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CFJ AWARDS 2025

Flooring in retail

Abingdon Flooring launches ‘stain-free carpet’

Spotlight Tremco’s SF200 Carpet Tile Tackifier

Shane Moore joins CFJ Awards 2026 judging panel

Acoustic flooring: the quieter solution

How Covid-19 has reshaped office space design

Keep talent, close the gap

KERAKOLL GROUP: Shareholders’ Meeting approves 2023 consolidated budget figures

Find your design with Moduleo Roots

Introducing new BAL AF Max – removing the need for uncoupling mats

What is there to discover during Flanders Flooring Days?

F Ball makes for top story at Channel 4 News

Olympia Events upgrades historic floors with Conifloor IPS System with NCC

Warm, striking, and sophisticated interior from Forbo Flooring Systems

Altro achieves record wins at CFJ Awards 2024

Flowing Screeds Association promotes efficiency and quality in flooring with advancements in liquid screed technology

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

Smart flooring choices

IVC Commercial Goes Outdoors

Keeping things natural

ltp

LTP’s ECOPROTEC range

Shaw Contract’s Mindful Play carpet tile collection

Kew Bridge EcoWorld, Brentford

How to stop that creaking and groaning

Sparkling standards: PERI’s Diamond-marked plywood raises the floor

Milliken and Nicholson Flooring recognised for future-ready office at Potter Space HQ

Milliken & Company announces carbon-neutral flooring portfolio

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

Who is responsible for subfloor preparation?

Does LVT flooring work with underfloor heating?

F Ball products support BBC’s DIY SOS

UltraFloor products used at Woking’s Victoria Place

Milliken & Company tracks progress on sustainability initiative in fourth annual report

In conversation with British Wool

Kelmore named manufacturing start-up of the year at Insider Made in the North West Awards 2025

Designer Contractslays down luxury touches for boutique care home

UltraTile’s premium floor tile adhesives

Karndean unveils ‘finest collection of statement stone and wood designs’

Kerridge Commercial Systems rebrands as Klipboard, unifying its global vision

Considerations to remember when installing LVT

BJELIN TO LAUNCH NEW PRODUCTS AT DOMOTEX

Sustainability: Now we have to take it seriously

‘Make work easier with the power of Pro-Screed’

An international affair

SATRA’s unique position for floor covering testing

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

UltraFloor makes light work of industrial flooring applications

Protecting wood floors: Moisture management solutions from F Ball

‘Fulfil your Destiny’ with Abingdon Flooring

anglo-recycling

Anglo Recycling reduces carbon emissions

Exhibitor New Product – Resilient

Clerkenwell Design Trail

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

Mapei launches cementitious and epoxy grouts with supporting app

A declaration of trust

SP101 Flooring Plywood – Environmental & Technical Assurance LVT

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

W Rodgerson & Sons (WRS) chooses Weber products for 17th century mansion

BerryAlloc launches refreshed laminate collection

Schlüter-Systems is a leading expert in tile and stone protection

Want to know everything about training in the industry? You’ve arrived at the right place!

The rise of resimercial design

2,000sq m warehouse renovated ‘in just 10 days’

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

ULTRAFLOOR launches range of high-performance flooring adhesives

Kelmore expands flooring team with northern area sales manager

Beauflor Create introduces unlimited creativity to vinyl rolls

Karpet King

Junckers provides ‘sympathetic choice for heritage building’

Beauflor sheet vinyl flooring: Affordable, durable solutions enhancing tenant wellbeing in social housing

It’s a Mapei World of Sport for CDW 2023

Flooring: it’s all about preparation

Carpet Council announces educational website

Visual tools that increase product sales

‘LION Floor strengthens grip’

Lockdown ends Keith Shenton’s extraordinary 70-year career as a floorlayer

Adhesives and levelling compounds specified for their help in infection control

MAPEI unveils versatile UltraCare cleaners for tile and stone

The cost-effective alternative for BS 8203-compliant plywood

Set-off and contras

Getting tails wagging at competition winner’s HQ

Hellberg Safety eyewear range launched

How much should I have in my toolkit?

F BALL and Co’s Styccobond F3 is suitable for textile floorcoverings

Lincoln Square, London

Newcastle Academy, part of The United Endeavour Trust

Water, water everywhere

At 85, Mapei says it still has an eye on the future

Igniting a discussion on lignite

Are you still working with DCM?

All change at the CFA

The truth behind the ‘super deduction’

Peal-ling back the layers

Flooring industry mourns death of ITC’s Mr Carpets, John Constable

F Ball & Co supports refurbishment of Plymouth College of Art with high-performance flooring solutions

BerryAlloc vinyl floor solution ‘is a dream to install’

Styccobond F48 PLUS fibre-reinforced high temperature grade vinyl adhesive

Kelmore Welcomes New Area Sales Manager to Support Rapid Growth

‘Verona flooring collection will diversify your product offering’

F Ball and Co’s Stopgap SRS offers cost-effective solution for weak and friable screeds

Get F. Ball’s free RAG® app

TVS RESi Dry Floating Floor System

Major staff moves announced at Kick-Start Publishing

Kemtile appoints HSEQ manager to bolster health and safety

Flooring renewal contributes to circular economy

Forbo extends its sustainable Evolve+ carpet tile series with Tessera Twine

Success on large project sites with Recofloor

Isafe 70 is up to the Challenge at Retford Town Hall

CSCS card changes for 2025

Karndean Commercial partners with University to create sustainable, nature-inspired student village

148,000 feet ‘prove Quick-Step’s quality’ at Grand Designs Live

Estimating or measuring?

Marvel at Moduleo During Flanders Flooring Days

Interfloor’s sustainable credentials recognised by Cop26

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

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F Ball & Co | Flooring installations in retail environments

Rawson Carpet Solutions have released a new structured nylon carpet

Let’s renew, not replace

Astonishing levels of comfort and softness underfoot with Plushwalk®

Herringbone wood-effect ‘brings the vibe touch’

Gerflor GTI Max range

What I have learned about standards

F Ball and Co to attend Cruise Ships Interiors Expo America

F Ball’s ‘industry-leading’ Recommended Adhesives Guide

Beauflor gives Blacktex a boost

Considering sources of moisture

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

Maintenance matters: effective wood flooring care and damage prevention

Balsan’s love of yarn

Furlong Flooring’s Regency brand secures wall-to-wall ISO accreditations

Innovative design improves commercial opportunities for golf club

After years of Covid-19 disruption, flooring exhibitions find their feet again

Chris-McQuade

Self-storage solution

ECOPROTEC: Sustainable surface care solutions for contract and landscape sectors

Improving and supporting apprenticeship experiences

Hultafors Tools’ new range of screwdrivers

The trends of LVTs which will see us into 2024

F Ball introduces Styccobond F73 PLUS: A next-gen, moisture-curing adhesive for heavy-duty flooring

Kick-Start Publishing announces carpet fitter as comedian for CFJ Awards 2025

Creating a majestic profile

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

What are the advantages of LVT training?

Dinesen unveils Dinesen Apartment by David Thulstrup

Abingdon Flooring | Carpet tile combinations

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F Ball & Co products leave lab floor in ‘flawless condition’

ProKnee specialises in knee injury prevention

Tooling trials

Devenish College, Enniskillen

Altro delivers adhesive-free solution for college refurb

‘Key moves’ in regional management structure at Designer Contracts

Creating growth for flooring businesses across the UK

Kemtile makes flooring install fit for 70 tonne tanks

Lovell Stone Group chooses LTP protection in Walthamstow

Offices – Capital content – Stair nosings

BerryAlloc marks its intentions at show

CFA AGM and England Raceday at Leicester Racecourse – 17 July 2025

Universal Fibers: Bringing collaboration and creativity to CDW

‘Independents can stand out from the crowd with the new look Causeway Carpets’

Morleys’ stair nosing solution at Dallas Burston Polo Club’s feature staircase

Implementing the use of digital in flooring spaces

Artcore sets the gold standard, says modulyss

Heads you win?

SGS: how manufacturers of vinyl and laminate flooring products can better access global markets

Newhey Carpets | Blue flooring

Mapei joins net zero carbon in operation spec at academy

Milliken & Co recognised as one of world’s most ethical firms for 16th successive year

F Ball and Co’s customer rewards programme returns

Sticking with tolerance

Egger marks 30 years as a powerhousein laminate innovation

Brockway Carpets (Stand C8)

Do looselay products in installations represent a challenge to the future of adhesive manufacturers?

unilin

Unilin Flooring announces agreement to acquire Salesmark

HempWood® Organic flooring is a new, innovative and sustainable alternative to wooden flooring.

ProKnee’s open cell cushion technology cushions kneepads

Equipment and application techniques used play an important role when undertaking a flooring installation

Mapei floor preparation system is used at Islington Wharf

Malmo ‘takes terrazzo trend to next level’ with new Rigid Comforttile design

Norcros Rock-Tite Exterior Porcelain & Stone System

Wood flooring adhesive products help with A* refurbishment at Staffordshire school

Create unique spaces with Altro

Floorwise launches ‘premium memory foam underlay’

ADP offers sampling service

The Style Makers Choose LeoLine as the Floor to be Seen With at the Ideal Home Show

Four reasons to have an open mind on skillsand training

Green drive

Rawson Carpet Solutions: Elevating entrance matting with custom inlays and vibrant brand statements

We don’t want a ‘pass the buck’ trade

Unlock the circular economy in a new CPD from modulyss

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

Maximising machine return on investment

Gerflor ‘King’ of the West End

Penny wise, pound foolish

fire-safety

New fire safety act prompts risk assessment review, Bureau Veritas tells duty holders

F Ball to showcase products at Cruise Ship Interiors Design Expo Europe

We’re all going on (another) bank holiday!

Dressing for the cold? Start with a good foundation

Thank you for your support!

CFA Annual General Meeting – Keynote Speaker announced

Flooring meets AI: The next step in product visualisation

Bjelin partners with Whiteriver Group in Ireland

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