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CFJ AWARDS 2025

Flooring in schools

My journey in flooring

Making itself at home at FFD: The Moduleo villa

Plan it, manage it, nail it

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

Recofloor smashes annual target

Junckers rewards woodcare customers, old and new

Restore the floor

Alpha Vinyl now available with an attached underlay

chalkstring

Chalkstring unveils integrated takeoff software for specialist subcontractors

Flooring performance ‘like no other’ with Iperform 70

Junckers launches new collection

‘Creating’ the wellness factor with Gerflor

floorwise finds it easier to create fantastically quiet floors

Entrance matting inspired by nature

Key to success

Kids get cooking thanks to BAL

Solving the skills shortage

TREMCO Offers a range of water mixed and two-part latex underlayments

The skills and labour crisis: what’s the CFA plan?

Blantyre LIFE care facility specify Gerflor for iconic project

Underlay ‘that brings comfort to desire’

Leading Edge: what’s ahead in our 2025 adhesives and smoothing compounds market reports

Spotlight on buyers at upcoming edition of Cevisama

New and Improved: Entrance Matting Cleaning & Maintenance Guide

Kelmore promotes Andy Moss to operations director

Inspiring spaces begin with bespoke design

The impact of technology on the construction industry

‘Winter warmth and cooling comfort’, courtesy of Snickers

Kerridge Commercial Systems rebrands as Klipboard, unifying its global vision

Forbo’s portfolio contributes to student accommodation development

Milliken’s sustainability initiatives

How to prepare the floor for LVT floorcoverings

Antimicrobial action for all floor types

NEW Guidance on Installation of Laminate Flooring – MEMBER ONLY document

MAPEI expands Keraquick range with fast-track, high-performance adhesives

Polyflor range review

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

COREtec’s Floors offers a ‘renovation revolution’

ivc-commercial

Engineered vinyl flooring ‘overcomes the challenge’ at London offices

Wunda Group | Underfloor heating runs with low energy heat sources

Don’t shoot the messenger

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

Surface preparation company: We’re flying the flag

CAT’s high-quality flooring trims enhance the quality of any installation

TradeChoice Carpet & Flooring

Tremco high performance flooring adhesives for complex installations

How having protection can help you survive

‘Look after your people’

New data reveals UK’s hard flooring divide

Dancing Scissors, Athens, Greece

Malmo Freedom stickdown luxury vinyl tile (LVT)

9 things flooring contractors should know about PR

Branching out

norcros adhesives

Norcros Adhesives is adding a new powdered adhesive to its range

Bona Hard Wax Oil

Quantum Flooring: The next evolution in stair-nosing design for specification

New abstract capsule collection designed to push the boundaries of design

Visitor registration for DOMOTEX asia/CHINAFLOOR 2025 is now open

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

‘Design freely’ with IVC Commercial’s Origin 70 Luxury Vinyl Tiles Collection

New colour palette for Altro Whiterock Satins

Gerflor and the housing sector

F Ball & Co | ‘Visually striking floor finish’ featured in unique workspace

Genesis Global Systems works with Resin Walls & Floors

V4’s Alpine Lock in Fjordic Shore creates the perfect contemporary floor finish in Epsom new build apartments!

The Independent Flooring Group offers new LVT collection

New collection from Interface tailormade for growing ‘resimercial’ trend

Mapei’s Latexplan range provides three latex-mixed levelling and smoothing compounds

Open day for new floor training centre

Wakefield Grammar School Foundation delighted with new Taraflex®Performance from Gerflor

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

CFA industry survey: we asked, you told us, we act!

floorwise

‘Quieter wood, laminate and LVT floors’ with floorwise

Wood works

F Ball adhesives and compounds: Reliable solutions for flooring installations in residential developments

Lights on in the city

F.Ball’s rewards scheme

How Kerakoll’s Proflow MVS Is changing subfloor preperation forever

Make floors fantastic with Pro-Screed Gold, says floorwise

Headlam Group launch new and exclusive brand

Expo for hotel professionals will transform the ExCeL

Rethinking Carpet Tile Waste

Abingdon Flooring ‘improves Stainfree for Life’

Sustainability and sourdough

2023 set to be a big year for Floor Trim Systems

F Ball’s Alan McEwan appointed CFA president

Remote but still in touch

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

Refurbishments – you never know what you might uncover

Relishing the challenge as your new president

Benefits of Screed Additives

Addressing the demand for training

Do you have any questions about LVT installations?

‘Moves made to circularity with Louis De Poortere at INDX’

Optimism about progress on the European stage

How do contractors ensure they are using the best adhesive available?

Mapei introduces fast-track solution for flooring in moisture-affected areas with Mapeproof Primer and Latexplan Trade Fast

Horses for courses

Unlocking design potential: transforming spaces with Altro’s colour palette

Mapei products used at Hull Trinity House Academy renovation

Välinge: Simon Darbyshire, md, introduces Bjelin

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

The Macallan installs Flowcrete flooring

IDS appoints Gareth Kirkpatrick as national sales manager for flooring

Milliken Visualiser – VisionLab

‘A fresh, welcoming appearance’ for prestigious university department

Ray Quinn, July 2007 (Peter French, Flying Tigers Studio)

Swapping red carpets for laying carpets

111% increase in tool theft seen in London since 2021

ADP’s trusted carpet distribution service

Forbo’s flooring ‘elevates sustainability ethos’ in new eco-friendly primary school

Not just another spray

Technical services – a testing place to work

Gerflor’s Taraflex® sports flooring, pushing its limits for future generations

Why training really does matter

What adhesive should you use when installing LVTs?

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

KERAKOLL GROUP: Shareholders’ Meeting approves 2023 consolidated budget figures

Mapei launches cementitious and epoxy grouts with supporting app

Next generation transport floors win award

Ensuring safe and hygienic flooring installations in nursing and care homes

Explore how natural world influences design

Competence, compliance and better information in contract flooring

Looking back with pride

There’s no one-size-fits-all to tooling

Prince Charles Hospital gets a new lease of life

The Colour Flooring Company to showcase Corka Format at SDS

Magnetic wood flooring – the next generation

Hi-vis stretch work trousers with Sorona sustainable performance fibres

The art of flooring

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Malmo LVT Stickdown POS package launched to maximise retail sales

Shaun Wadsworth wins Outstanding Achievement Award

Louis De Poortere Showcases New Ecorugs at INDX National Flooring Show

‘Building better places to live’ with Kerakoll

Verona’s new ClickLux Herringbone SPC collection provides ‘a functional alternative’

Enjoy Premium Quality in Every Room with Quick-Step

Louis De Poortere takes another step to circularity with Ecorugs 2026

‘Worry-free waterproof floors’ with Alpha Vinyl

The full range from Mapei

LEVEL IT Pro30 has been formulated to refurbish existing floors in previously unachievable timescales

ECOPROTEC® Product Selector ‘just the ticket’

BPP enhances learning environment with modern flooring solutions from Milliken’s sustainable design collection

Premium subfloor preparation materials perfectly suited to the flooring industry

Working over wood and metal

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

Where the surface humidity is too high Tilemaster FAST One Coat DPM epoxy resin DPM should be installed

The benefits of underfloor heating

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

Suit up for work with Snickers Workwear Mid-layer clothing

‘Get the perfect fix with Floorwise’

First speaker announced for Flanders Flooring Days

Forbo introduces its new carpet tile collection

F. Ball Products Perform in Tallaght Sports Complex

Raising the bar in flooring quality control: IFL achieves ISO 17020 accreditation

Success on large project sites with Recofloor

Digging deep to get a seamless finish

Refurb done right

Company Dynamics software is an all-embracing business solution

Preparing raised access panels for durable, high-quality installations

The crucial role of industrial vacuums and HEPA filtration in dust extraction

Training for LVT – Is it important?

floorwise chooses the ‘healthier and safer’ way to spray

Independent Flooring Group conference

Jack Up Floor – Anytime Fitness, Sheffield

‘Flooring fun’ with LeoLine

‘Burnout build-up’: construction employee exodus warning, as demand for burnout support soars by 200%

Triumph for sustainability as the CFA launches its latest Guide to Sustainability

‘Quick-Step impresses at Harrogate’

‘Make the switch to XPS Foam Underlay’

New CFJ editorial board will ensure media independence

FAQs – Distributors

Flooring installations in social housing completed quickly

‘Step into the Country’ with Abingdon Flooring

The advantages of using adhesive-free installation methods

CFA helps CISUFLO drive collaborative progress towardscircularity in contract flooring

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

IVC floor provides ‘homely atmosphere’ at care-home

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Mapei products used for installation of vinyl and safety flooring

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

CFJ Awards judge Fiona Bowman reveals rich connection to flooring history

F BALL and Co supplies distributors with a range of support materials

Ambient temperatures and relative humidity

Ensure you have the correct adhesives when laying LVTs

Hultafors | New range of ‘snap-off’ knives

Mapei’s commitment to building a present designed for the future

Manufacturers benefit when installers have widespread access to high quality training

Healthcare design for hospitals

ARDEX UK and BAL proceed with ‘Stronger Together’ strategy

ECOPROTEC ‘paves the way for safe rust removal’

Improving and supporting apprenticeship experiences

CFA Benefits – a cracker of a package

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

New range of large floor grinders from Husqvarna Construction

CV-Library partners with BPIC to break down barriers for minority construction workers

Kerakoll’s Slc Eco Aqua-Pur HPX

The Hart and soul of a fitter

TILE Merchants has been working in the industry for more than nine years

A neat solution for a variety of projects

finnish-fibreboard

The truth about hardboard flooring

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