Furniture manufacturer LochAnna Kitchens has opened a showroom and training centre for its independent retail partners and their clients.

Located less than a mile from LochAnna’s headquarters in Bolton and sat on the site of the company’s original HQ, the centre features 14 displays, offering a total of 18 door styles and 26 colours.

The two-floor showroom, complete with working kitchen display, also features a presentation and training room, design hub, breakout area and a Selfie Station.

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In addition, it boasts some of LochAnna’s new collections which will be launching in Summer 2022, including the Thistleton Collection.

Kitchen category manager Sinead Trainor commented: “Our Design Centre is already providing a much-needed space for new and existing customers to learn more about LochAnna, complete our detailed product training course on site with the experts, and have the opportunity to experience the design details that really need to be seen in person to be appreciated.”

At the official opening of the showrooms, LochAnna paid dedication to long-term mentor of Faith Furniture managers and LochAnna investor Nick Hopkinson MBE.

Nick Hopkinson (known as Hoppy) convinced LochAnna’s MD Paul Jenkinson to invest in a dedicated showroom.

He passed away last year before he had the chance to see the Design Centre become a reality.

LochAnna asked his widow, Lesley, if she would be guest of honour and cut the ribbon to officially open the centre and a ’Hoppy’s Place’ sign was featured on its showcase display.

Speaking about the decision to open a deidcated showroom, MD of LochAnna Kitchens Paul Jenkinson said: “The LochAnna Design Centre is the start of a major new chapter in our growth and investment story.

“The project was born from the success of KBB 2020 – our first show – which brought in huge interest from a wider base of independent retailers with an appetite for more style, choice, and affordable quality in British-designed kitchens.

“The showroom will allow us to have a year-round showcase of the kitchens we so passionately design; a space for new and existing retail partners to touch and feel our products.

“While we haven’t set out for this to be a space open to the wider public, we absolutely welcome our retail partners to invite their clients to the showroom as part of the journey to choosing their dream kitchen.”