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PJH Online Exclusive – Up to 50% off selected worktops!!

2013-03-21T12:10:00.002Z

— Offer ends 31^st March.

Get up to 50% off selected worktops. Choose between 46 different finishes at great prices, like the Timber Gloss finish, Butchers Block effect and contemporary Black Venetian Gloss.

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Our PJH Online trade website is now live - order online, check stock, browse products, plan your deliveries and more!

2013-01-11T17:40:00.000Z

Our online video guide shows you the
features and benefits of PJH Online

Our new PJH Group trade website is now live! Designed with our PJH customers in mind, it is jam packed full of features to help them get the most from working with PJH. With time saving features, it affords you more time to spend with your customers. The 24/7 portal gives you as much control as you want and maximum flexibility.

Register online today and we'll send you log in and password details so you can start enjoying the benefits as soon as possible. Existing ordering and customer service channels (phone, written, email & fax etc) will continue as usual. The trade website is located at www.pjhgroup.com/online - please let us know what you think!

On the PJH trade website you will also be able to access a host of time saving functions, PJH products and launch news plus industry related information, as well as browse products / ranges and place your orders online.

For example, you will be able to:

see all of your orders in one place on the website - including website orders as well as your phoned / faxed / emailed orders
track progress of your orders
browse and buy from the entire PJH product portfolio across all of our bathroom, kitchen and appliances ranges
pay with a debit / credit card at the point of ordering, or alternatively place orders online and add it to your account as you usually would by phone etc
schedule delivery of your orders for when you want them delivered, either by what’s available immediately with remainder items to follow, or when all products are ready to be shipped at once
place orders online, then edit them later if needed
create your own ‘favourite lists’ (for items that you order often)
create saved baskets - great for when you want to save a partially completed order for a customer for example, but you would want to come back to it later to finish it
all orders placed (both online and offline) are able to be tracked online from the point of ordering up to the point of delivery
a ‘Quick Order Pad’ service for when you want to order frequently bought products
a ‘Kitchen Order Pad’ service to enable related groups of items to be ordered together
access a huge range of product details and specifications, such as weights & dimensions, energy ratings and more, along with product images and technical / line drawings PDFs and manuals
view online versions of PJH’s catalogues
a ‘My Account’ section where you can arrange returns, check order details & progress, and administer your account
access the latest sector information, plus PJH Group updates & news at the PJH Group blog.

You can also follow us on PJH Facebook, PJH Twitter, PJH LinkedIn, PJH Google+ and PJH Pinterest.

Further related updates will be made shortly, and will also appear on this PJH Group blog. Please enter your email address here if you would like to receive these blog updates direct to your email inbox.

Easy Merchandising with ClearBrite Counter Display Unit

2013-01-11T11:07:00.000Z

ClearBrite is a brilliant new product designed to make cleaning easy!

When used to treat shower screens, mirrors and many other bathroom fixtures, ClearBrite applies an invisible layer of glass, protecting surfaces for up to one year! Its breathable, anti-bacterial protection layer repels water, oils and other soiling agents to make cleaning fast and easy.

Clearbrite is sold to trade in boxes of 12 and comes in a ready to merchandise counter display unit, making the add on sale even easier.

Checkout the full details of where and how the product can be used on our informational site at www.clearbrite.co.uk. Alternatively, watch the ClearBrite demonstration video below or on PJH Group Youtube.

House Beautiful Awards 2012

2012-11-13T16:34:00.000Z

The first thing we see upon entering the vast exhibition hall at the Science Museum in upmarket South Kensington is a huge, floating orb illuminated against the darkness. It’s an Earth replica, with different timezones highlighting accurate day and night displays. Immediately, K Kitchens get giddy and reach into our handbags for digital cameras and mobile phones.

“Here’s a tip,” shouts a friendly museum man. “If you hold your hand out, and take the picture just right, you’ll have the whole world in your hands.”

It’s a fitting metaphor, because that’s exactly how we feel arriving at this year’s annual House Beautiful Awards. We’ve been nominated in the prestigious Best Value Kitchen category for our gorgeous Lynton collection, and quite honestly, we’re feeling pretty smug.

The Lynton Painted Kitchen from K Kitchens

The Lynton kitchen is one of our favourites. It’s a versatile design which looks great in a number of homes, thanks to its painted doors in a choice of 15 great colours. The solid wood fascias exude quality, and the classic shaker style means it’s ever-so-easy to pull off. And – proven by our House Beautiful nomination, it’s a great value product too.

Ushered away from the twinkling planet, we’re led into the centre of the high-ceilinged venue, where we’re dwarfed by exciting exhibitions; a Mini Cooper sliced in half to reveal the internal mechanisms, a fighter jet halted in mid-swoop above our heads and several vintage cars stacked high into the rafters. One thing’s for certain – this place is a sure-fire conversation starter.

We’re handed a glass of champagne and a few interesting canapés (don’t mind if we do) before bumping into our House Beautiful hosts.

“Great venue!” we cry, followed by an agreeable grin.

“Isn’t it just?” We shake hands and the formal introductions begin. We cheekily try to squeeze out an insight into the winning categories, but House Beautiful are having none of it, so it seems we’ll have to wait until the ceremony like everyone else.

"We’re suddenly heart-in-mouths as the next category is announced. It’s for Best Value Kitchen and reality sets in. What if we’re here for nothing..?"

Finishing off a cheesecake canapé, we’re led into the darkened auditorium and handed a bottle of mineral water on the way (which is a nice touch after all the fizz). We find a seat and opt for ones on the end of a row – you know, just in case we win – and settle back to enjoy the awards.

Our host is posh British gardener David Domoney, who looks great suited and booted in his jet tuxedo. He kicks off the proceedings with the nominees for Best Bathroom product, and we’re pleased to see that we’re shortlisted with our Kanuka Bathroom Suite with sister-brand Moods Bathrooms.

Lulled into a warm sense of security, we're suddenly heart-in-mouths as the next category is announced. It’s for Best Value Kitchen and reality sets in. What if we’re here for nothing?

The shortlists pops onto the huge cinema screen, and K Kitchens are nowhere to be seen. Is this a good thing? The image changes as the Silver trophy is handed out without us mentioned. Palms sweaty, we slowly begin to doubt ourselves as Domoney moves on to the Gold.

K Kitchens eagerly accept their House Beautiful award for Best Value Kitchen.

It’s K Kitchens! The Lynton collection is apparently greatly admired, and we launch from our seats to collect our award. The applause is thunderous – has it been so loud throughout the ceremony? – and the lights are dazzling as we pose for pictures.

The House Beautiful award is surprisingly heavy, but because we won Gold we get a luxury carry case to make transportation that little bit easier. Plus, it marks us out as winners for the rest of the evening.

Awash with pride and adrenalin, proceedings come to an end and we’re invited to enjoy celebratory drinks back in the exhibition hall. Seeing as we won Gold, we decide it would be rude not to, and tuck our weighty award under our arm - wondering how we’re going to tackle the Tube with it later..

40th Birthday Celebrations Continue!

2012-07-04T09:13:00.000+01:00

You may be aware that this year we are celebrating our 40th year of trading!

To celebrate, we have a range of 40^th birthday promotions running for our trade customers. Including.....

40 iPod Touches that are up for grabs as well as 40 Golden Tickets offering £100 activity experience vouchers. These offers are detailed in the latest Special Edition Celebratory Saver brochures– the PJH Bathroom Saver and PJH Kitchen & Appliance Saver.

The regular ‘Saver’ brochures are extremely popular and available un-priced as well as in a PDF format so you can personalise it for your business: simply edit selling prices, company name and details, and print or email copies out to your customers.

Both brochures are stacked full of high quality products at market leading promotional prices, from Moods Bathrooms, Ram Kitchens, K Kitchens, Prima Kitchens and Prima Appliances, as well as appliances from other brands such as Franke, Whirlpool, Neff and Bosch.

Request your copy today!

Design & Planning Tips from EuroCucina Show

2012-06-22T15:21:00.006+01:00

Our final round up on this year’s EuroCucina 2012 exhibition focuses on trends for kitchen accessories and highlights the latest kitchen design and planning styles

Accessories

There were many types of accessories on show, but the most popular was the panel wall systems which featured in most of the displays we saw. These panel shelving systems were often used to blend the kitchen and an open plan living spaces and used as a place to display both home accessories and kitchen gadgets.

Lighting came in the form of LED lights use in both spot and strip styles. They were used to illuminate drawers, cupboards, task areas, plinths and worktops helping to create the ‘living room’ ambient experience. Ceiling lighting on the other hand came in the form of large and dramatic statement designs, grouped together for a wow factor in dining areas. Handles meanwhile were subtle, either flush fitting or integral to the door or simply doors were handleless with a push to open mechanism. Finally worktops trends provided the finishing touch in a variety of thicknesses from 12mm to 150mm and in a variety of materials including laminate with ABS edging, composites, natural stones, quartz and timber. It seemed that worktops were really a personalising touch that themselves created a statement.

Planning & Design
“Whilst weare interested in new products at the show, I’m always fascinated to see what’s new in terms of the planning and kitchen layout” Amanda Watson our Kitchen Product Manager tells us. “This is often the way exhibitors create a wow display - through their careful layout and room design”.

“This year didn’t disappoint, there were many planning ideas to take away”. Including:

EuroCucina Press Images 2012

· Vary cupboard heights
· Clever use of shelving
· Incorporating units into living areas
· Bar counters
· Play with opposites - glass or acrylic fronts combined with oak, smooth and textured surfaces joined together.
· Mixing handless push-open units with handled door units
· Mix curves and straight lines
· Use a pod style system to hide the kitchen from view

For a quick showroom update why not consider simply changing wall colours to the ‘trending colours’? Props can make a difference too so look at how you can give your displays a refresh. Even a change of worktop or swapping fascia fronts can give your showroom an update.

Of course if you are considering a total showroom revamp get in touch with your PJH sales manager to discuss how our merchandise team can help you!

We hoped you’ve enjoyed our series of posts on EuroCucina, we’d love to hear your thoughtsand feedback!

Catch Us at Unimer Celtic Manor Exhibition in July

2012-06-19T08:46:00.000+01:00

Your trip to the Unimer Celtic Manor Exhibition wouldn’t be complete without a visit our stand to discover the latest products and market-leading promotions.

If you are attending, drop by our stand, meet the team and discuss how a partnership with PJH could help take your business forward. From quantity deals to spot buys on the day, many outstanding offers will be revealed!

With the full Ram fascia range on display, the team will be on hand to any answer questions and tell you how we can help drive your business forward.

So why not visit the PJH stand and discover the range of benefits of doing business with the UK’s most reputable bathroom and kitchen distributor

EuroCucina Trends for Kitchen Materials & Colours

2012-06-15T14:54:00.003+01:00

Following on from our first report on the EuroCuina 2012 exhibition last week, this week we focus on the materials and colours we saw as big trends at the world’s largest furniture exhibition.

Material

As anindustry, we are used to having a wide choice of door materials and finishes to choose from, so we were interested to learn at the show what the latest trendsare and how we can bring them into our current kitchen ranges.

“Material combinations are still very much in vogue. Mixing, for example, magnolia high gloss acrylic and wood grains in a horizontal or vertical application was a common theme” comments Amanda Watson our Kitchen Product Manager.

She goes on to tell us that new textures are also coming through from fascias with a natural ‘saw-cut’ appearance to other textures like leather and woven finishes. There was of course still plenty of coloured glass and stainless steel around too.

Colours
Each time we visit theEuroCucina show there are usually new colour trends being shown. This year we found white is still very much en vogue!

“We saw lots of white matt satin and gloss fronts with contrasting colours of black, pastel chalky shades or woodgrains” Amanda explains, “other colours used were Magnolia whites, Mocha-browns as well as Warm greys/lava colours, whilst timbers were oak, ash, walnut and pine”.

You can easily echo these trends today with our current ranges; think of mixing K Kitchens Italian Walnut Gloss with the Krystal range or maybe Cappuccino Gloss with Pickering’s light oak doors for example...

Likewise, use muted colours along the lines of K’s Cappuccino, Ambleside Lockett or LyntonThistle or Ram Kitchen’s new Carlton Dakar range.

Check back next week for our round up on what’s hot for kitchen accessories and the design planning ideas we picked up.....

Make it Personal with PJH Marketing Support

2012-06-13T15:17:00.001+01:00

You’ll have seen our Saver brochures (‘Bathroom Saver’ & ‘Kitchen & Appliance Saver’) - they are well known for being packed full of fantastic offers for bathrooms, kitchens and appliances.

The new issues are out now, but perhaps you didn’t know you can now personalise them as your own marketing material!

Our editable PDFs are easy to use, and you can simply download them here:
- PJH unpriced bathroom saver
- PJH unpriced kitchen & appliance saver

Then it's as easy as entering in your own prices and company details, it couldn’t be simpler!

Take advantage of these personalised files, they are a great selling tool and you can print or email as many as you like!

Why Modular is so Popular!

2012-06-09T15:30:00.000+01:00

Modular bathroom furniture is becoming very popular in the space-challenged UK bathroom.

Space still remains at a premium for the majority of British bathrooms, en-suites and cloakrooms and bathroom furniture has really upped its game to offer flexible and fashion-led storage solutions.

Modular furniture is perfect for the small bathroom and is proving to be a winner with the consumer for a number of reasons.

In particular, compared to fitted units, installation is reduced, if not completely removed and even one statement piece can instantly update the room. Product development has come on leaps and bounds in the last few years, so the wide choice of size options and configurations, combined with on-trend finishes and high quality fittings has made modular furniture as important as the sanitaryware itself.

Check out the Moods Eurostyle furniture range. Compact pieces, such as short 250mm projection wash stations, low w/c units and tall, slim 250mm width cupboards are all ideal for small spaces, redundant corners and awkward sized rooms.

The latest modular ranges are as well manufactured on the inside as they are on the outside and this is essential. Good quality cabinet construction and intelligent design, such as soft-close doors and drawers, in-frame hinges, colour coordinated carcases and clever use of internal storage, are key.

In addition as we are seeing a return to a more heritage look throughout the whole interiors market, some of the latest modular furniture ranges are going down the classic route, like the Moods painted furniture ranges in ivory and pistachio finishes!

We Share our Take on EuroCucinas Main Trends

2012-06-08T08:47:00.000+01:00

Our kitchen team has not long returned from their visit to the EuroCucina show in Milan; the largest and most important kitchen show in the world!

In a series of blog posts, we’ll share with you our findings on the latest trends for the kitchen industry ...

EuroCucina 2012 Press Images

Whilst many of the trends we saw have been coming through for a while, there were lots of variations on the themes.

Less is More

The trend for simple minimalist design evolves! Whilst clean and simple lines have been a staple of the contemporary kitchen for a few years; think high gloss, handleless slab doors (like K Kitchens Alaska) this year this trend went a step further.

Many exhibitors concealed the working elements of the kitchen, hiding ready to use electric appliances behind fold away doors and large scale tall units. Crockery, pots and groceries though where more easily seen and immediately accessible. All in all a sleek, neat and tidy appearance was achieved and showed how the kitchen can adapt to look more like other living spaces in the home.

Merging Spaces

Along the same lines, the kitchen was often featured as part of the room structure; acting as a room divider and facilitating open plan living. The kitchen and living room areas where shown in harmony with units featured in both areas. Wall systems really came into their own here, offering a multitude of possibilities for designing the transition to the living areas. Think open shelving between spaces.

At One with Nature

One of the common themes we saw was around being close to nature. There was a strong move to using natural materials to create a sanctuary type space. Natural woods were mixed with natural stone effect tops.....and so on!

Modernity meets Classic

Mixing classic and modern designs (read old meets new) was done really well. Kitchens gave a hand crafted experience yet had technological innovation both interact into one - the outcome was stunningly elegant kitchens.

All this means our PJH product teams are now be busy working these elements into our product roadmap allowing us to keep pace with each of the main trends. Next week more info on the trends for materials, colours and accessories!

Let us know what you think!

Cloakroom & Ensuites Provide Good Sales Potential

2012-05-30T15:15:00.011+01:00

Over recent times, the trend has been to improve rather than move. This has had a real positive impact on the market for cloakrooms and ensuite bathrooms.

By nature, these rooms are typically found in the smallest or most awkward sized spaces within a property, so it’s not surprising that the demand for compact yet perfectly formed bathroom solutions has risen dramatically. Viewed as a relatively inexpensive enhancement that will add value and make the home more appealing, they provide opportunity for added sales potential.

Furniture solutions really come into their own here, by offering a range of products that utilise minimum floor space, make maximum use of redundant space and corners, and generally give the illusion of a larger room. Ensure you offer a good selection of wall hung, corner and compact WC’s and basins,which will free up floor space as well as minimise the projection into the room.

In addition, underfloor heating instead of a radiator can be a good choice as not only will it free up wall space for storage but will provide a more even spread of heat.

Cloakroom and ensuite bathroom solutions maybes mall and compact, but the sales potential is huge what are your thoughts?

Egg-citing New Product from Moods

2012-05-22T08:00:00.007+01:00

Moods Bathrooms has extended it's freestanding bath collection, with the addition of the beautifully styled, Egg Bath.

Effortlessly blending a smooth, oval structure with a pure whitefinish, the nature-inspired freestanding bath is a true centrepiece for afeature bathroom and ticks all the boxes for a designer statement.

Luxuriously deep, the Egg bath has a water capacity of 230 litres with dimensions of 1680(L) x 800(W) x 580(H)mm. Its handcrafted design uses the highest grade of acrylic and includes a pre-fitted waste. All that, and it also comes with a 20-year guarantee.

Moods has also launched a number of new brassware ranges which include more floorstanding pieces; ideal accompaniments for feature baths such as the Egg.

Shown here with the new SeriesF floorstanding bath shower mixer from Moods, the Egg would make for a stunning showroom or window display!!!

Shake it up with Ram!

2012-05-18T15:30:00.000+01:00

As part of the new kitchen furniture collection, Ram Kitchens includes an ever popular shaker style design in the form of the CARLTON DAKAR kitchen.

Beautifully finished in a warm french grey shade, the new Carlton Dakar kitchen range features a versatile shaker door, aimed at complementing many types of interior by simply choosing different handles and worktops. Shown with a modern high gloss, ‘Black Venetian’ worktop, yet classic ‘Antique Pewter Twist T-bar’ handle, the look is easily tailormade to suit all tastes.

Available nationally from stock on a 48-hour delivery timescale Ram Kitchens is enjoying a successful comeback with sales rising steadily since its official launch in February.

One of 16 doors within the new Ram Kitchens Collection, the Carlton Dakar features an 18mm white cabinet with the option of a standard or luxury soft-close drawer.

The New Neutrals... Top Kitchen Trends

2012-05-10T01:30:00.000+01:00

In uncertain times with cautious consumer spending, those investing in a new kitchen are looking for longevity in a style that won’t date and can easily be adapted to fluctuating interior trends. For this reason, in addition to white, earthy tones, neutrals and soft colour schemes are very popular this year. Customers are opting for ‘safe’ colours that won’t go out of fashion easily.

Amanda Watson our Kitchen Product Manager and kitchen trend guru tells us that it isn’t just the modern gloss slab door that is proving popular. The painted timber door is becoming a big favourite too, with the offer of a choice of painted finishes in the one door design, providing the customer or kitchen designer greater versatility to express themselves and individualise kitchen living spaces.

The latest colour options fall into two categories; natural hues with warm earthy tones, or subtle heritage shades based around greens, blues and greys. With such choice of colour, kitchen stockists can tailor schemes to reflect customer lifestyles and interiors.

The neutral colour palette – ivory, stone, cream and cool greys - is a good starting point as this provides the perfect blank canvas, boasting maximum design flexibility, allowing the personalisation to begin. A warm heritage shade applied to just a few units can add a splash of colour, and choice of worktop, handle, tiling and appliances will all help to create the desired classic or contemporary look.

Texture is equally as important, so timber fasicas with a natural wood grain will help to accentuate the chosen colour, adding real character to the kitchen scheme.

Checkout K Kitchens AMBLESIDE kitchen furniture range; a solid timber painted door overflowing with charm and character.

For the full 30 painted door ranges, log in to PJH find out more

Moods Takes Showering to New Levels

2012-05-07T12:00:00.000+01:00

Moods Bathrooms has expanded its range of showering solutions by adding a selection of innovative and space-saving new lines to the Bathrooms to Love Collection.

Unveiled last month, one of its most unique launches is the Integrated Shower Tower. Not just a wall mounted shower panel, the new design is cleverly integrated with a choice of three stylish showerbath screens to fit with an L-shape, P-shape or Straight showerbath model.

Perfect for adding a luxury shower to a space-challenged bathroom featuring just a bath, the Integrated Shower Tower offers complete ease of installation. Because the streamlined panel is integrated within the corner of the glass screen, installation is done underneath the bath meaning no channeling of walls or new tiling for pipes. This all-in-one installation also allows for easy access for maintenance throughout the life of the shower. The Shower Tower features a dual control thermostatic shower with adjustable riser kit and the 6mm toughened safety glass of the screen pivots 180˚ for easy cleaning with an integrated stylish square towel rail.

Seamless enclosure designs like these (less frame, more glass) all ooze the desirable minimalist look and also help in making a small room appear more spacious. The new integrated shower tower range offers ease of installation and maintenance but with a contemporary hotel chic-look at a sensible price. Log in to the site for more information.

An ‘At Home Spa’ is an easy upgrade with PJH Wellness Range

2012-05-04T08:34:00.003+01:00

Wellness Spa System

When asked to write some information for an ‘At Home Spas’ feature in Kitchen & BathroomNews, we jumped at the chance to showcase our latest products.

Over the last few years it has becomesignificantly easier and less costly to upgrade bathrooms with Wellnessproducts and we’ve certainly seen the whirlpool sector show steady growth overrecent years. Despite the challenging economic climate, it seems this trendlooks likely to continue.

In January we extendedour Wellness range by adding a new Wellness Sound System and a new WellnessAirspa system to the range (which already includes a Wellness Whirlpool System,a Wellness Whirlpool System with lights and a Wellness Chromatherapy System).

Wellness Airspa System

Whilst the Wellness Whirlpool systems create an invigorating massage, this new Wellness Airspa system creates a soothing champagne-effect spa using air jets to further enhance the Wellness experience:

Features 12 air jets positioned in the base
Ultra quiet operation
Easy to use, programmable settings

Wellness Airpsa System with lights

As above but with 12 LED lights
7 soothing colours to choose from (red, white, blue, green, yellow, purple, light blue).

Wellness Sound System

Ingenious, simple to use sound system
Factory fitted to either a standard bath or one fitted with a Wellness system.
Works with any device that supports the transmitting of music via Bluetooth such as mobile phones and MP3 players
When ordered with any Wellness system, the customer can specify the placement of the controls from a number of choices
Compatible with all Moods standard acrylic baths
Phone not included as shown in pic (!)

It is now one of the easiest ways to upgrade an existing bathroom and create a luxury spa experience in the comfort of your own home!!

We factory fit all systems for ease of installation and all systems come with a 2-year guarantee.
Check out the Bathrooms To Love brochure for the range of compatible baths.

Win 40 iPod Touch and more with PJH Group!!

2012-04-30T16:50:00.024+01:00

To celebrate 40 years of being the UK’s leading supplier of kitchens, bathrooms and appliances, we would like to thank all of our PJH customers for their business and offer them the chance to win some FREE GOODIES!

Later this week we will be posting out to all our customers a special edition PJH 40th birthday celebration pack.

Look out for…

40 Golden Tickets!

Amongst the PJH 40th birthday celebration packs there are 40 golden tickets to be found! Is there a golden ticket inside your pack? A golden ticket entitles the winner to an activity experience of their choice, up to the value of £100. Look out for your celebration pack in the post ...... and good luck!

40 FREE iPod Touch!

We have 40 of the fantastic iPod Touch to give away - 10 in each month for the next 4 months (May 2012 to August 2012). For every £1000 spent each month, on any mix of products from PJH Group, you will be automatically entered into the draw. There is no need to claim, the more you spend, the more entries will be put into the draw, the more chances you have of winning!

Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Google+, blog and RSS feeds!

2012-04-23T12:20:00.008+01:00

Here we are. Online and dangerous. As PJH Group prepares to become more "online", we are also making leaps into social media.

Which means you can now follow us on:

PJH Group Facebook

PJH Group Twitter

PJH Group LinkedIn

PJH Group Google+

And as ever, our PJH Group Blog will also bring you all the latest news & updates. You can also receive these blog updates by email, or by RSS feed.

Tell your colleagues and join the conversation - the more the merrier! Plus look out in the near future for inspiration, exclusives, special offers, prizes and discounts across these social media spaces.

What kinds of things do you want to see on these social media channels? Tell us.

PJH is in good company / The "Big 40"

2012-04-23T11:02:00.003+01:00

Reaching 40 years is a great reason to celebrate!

And PJH is in good company. We weren't the only company to launch in 1972 and make a success of ourselves. Here are a few more famous brands celebrating the big 40 this year...

Virgin Records
Richard Branson’s British baby has become a phenomenon housing the likes of Roy Orbison, Genesis, Janet Jackson, Culture Club, Simple Minds, Lenny Kravitz and The Smashing Pumpkins.

DHL
An impressive global network that has more than 220 countries and territories with about 275,000 employees worldwide.

French Connection
Fashion is a brighter place thanks to Stephen Marks who launched this upmarket highstreet label.

Action Aid
An incredibly worthy charity that has dedicated itself to fight poverty worldwide. Set up by British businessman Cecil Jackson-Cole it has all been about education and improving long-term health, sanitation and agricultural projects that improves living conditions for children and their families.

PJH
40 years old this year, PJH is a leading supplier of kitchens and bathrooms and appliances in Europe and is now a subsidiary of international giants Globe Union.

Who else is 40 this year? Let us know.

Thyme for a Compact Eco Solution...

2012-04-17T12:30:00.013+01:00

Our Moods bathrooms has the perfect solution for today’s modern bathroom, ticking all the boxes for designer looks, water efficiency and space-saving properties. The brand new THYME Bathroom is not only fashionably compact but it has water savings at the heart of its stunning design.

This new eco bathroom range includes a choice of three basins combining a distinctive circular interior with chunky exterior. The winged basin option offers plenty of surface space for toiletries and with the option of left or right hand corner tap, the clever compact design utilises minimum space yet retains a highly contemporary look.

Meanwhile, two WC options, with short projection dimensions (470mm / 570mm), include a wall mounted pan with soft close seat and a close coupled WC. Reduced flush levels at 2.6 and 4 litres – has significant water savings for the average household, in comparison to many of the older style toilets that can use up to 13 litres in one flush.

Thyme’s eco bath is equally as water efficient with an intelligent design incorporating a streamlined, reduced bathing depth within a 1700x700mm exterior. This means the bath’s water capacity is just 130 litres, compared to the average standard bath’s capacity of in excess of 200 litres. This will save the home owner approximately 30% in water costs.

PJH and Franke Partnership

2012-04-16T08:32:00.006+01:00

More exciting news ... a rather sweet partnership deal with Swiss Kitchen sink and tap manufacturer Franke - a company driving research and development of new materials and products for the kitchen.

It’s a case of state-of-the-art design meets great service and deliverability. More than 700 Franke products are now available.

We'd love to know what you think ......

K Kitchens Wins Silver Award

2011-11-18T13:58:00.008Z

K Kitchens' has taken home silver at the 8th annual House Beautiful Awards for Best Kitchen Range Under £15k.

The Italian Walnut Gloss range (pictured left) is our 3rd award-winning kitchen in as many years from the prestigious House Beautiful Award show, beating fierce competition from Magnet, Über and Neptune.

The slab-style design from the K Kitchens Collection was judged on everything from stylish design, quality materials and craftsmanship, performance and general all round excellence. The judges included interiors experts John Rocha, Jeff Banks, Naomi Cleaver and Sophie Conran.

To find out more click here, go to the PJH Group website, or download the press release (PDF).

PJH Track and Trace

2011-11-02T09:48:00.007Z

PJH's new Order Tracker website is an exclusive service that allows PJH customers to track orders easily online. To track your order, go to the PJH Order Tracker website now. Simply enter your order number, along with your surname or postcode for the latest delivery information.

Tell us what you think of PJH's new tracker service.

Kitchens To Love Out Now!

2011-11-01T11:02:00.003Z

The new K-Kitchens brochure - "Kitchens To Love"

Checkout our latest K Kitchens brochure, titled "Kitchens To Love". It features our largest ever collection of 62 kitchen furniture ranges.

The "Kitchens To Love" brochure is the most comprehensive collection of mid market kitchen collections available in the UK, and has been designed for inspiration and maximum consumer appeal.

An essential merchandising tool to encourage sales, the 136-page brochure features a range of new products and stunning new photography. Illustrating the close up quality that matters, it includes creative kitchen planning ideas to inspire the consumer and above all, an aspirational feel to help sell kitchens.

Taking the new front cover position, the recently launched "Painted Collection" – a beautiful new painted timber range featuring two door choices in 15 painted colour options – sums up the new literature and everything associated with a K Kitchen; sophistication, functionality and longevity.

K Kitchens product manager Amanda Watson said: “This is a wow-factor brochure and provides the end-user with an unrivalled choice of the very latest designs in kitchens as well as all the trimmings. Our carefully selected choice of products aims to appeal to a variety of tastes, budgets and interior styles, whilst offering the stockist some excellent margins.”

For further information on the new "Kitchens To Love" brochure as well as POS support packages, display deals and marketing support, contact K Kitchens on T: 0800 8 77 88 99, or speak to your local K Kitchens sales development manager.