Rees Tiles branches out with second showroom

AN ambitious Cumbrian tile retailer and distributer has opened a second site, its first in Lancashire.
 
Rees Tiles and Flooring’s investment in the new showroom in Lancashire follows a period of sustained growth at the Milnthorpe company.

It opened its first showroom and warehouse in 2000 and has now begun trading at Lake Enterprise Business Park in Lancaster, a move which has created two new jobs.

Rees Tiles imports ceramic and porcelain tiles for customers across the north. Its distribution operation supplies around 50 tile shops and bathroom and kitchen showrooms throughout Lancashire, North Yorkshire, Cumbria and Merseyside.

Managing director Steven Armer said: “We have worked hard to build strategic partnerships with local businesses. This has resulted in orders to provide tiles for locations including the Riverside Hotel in Kendal, Lancaster House Hotel and The Sun at Troutbeck Bridge.
 
“Further afield, we have supplied a national clothing retail chain, including outlets in the Trafford Centre in Manchester, Bull Ring in Birmingham and Oxford Street in London.

“Our success is a result of our friendly, family business values which place great emphasis on excellent customer service. We look after our customers every step of the way and make sure that they are completely satisfied.”

Rees is being advised on its groth and internal structures such as accounting systems by accountants and business advisers Moore and Smalley.

Adam Parton, corporate services director at Moore and Smalley, said: “Rees Tiles is a great example of how SME businesses with an entrepreneurial approach and capable management team can succeed, despite the austere climate.”