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UZIN WK 222 specified in Central Manchester University Hospitals.
Catalyst Healthcare (Manchester) Ltd, who are estates manager of the Central Manchester University Hospitals, have specified UZIN WK 222 contact adhesive to be used to install the majority of skirting renovations throughout the hospital. Central Manchester University Hospital’s high health standards require safe indoor air quality whilst the refurbishments take…
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Code of Practice for the design and installation of internal flooring
A new, updated Code of Practice for the design and installation of internal flooring has just been published by Stone Federation Great Britain. It is based on the key parts of a number of different British Standards that have a relevance to natural stone flooring and it incorporates the latest…
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MP6000 Surface Grinding – SPE News
SPE were recently commissioned to produce a multiple triple head surface grinding attachment to fit a customer’s MP6000 sit and ride preparation unit. The contract required the surface grinding of a concrete/asphalt product to expose both stone and sea shells that had been blended into the material. The MP6000 was…
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HELPING BUSINESSES NAVIGATE OLYMPIC TRAFFIC CONCERNS
Businesses with vehicles can now mitigate the road and traffic disruption caused by this summer’s Olympic Games in London. Specialist mapping, data and routing expert PIE has advanced its Data Exchange service to help businesses navigate the significant road closures and restrictions caused by the Olympic and Paralympic Games throughout…
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London Property market is slowing down – why sell maybe refurbish?
London property market is slowing down UK house prices have fallen for the first time in seven months as the London market begins to slow down, research has shown. The capital, which has been a key driving force behind the nation’s property sector, recorded a 0.1% rise in prices, which…
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Employment levels stabilising for UK temporary market
Employment levels stabilising for UK temporary market A new report suggests that there has been a levelling out in hiring across the temporary employment market within all three core sectors: Financial Services; Public Sector and Commerce and Industry. Although employment levels in the UK are still heavily impacted by…
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Arla Foods UK Appoints John Lord – Resin News
Arla Foods UK Appoints John Lord The much anticipated £150 million Arla ‘mega dairy’ in Aylesbury is going to benefit from exclusive John Lord Specialist Resin Flooring. The 70-acre site, scheduled for completion by the end of 2013, will be the world’s largest zero carbon dairy and will process and…
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Floor Inspectors’ Educational Guild presents its Eight Class
This class, to be held in Historic Charleston, SC once again, is one of the best yet in its diversity. Dr. Roberto Nunez will teach his one day seminar, “Concrete on Grade” Class that is usually taught on the North Carolina State University’s Campus each Spring. Dr. Nunez, P.E., MBA,…
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Refit rethink does away with ‘desk job’ downtime
Refit rethink does away with ‘desk job’ downtime New time-saving procedures which will spruce up office environments with the minimum of disruption to staff have been rolled out as part of an extensive refurbishment at the Lafarge HQ in Gordano near Bristol. Bristol Based Premier Office Solutions partnered with…
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Pop your cork at 100% design
Pop your cork at 100% design – Flooring News Granorte, the leading manufacturer of cork flooring and walls, will use 100% Design to reveal its striking portfolio of products that have taken the specification community by storm over the past year. Visitors to the show are invited to experience…
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The club everyone wants to join
The club everyone wants to join – Crown Floors News Retailers are urged to join the Loyalty Club from Crown Floors in order to amass fantastic rewards for themselves and their staff. With points available for every square metre of Crown Floors carpet sold, Loyalty Club members can collect…
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Fascinating florals from Vorwerk Carpets
For a striking and contemporary floral carpet, look no further than the stunning Jardin design from Vorwerk Carpets. Featuring in the recently revamped Fascination Collection, Jardin delivers a bold and bright aesthetic sure to update any interior. Perfect for retailers who want to offer homeowners stylish carpets that are directional…
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Elegant Axminster for Ramside Hall Hotel
Elegant bespoke carpet from Axminster Carpets Commercial now covers the floors of the exclusive Ramside Hall Hotel in Durham, adding a sophisticated flourish to the venue’s lavish ballroom and luxury Pemberton Suite function room. 500m2 of bespoke Axminster in the best possible quality 8 x 10 row is laid in…
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Good Fortune with Lano Carpets
Good Fortune with Lano Carpets – Fortuna The newest addition to the stunning collection of soft flooring from Lano Carpets is Fortuna, a beautiful heather shag pile carpet with a luxuriously soft texture sure to inject timeless glamour into interior spaces. Responding to the rising trend for thick, shaggy carpet piles,…
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A seamless finish with Itec Invisiweld
A seamless finish with Itec Invisiweld Itec is pioneering the use of cold welding for its entire range of commercial-rated resilient flooring with the Itec Invisiweld system. Negating the need for power tools and easier to carry out than conventional hot welding, Invisiweld leaves an almost imperceptible join making for…
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Lano Sports supplies Olympic Village with artificial turf
Lano Sports supplies Olympic Village with artificial turf Artificial grass manufacturer Lano Sports has supplied a multi-purpose 3G Interplay surface for the football and hockey training facility within the Athlete’s Village at the Olympic Park ahead of this year’s games. Built by Spadeoak Construction, the innovative two-tone Interplay surface was…
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Lengthen the flooring lifecycle with TacFast®
Lengthen the flooring lifecycle with TacFast® It goes without saying that lifecycle costs are the biggest bugbear of any flooring installation project. There are an seemingly unlimited amount of associated costs with floor fitting, but the revolutionary and fast-working TacFast® mechanical fix system can help to eliminate these, leading…
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A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE – IT’S TIME TO ACT NOW.
More and more UK based companies are now realising that there is an increasing need to adopt a more sustainable approach to the running and operation of their businesses, from investigating how to use less energy and natural resources, through to how to care and look after valuable assets –…
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Record profits prediction for James Halstead – shares increase!
Commercial flooring manufacturer James Halstead’s shares rose nearly two per cent after the firm said it would post another year of record revenues and profits. The Radcliffe-based company’s shares gained 1.72 per cent, or 10p, to 590p after the announcement, adding £10m to its market value of £588.76m. James Halstead…
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Interface Inc agreement to sell its Bentley Prince Street division
Interface, Inc. the world’s largest manufacturer of modular carpet, today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to sell its Bentley Prince Street division in a transaction valued at $35 million. Bentley Prince Street will be sold to Dominus Capital, a private investment firm, in partnership with Bentley…
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UK economy shrinks for third successive quarter
UK economy shrinks for third successive quarter The UK economy shrank by 0.7 per cent in the months from April to June, preliminary figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) have shown. It marks the third successive quarter of contraction, following a 0.3 per cent drop in the first…
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Small businesses to pay for health and safety inspections?
Proposed regulations that could force small businesses to pay for their own health and safety inspections have been criticised by the Forum of Private Business (FPB). The new ‘Fee for Intervention’ (FFI), due to come into effect from 1 October 2012, will allow the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) to…
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Improve your debt collections
Improve your debt collections Do you find that despite your best efforts to charge customers up front and to plan for the worst, bad debts still cause major problems for your business? Many business owners find that continual late payments – and the ability of large customers to decide…
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Cervello helps retailers to tap into Olympic pop-up shop frenzy
Pay As You Sell EPOS solution Cervello could give retailers the golden ticket to maximising Olympic sales via temporary ‘pop-up’ shops without having to invest vast amounts upfront, according to retail experts at EposPartners. Although not a new concept, major retailers are taking to the streets and opening pop-up shops…
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Ultra Tile on display in trendy FENDI boutique
Rapid set, flexible tile adhesive, Ultra Tile ProFlex SP has been used by The Great Northern Tiling Company to install tiled floors within the Fendi boutique on Sloane Street, London. The project was not a straightforward job; an uncoupling system was installed as well as the tiles. Renowned Ultra Tile…
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