Kay describes some of the marketing challenges facing companies in the contract flooring business, as our industry emerges into the post-Covid-19 world.

IT’s been a tough time for the UK flooring sector, no doubt about that.

As the lockdown forced by the pandemic has eased, all companies should be working hard to keep in touch with and retain their existing customer base. Whether that consists of architects and specifiers, tradesmen,...

CFJ talks to Chris Knight, commercial director at Tyrrell Flooring, about the evolution and tradition of one of London’s oldest flooring contractors by David Strydom.

IF you’re going to celebrate a significant birthday, as Tyrrell Flooring is doing, you might as well do so in a year nobody will forget. And there’s no chance anybody is going to forget 2020 in a hurry.
At 60, the company, founded in Hackney in 1960 by Ron Tyrrell, is one of the...

WHETHER or not we like it, Google rules the roost when it comes to finding what we want. The first thing we all say when we want to know the answer to any question is ‘Google it!’

So, if your website doesn’t comply with Google’s ‘rules’, it’s all too easy for your website to stop earning its keep and in some cases it’s all too easy for it to become an expensive waste of time.
If that sounds harsh then think of it this way, when was the last...

The growing number of refused claims for business interruption (BI) cover is leading to calls for government intervention, according to Susan.

THE government-imposed lockdown has come with a price, as businesses have lost their entire business revenue overnight due to the strict measures.

Planning for such eventualities included adding business interruption (BI) cover to already expensive business insurance, safe in the knowledge that when...