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10th May 2013
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The death of an industry: late payment is killing specialist contracting businesses Barry Ashmore, construction industry veteran and founder of StreetwiseSubbie.com, was invited to an evidence session in Parliament this week to speak to a cross party group of MPs regarding the state of the construction industry owing to late payments and unfair payment terms. The Showering Collection by Glass has expanded
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Storage solutions for modern bathrooms
Match 1950's-inspired retro pastel switched sockets and light switches to your decor!
Highly desirable: the luxurious Fresssh Diamond collection from F & P Wholesale
Franke adds three new tap designs to its popular Minerva boiling water tap offer
New Sinos sink range from Franke is ahead of the curve
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Choosing a new kitchen, bathroom, bedroom or appliance generally leaves the buyer on a high… but that can quickly subside when the issue of delivery has to be faced. Customers tend to be rather unforgiving when suppliers aren’t able to specify an exact time for delivery and this can soon turn to anger when a scheduled delivery is delayed for some reason or other. And with many of the UK’s roads so often now congested, I’ve often thought that I’d hate to be on the receiving end of a disgruntled customer’s aggression when he or she has taken time off work to wait in for the delivery of a new purchase that fails to arrive. And of course it’s not just deliveries, but tradesmen too that seem to let us down. But they have to negotiate the same traffic jams as the rest of us and it’s not something they can do by public transport or on a motorcycle, with all their tools, is it? I won’t say that this is all about to change, but news in today reveals that a package of measures put in place by the logistics sector for the London 2012 Olympics and Paralympic Games could, if adopted permanently, improve some of our traffic issues and bring environmental benefits too, while helping to make roads safer for cyclists and other vulnerable users. It includes the promise of more night-time deliveries. You can read more below…
Yours,
This Week's News
New study shows that more night-time deliveries work better A package of measures put in place by the logistics sector for the London 2012 Olympics and Paralympic Games that includes more night-time deliveries could, if adopted permanently, improve some of our traffic issues and bring environmental benefits too, while helping to make roads safer for cyclists and other vulnerable users. Ultra-low profile shower tray meets growing demand for 25mm profile shower trays
Chinese developer seeks innovations for £20m flagship building in new £6bn eco-city The Building Research Establishment is working with Franshion Properties (China), one of China's leading state owned developers, to give businesses an opportunity to showcase their most innovative and sustainable technologies in a new eco-city in China.
 Shock opening for Bathroom Business Conference 2013!
Abode 'Debuts' striking new bathroom taps
Health & Safety experts make recommendations for ISO14001 revision Leading experts in Environment from EEF, the manufacturers' organisation, and manufacturing companies across the UK met this week to make key recommendations to the revision of guidance to ISO14001, the widely used standard for Environmental Management Systems that customers use to differentiate between suppliers. Geberit reaches new heights in the loo with the best view over London!
Maytag introduces new 10Kg capacity washing machine
FIRA appoints new Furniture Technician Supervisor
Utopia helps your customers to Visualise their new bathroom
Personnel changes designed to expand Kitchens International
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