High gloss Parapan® can be ‘etched' with grooves to a depth and width of up to 10mm to create surface design interest. Fine lines can be vertical or horizontal and any width apart to create distinctive and individual patterns or simply to follow neighbouring drawer lines.

Talis S2 and Talis E2, the latest bathroom collections from Hansgrohe, offer two variations that epitomize simplicity and subtle luxury: with the ‘S' design providing sleek, contemporary lines and the ‘E' version with its more curvaceous, organic forms.

Limited space in the bathroom doesn't mean that you are left with the decision between a bath or a shower; with the Simpsons Supreme Deluxe Bath Screen, both options are possible.

The "Mowbray" is a brand new entry level range of kitchens, beautifully made and available in light oak, painted oak and painted maple from Marpatt.  A sanded version is also available for clients who wish to apply their own custom finish and included in the range is a 110mm shaker door offering flexibility at an unrivalled price.

These days when choosing a new Bathroom Suite, there are more factors to consider than just the style and shape of fine ceramic sanitary ware. For instance, we all know that it is now increasingly important to save water - not only for the sake of Planet Earth, but also to save money as the cost of water will undoubtedly continue to rise.

It seems certain 2009 will be a tough year for us all, however, there is business to be done and Montrose feels its dealers can only benefit from an even stronger product offer, helping them to secure as much of the available business as possible!

Axiom by Formica®, the UK and Ireland's leading range of kitchen worktops includes a comprehensive range of designs covering all major kitchen trends. A best selling Axiom® texture, Honed, offers customers laminate worktops emulating the look and feel of premium granite and matt stone.

JIS Europe of Hayward's Heath, one of the UK's leading suppliers of stainless steel designer towel rails and radiators, have introduced new adjustable brackets into their range of heated towel rails.

Hudson Reed launches I-Flow, an exciting new remote control digital shower system that can set water flow and temperature from up to 10 metres away.

Bristan has extended its shower tray offer with the introduction of a range of high level models that offer easy installation and plumbing benefits.

Bringing interest and excitement to the UK heating market, leading manufacturer, Aestus, now offers its popular ‘Echo' radiator in ‘Fun Green'.

Kronospan has relaunched its Oasis collection of worktop designs to include new decors, profiles and textures. The contemporary offering comprises a mix of fresh new designs alongside some of the best selling existing decors, which have been retained. The revised collection will be accompanied by new literature, photography, counter top display stands and swatches to support sales and raise awareness of the revamped range.

Keller's top-end Gold Label is bringing monochrome magic to the kitchen catwalk with its new Penthouse range.

Continuing its policy of working with major brands, Ideal Bathrooms has added two further well known names - McAlpine and Polypipe - to widen its product portfolio.

The Covent bathroom radiator from Hudson Reed brings added warmth into the modern bathroom.

Aquatalia is a brand new UK-based company offering a stunning range of designer-look shower enclosures made and designed in Italy. The launch comes at a time when the UK is crying out for fashionable Continental-style showering products with an affordable price tag.

Drawing on its expertise in all things worktops, Bushboard has launched BB Complete an innovative all-in-one sealant in a range of 20 colours specifically selected to suit its Prima, Omega and Odyssey laminate worktop ranges.

Wall mounted bathroom accessories don't come much more stylish than the new Perivale collection from Croydex. Combining sleek lines, a sharp angular design and a smart polished chrome finish, the Perivale range is not only practical but will also add a stunning style statement to brighten up any bathroom design.

Range cooker specialist Britannia is enhancing its portfolio of hoods adding two ultra modern designs to the collection whilst renaming the existing range, swapping the old code references to more customer- friendly names inspired by Italian music terms.

New to the UK, a range of ultra-stylish extractors, is now available from Faber - the original inventor of the kitchen cooker hood - and it comes direct from Air Uno. Since 1955 Faber has dominated the market in Italy with designs that live up to that country's reputation for creating well-made products.

Fontana® sinks, now available in the UK, combine two top quality materials - Corian® and the highest quality stainless steel.

The new Alto range from Burbidge marries a luxuriously smooth, painted cream finish with an inspired collection of contemporary matt textured shades. A beautifully simple door style is used to showcase the finishes, with the range offering consumers complete imaginative flexibility to create the kitchen of their dreams.

Ergonomically designed kitchens that work in harmony with the body are incredibly in vogue in 2009. Helping independent retailers create perfect curves in the kitchen, Uform has introduced new Quadrant style doors to its most popular Kitchen Stori ranges. The Quadrant door is curved round a corner so can be used to soften the end of a run of units or make an island unit stylishly curvy.

Showerwall from IDS provides a high performance and easy installation decorative solution for shower enclosures, bath surrounds and wallpanelling. It is ideal for new build and refurbishment projects with the range of components easily installed by a competent tradesman. This cuts out the need for wet trades and has the benefits of dramatically speeding up installation time, while ensuring a stylish finish. There are 20 different designs to choose that will satisfy a range of interior looks.

Britain's leading bathroom specialists, HiB, has launched two new mirrors which show how practicality can be achieved through simplicity. Both the Sati and Tapio designs have featured bevelled edges and quality chrome struts supporting a useful clear glass shelf.

The new Deca range of undermount sinks from Carron Phoenix gives retailers a good fighting tool to tempt customers with its crisp modern shape and competitive pricing, offering designer-style undermounts starting at £282. The Deca 150 (featured) compares especially favourably with design-equivalent models on the market, ringing in at approximately 25% lower in price yet without any compromise on design or specification. It is also one of the sink models pre-templated and endorsed by Bushboard's Encore solid surface range which gives retailers an easy and competitively priced, turn key solution to fashionable undermount looks.

Bellissimo has added 11 new matt colours to its range of doors for kitchens and bedrooms, in response to a strong move in the market towards matt finishes.

Roman has launched a brand new range of shower enclosures which feature an integrated digital valve offering - the Embrace range.

Following the success of the Bemis ultra-hygienic range of seats, this latest model featuring a new hinge, has all the benefits of easy cleaning combined with minimal effort.

Kermi are delighted to announce that they will launch the exciting and extensive range of  Design Radiators, Home Heating Radiators, and Commercial Heating solutions manufactured by their sister company Arbonia into the UK market.

Injecting a distinctly retro flavour to homes for 2009, Lokum from Aeon sets new standards in heating. This highly decorative radiator is destined to become a design icon.

Urban Washbasin: Urbanize Your Bathroom

The exclusive Urban washbasins offers the opportunity to create a unique bathroom with pieces decorated with images of cities around the world, which adds a trendsetting cosmopolitan touch that is full of style.

Dansani's Calidris bathroom furniture has it all; quality, flexibility and beauty. Quality comes in the form of real wood veneers and stunning high gloss finishes and the hallmarks of the Danish, master carpenter such as mitred cabinet joins and subtle touches such as bevelled cabinet edges.

Launching at ISH Duravit is introducing "PuraVida" - a complete bathroom suite by Phoenix Design that emerged from a joint collaboration with fixture manufacturer Hansgrohe. With PuraVida, tap fittings, ceramic, bathtubs and furniture are interwoven to create unique and evolved continuity. Phoenix Design sought to create a design that would appeal to the new need for emotion while simultaneously providing a sense of sleek timelessness.

New for 2009, Hansgrohe presents the PuraVida bathroom collection with soft flowing lines and a striking dual colour-finish combining pure white with classic chrome. The rectangular overhead shower with curved corners has been redesigned to better fit the human form delivering a shoulder-shaped cone of water that hits the body (rather than the surrounding floor) to create less splashing and use less water.

A world of water - a world of value is what GROHE presented at ISH 2009 in Frankfurt. The 50th anniversary of the show was the ideal setting to launch an unprecedented number of products - more than 100 from GROHE, the leading innovator in the sanitary industry. The concept of the exhibition stand was based on how water flows, mirroring the company's passion for the perfect water experience.

New for March 2009 and launched at ISH, Kaldewei introduces the Ellipso Duo Oval in black. The popularity of black as a design colour for bathrooms is growing and regardless of whether the design contours are more classic, purist or extravagant: black combines perfectly with every individual style. The free-standing Ellipso Duo Oval with self-supporting panelling means it can be placed anywhere in the room.

Combining imaginative design and materials expertise, VitrA continues to take the lead in trendsetting products for ultimate bathing comfort and wellbeing. Brand new Sanitaryware as well as several innovative shower systems were launched at ISH.

For bathroom installers and developers looking to make a good profit with quality products at trade prices, Screwfix's newly launched range of mix and match bathroom pottery sets and baths offers an easy way to provide a makeover for even the most tired bathroom.

RAK Ceramics is upping the ante in the bathroom industry by encouraging its customers to demonstrate innovation and dedication to RAK Ceramics' brand. With the introduction of its brand new awards, RAK Ceramics UK is creating a platform for its customers to really shine and to walk off with some fabulous prizes to boot.

Tavistock launches a brand new consumer brochure this April. The new 144 page catalogue combines stunning lifestyle photography with all you need to know about the brand's fantastic and extensive product offer.

LDL, the new nationwide distributor of quality fittings for the UK fitted furniture industry, has launched a new brochure.

A discernible trend in the tap market is towards offering greater functionality. The consumer has been exposed to the benefits of the filtration tap and also pull-out sprays for long enough now to expect a far wider choice of styles that perform these functions and this informed the new tap designs that we are introducing in 2009.

With glamour returning to bathroom brassware, Carron Phoenix has followed suit for the kitchen market with its brand new Qubix tap.

A passion for minimalist Italian design is the creative backbone of the Abode Passion range. A tapered base plinth and solid cylindrical body create a clean and elegant low pressure range, suited to a most bathrooms.

The Waterside Collection of taps has been created to complement all Shaws traditionally styled ‘British made' Classic and Original ranges of ceramic sinks. The Helmshore tap is a swan necked design with ceramic branded levers, quarter turn ceramic disc valves, extended length flexible tail pipes with integral non-return valves for easy installation and comes complete with Neoperl anti splash aerator and adjustable inlet legs. The Helmshore Bridge tap is available in chrome finish only.

‘Get smart, get ecosmart' is the proposition from Bristan as it launches a comprehensive range of products designed to save water in the bathroom.

Impulse Bathrooms have invested in their own specialist brassware manufacturing facility and are launching five ranges of high quality taps and mixers suitable for water pressures from as low as 0.5 bar up to 10 bar with a flow rate not exceeding 13 litres per minute.

The new Antro selection of brassware from Marflow offers smart and sophisticated taps and mixers and the handsome range broadens the company's already extensive portfolio.

Sinks, taps and accessories manufacturer, Reginox UK, has added the stylish RF 30 to its range of taps.

K A Distribution is delighted to be working in partnership with Abode Home Products, the leading UK designer of stylish kitchen taps.

The Mini range of monobloc basin taps from Crosswater may be petite; yet style has certainly not been compromised.

Presented by style icons and fashion designers over and over again, black combined with white or the other way around represents expressive strength without being obtrusive; and elegance without being exaggerated. The "no colour" concept has now reached the bathroom with KLUDI launching the successful architectural design range ZENTA BLACK & WHITE.

BLANCOSPIRE is a stylish, monobloc mixer tap targeting anyone looking for a new interpretation of the popular swan-neck style. Equally elegant in black, white or chrome, the high arched spout of the tap swivels smoothly across the sink, with single-lever operation of the water flow.

Franke's commitment to high-quality craftsmanship, innovation and design continues throughout the new product portfolio.

Storm is just one of the very latest brassware ranges from Pegler Yorkshire - a company at the forefront of the development in new taps and mixers.

Geberit, the leading manufacturer of sanitary, supply and HDPE drainage systems, offers the latest generation of washbasin taps, combining water-saving and aesthetics for attractive and eco-friendly washrooms.

Who could possibly refuse fittings which shine and a design which lends the kitchen a modern look at little expense; a kitchen in which handling water is a pleasure? You want more? More quality? More intelligent technology? Or less? Less expense? Less installation effort? Less water wasted? Kludi now has even more to offer - reliable, attractive and intelligent fittings giving you ‘more for less'!

The Perfect Time basin tap from Inta is electronically operated and is ideal for the less abled.  It turns on and off with the touch of a button - and if it's not turned off by the user, it turns itself off automatically after a pre-determined time. Ease of operation also has another benefit for the less able who only have to touch the tap to make it operate, not push, pull or turn anything.

Leading UK based Brassware Specialist, VADO, introduces Notion its new high quality range of bathroom products.

MOD joystick basin mixer, designed by Ross Lovegrove

Where, in times gone by, taps and shower units may have been installed as standard off-the-shelf afterthoughts, VitrA has established it's brassware ranges as high end designer products that combine aesthetic excellence with superb functionality.

Stylish brassware producer Savil of Italy has added two mixer designs to its extensive collection. These are Tondo and Due Due, the former with angled spout and sequential control on a vertical column, the latter with horizontally extended spout and two handles, also on a vertical column.

In this current economic climate where everyone is trying to adjust the prices and margins are tighter your cad software will not only have to make good presentations to close sales but also produce accurate plans to minimise expensive mistakes.

SuperView21 from M'n'G designs helps meet the challenges of the current economic climate. Systems cost as little as £799+VAT so they are affordable, effective and easy to use, allowing you to win orders.

VR Kitchen, Bedroom and Bathroom are highly efficient, easy to use design tools that make selling home improvements easy.

Customers and designers might agonize over the perfect look for a new kitchen, yet too little time is spent ensuring it works efficiently once the fitter has left. With this in mind, Hettich has launched Intelligent Kitchens to bring a new level of ergonomic planning to kitchen design.

At the forefront of design software for the KBB industry, Planit Fusion has announced the availability of its new Ideal Standard bathroom catalogue for its flagship Fusion software. This latest catalogue launch is in line with a recent partnership between Ideal Standard, a leading provider of innovative, design-driven bathroom solutions and Planit Fusion highlighting its focus on the bathroom sector.

Easyquote provides a total business management solution specifically for the KBB industry, and there has never been a better time to consider the benefits such software can have on a business.

20-20 Technologies, the world leader in 3D interior design and furniture manufacturing software has announced its next generation design software for the KBB market. Available immediately for both existing and new customers, Version 8.1 creates state-of-the-art compelling, photo-realistic designs, as well as incorporating a significant increase in manufacturers' data catalogues. This latest release underpins 20-20 Technologies' position as a leading provider of design and visualisation software for the kitchen, bedroom, bathroom and home improvement industries - backed by excellent after sales support.

The Virtual Worlds team has added a range of curved units to its extensive generic kitchen catalogue. A new version of the programme is due for release featuring intelligent placement of these complex units.

Whilst we would all love the luxury of a large bathroom complete with plenty of storage, freestanding bath and separate shower, the reality is that the average British bathroom is often no bigger than a double bed!

Reduced Depth Furniture

Venetian's range of reduced depth furniture includes a comprehensive selection of our most popular base units, including; WC cupboards, base cupboards and open shelving units. These are offered across all Venetian ranges in a reduced depth of 200mm, which makes them perfect for smaller bathrooms.

Belling, the UK's number one cooking brand, has launched a brand new table top cooker, perfect for the space conscious or for those who need additional cooking capacity.

Leading appliance manufacturer Stoves, has announced the launch of an innovative new cooker to provide plug-in additional cooking capacity.

The new Pull-out Carousel from East Coast takes the standard blind corner carousel to the next level. Mounted on a central pole, both shelves independently swing through 90° and can then be pulled out to give increased access to the items stored towards the rear of the shelf. The unit also benefits from assisted opening and closing by way of the pre-mounted gas pistons.

The new Soft Close Larder from East Coast has a smooth opening and soft closing action to rival that of any on the market. The European developed and manufactured full extension runner system offers effortless opening and closing even when fully loaded to its 100Kg capacity. The soft close mechanism has been designed to gently ‘brake' the larder at a point before the fully closed position, with the soft close mechanism then providing a slow smooth closing action for the remaining distance. With fine-tuning of the door position via the adjustable door fixing brackets, a no-noise close is achieved.

The Kitchen Group has launched a new range of unit sizes under its popular K Kitchens brand, including a 300mm Breakfront Base Unit, opening up a whole new window of design possibilities throughout the collection.

In a tight corner?

Kermi's Ibiza Spacesaver solves the problem

Kermi now provide the perfect solution to saving space in smaller bathrooms enabling installation of a shower where this may not previously have been possible.

Häfele offer the ultimate range in wirework from their German supplier VAUTH-SAGEL systemtechnik who have long standing experience in the development and production of interior components for the kitchen industry. From Rotary larder units to corner storage units all are finished to an exceptional standard to guarantee quality with every order.

Surprisingly simple and surprisingly innovative, the OrgaWing organiser element for drawer systems is an additional pop-out tray compartment in the pot-and-pan drawer from Hettich.

Blum will show their latest range of systems for maximising storage, dynamic kitchen planning and, especially, new developments in ease of kitchen use under the slogan of "Perfecting Motion".

With more people improving rather than moving at the moment, adding an extra shower room or en-suite bathroom is high on many customers' wish list. Space, however, is often a problem so products that don't take up loads of space yet still deliver a good shower performance, and have the added benefit of storage, are a real bonus.

tc bathrooms are leading the way in innovation and design with the launch of their new range of furniture.

While changes to Part M of the building regulations are pushing up the number of bathrooms per property (a cloakroom is now a legal requirement on all new-build properties, thus increasing the bathroom tally for an average home to three - cloak, family bathroom and en-suite) the actual size of each room is being reduced to compensate. In fact, the average family bathroom is now a paltry 2m x 2m.

HPP's comprehensive range of furniture fittings offers a storage solution for even the most awkward of spaces.

The topic of water saving is important because the population of Britain has more than doubled in the last hundred years and our lifestyles mean we use more water than ever. However, due to climate change, pollution and increasingly irregular and extreme weather patterns - although it may sometimes feel like we live in a wet country - we are unable to ‘capture' water as well as we need to.

Deva has added to its multi award winning, water saving Satinjet^TM range with the launch of the sleek, modular Tahi to offer the ultimate in luxury eco showering.

Another first in domestic appliances: unique new condenser tumble dryer with the lowest energy consumption in the world.

Roca, the global leader in designing bathroom solutions, has been awarded the Design Plus international prizefor their W+W (Washbasin + Watercloset). The award was presented to the company during the ISH fair in Frankfurt.

In addition to delivering a great, digital showering performance with spot-on temperatures and perfect pressure, Aqualisa's Visage Digital also features a clever eco setting. Activated by a twist of the installer's screwdriver during fitting, Visage Digital's eco setting is capable of reducing water flow down to around 8 litres per minute - up to 10 litres less than an average shower might use.

The Foster 4060-PL multifunctional oven can be combined perfectly in horizontal or stacked systems. The preset and highly customizable intuitive electronics - available on all models - are activated with touch controls that give them a clean and minimalist design.

Carron Phoenix is the first to market with the launch of a brand new dedicated range of waste sorter bins that fully comply with the new Code for Sustainable Homes (CSH) legislation governing all new build properties.

Shires Waterware products comply with stringent water saving requirements and can be specified with confidence in bathroom installations, including local authority homes, helping to cut tenants' utility bills.

Robert Lee's new website (www.rlee.co.uk) really is an invaluable tool to both customers and suppliers and includes links to supplier websites for the latest products and industry news(COSHH, WRAS, Building Regs), plus a Recruitment section and press page.

Ray Walls has joined the Ideal Bathrooms board of directors as New Business Development Director. Formerly Commercial Director at southern based bathrooms distributor Farmiloe and Farmiloe, Ray is an experienced industry professional and is very well known within the bathrooms business having spent 40 years working within our industry.

Vogue (UK) Ltd - The Heated Towel Rail Company recently expanded its Sales & Marketing team with two new appointments.

Instarmac Group - the renowned spearhead of the Ultracrete, Ultrascape, Ultra Tile and Ultra Floor brands has officially been named in this year's TIME TOP 100 companies to work for!

It would be ridiculous to start talking about ‘green shoots of recovery' since, as we know, the UK is well into its recession and it will be some time before we climb out of it. But it is a fact that over recent weeks some members of the Bathroom Manufacturers Association, particularly those in the consumer RMI sector, have reported some increase in commercial activity. Other members, those exhibiting at the recent ECObuild in London, say that they have had a "great show."

Roca, is excited to announce the launch of its new, redesigned website, www.roca-uk.com.

tc bathrooms has defied the economic downturn by reporting increased sales in 2008. This was achieved whilst also moving into their new, purpose-built, state of the art, 200,000 square foot premises in Dewsbury, West Yorkshire.

Metris®, PWS' new premium, contemporary kitchen brand has achieved registered design status on 4 key curved elements within the collection. The culmination of 2 years' product research and development, the beauty of the 1200mm corner system is that unlike other curved units on the market, this one size creates three distinctive schemes. It's because of this originality and distinguishing feature that registered design status has been awarded.

Leading Polish appliances manufacturer, Amica, has been honoured with a Product of the Year award for the second year running, by the Polish edition of Reader's Digest.

In-House Inspired Room Design marks the 5,000th Schüller kitchen sold in the UK. Kitchens 24-7 sold the Schüller kitchen to a customer at its Leicester showroom on the 2nd March 2009. Sukhvinder Channa received a certificate and a bottle of champagne from In-House Area Manager Paul Cameron.

Craven Dunnill, the major ceramic tile distributor and retailer, has appointed Steve Whitehurst as Sales Director. He joined the company in 2007 as Marketing Director and has since focussed his efforts on delivering market-driven promotional tools including a new website, retailer catalogue, commercial prospectus, and targeted PR and advertising activity. As Sales and Marketing Director Whitehurst will work closely with Craven Dunnill's Managing Director Peter Howells, who previously directed the Sales function.

Use of tile in the domestic environment can make the difference between an average and an awe inspiring home. This award recognises the impact that a well designed project can have in an individual home.

Andrew Lawson has joined Baumatic as its Commercial Director, following an illustrious career in the industry that spans 25 years. His CV includes an MBA in Business and stints as field manager at Currys, sales director at Siemens and, most recently, director of sales for the Kitchen Retail Channel at Hotpoint. With experience like this, Andrew will be an invaluable member of the team and Baumatic looks forward to a long and happy business partnership with him.

Showerlux UK has revamped its website - www.showerlux.uk.com, to give it a fresh new look and compliment its stylish range of minimalist and contemporary shower enclosures. Simple to navigate and with an array of new functions, the website is tailored to the needs of its end-users, installers and retail customers.