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Tips on buying rugs for your home
As the nights begin to draw in with the onset of winter, extra measures need to be taken to ensure you keep warm and cosy at home. Decorating can be something of a chore even at the best of times, but when the weather takes a turn for the worse…
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Leoline brings some added sparkle to Domotex
As cushion flooring continues to enjoy new emphasis and improved market share, Leoline will bring exciting new updates to its collections at January’s Domotex exhibition, giving retailers fresh new reasons to make the trip to Germany. The popularity of architectural looks in the home has inspired Leoline to rework the…
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RSL WINS MANUFACTURER OF THE YEAR AWARD
Stockport-based international resin flooring manufacturer Resin Surfaces Ltd (RSL) has won the prestigious Manufacturer of the Year award at the EN Northwest Entrepreneur of the Year Awards. The lavish awards ceremony, created by Excel Publishing and held at The Mere Golf Resort & Spa facility in Cheshire saw winners in 14 categories…
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Saint-Gobain Weber Levelling Compound makes Super-Fast work of Smoothing Floors
Saint-Gobain Weber, the specialist formulator and manufacturer of innovative products for the construction industry, has launched the rapid-setting weber.floor rapid levelling compound for domestic and commercial applications where speed and performance is of the essence. New weber.floor rapid, a cement-based, self-smoothing and self-levelling floor screed has outstanding rapid-setting qualities and is ready for light…
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KCS announces key speakers for ‘Business Insight’ tile event
Kerridge Commercial Systems (KCS) has announced the key speakers for the tile industry event, to be hosted at the TTA later this month. They will include Phil Crowshaw from the Geeky Group; Fired Earth’s Sam Blythe; TSJ’s Editor Joe Simpson and Kay Porter from TTA. The ‘Business Insight’ day takes…
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Instarmac Group plc announces the acquisition of Granfix Products Ltd
Instarmac is an established manufacturer of high quality materials for the tiling and commercial flooring sectors, as well as a renowned market leader in the urban regeneration and highway maintenance industries. The acquisition of the Granfix brand will support Instarmac’s continued growth and greatly contribute toward expanding their product offering…
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Saint-Gobain Weber supports DIY SOS – The Big Build Veterans Special
Leca® Insufill, the innovative lightweight aggregate and weber.floor 4310 high performance, self-levelling floor screed, has been donated by Saint-Gobain Weber for BBC1’s DIY SOS The Big Build Veterans Special. This ambitious project saw eight empty and derelict Victorian properties on Canada Street, in the Newton Heath district of Manchester, transformed into liveable homes for…
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Marvel in the Matrix – Wilton carpets
From the hypnotic and the geometric to the feathery and organic, the brand new Matrix collection by Wilton Carpets Commercial redefines stock narrowloom carpet for pubs and bars. Layered, refracted and distressed effects join reinventions of traditional damask and a shimmering tile to make Matrix a wonderfully diverse and completely…
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Milliken Publishes Inaugural Floor Covering Division Sustainability Report
Milliken’s floor covering division launches its first ever sustainability report to provide transparency and detailed insight into the company’s global operations and product offering. The report shares knowledge into five material categories and details how Milliken will progress toward 2020 resource reduction goals. “To Milliken, success is grounded in intentional…
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Avenue sets the style at The Flooring Show
As part of IVC Group, Avenue used The Flooring Show to demonstrate the on-trend style of its cushion flooring ranges, demonstrating the reasons for the growing popularity of this versatile, comfortable and easy to look after flooring choice. Finding interest from a new generation of homeowners wanting to create stylish…
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Floorwise returned triumphant to The Flooring Show
Thanks to the combined efforts of two of its northern distributors, floorwise returned to The Flooring Show with its leading range of underlays and accessories, underlining the brand’s reputation for excellent quality and value. MCA Floorwise and Floorwise North East welcomed visitors to the stand, explaining the advantages of products…
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MORE REACH OUT FOR OSMO UK’s MORAVIA FLOORING
Osmo UK, the eco-friendly wood and finishes expert, continues to provide architects and interior designers with oil-based wood finishes that work without a primer. Since summer 2014, Osmo UK has been proudly partnered with rustic European oak flooring specialists, ESCO. The partnership provides a selection of ESCO flooring pre-finished with…
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Academy for Excellence in Flooring looks excellent at The Flooring Show
The UK’s premier manufacturer-backed training and development centre, the Academy for Excellence in Flooring received extraordinary interest in its range of courses for the installation of laminate, wood and vinyl flooring from beginner through to expert at The Flooring Show. With the Quick-Step Master Installer scheme now in its third…
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Taste the luxury with Lano Carpets
Encapsulating the aspiration and desire of luxury lifestyle brands, A Taste of Luxury is the new concept in top-end carpet retailing from Lano Carpets. Bringing together SmartStrand, SmartStrand Silk, wool, bamboo and polyamide collections, the new concept redefines the manufacturer’s premium carpet, presenting a sophisticated new look that is destined…
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Tarmac Look-Alike
Our products are frequently sourced for use in cinema and TV productions. Recently our Blackline Crumb Rubber Matting has been used for the “War Machine” props department at WM Productions Ltd. of London. Blackline is a resilient flooring, which is made from selected recycled rubber granules bound with polyurethane. The…
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Clever Stuff from Jaymart
With our huge range of specialist floorings, mats and mattings we are always confident that we have what is needed to satisfy the world of education. Recent installations have included our Alligator Warcord entrance matting system at Bournemouth University, Bladerunner rubber safety flooring in Black/Grey at Glasgow University, Bladerunner in…
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Discover a world of detail with new look Antron website
INVEST Antron ® carpet fibre has launched a new website for the European market at www.antron.eu, revealing that carpet really does start with the fibre. The new site gives a unique insight into Antron® carpet fibre and how its inclusion in carpet and carpet tiles can improve performance in demanding commercial…
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Carpet Recycling UK leading the industry on sustainability
Significant support from Carpet Recycling UK’s core funders has been crucial in the industry’s achievement of diverting rising volumes of waste carpet from landfill within the last decade. Last year’s 28% landfill diversion rate saw waste carpet given a ‘second life’ in various applications. Recognising the commitment and contribution from…
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Louis de Poortere channels Mad Men inspiration
Louis de Poortere has introduced its latest in innovative rug design with the vintage 60s-inspired Mad Men, the collection debuting at this year’s 100% Design in London. A statement range featuring designs inspired by the Mad Men of Manhattan, the golden boys of the 60s responsible for some of America’s…
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Laying a foundation for beautiful thinking: Interface introduces three new nature-inspired collections
As part of its campaign to lay ‘A Foundation for Beautiful Thinking’, global modular flooring manufacturer, Interface, has unveiled three global collections influenced by nature’s ability to inspire and energise. Equal Measure™, Narratives™ and Near & Far™ embrace biophilic design to stunning effect, using subtle, natural analogues to create restorative spaces that help promote…
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Rustic Kährs designs chosen for Isle of Man pub chain
Kährs wood flooring designs have been installed throughout six Heron & Brearley pub/restaurants on the Isle of Man. The installations – at The Highwayman, The Queens Hotel, The Heron, The Archibald Knox, The Rosemount and The Raven – were carried out by flooring contractor, AC Swales. Two wood designs –…
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New Ultra-Flexible, Eco Formulation Tile Adhesive with Low Dust Technology
NEW ULTRA-FLEXIBLE, ECO FORMULATION TILE ADHESIVE WITH LOW DUST TECHNOLOGY™ BY SAINT-GOBAIN WEBER The new weber.set pro lite-rapid tile adhesive by Saint-Gobain Weber joins a comprehensive range of easy-to-use, high performance tile adhesives and grouts for the professional tile fixer. The formulation of the new tile adhesive for fixing all ceramic, porcelain and natural stone…
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Leoline lights up The Flooring Show
With a reputation for comfort, style and value, Leoline cushion floors are a powerful addition to any retailer looking to capitalise on this growing segment, as the brand of IVC Group revealed at The Flooring Show. As market share of cushion flooring continues to grow, Leoline demonstrated to retailers visiting…
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FILA protects Garden of Contemplation at Iconic Museum
A surface protection system, from FILA’s award-winning Green Line, has been specified at the Canadian Museum for Human Rights, in Winnipeg. Created by Design Architect, Antoine Predock and Executive Architect, Architecture49, the iconic, eco-focused museum occupies a site of around 261,500 square feet and comprises 11 galleries over seven levels.…
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BAL goes live with new improved website
BAL – market leaders in tiling solutions – have launched a new state-of-the art responsive website suitable for mobiles, tablets and desktops with interactive features for every user. Whether a tiler, contractor, specifier, architect, distributor, homeowner or trainee, the new BAL website – www.bal-adhesives.com – provides enormous benefits to make life as…
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