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Tile Giant Celebrates Success of Trade Rewards Scheme with over 30,000 Members Signed Up
If you’re not already signed up to Tile Giant’s trade rewards scheme now is the time to join over 30,000 fellow tradesmen and women who have signed up to receive a whole raft of offers and incentives from the national tile retailer. The scheme, which launched just five months ago,…
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Floorwise Expands Curvable PVC Floor Trim Range
floorwise has evolved its Nosings & PVC Skirting collection with an expanded colour choice and new range of curvable PVC floor trims ready to meet the exacting demands of commercial specifications. Originally offering just seven neutral colours for its range of curvable PVC floor trims, floorwise has responded to the requirements of…
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Carpet Recycling UK: industry support for circular economy initiatives
A ‘clear shift’ in industry support for collaboration to recover textile flooring waste materials and help develop technology and infrastructure for the circular economy was evident at Carpet Recycling UK’s (CRUK) Annual Conference, Dinner and Awards Event held in June 2022. Speaking after their first in-person event for three years,…
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Headlam Group Launch the New and Exclusive Brand Everyroom
Great value and quality Headlam, the leading national floorcoverings distributor, is delighted to announce the launch of its new and exclusive Everyroom brand which offers customers great quality and design at affordable prices. 18 exclusive residential ranges (16 carpet and 2 vinyl)Great quality, desirable ranges at affordable pricesTrade prices guaranteed until September…
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Fantastically Quiet Wood, Laminate and LVT Floors Start with Floorwise
With sound-reducing underlays for wood, laminate and LVT floors, floorwise makes it easier to create fantastically quiet floors. Wood, laminate and LVT floors may be beautiful and practical floors, but they are also noisier than their softer counterparts. Fortunately, with floorwise by their side, installers can soften the sound of…
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Carpet Recycling UK reports stronger support from manufacturers
Carpet Recycling UK (CRUK) returned to the Buying Groups National Flooring Show (BGNFS) in May where the not-for-profit association reported growth in support from the manufacturing sector with a doubling in the number of its core funders over the past three years. Speaking after exhibiting at the event, CRUK Manager…
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Still shining bright as a diamond
floorwise Diamond Gripper continues to offer installers the grip for fuss-free and fantastic floors. Since its launch, floorwise Diamond Gripper has become be the first-choice in high quality gripper for flooring professionals. And with the continued rise in demand for deep pile luxury carpet and thick PU underlay the need for a gripper…
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Carpet Recycling UK Conference: Repurposing textile flooring in the circular economy
Moves by the textile flooring sector to redefine itself along more environmentally conscious principles will be among key topics for discussion at Carpet Recycling UK’s (CRUK) much-anticipated Annual Conference, Dinner and Awards Event at the voco® St. John’s Solihull on June 29th and 30th 2022. Through its 115-strong membership (a record high),…
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Tile Giant launches exclusive new trade rewards scheme across tiles, flooring and accessories
Leading tile and flooring retailer, Tile Giant has launched a new trade rewards scheme across its 83 stores and online, aimed at tradespeople nationwide. More than just a loyalty programme, Tile Giant Trade Rewards offers real cost benefits to trade customers to make individual jobs more profitable and quotes more…
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Tile Giant introduces new Stick Down Vinyl collection
Leading tile retailer, Tile Giant, has extended its portfolio becoming a tiling and flooring specialist with the launch of an extensive new vinyl flooring collection. Part of the Ideal Home partnership, the new stick down vinyl flooring is well suited to residential projects, as well as light commercial use. Hard-wearing…
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Altro adds colour to rejuvenated waiting area at Sheffield children’s hospital
A chance hospital visit resulted in a refurbishment of the Emergency Department waiting area at Sheffield Children’s Hospital, using Altro floors and walls and delivered at no cost to the hospital. Over the last two years the NHS has faced unprecedented challenges that have made the British public more appreciative…
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New collection: Ege ReForm Discovery
Are you ready to explore natural and manmade systems seen from above? Looking down, each miracle of nature has a unique power of its own, whether it’s the massive pressure of the roaring ocean or the stubbornness of the unmovable cliff always holding on to its majestic position. ReForm Discovery explores…
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THE MARMOROSCH: A premium Marriott Hotel shrouded in smooth perfection
The luxury brand Autograph Collection by Marriott offers distinctive hotel experiences designed to leave a lasting impression. Aimed at the high-end segment of extraordinary hospitality experiences, the Autograph Collection includes over 200 independent hotels worldwide with exclusive benefits. Apex Alliance, who own and operate 4 hotels in Bucharest, decided to convert the spectacular premises…
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TREI: how to create an industrial yet homely ambience with reform construction
With the recent move from the Wissoll campus to Düsseldorf Airport, a new and innovative office concept was required to meet the modern needs of TREI Real Estate GmbH. To handle everything from property selection to relocation management, TREI partnered with pro m2 to benefit from the broad range of services they offered.…
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Headlam Group launch brand new mobile trade app
Headlam Group, the leading floorcoverings distributor, is delighted to announce the launch of its brand-new fully transactional mobile trade app, myheadlam. The first of its kind in the industry, the app’s launch follows many months of in-house development and customer testing. The myheadlam app allows customers to trade with all…
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Businesses Want Clarity Before Returning To Work
Business groups are calling on the Government to clarify a conditional plan to ease lockdown restrictions in England. Prime Minister Boris Johnson revealed a new COVID-19 alert system with five levels would dictate how quickly lockdown restrictions could be lifted. In the short-term, Johnson said people who could not work…
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HMRC Relaxes Stance On Home Office Equipment
The Government has relaxed rules that restricted reimbursement for spending on office equipment for the rest of 2020/21. This should help employees avoid receiving a tax bill relating to working from home during the coronavirus lockdown. Since the lockdown restrictions were imposed in the UK on 23 March 2020, homeworking…
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The Amazing Shark Ninja DuoClean Reviewed
The Shark Duoclean being cordless means no lead to hinder you whilst vacuuming. It is really easy to use
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Skilled Migration Set To Fall Further
Businesses that employ foreign workers will be among the worst hit by Brexit, according to research from academic think tank The UK in a Changing Europe. The report suggests that skilled immigration increases productivity, with a rise in the skilled migrant share of 1 percentage point linked to a productivity…
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OTS Recommends Digital Inheritance Tax System
The Office for Tax Simplification (OTS) has urged the Government to implement a digital system for inheritance tax, following complaints that the current form-filling system is too complex. On average, there are around 570,000 deaths in the UK every year, and inheritance tax is due on less than 5% of…
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Peers Issue Warning On MTD
The economic affairs committee of the House of Lords has called for a delay in the rollout of Making Tax Digital (MTD) for VAT-registered businesses, currently scheduled to take effect on 1 April 2019. Among other recommendations, it calls for MTD for VAT to be delayed until April 2020, and…
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R&D Investment Grows To £23.7bn
Businesses spent £23.7 billion on research and development (R&D) in 2017, according to the latest data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS). This was an increase of £1.1bn, or 4.9%, compared to statistics for 2016. Pharmaceuticals had the highest level of R&D spending of all product groups, at £4.3bn.…
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Retirees ‘Not Fazed’ By Market Volatility
Most retired people are choosing to keep their pension savings invested in the same place, despite worries about volatile market conditions. Research by Aegon found that 43% of retirees are concerned about the impact of current market conditions on the sustainability of their retirement income. However, 67% aren’t taking any…
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Directors Back Brexit Deal
The majority of directors support getting a Brexit deal approved, according to a survey following the publication of a draft withdrawal agreement on 14 November 2018. A poll of 816 Institute of Directors (IoD) members revealed that 72% think it’s important a withdrawal agreement is ratified before the UK leaves…
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Properties Take Longer To Sell In 2018
It takes more than a week longer to sell a property in 2018 compared to last year, according to research by Post Office Money and the Centre for Economics and Business Research. The report, which looks at housing data in 35 major cities across the UK, found that it takes…
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