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CFJ AWARDS 2025

Flooring in residential properties

HOW YOU CAN SPREAD THE STEM GOSPEL

Altro products awarded NHS P23 approval

Less energy, material and circularity for the packaging and carpet industries

Snickers Workwear’s new Integrated Kneepad System is ‘a world first’

F Ball products deliver smooth finish for showroom and warehouse refurbishment

The importance of practical aesthetics in education flooring

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: ‘Our customer’s want some quiet designs and patterns’

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STAUF D 50 is a fibre-reinforced design covering adhesive for LVT flooring

Safe & speedy installations with Mapei Ultrabond Eco TX3

IDS expands flooring portfolio with addition of BerryAlloc LVT

The art of replacement

IVC officially launched the UK’s A&D community at Clerkenwell

Student flats ‘wow’ thanks to UltraFloor

Tier Global expands Remove and Re-lay scheme

Doug Morwood to chair CFJ Expo sustainability summit

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

‘Treating slippery surfaces with ECOPROTEC Black Spot & Algae Remover’

Junckers provides ‘sympathetic choice for heritage building’

HAVs – What You Need to Know to Protect Your Team

Why EPDs matter for sustainability

Shaw is The First Flooring Solutions Provider to Obtain Works with WELLTM Mark through EcoWorx® and EcoWorx S™ Products

Summertime Blues

‘Augmented reality would attract young talent to ageing construction workforce’

‘Fast, clean luxury vinyl installs with Flex Pro Pure’

Looking ‘Intoo’ Moduleo’s latest vinyl floor

Mapei’s range features special components to accelerate drying

Multicategory flooring solutions at Radisson RED Liverpool

‘Stick with confidence’ with UltraFloor Stick IT 543

End of an era as UK’s oldest-ever active floorlayer passes away, aged 91

Knockout installation delivered at Leeds Gym

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Tackling damp in floors

Ten top tips for installing Rigid Click LVT flooring

Forbo ‘assists The Power of Pattern’

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

Chris Tocher appointed as Klipboard’s chief customer support officer

MAPEI UltraCare: Advanced protection & maintenance range for tiles and stone surfaces

Flooring’s Biggest Rewards Promotion is Back On

25 years on, Shaw Contract continues to close the loop

New F. Ball smoothing compound provides A* finish

Beauflor ‘gets creative’ at FFD

Four-day flooring event to spotlight European quality again in 2025

Versatile self-leveling compounds: F Ball and Co’s solutions for industrial flooring needs

Malahide Castle Dublin, Republic of Ireland

Louis De Poortere showcases new Ecorugs at INDX

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Temporary Protection Materials

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

ForceDry | Underfloor heating versus traditional radiators

Tile Giant celebrates success of trade rewards scheme

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

How to stop that creaking and groaning

LeoLine ‘inspires a new generation’

F. Ball takes floors up a step at Somerset House

Liquid screed stars in nursing home renovation

RAPID surface preparation with UZIN L3 Gold is the way forward

Timelapse your flooring projects

LION Floor exhibits at FloorSkills open day

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No noise, no adhesive, no fuss

Bona Quantum uses titanium technology

Entries for 2023 CFJ Awards now open

When feedback gives food for thought

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

Turkey earthquake hits carpet industry supply chains

Gerflor and Gradus

Workplace research: flexibility and personalised experience key as ‘most companies puzzle over office’s future’

Awards

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

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

BASA Showcase ‘recognises excellence and achievement’ in adhesives and sealants industry

Bjelin launches full range of flooring accessories

The impact of technology on the construction industry

COREtec’s Floors offers a ‘renovation revolution’

F Ball’s products work together to ensure subfloors are prepared correctly

EXCLUSIVE How simple errors nearly led to undoing of midlands flooring contractor

LTP’s ECOPROTEC range includes cleaning and maintenance solutions

‘Reward yourself’ with floorwise

Bostik increases mental health support for colleagues

Parador: Flooring you can count on

Abingdon Carpet Tile Division launches display box

SIX-FIGURE AI INVESTMENT FUELS RECORD YEAR FOR FIRST MATS

GJ Flooring Specialist was contracted to replace 300sqm of flooring throughout the Karalius Suite at Halton Stadium

Tuscan Modelli collection reimagines sought-after look

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

Flooring specialists, UltraFloor, revitalises iconic hotel

Mat.Works Modular Matting: An Overview

ProKnee lauds its multi-angle tread cutting system

Adhesives for vertical flooring accessories

Millennium Weavers at The Flooring Show (Stand A11)

Michael (‘Mike’) Steventon

Likewise Group appoints independent non-executive director

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Quick-Step extends cycling partnership under new team name

Smoothing compounds for underfloor heating

FITA at The Flooring Show (Hall B)

Kier opens doors of high spec laboratory site to get young people into construction sector

Havwoods Accessories ‘lays down marker’ by launching LVT accessories range

New Grout Haze & Limescale Remover joins ECOPROTEC range

A Tremco System Solution for LVT floors

LTP: Our specialist ECOPROTEC range includes sustainable surface care products for all types of natural and engineered stone

Mapei System enables fast and safe floor installation at Sunningdale SEN School

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Mapei specified at Food Court in Kensington

F Ball: Energy usage, raw material consumption, and minimising waste are the main areas of focus

Combining LVT and carpet planks to create a unique anddynamic floor plane

Apps lead the way in expert advice

Recofloor breaks through 7,000-tonne milestone

Shaw Contract EMEA Dye Lab Collection now more widely available

Moduleo ‘cooks up a storm’ in Harrogate

Benefits of Screed Additives

Shaw Contract approves IOBAC MagTabs adhesive-free installation in EMEA

Laying the foundations for a sustainable future

GlobalData announces top M&A financial and legal advisers inconstruction sector for Q1 2025

The ins-and-outs of adjudication

The ergonomics of kneeling

Exploring Tremco’s adhesive solutions

Mapei launches Mapesonic CR: Thin, high-performance soundproofing solution for effortless renovations

Restoration ensures sustainable future, and Junckers played a key role in the former Benedictine monastery in Somerset, England

Attraction from Gerflor provides perfect fast track flooring for Formica Group

Before you sign on the dotted line…

We had a new wool carpet fitted on 12mm foam underlay. We can’t move our furniture because of horrendous deep and permanent indentations. What...

Designing a neuro-inclusive workplace

LeoLine Gets a Lift with New Ranges

Hiring and firing the apprentice is a serious matter

BerryAlloc ‘underlines impressive portfolio’ at The Flooring Show

‘Innovative’ Topshield Pro finish launched by Forbo for its Marmoleum collection

Laying the floor – that’s the easy bit!

Anglo Recycling represents low tech, low energy underlays

arctic® carpet tiles in Bond Bryan new offices

CDW to celebrateits 14th in style

FeRFA Best Practice Awards

Contractors save by going green

Kelmore welcomes new area sales manager ‘to support rapid growth’

‘Plenty of Panache’ from Abingdon Flooring

Junckers rewards woodcare customers, old and new

What is there to discover during Flanders Flooring Days?

Making your customers’ decisions easy’

Why a well-designed website is crucial

Altro awarded NHS P23 approval across ‘comprehensive product ranges’

‘Unique floorplan’ incorporates 12 different carpet tiles

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CFJ Readership survey: So, that’s what you were thinking!

The two new LVT collections from Milliken are all about wood and stone

F BALL’s Stopgap 300 HD heavy-duty levelling compound is suitable for areas subject to high traffic and heavy loads

Use glue and you won’t come unstuck

Three days, more than 300 brands and 30% bigger: why you need to visit The Flooring Show

Flooring Take-BackSchemes and Waste –UKSFA and CFA joint project

Palace Chemicals’ reinforced fibre technology ‘sets new standards in levelling’

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

PALACE Chemicals opens New Skills Hub to support flooring sector training

Assumptions, presumptions – and then the truth

Rawson Carpet Solutions have released a new structured nylon carpet

SP101 Flooring Plywood – Environmental & Technical Assurance LVT

Palettone adds Scandinavian-chic to Oslo hostel

Schluter-Systems ready for any sticky situation

Not Your Grandma’s Kneeling Pad: The ProKnee Bomber Pad

TRIUMPHANT RETURN OF FeRFA GRADUATION AND THE RESIN FLOORING AWARDS – SHOWCASING THE VERY BEST IN THE RESIN SECTOR

Moduleo launches ‘online home for professional luxury vinyl floors’

Gerflor and Pacific Care

SWFC: Why our flooring is perfect for commercial retail projects

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

Polyflor’s Camaro features in period home

Junckers | Breathe it in

F Ball’s Alan McEwan appointed CFA president

TVS SPRING JACK UP FLOOR

‘A perfect finish over an old floor’

Getting stuck into vinyl adhesive

SUSTAINABILITY | ARE WE MAKING PROGRESS?

COREtec floors ‘for every challenge no matter how large’

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

TPS360 supports youth recruitment with new junior surveyor

Greener manufacturing & transport

Franklin College chooses Polyflor LVT, Awarding top marks for quality and design

UltraFloor’s Level IT two triumphs in Kingston Hospital’s flooring renovation

‘Buggingham Pallets’ welcomes new insect arrivals

VEATU Flooring and UltraFloor complete subfloor project at Colchester campus

Everyone in industry is facing the same set of problems

SampleWorx creates super swatches for Harvey Maria

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

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How the Ukraine crisis will affect timber imports

Karndean Designflooring has released its updated environmental product declarations

Building safety questions now mandatory in newversion of common assessment standard

Junckers | Sustainable materials, low operational energy and end-user wellbeing

Flooring for historic buildings: conservation principles every specifier must know

‘Here’s strength in flexibility!’

Make floors fantastic with Pro-Screed Gold, says floorwise

Saving the oceans and driving up sustainability

A VALUABLE GUIDE FOR FLOORING CONTRACTORS

Kelmore products ‘meet varied demands of industry’

There’s a serious killer under your feet!

Understand your existing waste and recycling contracts, says Carpet Recycling UK

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Why social media is so important for your flooring business

CFA highlights fantastic future talent

Bjelin partners with Whiteriver Group in Ireland

Pallmann calls for the Magic Oil Wood Floor World Cup

Win the war on the floor

Quick-Step ‘immersed visitors in innovation’ at FFD

You never know what you might uncover during a refurb

Unleash versatility and reliability with Kerakoll’s expanded H40 gel-adhesive range

Carpet Recycling UK at the Flooring Show (Stand A45)

‘Delivering colourful joy, durability at Reading Kids Quarter’

UltraFloor’s expert solutions used at Ninja Warrior UK adventure park in Chelmsford

Palace Chemicals’ solution for rapid tile installation on anhydrite screeds

Forbo expands adhesive-free portfolio with new Eternal Next

‘Compact floors with a powerful punch’

Why an end-user wasn’t too happy with his flooring installation

Velvet Ca-rPET: Alternative Flooring blends luxury and sustainability in new recycled collection

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