Rory MacGillivray, founder of MacGillivrays Floor Furnishing, details how he
feels about the evolution of training, how it stood him in good stead and how
the process can be improved, by ADAM BERNSTEIN.

THE line - those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it – from Spaniard George Santayana, is often quoted in one form or another. And he was right; by looking back at what we’ve done before we can improve on what we do going...

CFJ talks to Lee Kirkham who owns and runs Mystique Flooring, a carpet and
flooring business in Kinmel Bay near Rhyl, North Wales by ADAM BERNSTEIN.

A FAMILY man with a wife, six children - five of which are aged 11 or under - and a dog, Lee Kirkham has been in the flooring game since he left school. Now 40 it’s entirely clear he’s gained a wealth of experience.

An early start
Lee started by helping out his mother’s boyfriend, a self-employed...

REGULAR readers of this column will know that every other month I write about a different aspect of marketing. I haven’t covered the subject as a broader issue for some time, so here is an overview explaining what marketing is all about and why flooring contractors should embrace it to sustain and grow a more profitable business.

If you look at marketing as a process you’ll find that, without breaking the bank, you can use some of the following ...

It’s almost always essential to prime a subfloor before the application of an adhesive or levelling compound. Chris explains the reasons why and provides advice on selecting the optimum primer for a particular project.

If you find yourself asking the question: ‘Should I prime?’, the answer is probably ‘yes’, with a few exceptions.

When applied over absorbent subfloors, including porous concrete and sand/cement screeds, primers prevent the...