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CFJ AWARDS 2025

Flooring in healthcare

Inspiring spaces begin withbespoke design

Flowcrete’s Isocrete Floor Screeds are fast, strong and safe

Give Rooms a Stylish Uplift with LeoLine’s Novus

Save the date for 2025 agm with build uk’s Jo Fautley as keynote speaker

Pure LVT ‘mirrors the modern terrazzo flooring look’

Tile Giant offers a range of tiling and flooring to suit all budgets

Altro awarded NHS P23 approval across ‘comprehensive product ranges’

Choosing the optimum smoothing compound

Who is responsible for subfloor preparation?

Take note: Emails can be legally binding!

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Flooring studio showcases ‘most unique, innovative’ designs

Navigating interview law

A trick up up my sleeve

Biophilic design can help us adapt to a changing world

Decisions, decisions

BOSTIK supplied technical advice and subfloor preparation products

Install at endoscopy unit completed with Mapei

Refurb repairs, restores and renews for future generations

Quick-Step develops new Alpha Vinyl to its range

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40 for 40 in partnership with World Land Trust

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Build up your troubles in your old kitbag

Rawson Carpet Solutions has been producing entrance solutions for a half century

The Academy welcomes first Moduleo LayRed Master Installer Cohorts

Transforming Learning Spaces: Shaw Contract’s Innovative, Sustainable Flooring Solutions Elevate Educational Environments

Lionvest Trading strengthens team with two new appointments

Key to success

Stopgap Micro Rapid is the best in the market according to flooring contractors

Blantyre LIFE care facility specify Gerflor for iconic project

‘Innovative acoustic flooring’ answers St Pauls’ prayers

Bank of Scotland revisits its roots

Make your tile installation more regal, says Parkside

Rolls That Reward With IVC Commercial

National Flooring Equipment opens First UK Facility

Halsey Cook, president and ceo for Milliken & Company

Milliken named in World’s Most Ethical Companies for 16th straight year   

Improving and supporting apprenticeship experiences

F Ball & Co’s Stopgap Fill and Prime are designed for use over raised access panels

Forbo partners with Salvation Army to provide carpet tiles tosupport local communities

2025 Agm with build uk’s jo Fautley as keynote speaker

IVC Commercial’s Optimise 70 Heterogeneous Vinyl collection

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

‘Improve floorcovering standards in social housing with Beauflor sheet vinyl’

Abingdon Flooring ‘shakes up cushion vinyl’

What adhesive should you use when installing LVTs?

The ergonomics of kneeling

Dynamic interior spaces created for flagship care home

Simply Smooth POS rolls out across the UK

Important new appointments for Kerakoll Group

Aesthetically pleasing and moisture-resistant flooring solution

Hexa and Pennon tiles from the Kaleidoscope collection

How does Impervia differ from vinyl and laminate?

The foundation of future success

‘Winter warmth and cooling comfort’, courtesy of Snickers

Forbo and Leightons

2023 Golf Day at the Belfry

Tony Mathe joins the CFJ Awards judging panel

Overcoming delays on construction sites with on-time deliveries

Moisture meters should be essential to your toolkit

Attacking the algorithms and finding your followers

The wonder of Woodline

Embossed-In-Register: A comprehensive overview

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Granorte’s Natural way to welcome in cork

‘A lifetime of quality, whatever the floor’

Stopgap Fast-Track 30 is described by F Ball & Co as rapid drying

Valley Wholesale Carpet eyed up by Likewise

Polyfoam XPS is highlighting the benefits of extruded polystyrene (XPS)

The importance of apprenticeships

Stellar Event Carpets launches at HRC 2023

BAL Level Fast ultra-quick setting leveller

Parador’s new range combines furnishing trends and technical innovations

LTP has launched two new water-based impregnating sealers

RPM International’s multimillion pound investment rolled out for Flowcrete and other CPG brands

Sensational success for Gerflor providing Welsh college with a complete flooring solution

BerryAlloc’s engineered wood flooring collections use Ultimtec

Choosing the right vinyl adhesive: Expert tips for durable and precise flooring installations

ProKnee kneepads ‘can be repaired and rebuilt many times’

Become a Master of Moduleo at Academy for Excellence in Flooring

Golden Giveaway for 50th RAG anniversary

How does LVT compare with laminate?

Golesworthy Flooring welcomes Louise Golesworthy as new managing director

ThermalStream® is a new luxury carpet underlay for underfloor heating systems

Parkside ‘improves your tile specification experience’ with new website

Understanding maintenance: Sealer vs. barrier for external porcelain tiles

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Level IT Bond, now includes extra polymer liquid so each bag and bottle now goes even further

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

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Recofloor awards Absolute Flooring SW for recycling efforts

Our ‘Project’ Range

Palace Chemicals presents ‘market-leading’ flooring adhesives range

And they’re off… CFA hosts AGM at the races

Counting their lucky stars

Why should flooring contractors invest in an apprentice?

Introducing ‘Eco30 Herringbone LVT’

Carefully does it

What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger

LTP launches ECOPROTEC: Sustainable surface care solutions for stone and ceramic

Shaw Contract unveils ‘Interlaced’: A luxurious, sustainable flooring style

Global industrial flooring market surges to $7.12 billion in 2023 despite economic challenges

Collaboration and sustainability focus for Altro in education

The story of ProKnee, ‘the kneepad that revolutionised kneeling’

‘The Work Trouser and Kneepad System to fit your job’

Heads you win?

The view from the adhesives sector

Bradite’s Tour de France tour de force

New colour palette for Altro Whiterock Satins

F Ball ‘raises the bar’ at Leek Town FC

Hip-Pep hooray! Celebrating half-a-century at Altro

Celebrating colour and collaboration at Clerkenwell Design Week

CONICA develops, manufactures, and supplies a range of surfacing solutions

After the fire

CDW to celebrateits 14th in style

A message for non-members of the CFA

Make yourself seen, says Snickers Workwear

Forbo expands adhesive-free portfolio with new Eternal Next

ECOPROTEC: Sustainable surface care solutions for contract and landscape sectors

Adhesive-free flooring: A modern method of Installation

Lionvest on social media

How Kerakoll’s Proflow MVS Is changing subfloor preperation forever

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Tarkett publishes white paper on challenges, opportunities for hospital of the future

Get Serious About Contemporary Style

New range of adhesives from Parkside

FROM THE FLOOR TO THE OCHE: FORBO AND TRADECHOICE CARPET AND FLOORING INVITE YOU TO WIN PREMIER LEAGUE DARTS TICKETS

Biotecture holds Greening Construction webinar

New HSEQ manager to strengthen health and safety at Kemtile

If we never tried anything new….

Brand Identity in a Practical Floor Finish at Plastribution

‘A synchronised colour palette for designing healthierinteriors from ceiling to floor’

Why Choose Hardwood Flooring

Abingdon Flooring expands the Stainfree family

Funding brings the future closer

From small acorns…

Sports Hall Refurbishment

A sustainable blend of functionality, design, and safety with Forbo Flooring Systems

Design Challenge: Bringing a neuro-inclusive classroom to life

TVS Acoustic Flooring

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Sticking to deadlines: how adhesive-free flooring can transform education spaces

Tilemaster Adhesives gearing up to announce exciting new developments in smoothing and levelling compounds later in 2024

New future for retail flooring’s top title

Flooded floors

Know the risks

Herringbone set-up guide

Commercial flooring adhesives and smoothing compounds: how brand loyalty and market pressures are shaping 2025

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Forbo joins WorldGBC corporate advisory board

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Ronacrete has been manufacturing specialist flooring solutions for over 50 years

Why all roads lead to FITA…

‘Making spaces into smart places’

‘Fast LVT installations’ with Flex Pro

Built to take the hits

Smeg HQ, Oxfordshire

Why a well-designed website is crucial

Algeco and Modulaire Group publish latest global sustainability report

Get set for Stainfree for Life, says Abingdon

Mapei launches cementitious and epoxy grouts with supporting app

‘New ranges and enhanced distribution strengthen innovator of wood flooring sector’

LVT: Don’t slip up on design

You never know what you might uncover during a refurb

Floors fit for an office

The importance of training in LVT

Heckmondwike launches social distancing carpet tiles

Winners of Innovation Challenge Gold Award

Egger marks 30 years as a powerhouse in laminate innovation

Polyflor range review

Keeping an eye on the fine print

Left to right: Mark Eslamlooy, Stephan Wedi, Fabian Rechlin

Ardex takes up majority stake in wedi

ProKnee says trimmer is ‘must-have’ tool

KEF KIDS is a London-based charity

MAPEI has reopened its specification centre

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Of prime importance

F Ball & Co’s Stopgap Fill and Prime

How do pre-bagged flowing screeds and smoothing compounds allow contractors to finish a project quicker?

Is rising inflation a flash in the pan?

Why Mechanical Subfloor Preparation Gets Overlooked – And Why It Shouldn’t

LVT for Hallways and Entrances

Shane Moore joins CFJ Awards 2026 judging panel

LUXURY VINYL FLOORING THE PERFECT MATCH FOR PRIVATE RENTAL SECTOR

SampleWorx creates super swatches for Harvey Maria

From cotton mill to creative space: flooring fit for Manchester Brick Specialists

Bangor University specify Gerflors Taraflex for two of their main sports halls

Visitor registration for DOMOTEX asia/CHINAFLOOR 2025 is now open

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Contar Resins has been developing a range of flooring systems since 1982

Celebrating local heroes: Altro at the North Herts Hero Awards

‘Cemfloor the screed of choice for Nottingham shopping centre’

Far infrared underfloor heating: an answer to the heating energy crisis?

New Grout Haze & Limescale Remover joins ECOPROTEC range

Carpet Recycling UK at the Flooring Show (Stand A45)

BerryAlloc ‘underlines impressive portfolio’ at The Flooring Show

Tilemaster Adhesives Ltd becomes Kerakoll UK Ltd

A Fitter future

A Day at the Races – Hamilton and Leicester venues Book Now!

When are speciality adhesives required?

Unilin Flooring updates Moduleo LayRed range

Kerridge Commercial Systems rebrands as Klipboard, unifying its global vision

Showtime for Bostik as it hits the road in Scotland

IVC Commercial’s striking Ceppo terrazzo-look LVT and Balanced Hues carpet tiles

Why LVTs are a versatile solution

Stopgap 1200 Pro levelling compound and F46 pressure-sensitive acrylic adhesive

Nelson Place enhances its Student Facilities with comprehensive high-performance flooring solutions from Gerflor

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

F Ball & Co

F Ball & Co | Flooring installations in nursing and care homes require special considerations

MAPEI expands Keraquick range with fast-track, high-performance adhesives

Parkside becomes carbon balanced

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