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The first choice in safety flooring from Itec Contract Floors
With an even more competitive price, the Isafe First collection from Itec Contract Floors makes safety flooring the first choice in a range of environments. Joining the existing Isafe One and Isafe Apex ranges, Isafe First provides an alternative for projects needing the slip-restraint of safety flooring in a more…
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Quick-Step Academy proving a benchmark in training excellence
Established to improve installation standards within the floor coverings industry, the Quick-Step Academy for Excellence in Flooring has now become a benchmark of training for others to follow. Now providing a growing number of Master Installers with the benefits of complete support from Quick-Step including a two-year warranty on all…
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Crown Floors Launches Consumer PR Campaign
Targeting homeowners across the UK, Crown Floors has begun a consumer PR campaign that will see its carpets grace home interest magazines, national newspaper supplements, websites and blogs. With the aim of driving carpet purchasers to Crown Floors stockists throughout the country, the PR campaign will use lifestyle photography, product…
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Inspiration adds to the experience at UK Flooring Direct
Improving service for its customers is a continual ambition of UK Flooring Direct and the addition of Inspiration Packs to safely transport samples from the online retailer is the latest evidence of this. Providing additional protection for up to three samples, the Inspiration Packs ensures that wood, laminate, cork and…
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Vorwerk maps the wishes of Brighton’s future generation
As part of Brighton and Hove’s Hijack Children’s Festival, Slovenia’s ProstoRož collective of young architects and designers formed of Maša Cvetko, Ana Grk and Alenka Korenjak, discovered the wishes of the city’s children through the Map of Wishes, a live installation featuring Vorwerk Carpets. Over the Easter period, Brighton’s Jubilee…
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Captivating collections captured in new suitcase presenter
Belgian manufacturer of exquisite woven carpets and rugs, Louis de Poortere, has launched a new suitcase cataloguing its entire portfolio of wool broadloom styles. Ideal for retailers looking to capitalise on the exclusive Wilton qualities from Louis de Poortere, the suitcase features collections encompassing plain and velour styles, vintage effects,…
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Designing for the community with Forbo
A combination of Forbo Flooring System’s Eternal project vinyl and Surestep safety vinyl products have been installed at a £6m Neighbourhood Health Centre in Anfield, Liverpool, as part of a community engagement project. Situated in a more deprived area of the City, the design team (consisting of LSHP, Galliford Try…
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New high pile range from Heuga
As it turns cold and dark outside, we tend to snuggle up in our comfortable and cosy home environments. And what could be cosier than sitting on your sofa and sinking your toes into the soft, warm carpet? With the new high pile Twisted Texture collection from Heuga, you can…
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Ultra-luxurious ships cruise with Estillion underlay
‘Estillon is supplying two new truly impressive, ultra-luxurious cruise ships with Fenix Base’ Estillon is extremely proud to be supplying two new cruise ships, both of which will be making their maiden voyages in 2015, with its Fenix Base underlay. What do skydiving at sea, revolving inside a capsule 100…
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FREE bit box with selected fein cordless drill/driver
Feeling generous, FEIN Power Tools is giving away a free Impact Bit Box in selected promotional sets of cordless drill/drivers for a limited time only. The FEIN Impact Bit Box, worth £38.75 excl. VAT, contains bits developed especially for use with impact drivers and challenging torque-rate joints, ensuring maximum tool…
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Forbo carpet tiles helps create heavenly designs
Forbo’s range of Westbond carpet tiles have been installed as part of a refurbishment project at the St John, Newland Anglican Church in Kingston upon Hull, to create a floor design that is warm, welcoming and modern, but entirely sympathetic to the interior design of the listed building. “The principle…
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First-Time Buyers Rely On Parents
Two thirds of people aged between 20 and 45 who have got a mortgage since 2012 had financial help from their parents, research by Halifax has shown. The survey of over 9,000 people revealed that 60% of people in the same age group who currently rent expect financial help from…
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Self-Employment Up Despite Lower Earnings
The average self-employed worker earns 40% less than the average employee, according to a study by independent think tank Resolution Foundation. The research reveals that the average weekly wage for self-employed people has fallen 20% since 2007, compared with a 6% fall for employees over the same period. Despite falling…
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Record Optimism Among Small Manufacturers
Confidence among small manufacturers has reached its highest level since records began in 1988, according to the Confederation of British Industry’s (CBI) latest SME Trends Survey. The survey of 366 small and medium-sized manufacturers found that in Q1 2014, 46% of firms were optimistic about their situation and 10% said…
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Northern Ireland Apprenticeship Scheme Launches
A new apprenticeship scheme has been launched in Northern Ireland for the information, communications and technology (ICT) sector. The North West ICT Apprenticeship scheme will see local businesses in the north west recruit talented individuals to software development and IT infrastructure roles. Successful applicants will also take part in a…
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ISA Savings In Funds Almost Doubled
The amount of money saved in individual savings accounts (ISAs) through investment funds during 2013/14 was almost double the amount saved the year before, according to research by the Investment Management Association (IMA). Net savings placed into ISAs via funds reached £2.3 billion in the 2013/14 tax year, over £1…
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1.4 Million On Zero-Hours Contracts
Around 1.4 million people are employed on zero-hours contracts, an Office for National Statistics (ONS) study has suggested. This is a steep increase from recent ONS research which estimated that 583,000 people were employed on zero-hours contracts in Q4 2014. The ONS surveyed 5,000 businesses between January and February 2014…
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Retail Jobs Growth In Q1
The number of full-time jobs in the retail sector increased 1.8% in the first quarter of 2014, according to the British Retail Consortium (BRC). The growth was driven by a 1.3% increase in the number of food retail stores over the period. Growth in full-time jobs is now outpacing part-time…
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BAL boost for Bootle YMCA
BAL has helped to give a face-lift to a thriving community hub on Merseyside. The YMCA in Bootle has long been the focal point for a wide range of local activities, from sports and social groups for all ages to the annual fireworks. Now, students from the nearby Hugh Baird…
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Mercedes-Benz New Actros floors the competition – Ball and Young
One of Europe’s leading flooring underlay manufacturers is running its first Euro VI truck, a 6×2 Mercedes-Benz New Actros 2545 tractor unit commissioned following a comprehensive trial involving products from two other manufacturers. The new arrival wears the livery of Corby-based Ball & Young, which is part of the Vita…
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Paris-Roubaix: Niki Terpstra Wins Cycling’s Biggest Monument Solo – Quick-Step
Three OPQS in the Top 10 Omega Pharma – Quick-Step Cycling Team rider Niki Terpstra just won the biggest race of his career — the most prestigious monument of cycling — in commanding fashion. He won Paris-Roubaix solo on Sunday. With three OPQS riders in an 11 rider select group…
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RonaDeck Resin Bound Surfacing – Paths a way to community hospital
THE PROJECT A new community hospital was opened in Cockermouth in January 2014, this replaced the 100 year old building which had been hit by severe flooding in 2009 and GP services had to operate from temporary buildings. The new community hospital houses Castlegate and Derwent GP surgeries, a pharmacy,…
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Sika sets new trends in decorative flooring
Sika is helping UK architects and interior designers to achieve greater design freedom with the introduction of its seamless Decorative and Comfort Floor ranges. The result of 40 years’ flooring expertise, Sika’s high performance epoxy and polyurethane resin flooring systems push the boundaries in liquid applied vinyl to new levels,…
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Saving Not Important For 1 In 10
More than 1 in 10 UK adults do not see the value of saving money for the future, according to a survey by thinkmoney. The survey revealed that though the majority of people (88 per cent) see the benefits of putting money aside, 12 per cent of people do not…
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Unemployment Rate Falls To 6.9 Per Cent
The unemployment rate fell by 77,000 to 2.24 million between December 2013 and February 2014, according to figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS). The official unemployment rate now stands at 6.9 per cent, the lowest since February 2009. Key employment data: 30.39 million people were in work between…
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