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Firms Plan Staff Growth Despite Skills Shortage
Half of employers expect their workforce to increase in 2015, according to research by the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) and Accenture. The survey of 323 businesses found that 12% of firms plan to decrease staff numbers in the next 12 months. Despite the plans to increase staff numbers, skills…
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Does Westminster know what you want?
Van users should make 2015 the year of making themselves heard at Westminster, according to The Fuelcard People. Steve Clarke, group marketing manager, said: “What did everyone do when the Chancellor announced no reduction in fuel duty? Most people just winced and got on with things. That is no way to…
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Sandwich Express keeps diesel costs down
Cheshire-based Sandwich Express has come a long way from making horse-drawn deliveries, almost 100 years ago. Today, the family business has a growing fleet of catering vans, serving customers across the county and beyond. The vans are custom-built for Sandwich Express with refrigeration and heating, making each one a café on wheels.…
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Plenty of “Space” at Hampshire Office Refurbishment
Digital company LiveLink Tech Ltd has demonstrated how creative carpet design can set the tone for the whole building at its new offices in Havant. The company specified 60m2 of Supacord tiles in Graphite, Steel Grey and Red for the refurbished former Havant Council building, working with nationwide flooring contractor Enhanced…
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Hultafors Tools New Product Catalogue
This full colour brochure is now available FREE to professional tradesmen around the UK. It’s packed with details of loads of innovative Hand Tools and accessories for working effectively wherever you are on site. Everything you find in the Hultafors Tools range bears the hallmarks of a company that has…
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Forbo’s Here, There and Everyware Global
A range of products from Forbo Flooring Systems wide portfolio, including its new Tessera Create Space 3 carpet tiles, have been installed at the new headquarters for EveryWare Global – the leading international marketer and manufacturer of table top and food preparation products – to create a modern and vibrant working environment to stimulate…
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Sika ticks flooring needs of new vehicle depot
Sika has provided a robust, low maintenance flooring solution for a local authority vehicle maintenance depot in Lancashire. Blackburn with Darwen Council’s new facility required a hard wearing floor able to withstand the wear and tear of vehicles driving on its surface, plus anti-slip properties to ensure the safety of…
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A new generation of waterproof laminate floors
Wielsbeke (Belgium), 16 December 2014 – With its brand-new ‘Impressive’ and ‘Impressive Ultra’ laminate floors, Quick-Step takes flooring technology to the next level. Thanks to a fully closed surface, finished with a HydroSeal coating, both the Impressive and the thicker, ultra-durable Impressive Ultra range offer a unique water-repellent flooring solution.…
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Sika Scoops Flooring Accolade
A Sika flooring system installed to ensure the perfect platform to film Britain’s longest running soap, has been named ‘Large Project of the Year’ at a prestigious industry awards ceremony. Chosen from more than 30 submissions, the annual Best Practice Awards hosted by FeRFA (The Resin Flooring Association) recognised Sika…
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Raincheck at German Embassy in London
Entrance matting is an integral part of the overall aesthetic feel of the area. A firm favourite, Jaymart’s Rain-Check, super heavy contract quality nylon-on-nylon clean-zone barrier matting/foyer carpeting matwell entrance matting in 8.5mm thickness has been the recent entrance choice for the prestigious German Embassy at Belgrave Square in London.…
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Perfect polyamide from Lano Carpets
With homes right across the UK warming up to the benefits of polyamide carpets, Lano Carpets has been working hard to ensure its polyamide ranges meet the style needs of today’s discerning consumers. Offering softness and incredible durability, Polyamide has gathered a growing fan base thanks to a silk-like finish…
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Quick-Step and Pergo featured in Innovations@DOMOTEX
From 17 to 20 January 2015 in Hannover, UNILIN will showcase its newest Quick-Step and Pergo flooring solutions at DOMOTEX, the world’s leading trade fair for floor coverings. For two of the brands’ new solutions, a special spot will be reserved in the dedicated ‘Innovations@DOMOTEX’ areas: the Quick-Step Impressive and…
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The Duke of York, KG, opens Scott Brownrigg Designed University
Designed and delivered by international design practice, Scott Brownrigg and constructed by BAM, the £10m college provides a new concept in technical education for students aged 14 to 19; an “engineering academy” at the heart of a large engineering, manufacturing and business community. His Royal Highness met with the design…
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Woodwork is Golden with Osmo UK
Osmo UK’s Polyx®-Oil range is most commonly used on wooden flooring, but as woodwork expert and YouTube blogger, Peter Parfitt has highlighted, it is also a great finish for other wooden furniture. Peter’s latest video – www.youtube.com/watch?v=VxliVE1QDjw – walks viewers through the construction of a wooden picture frame. As the design was…
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Pergo stepped up at Sleep
Visitors to this year’s Sleep event were witness to one of the biggest names in flooring as Pergo looks to strengthen its position as a leading supplier of laminate, engineered wood and LVT flooring for the hospitality sector. Pergo showcased its concept centred on 84 decors available in three different…
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Pergo proves it worth at central London pads
Luxury homes, apartments and studios across London have been refurbished with Pergo® laminate flooring helping to achieve a first class finish within tight timescales. Working from a palette of grey, reflecting current domestic interior trends, developer V-Exsis turned to different styles and finishes from the Pergo stable, selecting PerfectFold 3.0…
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Itec enchants at London’s Sleep event
Itec Contract Floors exhibited alongside sister brand Moduleo at this year’s Sleep event, welcoming architects, designers and specifiers active in the hospitality industry to its ranges of safety, acoustic and decorative flooring. With floors designed to bring high levels of performance without decorative trade-off, the Itec Contract Floors collection is…
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The rise of the Master Installer
The Academy for Excellence in Flooring can now boast that nigh-on 200 certified and highly qualified Master Installers are enjoying the benefits of being aligned to one of the most powerful brands in the business. As the Academy gears up to for new one-day courses designed to polish skills and…
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WoolSafe Educational Conference 2014 – Review
The 3rd WoolSafe Educational Conference, held recently at the Museum of Carpet in Kidderminster, proved to be the most popular WoolSafe Academy event to date. It brought together carpet and chemical industry representatives with the best carpet cleaners, inspectors and industry trainers from around the world for two days of…
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Ingenius for Bang & Olufsen
Mats and flooring specialists, Jaymart, have recently supplied their Ingenius heavy duty polypropylene entrance matting incorporating the iconic Bang & Olufsen logo to this Danish company, famous for their high-end televisions, sound systems, loudspeakers and car radios. Ingenius is available in a range of colours and 10mm or 15mm thickness.…
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Stiller saves by switching suppliers
One hallmark of successful organisations is that they take nothing for granted and constantly seek improvements. Stiller Warehousing and Distribution, based in Newton Aycliffe, is a family-run business with 60 years of experience in cost-effective regional and national logistics. When refuelling analysis showed that significant cost savings are offered by Dieselink, part…
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Recofloor’s annual Awards Event takes a rugby theme for 2015
Recofloor members who have tackled their vinyl flooring recycling and pushed forward their achievements over the past year will be recognised at the fourth annual Recofloor Awards Event to be held at Leicester Tigers Rugby Club on Tuesday March 17th 2015. Founded by Altro and Polyflor, Recofloor, the UK’s award-winning…
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Louis de Poortere delight at Domotex
Proving there are more silver linings than just those found within clouds, Louis de Poortere will launch its stunning new Silver Lining Collection of rugs at Domotex. Found on C11-C13 in Hall 6, the new collection features two fabulous designs in Twinkle and Diamonds. Each takes inspiration from an erased…
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Jaymart takes the weight
Flooring and matting specialist, Jaymart, has been supplying Nuffield Health Fitness & Wellbeing for many years. Nuffield Health’s Paddington Fitness & Wellbeing Centre in Sheldon Square, London has recently chosen Jaymart’s robust, hardworking Bladerunner heavy duty rubber safety flooring in 10mm gauge for their busy gyms. Nuffield offer a dedicated…
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Wild Weather Workgloves
Pioneering Gloves from Snickers Workwear – optimum grip, maximum power, complete comfort. There’s no doubt that the most important tools that you have on site are your Hands! That’s why it’s so important to make sure they are properly looked after during the winter months. Snickers now have a range…
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