who are the worcester bosch / vaillant equivalent in the shower world? need a new thermostatic, gravity fed externally mounted bar shower & haven’t a clue where to start looking? functional rather than funky is good

Maybe Grohe

We are looking too and have been highly recommended Pura. Apparently they manufacture for other people too.
carlislediy.com (based in Goole) are where we are getting ours from. Very good prices through our builders account too.

Flova is Pura’s shower and taps brand name.

We chose Matki.

British company and when we did have an issue with a plated part showing signs of pitting they came out quickly and replaced the part without question.
Also fitted a new rail system even though it was fine as they had made improvements.

So while I wasn’t happy with the pitting, the after sales service was top notch.

Not cheap but then you asked for a quality brand not a cheap one