How To Build A Good Relationship With Your Suppliers With Ed O’Donnell And Naomi Astley Clarke

Episode 6 June 29, 2023 00:38:11
How To Build A Good Relationship With Your Suppliers With Ed O’Donnell And Naomi Astley Clarke
The Interior Design Business
How To Build A Good Relationship With Your Suppliers With Ed O’Donnell And Naomi Astley Clarke

Jun 29 2023 | 00:38:11

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Show Notes

Interior designers are a bit like ‘piggy in the middle’. They must be adept at managing client relationships while also managing their supply chains in order to finish on time and deliver the best possible projects.

So, how can designers find and retain professional and reliable suppliers? How can they ensure they get early warning when things are going wrong? And is it possible to build a dream supplier team that will last forever?

To help us answer these important questions and more, we are joined today by Ed O’Donnell from Angel O’Donnell and BIID Register Interior Designer, Naomi Astley Clarke.

Recorded in front of a live audience at the Andrew Martin showroom on Tottenham Court Road in London. Thanks to Havwoods, the prevailing name in beautiful wood flooring for their support. 

The Interior Design Business is a Wildwood Plus production.  

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