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This CPD webinar by Croner will discuss the fall of the pound and how it affects the industry, as well as present some valuable advice for employers and business owners.

The Croner advisory team have recently analysed their call interactions with members and clients. With this, we have built an exclusive, member-only session to assist you with the biggest issues facing UK businesses right now.

Topics covered include:

– The pound falls

– Industry reaction

– A pay rise flurry

– How to address the increase in demand

– The cost of living and retention

– Do existing benefits already meet employee needs?

– Helping employees help themselves

– Getting more from the workplace

– Managing costs

– Changing terms and conditions

– Lay-off and short time working

– What is redundancy?

– Preparing for redundancy

– Collective consultation & Individual consultation

– Employees wellbeing during redundancy

– Looking after (soon to be) ex-employees

These exclusive sessions are free to SBID members. Get in touch for your association number.

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The CPD webinar by GRAFF will provide an overview of three key elements that can enhance our daily lives: water, wellness and sustainability.

Starting with water as a precious and essential natural resource to its role in bringing us wellness, the session will focus on the origins of wellness through today’s WELL concepts and to how to integrate wellness in design projects. Lastly, GRAFF discuss how wellness through water can be delivered in sustainable ways.

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GRAFF and SBID together with Ripples Bathrooms Chelmsford are pleased to be hosting an interior designer and architect exclusive event as part of a CPD Roadshow on Water, Wellness and Sustainability.

The CPD seminar will provide an overview of three key elements that can enhance our daily lives: water, wellness and sustainability. Starting with water as a precious and essential natural resource to its role in bringing us wellness, the session will focus on the origins of wellness through today’s WELL concepts and to how to integrate wellness in design projects. Lastly, GRAFF discuss how wellness through water can be delivered in sustainable ways.

There is an exciting prize at the end of the evening. Everyone attending will automatically enter a prize draw. We will randomly select a lucky invitee to award them with our most sought after basin tap/mixer from our collection Harley.

Please bring along your business card in order to participate at this amazing prize draw.

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This immersive CPD webinar will provide an understanding on the technology and usage of automated shades in residential environments. Delivered by the home technology specialists, the session will cover everything you need to know about installing high-end shading solutions for private luxury interiors.

This session forms part of a series to that also addresses luxury residential lighting and audio.

Learning Objectives:

– To give a broad understanding of automated shading for a luxury home

– How to integrate automated shades into the fabric of the building

– How to specify fabric for performance

– How automated shades are powered, wired and controlled

– To explain through demonstration the importance of fabric colour and openness

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50% of all work-related ill health in 2020/21 was work-related stress, depression, or anxiety.

Packed with hints, tips and guidance from HR experts, this free event guarantees to equip you with essential inside knowledge in just a few short hours. Knowledge that could make a real difference to your company’s wellbeing and performance.

Learning to adapt is key to business success, so make sure you get it right first time.

Join the seminar to find out:

– What is Mental Health?

– Protecting the mental health of your staff

– Signs of poor mental health

– Managing Staff with Mental Health Issues

– Managing Absence

– Mental Health First Aiders

It’s completely free for business owners and directors and there’s no obligation to you or your business.

Places are limited to 2 places per company, registrations required.

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In this CPD webinar, you will receive an overview of Luxury Residential Lighting and inspiration for how to use it on client projects to elevate their designs.

From creative design principles and luminaire specification through to control systems, technical documentation, and working with builders and electrical contractors, this presentation is packed with useful information and some fantastic 3D animated explainer videos. It will also cover how to understand zones, scenes, and dimming technologies.

A live Q&A will allow you to field your questions to Managing Director, James Ratcliffe; drawing on his 20+ years of experience in the integrated home technology world.

Finally, you can attend the virtual tour of the Homeplay Experience Centre showroom – an ideal setting to visit with clients to inspire and demonstrate all that home automation could bring to their homes.

This session forms part of a series to that also addresses luxury residential audio and shading.

Learning Objectives:

– Understand the basics of good lighting design

– Learn the drawbacks of LED and how to overcome them

– Identify the difference between basic and luxury lighting

– Explore zones, scenes and dimming technologies

– Know how control systems make lighting easier to use

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Attend the Breakfast & CPD session led by Bolon’s visionary Head of Sustainability and co-founder of Greenpeace Sweden, Håkan Nordin. Håkan has been working within the sustainability industry since 1984 and has great insight and knowledge about sustainability and climate issues.

Learn about how Bolon’s 70 years of experience in sustainable design has informed their approach and understanding of the circular economy today.

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The VitrA London showroom will run a series of free virtual reality (VR) experience sessions. VitrA’s Virtual Worlds software transfers bathroom designs into 4-D, enabling individuals to experience them on a whole new level. At each session, the user will be given a VR headset to explore a fully immersive virtual bathroom space, including turning on a virtual tap and interacting with the latest bathroom collections from VitrA.

What’s more, to coincide with the brand’s colour theme, selected settings on Virtual Worlds have been created to provide inspiration for how to incorporate colour within the bathroom.

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Unlocking knowledge on how to best specify bespoke surfaces, innovations in sustainable surface materials and how to use tiling patterns effectively, you can join CPD seminars during morning and afternoon sessions at the Clerkenwell Sustainability & Design Studio.

Parkside will be hosting a Breakfast Club with live CPD event alongside fresh pastries and coffee as part of the Clerkenwell Design Trail programme!

Email [email protected] for more information

 

Only a few days before London Design Festival returns on Saturday 17 September! For a whole week, LDF will celebrate and promote the city as a design capital on the global stage, offering an expansive programme of over 13 design disciplines, ranging from digital design and art, to landscape, interiors and materials.

Are you ready to dive into the world of design? Read the SBID’s helpful guide to the festival to plan your diary, get inspired and engage with the design industry. Ensure you don’t miss any important events and CPD sessions from SBID members!

London Design Festival 2022

Where: Multiple venues across London

When: 17 – 25 September

Upcoming Activities:

Arper Showroom Events & Activities

Arper joins LDF in celebrating the city’s creativity in newly restyled London showroom to present its latest 2022 collections with a range of engaging events and creative activities across Clerkenwell Design Trail.

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Everything Flows: Zaha Hadid Design at Roca London Gallery

An immersive installation of pioneering designs showcases objects developed by Zaha Hadid Design over the past 15 years. The exhibition fills the sculptural spaces of the striking gallery designed by Zaha Hadid Architects in 2011.

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Kohler Breakfast Meeting: Showroom Talk & Tour

Kohler invites you to explore their recently refurbished London showroom in Clerkenwell, attend an exclusive Breakfast Meeting with networking, talk and tour, and discover the latest product innovations in the KBB sector.

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Parkside Breakfast Club & CPD Sessions

Parkside are hosting a Breakfast Club with live CPD event alongside fresh pastries and coffee as part of the Clerkenwell Design Trail! Unlock knowledge on tiling patterns, innovations in sustainable materials and how to specify bespoke surfaces.

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Networking Brunch at New House of Rohl Showroom

House of Rohl’s networking brunch in partnership with SBID will bring together a collection of luxury kitchen and bathroom brands and provide an opportunity to meet peers and exchange ideas.

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Virtual Reality Sessions with VitrA

VitrA London showroom will run a series of free virtual reality CPD experience sessions, where they will turn bathroom designs into 4-D, enabling people to explore a fully immersive virtual bathroom space.

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RAK Ceramics Design Hub Tour

RAK Ceramics Design Hub is an interactive and immersive environment to inspire – explore the latest in bathroom designs, materials, finishes and colours with exclusive showroom tour, showcasing RAK Ceramics ranges, kitchen taps, and brassware.

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Karndean Exclusive Collection Preview

Drop by Karndean’s Commercial Showroom to grab a mocktail or a bite to eat, meet the team and view an exclusive collection preview – take a first look at their new abstract flooring designs launching this autumn!

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Sustainable Talks, Installations and Events at EDGE

EDGE presents a variety of products, installations, CPDs, workshops, talks and events surrounding sustainable design, highlighting the industry’s best in circular products and materials for living and working spaces.

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RGB Colour Experience & Evening Drinks with VitrA

VitrA is hosting an immersive colour experience using artwork by Carnovsky, which experiments with the interaction between colour in print and light form.

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Bolon Showroom Exhibition & Talks on Sustainability

Bolon is showcasing their latest products, celebrating the launch of new colour palettes for their bestselling collections, and holding a variety of talks on sustainability during the London Design Festival week. 

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Launch Party with Cosentino: Dekton Onirika & Kraftizen

The art of high-tech returns as Cosentino celebrates breathtaking new collections at the Cosentino City Showroom. Presenting award-winning carbon neutral materials with ‘DJ Nadia Noudle’ and tapas.

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Breakfast & CPD with Bolon: The Circular Economy

Bolon is hosting a CPD session led by Bolon’s visionary Head of Sustainability Håkan Nordin to learn about how Bolon’s experience in sustainable design has informed their approach and understanding of the circular economy today.

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Be at the Cutting Edge – Design the Future Today

EDGE (Eco Design Green Environment) is celebrating their first anniversary with a short talks programme focusing on sustainability and regenerative thinking.

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