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CFJ AWARDS 2025

Flooring in healthcare

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

First time right

Flooring grade plywood ‘helps prevent callbacks’

Surface preparation company: We’re flying the flag

Love Story Collection expanded with Wild Silk range

Getting out there, keeping connected!

Shaw Contract supplies LEED silver project

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My one golden tip: test for damp!

F BALL’s Styccobond F73 PLUS adhesive ideal for securing entrance matting

Devenish College, Enniskillen

TradeChoice Carpet & Flooring: Championing mental health in the industry

Mayfield Floors – The company’s leading role on sustainability

Construction company fined £2.345m after worker drowned in river

Universal Fibers: Bringing collaboration and creativity to CDW

Current trends in wood flooring

Innovative sustainable strategies and product development

‘Look after your people’

Junckers | Towards a net zero carbon future – every part counts

Heavy-duty safety flooring for commercial kitchens with unmatched slip resistance and hygienic features

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Business done the Hard(ing) way

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

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F Ball & Co’s Stopgap 850 Exterior

National Homebuilding & Renovating Show invites trades to get ahead in hours with free access to hundreds of building, construction and systems suppliers, experts...

Open Doors Construction: a gateway tothe future of the construction industry

Efficient parquet adhesive for time-sensitive projects

Celebrating local heroes: Altro at the North Herts Hero Awards

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

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

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Carpet tiles collection: ‘Be well Suited with Shaw Contract’

CPG/Tremco: Lowering emissions, maintaining performance

UltraFloor excels at primary school renovation

Colours inspired by the natural environment

Principality stadium’s riverside terrace elevates match-day experience with Forbo’s Modul’up flooring

BAL products to feature in new TV show

From intention to action: How vinyl and LVT is going sustainable

Forbo offers extension to 10-year product guarantee

Wall seeks floor for a matched look

Floorwise’s F599 and F597 Heavy Duty spray adhesives set the gold standard

The hidden powers of your T&Cs

Extensive LVT floor installation complete at Islington Wharf 4

The Role of Contract Flooring Accessories in Delivering Quality and Performance

Forbo offers new LVT collection to contractors

Design freely with Origin LVT

IDS expands flooring portfolio

Engaging with the next generation

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

Eight product ranges from BLOQ

Sisal & Seagrass plant trees with the World Land Trust

Abingdon Flooring launches ‘stain-free carpet’

‘Step into the Country’ with Abingdon Flooring

Earn Points and Claim Rewards with STS Flooring

Green drive

Tiled flooring: The heat is on

Gerflor delivers complete flooring solution for Belfast’s new iconic student and sports hub

Payment practices – an update

LeoLine ‘gets a lift with new ranges’

Assumptions, presumptions – and then the truth

Installation entries for CFJ Awards 2024 now open, to close on Thursday 29 February

The hazards and pitfalls of incorporation

UltraFloor’s subfloor preparation materials used to install 4,000sq m of flooring at a luxury new care home

Construction industry aims for 30% CO2 reduction by 2030

SkillBuild gold medallists excel at ‘UK’s Construction Olympics’

SUSTAINABILITY | ARE WE MAKING PROGRESS?

Why do EPDs matter?

Beauflor Create introduces unlimited creativity to vinyl rolls

TPS360 supports youth recruitment with new junior surveyor

CARMAN by Computers for Flooring

Sustainability: The hot topic

A picture of slow improvement

Mapei introduces Mapecontact Plus: Solvent-free, double-sided adhesive strip

Spectacular success for Gradus Lunar Carpets at Banbury based EV automotive giant

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

The importance of stock control

UKFD continues drive to support staff development

Fix Radio’s weekly audience reaches 211,000 tradespeople

Inspire your customers with colour and texture

Rawson Carpet Solutions elevate grammar school with innovative riven and earth creation carpet tile designs

Universal Fibers: Bringing collaboration and creativity to CDW

Bona has introduced a system of premium sport floor finishes

Bona Trained Contractor

Bespoke logos from Gerflor

Is a vinyl floor compatible with an underfloor heating system?

Uzin L3 Gold

CRUK annual conference: making the UK carpet and textile flooring sector more sustainable

Designer Contracts’ digital world

Chemique Adhesives launches new VOC free adhesive

The wonder of Woodline

CFS provides a wealth of service, knowledge and expertise in the ever-growing market of carpet tiles and planks

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Polyflor | Ambitious project brings envisaged office design together

EGGER Flooring Collection 25+ is ‘functional, design-focused, suitable for multiple applications’

How suppliers can protect themselves

UltraFloor’s Level IT Multi Pro is their best leveller yet

Five ways to look after your flooring

Awards

Deadline date for CFJ/CFA Awards installation entries extended to Friday 15 April

Don’t forget the basics of safety with Knee protection

Paragon & Public Health Wales

Looking ahead to a greener flooring industry

Resilient Floor System made for vinyl, rubber, linoleum and PVC surfaces

Bradite’s Tour de France tour de force

Scotland Race Day – Wednesday 18 June 2025

Designer Contracts recognises nearly 300 years of combined service

Live talks at The Flooring Show

‘The new show for the flooring industry’

When feedback gives food for thought

Fourteen things you need to know about contract programmes

How Keir Starmer’s changes to net zero plans will affect tradespeople

BAL provides ‘a full fixing solution’

ARDEX Group UK invests in sustainable energy

LTP ECOPROTEC range now available in the UAE

Forbo refreshes Tessera Chroma range with enhanced environmental credentials

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STAUF opens subsidiary with several facilities in Spain

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Polyflor | Vinyl flooring creates ‘safe, attractive’ environment at Cardigan Hospital

Introducing the new CFA website: your gateway to excellence in contract flooring

Milliken’s CDW showroom to host talks, debates, workshops and tours

Kelmore crowned new business award winners at the BIBAs 2025

LVT flooring: A suitable option for communal living

Beauflor showcases affordable and quality sheet vinyl flooring solutions at Housing 2023

Expert tips for achieving a perfect rubber and linoleum floor finish

2023 set to be a big year for Floor Trim Systems

How resin flooring systems meet the needs of food production environments

Rawson Carpet Solutions | Heritage range are durable, reliable and competitive

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Lifestyle Floors ‘gains ADP’s installation expertise’

How the UK’s first carpet recycling facility is changing the future of carpets

A Royal for the Ages from Abingdon Flooring

Artisan Luxury Flooring: Where customers become part of the family

Dressing for the cold? Start with a good foundation

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

Gerflor gets top marks for its flooring in new £10M Welsh Primary School

A guide to screwdriving

Heads you win?

Snickers Workwear shorts ‘will ease your workday this summer’

ForceDry | Underfloor heating versus traditional radiators

F Ball products deliver smooth finish for showroom and warehouse refurbishment

Tarkett: It’s not just about flooring,it’s about interior trends

‘Perpetual beauty’

Junckers: Leading supplier of hardwood floors for education

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What you need to know this month

A good system shortens the road to your goal

Condor Group accelerates towards sustainability goals with circular developments and eco-friendly products

School upgrades with Isafe 70 vinyl safety flooring from IVC Commercial

Morleys introduces innovative SN20 stair-nosing profile to enhance safety

Showtime for Bostik as it hits the road in Scotland

Maintaining the standards – an update to BS5325

Back to basics as entry level training increases at FITA

Rugby scrum

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

Refurbishment remedies

A polished finish at Cirencester College

Profilpas’ Italian design-led profiles and systems to enhance Mapei UK’s portfolio

Husqvarna introduces new range of large floor grinders

Astonishing levels of comfort and softness underfoot with Plushwalk®

The skills gap: why our labour model matters

F. Ball: Innovation and quality in adhesives

F Ball’s System LVT range:‘Optimum results, guaranteed’

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Report: LVT will continue to grow its share of flooring industry but at a slower rate

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

Isocrete Floor Screeds – Legacy of Excellence for Over 50 Years

The devil is in the details

Channeling your inner peacock

THIS TOO SHALL PASS

North London church brought to new life by DCTUK fitters

Finding the right floors for care homes at Care Show in Birmingham

50th Anniversary Party – Saturday 12 October 2024

2022 Flooring Apprentice of the Year Winner – George Carter

The semi-finalists of the Fitter of the Year – LVT Competition have been announced

Barrettine’s ArmourFlex Wood Floor Lacquer provides a protection and care solution for all types of solid and engineered wood floors

The art of making a good investment

Skilled team takes on carpet and flooring installation project

Make it machine washable with Louis De Poortere

Problem-solution: A question about the floating method

Introducing The Exact — a quantifying company designed for a changing world

LTP expands ECOPROTEC range with eco-friendly porcelain paving enhance

Solving the skills shortage

Don’t blame it on the plague!

‘Beat the heat onsite’ with Snickers Workwear’s Summerwear

Sadness at passing of Ernie Lamond, founder of Calton Floors

Quick-Step supports success at The Floor Barn

‘Inspiring spaces’ created at Assemble by Seven Dials

The New Floor Sentry® Embedded Data Logger Performs Long Term Internal Monitoring of Temperature and Relative Humidity in Wood Floors

Resilient system ‘offers optimal solution’ at Sharps Pixley

Lincoln Square, London

John Brown: ‘Price volatility needs to settle down – and quickly’

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Making office refurbs quicker using new technologies

Karndean Designflooring has given restaurant a new lease of life

Styling the Fifth Wall with Havwoods

Streamlined flooring solutions for housing developments: How Flooring Supplies UK supports large-scale projects

Abingdon Flooring ‘shakes up cushion vinyl’

The Solid Wood Flooring Company – A quick guide to fitting wood flooring

Playing the safety card

Kerakoll | The natural choice

Correct preparation is key

FLOOR FINISHES, SEALANTS AND VARNISHES

Flooring industry’s biggest awards promises to be best yet

‘The Academy for Excellence in Flooring is there for when things don’t go to plan’

‘Clear the floor’ for the next generation of Camaro

Floor removal: how much is too much?

Beautiful hardwearing wood flooring

Think things through

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Selecting versatile sports flooring

Inspiring spaces begin withbespoke design

Multicategory flooring solutions at Radisson RED Liverpool

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