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William Wilson are pleased to announce the opening of their latest bathroom showroom on the Newton Trading Estate, McCalls Avenue, Ayr.

The 99 sq mtr showroom becomes the 15th bathroom showroom in the company’s network in Scotland.

Featuring complete bathroom room set displays, as well as bathroom and showering products from leading bathroom manufacturers in the UK and Europe, the new bathroom showroom in Ayr has been designed by Wilsons Showroom Development Manager Lorraine Bend.

Lorraine commented; “I’ve sought to display a wide range of product in Ayr which is suitable for all budgets. It’s well worth popping in to take a look!”.

New Showroom Consultant Steven Robison said;” I`m really looking forward to welcoming customers, old and new, into our new showroom. I`m sure I`ll be able to help customers choose the correct products for their new bathroom”.

Leading Scottish plumbers’ merchants and bathroom specialists, William Wilson, have appointed Glasgow based Stitch Social Media as their digital strategy and advertising agency.

Developed to simplify, rationalise and the strengthen the social media presence of the company, one of the first moves will be to merge William Wilsons existing facebook pages into one page, creating a more consistent and effective social media presence going forward.

Marketing Manager, Dave Reid said: “Stage one of our jointly developed plan with Stitch is to consolidate our existing 19 facebook pages into one single facebook page serving our overall business and each of our 15 existing bathroom showrooms in Scotland.”

“We will then develop a structured 12-month plan to create inspiring and informative content and regular postings across all our social media accounts.”

William Wilson are pleased to announce the appointment of Jon Marshall as Branch Manager at our Northern Heating business in Aberdeen. Jon has been with William Wilson for more than eight years now and is a graduate of our Management Development Programme. Jon has spent the last two years very successfully developing our business in Inverurie.

Russell Young has been appointed as Branch Manager at our Inverurie branch and he will be supported by Scott Wilkie as Assistant Branch Manager and by Julie Strachan as Showroom Manager. These appointments at Inverurie will ensure we retain continuity with a strong management team in place.

At Northern Heating Aberdeen and William Wilson Inverurie we remain committed to first class customer service, excellent stock levels and competitive prices.

The newest addition to our bathroom showroom network opened in September 2018.

The addition of a bathroom showroom in Portree brings our bathroom showroom network in Scotland to 14 locations.

William Wilsons showroom in Aviemore opened in April 2018

The new showroom is 30sq mtrs in size and features seventeen different room set bathroom suites and showering products.

Designed by our Showroom Development Manager Lorraine Bend, our showroom represents the best in traditional and contemporary bathroom products and design.

We wish Branch Manager Brian Ferguson and his team the best of success as they develop bathroom sales in “The Strath” and beyond!

We’ve had plans to develop a bathroom showroom at our Aviemore branch for some time now.  Finally, the building warrant for the internal works has been granted and planning permission for the external signage has been approved.

Works started on the 27^th of November and are expected to be completed in early 2018.

Similarly, we have plans to develop a small bathroom showroom in Portree.  Fit out is expected to start in early 2018.

Our Elgin branch opened on the Pinefield Estate in Elgin in 1967.  So, we’ve been trading successfully, serving the Plumbers and Heating Engineers of Elgin and Moray, for more than 50 years now!  

On Friday the 17^th of November 2017, we decided to hold a trade show, open day and evening party to celebrate.

New Branch Manager Colin Brand said: “After discussion with our supporting suppliers, the general opinion was the customers they spoke to were of good quality, and that both our customers and suppliers got something from the day.”

Suppliers who attended included:  Alpha, Danfoss, Ellis, Flo Plast, Geberit, Grants, Grundfos, Invensys, Mitsibushi, Purmo, Rothenberger, Salus, Terrain, Thomas Dudley, Utopia and Worcester.

Colin also commented: “Our evening event went really well, with a very good family atmosphere and everyone enjoyed themselves.  We have raised just over £800.00 so far for Kidney Kids and we still have some pledges to come in.”

Colin continued: “Thanks again to our key manufacturers for their attendance and support and a big thank you to my team, who pulled together a very good all day event, whilst continuing with their day to day work.”

In an exciting development for our company, we’ve successfully merged our Kinning Park branch and our Hillington showroom into one location in Glasgow.

The new premises are at Houston Place on the Kingston Trading Estate in Glasgow, and include a 3,000 sq ft showroom with room for more than 40 bathroom displays.

Branch Manager John Houston said:  “I’d like to thank my team for the hard work and commitment they have shown in getting us here.  There have been many challenges to overcome but the team has rallied round, pulled together and we’re now looking forward to the increased opportunities for sales growth our new location affords us.”

Bathroom Showroom Development Manager Lorraine Bend said: “We’ve developed an attractive and inspiring 3000 square foot bathroom showroom at Kingston Bridge.  It’ll be a centre of excellence for bathroom showroom products with the latest trends in bathrooms from all over Europe on display.  We have over 40 displays on site from leading bathroom companies like Kohler, Roca, Heritage and Ideal Standard and we’ll be offering a free CAD bathroom design service.”

Lorraine continued: “It’s very realistically set out, with room-sized displays rather than one big showroom. The old one was more like an exhibition, whereas this allows people to imagine the products as they would look in their homes.

“The customers have been amazed – we’ve had some fantastic reactions on how clean and bright it all looks – and the staff are enjoying being part of a bigger set-up.  It’s quite exciting for all of us, being in this fresh and modern environment.”

Deputy Managing Director Robin Mackinlay said:  “I’m convinced this new location will deliver an enhanced level of service to our customers.  Not only is the location more central and accessible, there are obvious benefits to having our sales counter and bathroom showroom under one roof.”

Let’s wish our colleagues at Kingston bridge a bright and successful future.

During July and August 2017 a warehouse extension was added to our Inverurie branch.  Approximately 1000sq feet of storage space has been added allowing Jon Marshall and his team to dispense with the temporary storage solutions that had been in place at the branch.

A sales counter refurbishment is planned through September.

During August 2017 we completed the internal refurbishment of our Fort William branch.  The works included a sales counter revamp and the installation of a mezzanine floor.

Chris and his team of did and excellent job, despite trading through some difficult conditions.