive Christian Furniture Co. remains probably one of the best-known British luxury kitchen makers, founded in 1978. But...

KitchensFeatures Wed 28th Oct 2020

After streamlining its offer, Blanco is now focussing on its strengths

Blanco is one of the leading manufacturers of kitchen sinks and taps in the world. Its 2019 group turnover was 395millio...

KitchensFeatures Tue 20th Oct 2020

H. Miller Bros – taking an individual approach to kitchen design

Focussing on making every single one of their kitchens entirely unique is what sets them apart, say H. Miller Bros found...

KitchensFeatures Mon 5th Oct 2020