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CFJ AWARDS 2025

Flooring in care homes

Ten Degrees, London

Altro brings innovative design to historic dental clinic

Luxury vinyl ‘with an aspirational touch’

Solving the skills shortage

‘The Show Must Go On,’ as Gerflor donate Taraflex® AE sports floor to Penketh Youth Centre

ProKnee Kneepads ‘can be rebuilt with replacement parts’

CFA become Event Sponsor of Clerkenwell Design Week and The Flooring Section

Q3 2021 to be ‘biggest challenge structural wood sector and its customers have ever faced’

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‘Redefining newbuild complex in Leeds with Forbo’s portfolio’

Instarmac invests over £400,000 in solar energy at its manufacturing facility

Mapei’s Ultraplan Eco 3210 for high-performance self-levelling floors

Tile Giant celebrates success of trade rewards scheme

Forbo ‘assists The Power of Pattern’

‘Super sampling service’ from ADP

The Tile Association promotes hygiene benefits of ceramic tiled surfaces for commercial environments

Imaginative designs inspire optimism for the future

Hull industrial flooring specialists enter soft flooring market

CFA’s annual review (and how to make a million)

Gradus unveils enhanced XT stair-edgings range, for safety and aesthetics in contract interiors

CFA Autumn Ball 2023

Winter Warning: Please prepare for HEAT

‘Innovative acoustic flooring’ answers St Pauls’ prayers

ADP ‘amazing product roll-out distribution service’

Seven Heights Restaurant, Dubai

Trelawny’s grinding options offer efficient and durable single and twin-head machines

ProKnee: Which of our sets of kneepads is the best?

INSPIRING VETERINARY TRAINING CENTRE CREATED USING FORBO’S WIDE RANGE OF FLOORCOVERINGS

‘Protecting the heart of the home’

Forbo Flooring Systems celebrates 100 years of Nuway

Payment and retention – the next chapter

The devil is in the details

Mapei’s range includes various smoothing underlayments developed to promote speed, an easy application and a flawless finish

Analysis shows more than 24,000 construction firms closed in six months

LVT: so much more than the safe option

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Address modern office design needs with carpet tiles

The green benefits of collaboration

Wood floor know-how in the Orange World

Resapol’s new brochure hot off the press

IDS expands flooring portfolio with three new laminate ranges from BerryAlloc

Choosing the ideal training for you and your team

Tilemaster Adhesives: Introducing the Eco-3000 Range for Resilient Flooring

Multi-million investment in future of Welsh construction

Altro to host a breakfast session for male mental health in construction

Gower College Swansea launches new floorcovering apprenticeship to address skills shortage in the industry

Surface preparation company: We’re flying the flag

Mapei joins surface specification at Health & Allied professions centre

Forbo promotes its sustainable Marmoleum at CDW

Abingdon Flooring ‘improves Stainfree for Life’

‘Working magic on mosaics’

Mapei’s UltraCare range delivers complete tile care from installation to maintenance

Abingdon Flooring shows new ranges in Harrogate

It’s a life well lived for UltraFloor at development

Colours from nature ‘to create a unique home’

Furlong Flooring unveils strategic partnership with Polyflor

Forbo Flooring Systems has launched a safety flooring range: Surestep Fast Fit.

New abstract capsule collection designed to push the boundaries of design

What’s in store – threats or opportunities?

Brand Identity in a Practical Floor Finish at Plastribution

Loughton Contracts working towards becoming carbon neutral

Blade Flooring flexes its skills at David Lloyd

Five reasons our flooring is perfect for commercial interior design

Taking the Mick with click?

Shaw Contract’s Auxiliary carpet tiles

The LION Floor way to trouble-free subfloors

Developers must take heed of new regulations, as building safety act achieves royal assent

EGGER makes debut at InstallerSHOW

Mapei’s range features special components to accelerate drying

Customers want to buy from you – give them reasons to do this

‘HEATVENT’ is the new name in luxury carpet underfloor heating underlay

Altro Walkway 20 safety flooring used to create flowing, natural spaces

More than one way to skin a cat

Bathroom waterproofing materials: Schlüter-Systems on three reasons to use sheet membranes

ADP’s superhero InstallMan strikes again

LeoLine’s Woodline collection taps into 2025’s hottest home décor trends

Tilemaster LevelFlex+ FINISH is the evolution of the popular Tilemaster LevelFlex

Lifestyle Floors unveils major refresh

Safety shoe designed for performance and safety

Designer Contracts achieves elite status

That don’t impress me much!

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GRADUS launch an interactive Dementia Design Tool

Newcastle Academy, part of The United Endeavour Trust

F Ball provides moisture management for wood flooring installations

‘A superhero sampling service from ADP’

Swingers Crazy Golf Venue & Bar – Case Study

Family firm stands proud despite dark economic clouds

Flooring installations in damp and humid environments

Hiring legally in a digital age

How Moduleo painted the show red

Kelmore Promotes Andy Moss to Operations Director

Shaun Wadsworth wins Outstanding Achievement Award

UltraTile is contractor-friendly, premium floor tile adhesive

F Ball’s new Stopgap 1400 smoothing compound streamlines vinyl flooring installation at Schoolblazer HQ

The benefits of underfloor heating

InstaFloor | Staying ahead in flooring by championing sustainability

Pretty in pink

Refurbishment at NHS warehouse and call centre

Spa awarded sustainability certification for its clean floor renewal

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Rapid retail refurbishments

Havwoods says it was thrilled to be part of the Clerkenwell

Heywood’s extensive expertise in quality engineered and solid wood flooring

Beauflor sheet vinyl ‘make school floors stand out’

Heckmondwike FB | Implementing biophilic design

Get ready for embodied carbon

Environmental crisis: The flooring industry can and should play its part

floorwise chooses the ‘healthier and safer’ way to spray

Forbo offers new LVT collection to contractors

Contracting doesn’t have to be boring

Heckmondwike FB | On the buses

Moduleo helps crew race across Atlantic

Rugby scrum

Construction scrum: how to deliver projects easier, better and faster

When is glue not a glue? When it’s a tackifier!

Environmental sustainability takes center stage in flooring choices

You don’t need millions to market your business

Gerflor to the rescue with Libertex flooring for Langford Budville Hall in Somerset

Part two of the CRUK Sustainability Conference: Making the world of flooring more sustainable

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Site conditions – what should happen

A VALUABLE GUIDE FOR FLOORING CONTRACTORS

To stick or not to stick – only Dyne will tell!

Northampton Care Home gets a luxurious update with UltraFloor’s flooring solutions

IVC updates Optimise 70 Heterogeneous Vinyl collection

LVTs are perfect for ‘Instagrammable’ interiors

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Flowcrete Flowchem offers best-in-class protection for concrete and steel structures

Luxury vinyl flooring from ‘the Belgian master’

Tarkett’s Desso Stratos collection

ProKnee celebrates its ‘efficiency worthy tools’

Free Altro samples returns service launches

Interface to explore the future of workplace design at CDW

Avoid Mistakes, Save Time, Get the Right Spec with INTRA’s Entrance Matting Specification Tool

When to push, when to walk away

Flowing Screeds Association advocates for training to improve industry standards

Hospitality Design Show returns in September

Prioritise floorlayers’ health when it comes to adhesives

KERAKOLL GROUP: Martina Colombara appointed Group Chief People Officer

Heckmondwike & Christian Carpets

Do I need to check the subfloor?

Take proper care of your wooden floor

Sustainability costs more? That’s a misperception…

Isocrete Flowing K Screed secures industry award for ‘game-changing liquid screed technology’

Wood by design

New adhesive ‘nets quick result for Macclesfield FC’

Heckmondwike FB | Long-standing carpet range relaunched

Pro-Screed Gold offers ‘super-smooth’ finish

CPI announces Amanda Long as new chief executive officer

Eco-Friendly Mapei System used to complete sustainable floor installation at secondary school in Northwest London

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Why social media is so important for your flooring business

F BALL and Co high-performance water-mix smoothing underlayment, used alongside pressure-sensitive vinyl adhesive

F Ball’s subfloor preparation products utilised in major London housing development

The show must go on

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Post-pandemic construction recovery well underway but material cost and supply concerns mount

Tilemaster Adhesives offers the Eco-3000 range for resilient flooring

Mapei introduces high-performance, eco-friendly adhesive range for floor and tile installations

CAT – social media

Levelling subfloors before applying a waterproof surface membrane

Case Study – Metropolitan Police Workshop

‘Key moves’ in regional management structure at Designer Contracts

Mapei’s commitment to building a present designed for the future

Connect with modern nature: the new Marmoleum Solid collection

Osmo UK | Commitment to quality

Archaeological challenges overcome at new Westin London City

Longevity of a floor – why should you worry how long it lasts?

250-year-old building transformed into stylish apartments with Forbo’s Allura LVT

Rapid growth in anhydrite screeds offers efficiency and cost benefits for flooring sector

The importance of flooring demarcation for industrial environments

Kerakoll achieves B Corp certification

Advancements in kneepads

Parador expands its selection of Herringbone flooring

F BALL provides systems for wood floorcovering installations

Tarkett and Ragn-Sells partner to fight climate change

‘Carpet King’ Lord Harris swoops in to save Carpetright – but many jobs will still go

Plan, communicate and prosper

How to make a success of being a show off

BJELIN’S NEW PRODUCTS ARE A BIG HIT AT THE FLOORING SHOW

Beautiful hardwearing wood flooring

We don’t want a ‘pass the buck’ trade

The trends of LVTs which will see us into 2024

Wood flooring adhesive products help with A* refurbishment at Staffordshire school

Westcotes Flooring scoops top prize at CFJ Awards as Jack Skipper brings the laughs

Floating is the answer for uneven subfloors

Get your site team onboard from Day One

Don’t miss your chance to enter the CFJ/CFA Awards

Abingdon Flooring | Carpet tile combinations

CMS Danskin acoustics delivers precision acoustic flooring for the W Edinburgh iconic ‘ribbon building’

BerryAlloc: Bring the beach vibe to your store all-year round

LTP has launched two new water-based impregnating sealers

Awards

CFJ/CFA Awards 2022: Save the date – Friday 9 September

Cutting corners

Diamond Gripper from floorwise

Magnesite: Key facts you ought to know

Interfloor provides some of the best noise reducing performance in the industry

Harvey Maria launches ‘stylish new retail point of sale’

It’s time to man up about male floorlayers and mental health

Minoli Marvel DIVA Expertly Installed With BAL Products At Home House

F Ball & Co expands recycling scheme: Making it easier for flooring contractors to recycle empty containers

Premium subfloor preparation materials perfectly suited to the flooring industry

ProKnee’s Treadman Tool Box ‘transforms into Cutting Block’

TVS PU-Sport Bryanston School Sports Hall, Dorset

Viva Torquay ‘makes more of its floor with IVC Commercial’

Michael (‘Mike’) Steventon

Likewise Group appoints independent non-executive director

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‘Quieter wood, laminate and LVT floors’ with floorwise

A question of cost

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