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Flooring in offices

Designer Contracts ‘leads the way to fitter future’

‘Breathe easier with new heavy duty spray adhesive’

A picture of slow improvement

UK carpet tiles collected by Tarkett to be turned into new carpet tiles

Get ready for embodied carbon

Making training a class act

Celebrating colour and collaboration at Clerkenwell Design Week

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

Entrance matting for neurodiverse users

Payment – claiming what is rightfully ours

Kerakoll’s Slc Eco Aqua-Pur HPX

Vital vinyl tips you can learn from DJ Scratch

Designer Contracts helps freshen up Heraeus office space

‘Revitalising floors’ in ScandiLand

Exhibitor New Product – Resilient

Karndean Designflooring ‘inspires creative design with contemporary oak herringbone designs’

‘Companies failwhen they treatpeople badly’

XL-End is COREtec’s ‘most realistic, hardest-wearing’ plank

Kerakoll used on a commercial housing development

New data reveals UK’s hard flooring divide

Advice you can’t ignore

IVC Commercial launches Immersion products using carbon-negative Thrive matter

The CFA Flooring Apprentice of the Year Competition is returning for 2026!

The hidden powers of your T&Cs

‘Grand Majestic is a floor for those who like to think big’

Fast and Clean Luxury Vinyl Installs with Flex Pro Pure

Rubber Entrance Matting Inserts – An Underutilised Star! ⭐️

‘How our smart adhesives drive innovation, sustainabilityand faster flooring installations’

Comparing notes with the clergy

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

Sticking points

TradeChoice Carpet & Flooring ‘rolls out the red carpet’

F. Ball Products Perform in Tallaght Sports Complex

Headlam makes changes to residential product brands’ sales teamswith creation of national salesforce

Styccobond F48 PLUS fibre-reinforced high temperature grade vinyl adhesive

‘Outstanding football’ and ‘plenty of laughter’ at Shire Flooring’s inaugural five-a-side charity tournament

Showroom-ready: F. Ball’s Stopgap 1600 delivers a flawless underfloor heating finish

Industry legend Geoffrey Ball scoops Lifetime Achievement Award at CFJ Awards

‘It’s not all a bed of roses’

Heckmondwike FB | Long-standing carpet range relaunched

Shire flooring: counting their lucky stars

Natural beauty of Wicanders Essence Cork Flooring

Flooring Matters and Shaw Contract transform AUK’s office space

A quick guide to fitting wood flooring

Adhesive-free flooring: A modern method of Installation

John Bagshaw, managing director of IDS outside Stoke-on-Trent HQ

IDS announces its acquisition by private equity investor Chiltern Capital

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Improving infection control one step at a time

A new dimension in surface preparation

Subfloor preparation in industrial settings

Altro achieves record wins at CFJ Awards 2024

What is the key to installing a spectacular sports floor?

INTRAsystems launches ‘superfast moisture-absorbing matting fibre’

Five finalists, one thrilling showdown

The facts about your tax

Manufacturing with design and sustainability perspectives in mind

sustainability

The ‘perfect way to connect with nature’

CFA vacancy: Membership Manager

Vinyl flooring’s recyclability means no excuse to landfill it

Gerflor GTI Max range

Altro visit Ashe Construction site at Bedford Academy

New nora by Interface rubber flooring features ‘contemporary, urban designs’

Waterproof wood to open up small spaces

Working over calcium sulphate screeds

Malmo Freedom stickdown LVT ‘offers safe, stylish floorcovering for any environment’

Bona Trained Contractor

UltraFloor wins ‘Manufacturer of the Year’ Award

Likewise Group agrees to buy Valley Wholesale Carpets for £30m

Skilled team takes on carpet and flooring installation project

The rise of resimercial design

Keeping noise in check with the latest options in LVT

Mapei joins net zero carbon in operation spec at Winterstoke Hundred Academy

STAUF introduces ProForce adhesive range: High efficiency meets ecological responsibility

A neat solution for a variety of projects

Interfloor’s sustainable credentials recognised by Cop26

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

Expansion and contraction

F Ball celebrates innovation at The Flooring Show (Stand B1)

Reflection on renewals

‘Say goodbye to plywood’ with LION Floor

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‘Great strides’ for Snickers in new Work Trousers

Floorwise launches ‘premium memory foam underlay’

F Ball Styccobond F41: A high-performance carpet tile tackifier

‘Breathe easier’ with new floorwise F597 Heavy Duty Spray Adhesive

Water, water everywhere

Construction Product Information appoints Steve Marr as interim ceo

Snickers Workwear Hoodies – ‘built for comfort’

IDS appoints Gareth Kirkpatrick as national sales manager for flooring

New software partnership creates streamlined supply chain for distribution businesses

A Heavy duty star from IVC Commercial

Underlay ‘that brings comfort to desire’

The devil is in the details

How much should I have in my toolkit?

CRUK conference: repurposing textile flooring in the circular economy

UK’s most trusted adhesive for textile floorcoverings celebrates 50+ years of excellence

Sadness in flooring industry at death of Ken Biggin

Levelling compound and adhesive combinations for installing wood floorcoverings

The &-collection from modulyss expands

‘A superhero sampling service from ADP’

Gary Anthony: Dealing with spivs, bombs, and cancer

Tony Brewer

Foot to the floor as Likewise launches on AIM to drive further growth

Winners under lock-and-key as independent judging panel ties up its work

Snickers Workwear develop long-lasting, functional garments

First speaker announced for Flanders Flooring Days

Malmo Flooring | Multi-width LVT for reclaimed flooring look

How to maintain your cushion vinyl floor?

modulyss’s design challenge: bringing a neuro-inclusive classroom to life

The sun is finally shining on training

F Ball still tops, but research shows changes are afoot

Get set for Stainfree for Life, says Abingdon

‘UK’s largest construction sector site solutions company joins RSK Group’

Uzin L3 Gold

Polyflor supports budding apprentices with free training courses  

You don’t need millions to market your business

‘The beauty of an oil-treated finish’

Honda Case Study

Peal-ling back the layers

Bostik’s game-changing SL C955 ADVANCED high-performance smoothing compound

Dynamic interior spaces created for flagship care home

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

The medicine goes down at North London medical centre

The art of making a good investment

TPS360 leads the way in resin and polished concrete flooring solutions for diverse industrial needs

Confessions of a carpet fitter

The LION Floor way to trouble-free subfloors

The art of flooring

Abingdon Flooring Shakes Up Cushion Vinyl

Artificial grass that changes colours with the seasons

FLOOR FINISHES, SEALANTS AND VARNISHES

loughton-contracts

EXCLUSIVE: Loughton Contracts sales director: 2021 will be bumper year

GivBax Rewards App revolutionises contractor loyalty with instant cash and merchandise incentives

Likewise Floors takes two units in Walkden development

ProKnee specialises in knee injury prevention

Mapei set to extend Zero Line with six resilient products

Parkside ‘achieves the dream’ at Youles Honda Manchester

Future Fitters – Talentview

Uzin Utz UK Ltd leads the way on sustainability

flowcrete

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

Dyne Carpet Tile Company has huge buying power

HTMX Global enters UK LVT market

Junckers were used for US company Slack’s new HQ

What you need to know this month

Towering triumph for Gerflor’s Taraflex® at Beaconsfield High School.

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

Moravia style from Osmo UK

The view from the adhesives sector

High-performing and easy-to-clean as well as stain and scratch-resistant safety floor

CFA launches major new report on sustainability and the environment

UltraFloor’s Vicki Stiles appointed to prestigious CFA council

ECOPROTEC launches eco-friendly porcelain paving enhancer for durable, glossy finish and easy maintenance

Forbo Flooring Systems’ new acoustic collection

Good news at last!

Cutting corners

Building better places to live with Kerakoll

Branching out

‘The thinner alternative to BS 8203 compliant plywood’

InstaGroup develop specialist innovations for sports flooring

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Decent flooring will always prevail, come hell or high water

Let’s renew, not replace

SDS ‘back in business’ at Business Design Centre in London

Mapei Ultratop Loft complements Victorian house in Balham

Popular carbon neutral carpet tile collection

Industrial style created at Everlast Gyms

Kirkcaldy & Dysart FC’s new kit takes inspiration from local history

Tilemaster Adhesives introduces eco-friendly solutions for resilient flooring

Bona launches its newest lacquer, Bona Traffic HD Raw

Timelapse your flooring projects

Out with the old, in with the new?

Simplify flooring upgrades with Tilemaster Adhesives: Lay new flooring over sound ceramic or vinyl tiles

Evil under the sun

A creed for a dry screed

ProKnee celebrates its ‘efficiency worthy tools’

Fast-Track flooring solutions for social housing

Recofloor reaches major 6,000-tonne milestone

Parador launches new flooring collection

CRUK: industry support for circular economy initiatives

Gerflor | Seeing red

The cost-effective alternative for BS 8203-compliant plywood

Feel even more of a difference with Floorwise

Floor removal: how much is too much?

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

Expo for hotel professionals will transform the ExCeL

The Hart and soul of a fitter

Moduleo launches matching LayRed Accessories

‘Providing exactly what you want’

Knowledge is power

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

TAXING TIMES

The danger of making assumptions

bostik

It’s been a summer of sporting investment for Bostik

ProKnee kneepads ‘can be repaired and rebuilt many times’

Karpet King

John Lord Flooring takes on two new apprentices

Installation done properly Fit the Room to the Floor and the Floor to the Room

Flooring company records 400% YOY growth despite industry challenges

Designer Contracts steps in to help save hospice beds

MAPEI preparation products used to complete an Altro floor installation at a new community venue

Moisture testing tools to save you time and money

Abacus Flooring Solutions partners with UltraFloor for flooring transformation at Grantham College

Floating floors: alternatives to wet screeds

TTA technical committee chair receives MBE in New Year’s Honours

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