The troubles in the kitchen industry are partly due to people putting off big ticket purchases ... like kitchens! It's also partly due to the decline in the construction industry and the fact that people aren't buying new houses or moving house. Obviously, both of those are sources of new business for kitchen companies.
I just wanted to mention a new consortium ... set up on 10th February ... called Get Britain Building.
I tweeted about the doom and gloom in the industry, earlier in the week and since then have heard that upmarket Crabtree Kitchens (based in Bristol and London - with an average kitchen price of around £40,000) has gone into administration. So has high profile Kitchen Clinic (based in Battersea and Shepherd's Bush).
AEG have introduced two new induction hobs which they call MaxiSense. They're smart, touch control models with bevelled edges - making them very inconspicuous when fitted into a dark worktop.
The Competence 78001 KF model has four sections and is slightly larger than a standard hob at 710mm wide.
