The British Institute of Kitchen, Bedroom & Bathroom Installation (BiKBBI) hosted its second awards ceremony at the QEII Centre in Westminster, London.

Close to 300 guests representing businesses from across the wider KBB industry attended the gala event, sponsored by Fix Radio and Quooker.

Hosted and compared by comedian, broadcaster and quiz master from ITV’s The Chase Paul Sinha with 12 awards presented during the ceremony.

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The awards categories spanned Apprenticeship of the Year through to Installation Manger of the Year, which this year was jointly presented

The BiKBBI Awards 2023 winners were as follows

• Apprentice of the Year – Jason McCann of Christian Andrews Interiors
• Community Champion of the Year – Band of Builders
• Customer Service Champion of the Year – Liberty Fitting Service
• Independent Retailer of the Year – Brentwood Kitchens and Interiors
• Installation Business of the Year – Terlecki
• Installer of the year – Chris Richards of Plumbing Hot
• National Retailer of the Year – Wren Kitchens
• Young Installer of the Year – Elliott Perry of Ace Eletrical & Plumbing
• Environmental Champion of the Year – Used Kitchen Exchange (UKE)
• Industry Newcomer – Wayne Lenz of Terlecki
• Installation manager of the Year – Warwick Hockley of Alexander Kitchens and Maria Thomas of AT Installation Services

In addition, the BiKBBI presented an Outstanding Achievement award to Wickes for its longstanding work on apprenticeships within the KBB sector, paving the way for other KBB businesses to adopt an early careers strategy.

The second award was presented to former Installer Magazine editor and publisher, Rob Nicholls for a lifetime of commitment to the industry and his support of the BiKBBI

CEO of BiKBBI Damian Walters commented: “We were thrilled with the success of our first awards programme last year and it would have been very easy to use that as the measuring stick for future events but, as an organisation that continually strives for improvement, we wanted to make the 2023 campaign better, and it’s fair to say that that was accomplished across the board.

“We had more entries from more businesses, but more importantly for us, the quality of each and every entry was of such a high standard.

“It’s great to be able to track, recognise and reward the amazing talent working within our sector, and see the quality of work the KBB installation community is delivering day after day.’

The BiKBBI Awards programme, which launched in 2021, received 130 entries from 102 businesses and individuals for the 2023 campaign.

It followed on from the BiKBBI annual conference, where Walters warned the KBB industry was not overcoming the installation skills gap crisis.