NEWSLETTER
CFJ AWARDS 2026

Flooring in industrial areas

Building a future for skills

‘A Superhero installation from ADP’

EXCLUSIVE: STRIPPERS FLOORING FOUNDER ANDREW BISS BARES ALL

Harvey Maria launches ‘stylish new retail point-of-sale’

Artificial grass that changes colours with the seasons

UltraFloor ‘creates a truly sustainable future’

‘An extensive range of underlay and subfloor preparation systems for every need’

Reforming construction training

Surface Design Show introduces ‘exciting new features’ for 2025 edition

The Solid Wood Flooring Company: Our green sustainability strategy

Let’s go round again: The value of circular economy

Taming the green claim machine

How to maintain your cushion vinyl floor?

Why Choose Hardwood Flooring

Three promotions and a senior appointment in Designer Contracts

Get F. Ball’s free RAG app

‘First sustainable, ethically produced underlay’ from Interfloor

Abingdon Flooring ‘goes big at The Flooring Show’

Give your space standout style, says Moduleo Moods

Flooring grade plywood ‘helps prevent callbacks’

Forbo Flooring Systems and IOBAC join forces on adhesive-free flooring installation

BEAUFLOR showed how its sheet vinyl flooring solutions can meet the needs of the housing sector

The prestigious centre of London’s West End needed Entrance Matting that matched Pall Mall’s history and design

Design without the Fuss

ADP Superhero ‘strikes again with Everyroom installation’

‘Causeway Carpets introduces new displays for quality flooring retailers’

The consequences of untrained staff

Awards

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

Why the correct surface prep is the key to outstanding flooring

New building safety guide launched to help duty holders navigate Gateway process

Paragon & Public Health Wales

IVC updates Optimise 70 Heterogeneous Vinyl collection

It’s a life well lived for UltraFloor at development

‘Design the key for vibrant new office space’

Marlings’ Terrain Volcanic carpet tiles

Experience the new Paragon Carpet Tiles at CDW

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

DELIVERING COLOURFUL JOY AND DURABILITY, AT READING ‘KIDS QUARTER’

Grand opening for Chaunceys Timber Flooring’s showroom in Bristol

Industry Accreditation CSCS cards: change is coming

Dinesen unveils Dinesen Apartment by David Thulstrup

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Carpet tiles provide plentiful options for commercial design

How Kerakoll’s Proflow MVS Is changing subfloor preperation forever

SWFC: Only sourcing from well-managed legal sustainable forests

Quick-Step innovates with ‘revolutionary recycling technology’

Nine months of progress: Cathie Clarke’s vision for a sustainable flooring industry

Fantasy Flooring: Recofloor is a huge part of our business

Try something new!

Why should sustainability influence how carpets are made?

The Colour Flooring Company to showcase Corka Format at SDS

The Solid Wood Flooring Company elevates affordable housing with rustic oak herringbone parquet flooring

Sound solutions: How acoustic flooring can help create better spaces

Flowcrete showcases antimicrobial flooring solution for food safety at Foodex 2025

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

Palace Chemicals: We’re an industry leader in the market, 45 years in the making

Palace Chemicals’ solution for rapid tile installation on anhydrite screeds

Take off for carpet plans at Air Canada

UltraTile is contractor-friendly, premium floor tile adhesive

Have trends become outdated?

LeoLine Powers up vinyl with premium

floorwise provides golden touch for subfloors

A closer look at Kick-Start Publishing’s new CEO and his vision for the company

Volume versus weight

Construction set for growth despite potential supply issues, says CPA

Mapei products used at Hull Trinity House Academy renovation

IVC Commercial’s ‘affordable new carpet tile’

MAPEI unveils versatile UltraCare cleaners for tile and stone

Why construction’s future depends on rebuilding the apprenticeship pipeline

Estimating or measuring?

Taxing times

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

Designing for the future – the opportunity of hardened wood flooring

Carpet tile tackifiers: the practical choice

Recofloor announces its 2023 vinyl recycling awards

‘A fresh, welcoming appearance’ for prestigious university department

Sustainability costs more? That’s a misperception…

Likewise completes £14m fundraise, with directors acquiring 800,000 shares

TradeChoice Carpet & Flooring Announces Acquisition of T&R Floor Covering Distributors Ltd

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Two million miles with Altro: ‘It’s been a fabulous ride’

Maintaining porcelain patios: Understanding the difference between barrier treatments and sealers

‘XL-ent’ floor tiling with new BAL XL Floor One

Introducing the flooring showroom

Taking a temperature check on LVTs

Entries open for FAOTY!

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

Are you ready for a new website yet?

Introducing Burmatex carpet tiles

Fraudemic: a quarter of UK construction companies have experienced fraudulent activity over the past year

Ege Carpets at Clerkenwell

VAT mistakes that could land your business in trouble

The benefits of using felt underlays

A big thank you to our golf day sponsors!

Revolutionary retail flooring

Stonhard Group hire ‘strengthens Kemtile’s expertise’

Forbo Flooring Systems reveals winner of 2022/23 Forbo Escapes Competition

Smart flooring choices

The green benefits of collaboration

Lovat Fields Retirement Village, Milton Keynes

Martina Colombara appointed group chief people officer at Kerakoll

BerryAlloc launches refreshed laminate collection

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

Dealing with weak or friable screeds

Rawson Carpet Solutions launches versatile urban camo carpet tile for modern office and commercial spaces

Contractors’ view

ARDEX Introduces S1 adhesive with extended pot life and rapid setting

Tilemaster Super Flow 30 or Pro Flow can be used without priming

Brintons launches Eterna: commercial carpets inspired by beauty of the seasons

A new approach for sustainability

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

TPS360 – providing expertise and market leadership for industrial flooring projects

Altro explores inclusive design with neurodiversity focus for Clerkenwell

Relishing the challenge as your new president

Richard Catt joins UK Sustainable Flooring Alliance board

Alumno creates stylish and sustainable student accommodation with Forbo Flooring Solutions

‘Strong foundations, flawless finishes – surface preparation that sets the standard’

contractor-profile

Bill McCallum plays a beautiful game

RIXO and Karndean Designflooring Collaborate to Create Stylish Carnaby Street Store

Tilemaster Adhesives embraces sustainable evolution under Kerakoll banner

Milliken announces three ‘popular collections’ converting to lowest carbon footprint yarn

‘Signature style’ with Moduleo Moods

The view from the adhesives sector

Recofloor launches new website to support members and expand scheme use

The Preparation Group is leading the way in mechanical surface preparation services

Designer Contracts expands Falkirk operation

F Ball reveals updated RAG

CFA Guide to Sustainability 2025–2026 shows collaboration is key

‘Stable, precise, ergonomic’ hot air blower holder for hand-welding

Decostayle UK reflects on ‘an exciting few months’

Astonishing levels of comfort and softness underfoot with Plushwalk®

Forbo partners with FITA training programme

GenieMat RST by Pliteq: The gamechanger in acoustic underlay

Safe & speedy installations with Mapei Ultrabond Eco TX3

CONICA LTD is thrilled to have had its CONIFLOOR industrial resin flooring installed in the basement of the new Tower of London citizenM hotel.

Artisan Luxury Flooring: Where customers become part of the family

Do I need to check the subfloor?

Mix match flooring and oil finishes

Gerflor to the rescue for Welsh College refurbishment

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

Use post-consumer recycled polymers and avoid the new UK plastic tax, says Jokey

Sustainability Guide – coming soon to a digital screen near you

Cemfloor’s ‘exceptional thermal conductivity’ gives a lesson at Springmoor Grange School

Bond It | Rapid Level 30 is a one-part, rapid-setting, latex-modified floor levelling compound

Contractor opinion

Kelmore Promotes Andy Moss to Operations Director

TREMCO’s high performance smoothing compounds allow for the application of all floorcoverings

Creating a home-from-home for students

Maintenance matters: effective wood flooring care and damage prevention

Magnetic wood flooring – the next generation

Safer by design

Brand Identity in a Practical Floor Finish at Plastribution

CSCS card changes for 2025

Mixed Material Look in Luxury Vinyl Tiles for Global Law Firm

John Green relays a timesaving solution for preparing chipboard subfloorsChipboard challenge

New BAL XL Floor One is an improved thick bed floor adhesive

Herringbone designs the sustainable way

Artisan Luxury Flooring: Where customers become part of the family

Entries close for 2025 CFJ Awards

Providing the flooring market with quality, innovative subfloor preparation materials

Excitement builds as Hal Cruttenden is announced as CFJ Awards host

Get Serious About Contemporary Style

Polyflor announces launch of ‘new, exciting’ looselay resilient sheet flooring

HydroPro Floor Paint – Fast And Versatile

Wunda’s Wundatherm’s Rapid Response system is incredibly easy to install

ADP offers ‘full retail installation services’

F Ball & Co | Rubber floorcoverings are a popular choice for heavy-duty flooring installations

Womble Bond Dickinson transforms Leeds office into agile, sustainable workspace with Milliken modular carpets

BAL waterproof 1C achieves EAD certification for NHBC-compliant tiling in wet areas

‘Make it Floorwise for a fantastic LVT installation’

The Macallan installs Flowcrete flooring

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

Ardex takes up majority stake in wedi

Combatting racism in the workplace

Intensive Care Unit, Harrogate District Hospital, UK

Get F. Ball’s free RAG app

Green is the money

INDX sees Abingdon Flooring turn up the sheet

CFA seeks support for guidance document on Installation of Laminate Flooring

WORK TILL YOU DROP

The hunt for the right customers

Dyne Carpet Tile | Manchester Carpet Tile Centre

F Ball appoints new technical representative

Our new Handbook – another great resource from the CFA!

‘Make more of herringbone with IVC Commercial’

It’s gloves on for charity as UKFD’s Bella lands a punch

Rinable carpets: Running in the family

Bostik stars at flooring at Jodrell Bank Discovery Centre

Designer Contracts names new financial director

Drying time reduced with Palace Chemicals Pro Gyp-Base fast track screeds

Kerakoll floor preparation with Proflow MVS, eliminates the need for damp proof membranes and primer

Mapei prepares floors at Sheffield’s Kangaroo Works

IVC delivers outlook on vinyl flooring for social housing

Weber and CMS Danskin Acoustics launch acoustic floorsystems incorporating REGUPOL

Regent’s Park rehearsal studios shine with F Ball’s Stopgap 700 and Styccobond F3

MILLIKEN’s carpet tile collection ‘Wireframe’ encourage experimentation and individuality

Kick-Start Publishing announces carpet fitter as comedian for CFJ Awards

STYCCOBOND F44: The ultimate solvent-free adhesive for vinyl, textile, and marine flooring installations

DESIGNER CONTRACTS STEPS IN TO HELP SAVE HOSPICE BEDS

Implementing the use of digital in flooring spaces

Adhesives with wider compatibility on different floorcovering types

How to keep mosaic surfaces pristine

Magnetic wood flooring is a sustainable flooring solution

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