Cambridge
Crier
June
27,
2008
23in
association
withFears
of
as
lump
in
the
pr
operty
market
have
sparked
ab
oom
in
business
for
city
firm
Pr
emier
Kitchens
&B
edr
ooms
with
householders
abandoning
moving
plans
and
impr
oving
their
own
homes
instead.
After
major
expansion
last
year
,i
ncluding
the
opening
of
the
new
Cambridge
Showr
oom
on
Histon
Road,
the
Peterbor
ough-based
firm
expects
to
make
re
cor
ds
ales
of
16310
million
this
year
and
has
plans
to
add
four
new
re
gional
showr
ooms
to
its
expanding
empir
e.
It
is
an
incr
edible
success
story
for
city
businessman,
Iain
Forsythe
who
started
the
company
fr
om
scratch
18
years
ago.
He
said:
8220Pr
emier
Kitchens
and
Bedr
ooms
is
now
one
of
the
lar
gest
independent
kitchen
companies
in
the
whole
of
the
UK.8221
The
success
comes
at
at
ime
when
many
businesses
ar
ef
eeling
the
pinch
as
re
cession
fears
begin
to
have
ak
nock-on
ef
fect.
Instead,
Pr
emier
is
looking
for
further
expansion
and
with
eight
re
gional
showr
ooms
alr
eady
operational
ther
e
ar
ep
lans
to
open
mor
ei
nN
ottingham,
Milton
Keynes,
Stevenage
and
Norwich.
Iain
said:
8220As
house
prices
have
risen
so
has
the
average
spend
on
our
pr
oducts
and
we
have
seen
a3
5p
er
cent
incr
ease
in
the
last
thr
ee
years.
While
house
sales
may
be
slowing
people
ar
es
till
looking
to
impr
ove
their
pr
esent
pr
operty
and
the
saving
on
moving
costs
often
leads
to
an
ew
bedr
oom
as
well.8221
In
re
cognition
of
his
success,
Iain
was
re
cently
pr
esented
with
an
awar
da
s8216
Master
Retailer
of
the
Ye
ar
8217b
yk
itchen
supplier
,W
illiam
Ball.
He
said:
8220It
is
always
ap
leasur
ew
hen
such
har
d
work
is
re
war
ded
but
although
Iw
as
pr
esented
with
the
awar
dt
his
is
for
the
ef
fort
of
all
the
staf
f
involved.8221
The
expansion
of
the
kitchen
business
has
been
a
re
flection
of
fashion
and
cultur
et
re
nds
in
the
UK.
Iain
said:
8220During
the
18
years
of
trading
we
have
noticed
style
changes
but
never
befor
eh
ave
we
witnessed
such
am
assive
fashion
cultur
e.
The
vast
array
of
high
gloss
colour
is
complemented
by
stainless
steel
accessories
and
electrical
appliances
as
well
as
the
traditional
wooden
kitchens.8221
The
Pr
emier
business
is
very
much
af
amily
af
fair
with
Iain8217s
wife
Alison
taking
on
the
ro
le
of
IT
Dir
ector
and
Company
Secr
etary
.T
heir
son
Shane
also
works
in
the
business
and
is
due
to
be
made
aD
ir
ector
later
this
year
.E
xpansion
plans
have
also
included
an
overseas
element
with
a
new
outlet
re
cently
opening
in
Cypr
us.
Tw
oy
ears
ago
Pr
emier
established
an
impr
essive
1632.2
million
headquarters
at
Peterbor
ough8217s
Hampton
centr
ew
ith
as
econd
building
catering
for
allied
trades
including
beds,
tiles
and
soft
furnishings.
Despite
the
re
cent
rapid
expansion
Iain
is
determined
to
maintain
his
8216family
firm8217
ethos
which
he
is
convinced
is
the
secr
et
of
his
success.
He
said:
8220W
ea
re
in
the
business
of
making
dr
eams
come
tr
ue.
Il
ike
to
think
we
ar
eas
olid
family
business
with
ar
eputation
for
service
that
is
second
to
none.8221CCW26www
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