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The Bathroom Manufacturers Association (BMA)

The Bathroom Manufacturers Association is the trade association for manufacturers of bathroom products trading in the UK. It is based in Keele Science and Business Park. It is a not for profit organisation.

Role The BMA represents the interests of over 50 major bathroom manufacturing groups and service providers with over 90 well-known brands. The manufacturing base directly employs over 10,000 people across 73 sites around the UK.

The Bathroom Manufacturers Association's (BMA) prime objective is to provide an independent forum for bathroom manufacturers trading in the UK to properly discuss and debate matters of mutual interest. The BMA acts as an information highway between Industry, government and the consumer on issues that affect the bathroom business.

The BMA is committed to enhancing its membership’s competitiveness and focuses attention on Industry issues which can be more effectively dealt with by a collective body.

The combined annual turnover of the membership is in excess of £1 billion pounds sterling per annum.

The Bathroom Academy The Bathroom Academy is a division of the Bathroom Manufacturers Association. The Bathroom Academy was formed in 2004 by members of the Bathroom Manufacturers Association.

The Bathroom Academy was established to improve lack of product knowledge throughout the bathroom industry.

It is a training course which is undertaken online. It is an open e-learning programme of assessment, testing and certification. http://www.bcgxl.co.uk/the-bathroom-manufacturers-association/bathroom-academy/