With a dedicated in-house facility for the creation and manufacture of bespoke worktops spanning over 27 years, Utopia is forever expanding the possibilities of its solid surface and general worktop ranges and 2024 is no different.

The latest design innovation is a new solid surface undermounted basin with fully matching cowl and worktop in a contemporary clean white colourway, giving a completely new look and greater creative flexibility. This new option can be manufactured in lengths up to 2.8m offering a variety of configurations including the option of multiple basins.  

The new Plain White addition brings the number of colourways in the 22mm solid surface collection to eight. Worktops are available in a range of sizes and with optional upstands in three heights, all fabricated on site to the customer’s specific requirements.  

Practical and durable, solid surface worktops combine the attractive look of natural stone with the warmth and resilience of a hard-wearing manmade material.

Helen Clark, Head of Marketing at Utopia, comments “Solid surface has always been the ultimate luxury and we expect both the new option to have a seamless worktop with inset bowl and the new solid white colourway to be very popular.”

Employees at Utopia were delighted to support the charity Breast Cancer Now last Friday, 18 October, by sporting pink garments to work on Wear it Pink Day. Many staff members raided their wardrobes and a whole range of pink clothing was on display at the company’s Wolverhampton headquarters.

This was the latest fund-raising effort by the company which supports a range of local and national charities. Helen Clark, Head of Marketing at Utopia, said “Who doesn’t enjoy the opportunity to dress up in a good cause? Cancer charities are particularly dear to our heart at Utopia as a number of employees have been affected, including our own Liz Green, so we’re delighted to take any opportunity to support them.”

Utopia is delighted to announce the launch of its new ZEST Partner Programme, which goes live this October. This latest initiative follows on from a strategic review of the business and aims to position the company as the leading supplier for adding value to customers, categories and consumers. 

ZEST is a fully detailed support programme of customer business benefits with increased insights on how Utopia adds value to partners. Based on numerous factors, Utopia is introducing a new three tiered partner category – Signature, Advocate and Associate. The programme also focuses on the potential for customers to make step changes in their display/sales/brand advocacy alignment to secure the best possible partner categorisation, ultimately leading to the highest level of reward and support possible.

Utopia Sales Director Gary Matthews explains “The new ZEST programme massively simplifies our business proposition by communicating all the benefits of being associated with Utopia. It will undoubtedly energise our business partnerships and our Business Development Managers are currently busy explaining to our partners the many features and opportunities that ZEST presents.”

Intrepid staff at Utopia’s Wolverhampton headquarters dodged the showers to raise over £1,500 on their annual 10k charity walk recently. This enjoyable event is organised by Matt Cox, an Assembly Team Supervisor at Utopia. Matt describes the walk as a pleasant stroll with colleagues, stopping for refreshments along the way.

With a record £1,545 raised this year so far and the possibility of further donations to come, the impressive sum will be split between the Men’s Mental Health Charity, which aims to raise awareness about mental health among men, and Utopia’s own Liz Green Fund, set up to benefit cancer charities and local causes in memory of one of the founding directors Liz Green.

The happy group of 20 walkers had a brilliant day and actually walked 11.2k in total, all strikingly attired in bright pink T shirts proudly displaying the logos of the two chosen charities.

Matt comments “Quite apart from raising valuable funds for charity, this is such a brilliant team-building occasion. It’s a great opportunity for Utopia staff to spend time together outside work. Congratulations to everyone who took part.”

Leading bathroom furniture manufacturer Utopia has launched a new section of its website dedicated to its Contracts division.  The move coincides with its recently announced partnership with the National Building Specification and product listing on NBS Source.

Utopia has had a thriving Contracts and Developer division for over 30 years working with some of the leading names within the sector. Headed up now by Chris Hewitt, the dedicated team works closely with builders, developers and retailers on projects from concept to completion.  Proud to design and manufacture all of its extensive range of furniture in the UK, Utopia leads the way in supplying innovative and tailored bathroom solutions to the sector.

In addition to detailing the range of services and products on offer, the new website content includes specific case studies which demonstrate Utopia’s creative and imaginative approach to any project, large or small.

For further information about how Utopia’s Contract Division can help your business, visit www.utopiagroup.com or contact contractsupport@utopiagroup.com.

Utopia is delighted to have won the Best Modern Bathroom Range category in the Ideal Home Best Bathroom Awards 2024 with its new Qube Collection.

Qube is a stunning range of wall mounted, fitted and freestanding bathroom furniture offering contemporary chic to suit all budgets. It’s a versatile collection of beautifully designed elements that can be combined to create unique, personalised bathroom solutions that are as good looking as they are practical.

Helen Clark, Head of Marketing at Utopia, explains further “With new Qube we are offering a beautiful, on-trend bathroom solution at an extremely affordable price point. In effect, it’s that designer look for less and, crucially, available on a very quick turn round too. Storage, so essential in any bathroom, has never been so stylish. Winning this prestigious award is welcome confirmation that Qube offers a stunning contemporary design solution for each and every bathroom, no matter how big or small.”

Utopia has announced the appointment of industry expert Gary Matthews as Sales Director.

Gary has over 30 years’ experience in the industry, having held senior roles with leading brands such as Grohe, Ideal Standard and, more recently, Duravit where he was Sales Director.

Commenting on the new appointment, Dave Conn, Joint Managing Director at Utopia, said “Gary is the perfect choice to head up our sales team. He knows the industry very well and is well placed to build on our already strong position at the forefront of the bathroom sector. With his wealth of experience and network of key contacts, Gary will be able to hit the ground running in his new role at Utopia.”

Gary comments “Utopia is such a pioneering, dynamic force in the industry, I am absolutely delighted to be part of the team taking the company forward. Knowing many of Utopia’s retail partners already is a massive advantage and I look forward to building on these relationships as well as forging new business opportunities for Utopia.”  

Leading bathroom furniture manufacturer Utopia Furniture Limited is the latest manufacturer to join the National Building Specification and list its products on NBS Source, the manufacturer product platform.

As Helen Clark, Head of Marketing at Utopia, explains “We have had a thriving Contracts division at Utopia for more than three decades.  Keen to expand our reach further amongst building professionals, we have chosen NBS Source to target specifiers looking for best-in-class product and specification data when working on construction projects. We recognise the importance of architects and specifiers being able to find our products at crucial stages of the construction journey, and being a part of NBS Source gives us peace of mind that we’re available to them when it matters most.”

NBS Source will give Utopia the ability to build and maintain relationships with architects and specifiers throughout the whole construction journey, resulting in a much smoother and more collaborative process, a proposition that saves valuable time and resources, and increases the likelihood of a product being selected.

A leading manufacturer of beautiful bathrooms for 35 years, Utopia designs and manufactures all its furniture in the UK.  The specialist Contracts team, led by Chris Hewitt, works closely with builders and developers from concept to completion on projects to supply innovative and on-trend bathroom solutions.

View Utopia NBS Source listing https://shorturl.at/estxZ.

For further information about Utopia Contracts, visit www.utopiagroup.com or contact contractsupport@utopiagroup.com.

To celebrate the launch of the new Qube freestanding fitted and fitted furniture ranges, Utopia has introduced a new Qube collection brochure. The brochure covers the entire range in detail from the wall mounted modular and freestanding modular options available in a choice of Qube Glide and Qube Edge doorstyles through to the new freestanding fitted and fitted collections available in the Qube Edge doorstyle.

In seven fabulous finishes including on-trend Wild Green and Indigo Blue with coordinating brassware, handles and handle trims, the newly expanded Qube collection truly offers a style and size for every bathroom, including space saving options for smaller bathrooms and dedicated cloakroom solutions. What’s more, the complete collection is available on a free delivery basis direct to the retailer, despatched within 48 hours.

Commenting on the new brochure, Helen Clark, Head of Marketing at Utopia, said “Qube is now such an extensive collection we wanted to present the range in a concise and easy to follow format, detailing each option through beautiful imagery and then outlining the simple ordering process. In particular, the ability to order freestanding fitted runs of furniture using a single code which will make it quicker and easier to design, cost and order beautiful bathroom solutions with Qube.”

The new Qube brochure is in stock now and is also available to view and/or download at www.utopiagroup.com/literature

Utopia was delighted to welcome bathroom retailers, supply partners and installers to its Wolverhampton headquarters last week as part of a four day open house. Designed to coincide with retailers visiting the KBB exhibition, Utopia used the event to present a large number of new products as well as previewing exciting new collections scheduled for launch later in the year.

Utopia’s extensive showroom was dramatically updated for the event with 22 brand new displays showcasing new additions to the company’s extensive collection. It was also the ideal opportunity in conjunction with activities at KBB 2024 to present the new Innovation in Motion collaboration featuring FurnSpin technology in partnership with Hettich UK.

Commenting on the success of the event, Helen Clark, Head of Marketing at Utopia, said “We always embrace opportunities to see our retail partners face to face on site and it was really encouraging to see their enthusiastic reaction to our latest products. Their informed opinion is invaluable, too, so it was an excellent opportunity to give them a sneak preview of our current new product development plans.”

Continuing, Helen said “We had such positive feedback after the event with comments including “Great range of new products, colours and love new Geo”, “Amazing showroom, I now want to redesign ours” and “Really relaxed day and tour, lots of new ideas”.

As well as showcasing its entire product range through more than 60 inspirational displays, Utopia sees its spacious showroom as an extension of retailers’ own showrooms and is always happy to welcome retail partners and their customers on site by appointment should they wish to view a particular range they don’t currently have on display.