Features By Tim Wallace
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Features by Tim Wallace | 38 features

Tim entered the KBB world in 2004 with industry title kbbreview. He was appointed editor in 2011 before leaving to go freelance in 2019. In 2016, Tim was named Best Trade Journalist of the year at the Bathroom Manufacturers Association Media Awards.

Interview: John Lindsey of Audus Kitchens on opening a flagship store

Nobilia and Omega specialist Audus Kitchens has opened a new flagship showroom on the Lavershot Barns retail estate in W...

InterviewFeatures Thu 14th Mar 2024

Interview: Bathroom Inspirations – Going upmarket has protected us

Last November, bathroom retailer David Lees-Bell told KBBFocus that showrooms that refuse to also sell online will strug...

InterviewFeatures Tue 23rd Jan 2024

Interview: David Lees-Bell – Why retailers must sell online to survive

Forward-thinking MD of Island Bathrooms, David Lees-Bell, has introduced an e-commerce strand to his bricks-and-mortar s...

InterviewFeatures Tue 21st Nov 2023

Interview: Coastal Bathrooms' Paul Etheridge on thriving in 2023

Times may be tough for many retailers but Bournemouth-based Coastal Bathrooms has just opened a second retail showroom, ...

InterviewFeatures Wed 13th Sep 2023

Interview: Massimo Buster Minale – How we're taking on the KBB giants

Last October Massimo Buster Minale opened Buster & Punch's first UK interior design showroom, and is now rolling out fre...

InterviewFeatures Tue 18th Jul 2023

Interview: Jono Peck of Now Kitchens – Changing tack widened our offer

Award-winning Cornwall-based retailer Now Kitchens has introduced new furniture and appliances to its showroom and partn...

InterviewFeatures Mon 26th Jun 2023

Interview: Schlüter-Systems’ Lee Rowland on expanding the UK network

Schlüter-Systems, the German specialist in solutions for tile and natural stone installation, is expanding its UK netwo...

InterviewFeatures Thu 25th May 2023

Interview: Omega PLC’s James Bishton on new brand Novus

Coming off the back of a highly successful 2022, Omega's director of retail sales, James Bishton, tells Tim Wallace how ...

InterviewFeatures Tue 9th May 2023

Interview: Quarrybank's Kora Hume on starting a unique showroom trend

The owner of Quarrybank Boutique in Wilmslow tells Tim Wallace how displaying the colourful work of a local artist has g...

InterviewFeatures Mon 24th Apr 2023

Interview: SieMatic's Kerry Furber – Take action to make things happen

If you stand still, then so will your business – that's the philosophy of new SieMatic MD, Kerry Furber. She tells Tim...

InterviewFeatures Tue 21st Mar 2023

Interview: Lisa Melvin of Kuche & Bagno on staying ahead of the curve

Lisa Melvin, the co-director of Rugby-based Kuche & Bagno, explains to Tim Wallace how mixing many different design elem...

InterviewFeatures Mon 27th Feb 2023

Interview: Richard Gosling – How MKM Home is shaking up the market

Hull-based MKM Home burst onto the scene last June and was the worthy winner of our 2022 Bathroom Retailer of the Year A...

InterviewFeatures Wed 8th Feb 2023

Interview: KC Design House MD – Why closing at weekends works so well

With business up 50% on 2019, Richard Jewkes – the owner of the Huddersfield-based kitchen consultancy KC Design House...

InterviewFeatures Mon 19th Dec 2022

Interview: How UK Bathroom Warehouse joined forces with Ideal Standard

It’s not just the design credentials and availability of Ideal Standard’s Atelier range that appeals to UK Bathroom ...

InterviewFeatures Wed 16th Nov 2022

Interview: ‘Our showroom venture is paying off,’ says Et Lorem MD

Two years on from the launch of a new kitchen business aimed at both the retail and developer markets, Jamie Harding, MD...

InterviewFeatures Tue 20th Sep 2022