Have ordered a compact bath suite from Wickes, Wickes only does plastic bath panels for smaller bath, which I don't want. Does anyone know of another company with a range of compact bath side and end panels?

You could always get a wooden bath panel and cut it to size

We had to have a new panel fitted as the house we have bought had a cracked on-the bathroom which is of generally high standard-had the bath fitted slightly low for the one-piece bath panel, so it was rammed in and obviously broke. We couldn't get a direct replacement as the same would happen. Plumber used a plastic tongue-and-groove board solution-long strips of plastic which you cut to length and which slot together and bend round corners etc. Gives the affect of an american style bath/shaker (not sure of the exact style but looks a darn sight better than the cracked one!).

We used 'normal' (wood, rather than plastic) tongue and groove for our bath panel - I would always do that in the future too, as I much prefer it to the preformed panels, and you 'custom make' it to size - only took my partner an afternoon.