Sponsor News Shower manufacturer Aqualisa has introduced its own exciting new, high quality range of brassware to reinforce its position as a leading UK bathroom brand. A new bath shower mixer tap with a ‘microphone’ handset has been added to the existing Aqualisa basin mixer tap and deck mounted bath filler to create the new Uptown range. The range primarily aims to meet the requirements of the housebuilder and developer marketplace which looks to provide a coordinated bathroom look and give specifiers and designers the ability to source and select bathroom products from a single reliable and quality source. Equally, Uptown taps provide an attractive, standalone brassware range for wider market options. Aqualisa CEO Colin Sykes believes the bath shower mixer completes the Uptown range, immediately making it a better proposition for specifiers and designers: “These specialists are constantly looking for options and upgrades from recognised, trusted brands that suit a variety of bathroom configurations. The wider range of Uptown brassware paves the way for our introduction of more tap variants later in the year.” Competitively priced, Uptown taps can be matched with the Mian DCV mixer range to create a contemporary and stylish suite
‘UPTOWN’ RANGE MOVES AQUALISA SMOOTHLY INTO BRASSWARE MARKETPLACE of bathroom brassware, the ideal proposition for new-build installations and refurbishment projects. Suitable for all approved UK plumbing systems, the small and large Uptown single lever monobloc basin taps include a push-open waste while the bath shower mixer features a sleek, robust body, smooth turn levers and integrated diverter, with all components supplied in one box and guaranteed for 5 years. It has a competitive RRP of £155.00 excluding VAT. The Uptown range will be followed by two additional ranges of brassware in the Autumn opening the way for some stylish shower and tap combinations for the modern bathroom. “The Uptown range”, according to Colin Sykes, “introduces quality brassware to the established Aqualisa portfolio and is very much a new business opportunity for us. These are exciting times for the Aqualisa brand and a strong brassware offering will only enhance our sector credentials in the months and years ahead,” he adds. www.aqualisa.co.uk
IDS MAKES STRATEGIC APPOINTMENTS WITH NEW DUAL OPERATIONS DIRECTORS Specialist surface materials distributor IDS has re-shaped its senior management team with the promotion of Sara Jones to Operations Director (North) and the appointment of Alex Rees as Operations Director (South). Previously one role, the new positions reflect the depth and breadth of the IDS portfolio in worksurfaces, laminates, solid surfacing, flooring, wall and ceiling panels and panel products, together with the scale of its operations from
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18 branches across the UK to service its extensive customer base in retail, contract and commercial manufacturing. Sara originally joined the business in 1994 as a Trade Counter Assistant and progressing to hold the position of Regional Director since 2011. In her new role she will have full responsibility for five distribution sites across the North of England, as well as the production facility and digital business at Parkhouse at Stoke.
Prior to joining IDS, Alex gained nine years’ experience with a number of Saint-Gobain owned businesses operating in the building materials industry, including Jewson, Gibbs & Dandy, Normans and British Gypsum.
Alex Rees, Operations Director (South).
In his new position at the surface materials distributor, Alex will be responsible for sales and operations at 11 branches in the south of England. www.idsurfaces.co.uk
Sara Jones, Operations Director (North)
