Tile Showroom & Trade Centre - Ipswich

My name is Kevin and I have been the branch manager since we opened back in 2008 on a shared site alongside our sister company Graham's The Plumbers Merchants.

Supporting me at the branch is Claire as my ABM, who has worked up from part-time sales assistant to a full-time position and now Assistant manager. Claire is brilliant with customers when helping select or design wall or floor tile projects.

Hayden has also joined our showroom team at Ipswich. Working in the tile industry for over 40 years including 27 years in tile showrooms, as a sales rep and more recently on the tools as a fixer, so is well suited for technical advice including advising customers on colours, styles, layouts, all utilising his experience to help and provide guidance. James, the latest addition to the team completes the current line-up having joined from within the tile industry.

• Given the age of the town, it is hard to ignore the history of Ipswich.
• The town is the oldest permanently inhabited town in the country, with their being evidence of settlement in as far back as 625AD. Ipswich has a long history, and is England's oldest continuously settled town.
• The first town to be built by the Anglo-Saxons after their conquest of Britain was Ipswich, or as it was then called, Gypeswic, Gippeswyc or Gippeswick.
• The building towers over the A14 and was built in 2000 by Agilent Technologies at a cost of 12 million pounds, only to never move in. It sat empty for over 10 years and is now home to the police and local council.