Interior designer Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen has officially opened Bence Group's latest branch in Burton-on-the-Water, Gloucestershire, which features a kitchen and bathroom showroom and decorating centre.
MD Paul Bence said the opening of the 161-year-old family business's new showroom, Obsidian Kitchens and Bathrooms, was “part of the company's long-term strategy to develop our exciting concepts and products to the wider Cotswold area”. The company already has a kitchen and bathroom showroom in Cheltenham.
He added that Bence Decorating had also been launched after the company identified a “clear gap in the region” for a specialist decorating centre.
Llewelyn-Bowen, who became Bence Decorating's first customer when he and his wife bought a set of brushes and a Stanley knife, said: “We want our homes to be individual and to reflect our personality, something special and something different, which no one else has got. It is incredibly important that we have access to businesses like Bence Decorating and Obsidian and I am delighted that I have been asked to open this new venture for the Bence Group.”
Bence added: “We are thrilled to develop our business into the heart of the Cotswolds and believe that our knowledgeable and experienced staff will benefit the local trades and indeed the local community.”