Pay All Kitchen Designers £100k Basic Salary
I have never known such a shortage of kitchen designers in the industry at the moment. The sheds alone have nearly one thousand vacancies...
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mrpauldasilva
- Jul 25
- 2 min
How The Kings Speech Will Change The Way KBB Staff Are Managed
One of the elements of the Kings Speech that slipped through the net for many KBB businesses is that "Unfair Dismissal" will now become a...
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mrpauldasilva
- Jul 24
- 3 min
2025 KBB Business Planning
With a big year for KBB coming in 2025, it’s time to start putting your business plan together. A business plan not only helps if you...
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mrpauldasilva
- Jul 22
- 5 min
How To … Measuring a Kitchen
One of the most important parts of the sales process is the home measure or site survey. Here are a few things I have learned over the...
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mrpauldasilva
- Jul 16
- 4 min
Customer Guide To Buying a Kitchen
Research 1 - Choosing Your Supplier  - Friends and family recommendations are the number one source of leads for many kitchen businesses....
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mrpauldasilva
- Jun 12
- 2 min
Anti Social Media Marketing
How much are you spending on social media marketing ? Are you seeing the results that you would expect ? Social media is an excellent...
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mrpauldasilva
- Jun 5
- 1 min
Exercise - What Does Your Perfect Customer Look Like ?
This is one of the first exercises I ever do whenever I am working with a new client. It's very important to understand what your ideal...
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mrpauldasilva
- Jun 4
- 4 min
Top 5 Awkward Questions You Need To Ask Your Customers
In my youth, when I was out with my friends in the local bar or nightclub and there was a group of girls, I would always be the one that...
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mrpauldasilva
- Feb 21
- 2 min
10 Simple Rules For Running a Trade KBB Business
Here is .... 10 Simple Rules For Running a Trade KBB Business 1 - Stick To What You Know - If you don’t know anything about bathrooms,...
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mrpauldasilva
- Apr 30, 2023
- 0 min
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mrpauldasilva
- Apr 30, 2023
- 3 min
KBB Review February 2023 - Profit & Margin
Sales is for vanity, profit is for sanity. Sales for show, profit for dough. Whichever way you phrase it, the result is the same. You can...
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mrpauldasilva
- Apr 30, 2023
- 3 min
KBB Review March 2023 - Should You Sell To Trade ?
With the success of Howdens, Magnet, MKM, and the many other trade kitchen outlets, many independent retailers look at their success and...
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mrpauldasilva
- Apr 30, 2023
- 4 min
KBB Review April 2023 - Previous 12 Article Summary
So over the previous eleven articles, I have covered most of the bases you need to cover when you are running a kitchen, bathroom,...
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mrpauldasilva
- Apr 30, 2023
- 3 min
KBB Review January 2022 Article - The Sale
So you own an independent showroom and you are setting your 2022 targets. What are your bumper months ? Are you having a sale ? Or are...
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mrpauldasilva
- Jan 9, 2023
- 3 min
KBB Review Article - January 2023 - Outlook for the Year
Over my nearly thirty years in KBB retail, I have been through a number of recessions, credit crunches, pandemics, and even local...
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mrpauldasilva
- Dec 1, 2022
- 2 min
What Is A Mentor?
So What Is A Mentor ? Whenever I used to hear the word mentor, I always pictured a teacher. Somebody who passes on their knowledge and...
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mrpauldasilva
- Dec 1, 2022
- 3 min
KBB Review Article - Experience Isn't Everything
Many years ago, when I was in my twenties, I was approached by the Alliance and Leicester building society about becoming a branch...
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mrpauldasilva
- Dec 1, 2022
- 3 min
KBB Review May 2022 Article - The 10 S's
I was delighted to be asked by the KBB Review to write a regular column, breaking down the setting up of a new kitchen showroom, and...
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mrpauldasilva
- Dec 1, 2022
- 3 min
KBB Review August 2022 Article - Target Setting
Whether you are a Managing Director, a Showroom Manager, or a Kitchen Designer, you want to know what your target is. For many people,...
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