Wednesday, 1 December 2010

"THE" kitchen industry body

A one for all kitchen industry body in my opinion will not work.
Why?
Well it is not in the interest of the major players and multiples to want to be involved because they work by their own set of rules so if it does not benefit them in any way then they won't do it and as a collective group and buying power they are bigger and have more say in what goes on than independents or smaller group kitchen companies.

Some of the multiples have taken up the "Government" endorsed Trustmark scheme, I myself would not want to associate my company with this mark, if people think that by seeing the Trustmark logo ensures them of guaranteed service & quality then they would be mistaken, this is in no detriment to Trustmark themselves they I am sure endeavour to provide the services they offer to the best of their ability but as I said earlier the multiples "run by their own set of rules", they use the Trustmark logo so people think they are good reliable and responsible retailers well if they looked into these companies more before making their purchases they would see how many problems customers have.
Just to clear something up with "I would not want to associate my company with the Trustmark logo"
does not mean I do not have faith in them it is a fact that I do not have faith in the major players to carry and use the Trustmark ethos to it's full and proper use thus I would be tarring myself with the same brush as the multiples.
I would probably have liked to see Trustmark being the industry standard for independents and smaller group kitchen companies, this would have given greater credibility to them.

We all know that the KBSA has had some issues with voting in members and the voting process itself having problems with not many turning up to it's AGM so this shows the lack of respect the kitchen industry has for an already established body.

What would be the criteria for an industry body? would we all have to take degrees in something? Would we all have to have gain some professional qualification if so how would we find the time and money to get them.
The only possible thing that might have credence is a KBB ombudsman set up by the government.

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