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Flooring in schools

East Kilbride flooring contractor enters administration with 43 redundancies

Mapei floor preparation system is used at Islington Wharf

MacGregor Flooring MD: Some manufacturers are playing a risky game with price increases

Floorstock Ltd: The floor sander’s preferred choice for Wood Floor Finishes

The CFA Flooring Apprentice of the Year competition 2024 – enter now!

A Floor with Feelings

B.I.G. announces sale of Beaulieu Technical Textiles to RCP

MAPEI UltraCare: Comprehensive floor maintenance solutions with CO₂ offset certification

‘A lifetime of reassurance’

‘Keep dirt at the door’ with Forbo’s refreshed collection

UltraTile is contractor-friendly, premium floor tile adhesive

Mapei to showcase solutions and sponsor fitter competition at The Installer Show 2025

Altro in the thick of ‘ambitious revamp’ at Cornish holiday park

‘Building better places to live’ with Kerakoll

Do you have any questions about LVT installations?

ECOPROTEC introduces PFAS-free Black Stone Colour Restorer

‘They’re sure to go loopy for Wilton Royal wool loops’

Are you choosing the correct subfloor? Peri has the answer

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

Headlam Group launch new and exclusive brand

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

Smoothing compound with a superb surface finish

Get F. Ball’s free RAG app

Designer Contracts ‘takes another eco step forward’

Junckers sports flooring

STAUF PUK 4SPEED: The fast, versatile, and eco-friendly adhesive

The semi-finalists of the Fitter of the Year – LVT Competition have been announced

ADP installs carpet range for ACG

Ignore this article at your peril!

‘This is more than just a lectern’

Design-led, bespoke and circular: inside Ege Carpets

Entries open for FAOTY!

‘Say yes to the start of fantastic floors with Pro-Screed’

Can flooring contractors beat material increases and shortages?

Loughton Contracts looks into its crystal ball

Keeping up

Bespoke logos from Gerflor

A MUCH-NEEDED CHANGE OF MENTALITY

Apartments benefit from SWFC’s ‘extensive knowledge’

Forbo offers extension to 10-year product guarantee

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F BALL & Co’s Styccobond F73 PLUS solvent-free, fibre-reinforced adhesive

A new range of high visibility, flexible workwear from ENGEL

Tremco high performance flooring adhesives for complex installations

The New Floor Sentry® Embedded Data Logger Performs Long Term Internal Monitoring of Temperature and Relative Humidity in Wood Floors

Nursing a flooring success

‘With BAL, you’re installing with confidence’

Getting subfloor prep right in kitchens and food prep areas

Good news at last!

From Turf to Timber: STAUF delivers the right adhesive for every sports flooring challenge

The Solid Wood Flooring Company: Our green sustainability strategy

Golesworthy Flooring welcomes Louise Golesworthy as new managing director

Do I need to check the subfloor?

Wilsons Underlays: Innovative underlays for every application

Must anhydrite screeds be sanded?

Moisture meters should be essential to your toolkit

Shaw Contract’s Mindful Play carpet tile collection

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Making floors a dream to work with’

WORK TILL YOU DROP

Designing for the future – the opportunity of hardened wood flooring

Build a career for life with the academy

‘Buggingham Pallets’ welcomes new insect arrivals

Fast-track smoothing underlayments

Important new appointments for Kerakoll Group

Wood floor know-how in the Orange World

Maintenance matters: effective wood flooring care and damage prevention

Take off for carpet plans at Air Canada

Carpet tiles prove to be a Real Delight

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STAUF opens subsidiary with several facilities in Spain

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Tilemaster Adhesives offers a full range of professional adhesives

LeoLine ‘inspires a new generation’

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

Interfloor at The Flooring Show (Stand B22)

Refurbishment remedies

BerryAlloc: Bring the beach vibe to your store all-year round

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

Cork flooring: The sustainable solution revolutionising choices for homes and businesses

‘End the postcode lottery with Beauflor Flooring’

Newcastle University’s Stephenson building transformed with Mapei’s resilient floor system

F Ball appoints new training officer

DOMOTEX asia/CHINAFLOOR 2026 Opens Applications for the “Buyer Club” Hospitality Program

New broom sweeps clean?

Make communal areas feel ‘just like home’ with IVC

Polyflor – Affinty255

Is there a magic formula to winning a big flooring contract?

Why flooring complaints need standards, not customer opinions

ADP superheroes team up with Autoglym and Halfords

Exploring hardwood floor installation techniques

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‘Marvellous marketing’ for Master Installers

Bond It drives sustainability initiatives with ‘Greener’ packaging and safer products

IVC Commercial launches Iperform 70

UltraFloor is ‘man’s best friend’ at pet store

Polyflor takes ‘popular apprentice training courses to the next level’

‘Level up every installation with the Roberts Laser Level’

KERACEM Eco is a hydraulic binder for high-performance screeds and heat-radiant slabs

BOSTIK has launched a new soft floor adhesive

‘New Year, new LayRed: The next generation of engineered vinyl flooring’

On the move – Qualified

Moisture resistant doesn’t mean waterproof

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British Wool launches consumer-facing e-commerce website

Working over raised-access floor panels with F Ball and Co’s cement-based primers

Altro floors and walls bring the seaside in at Cornish holiday park

Should you overboard a subfloor? The answer is…

Flanders Flooring Days puts sustainability on the map

Marketing for flooring contractors this year

Reinforcing brand identity with custom flooring

Confessions of a carpet fitter

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

LVT acclimatisation – What’s it all about?

Milliken at CDW 2026: A packed programme of events and celebrating 40 years of UK manufacturing

F Ball training officer achieves top accreditation

Expansion and contraction

The key to flooring at the Tower of London

Evil under the sun

Students build bright future thanks to successful new scheme

ForceDry | Underfloor heating versus traditional radiators

Spa awarded sustainability certification for its clean floor renewal

Where is Sugar House Lane?

F BALL and Co introduces Styccobond F73 PLUS: The ultimate adhesive solution for heavy-duty entrance matting

FENTO Releases Limited Edition England Knee Pads

Hip-Pep hooray! Celebrating half-a-century at Altro

Välinge: Simon Darbyshire, md, introduces Bjelin

Final Call – CFA Spring Ball 2026 Booking Deadline Approaching!

Vibrant Northstowe town centre one step closer

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

Junckers solid wood flooring was recently specified for Merkinch Primary School

FENTO WINS FD GAZELLEN AWARD!

Chaunceys Timber Flooring to celebrate opening of new showroom

IVC Commercial takes interiors on a journey through the cultural significance

Condor Group and Tide Ocean join up to collect and recycle ocean-bound plastic waste

CFJ Awards: Get your ticket now

What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger

Milliken & Company announces carbon-neutral flooring portfolio

The award you don’t want to win

Flowcrete’s ‘complete car park deck solution’

Master Installers ‘benefit from masterful marketing’

Osmo UK | Transform a house to a Chateau

Shaw Contract | Is local the answer: from savings to circularity?

Industry lauds bigger-than-ever CFJ Awards

Forbo offers extension to 10-year product guarantee

The best of both worlds

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

CUTTING LOOSE

Klipboard appoints Mike Gadd as VP enterprise sales, Europe

Reducing carbon footprint of vinyl flooring with Recofloor

Creating spaces that feel safe

Hardwood floors – your other‘life partner’

Flooring for the good of human health

CPA: Construction hit by housebuilding recession

New cleanroom sees benefits from Gerflor

‘New, fresh and tonal colour palette’ for Altro Whiterock Satins

NEW Altro Walls ShowerKit – transform bathrooms for less

Styccobond F41 carpet tile tackifier ‘provides permanently tacky film’

Grand opening for Chaunceys Timber Flooring’s showroom in Bristol

Panelco stocks a vast array of products

What you need to know about the DfE’s new requirements

Waterproof Wood for Life that ‘excels in a long life’

MAKE THIS YOUR BUSINESS

Karndean flooring has a durable, waterproof surface that can stand up to the toughest retail settings

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

Designer Contracts steps in to help save hospice beds

F Ball celebrates 140 years at The Flooring Show South

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

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Blackpool Tower Ballroom memories as the famous floor is restored to its former glory

ADP installs carpet range for ACG

Mindful Living announced as theme for Surface Design Show 2024 

The benefits of Styccobond F44

F Ball and Co to exhibit at Cruise Ships Interiors Expo in Miami

Top tips for installing LVTflooring in colder months

ANGLO Recycling’s eco-friendly flame-retardant underlay: Made from recycled fibre in Lancashire

Step-by-step instructions for using Multi-Angle Stair Tread Cutting System

A Tremco system solution for LVT floors

Introducing Burmatex carpet tiles

No! Don’t do it like that!

Learn to earn at the Academy for Excellence in Flooring

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Fighting the spread of infections using flooring

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

Explore the power of shapes with Louis De Poortere

Subfloors: Think before you go overboard

Karndean Designflooring to launch next generation of rigid core flooring

Recofloor‘ saves time, provides clean waste disposal’ for refurbishment

Flooring systems chosen for ‘ambitious refurbishment’ of church

Winning combinations with LVT

Artisan Luxury Flooring: Where customers become part of the family

‘Ultra-fast repair and skim coating’ with new Mapei Planipatch Xtra

Altro Stronghold 30 adhesive-free flooring has delivered a disruption-free solution

The real cost of using the wrong product

Cutting edge advice about carpet joins

Squaring the circle

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The fine balance between looks and safety

New LVT and plank collection from Harvey Maria

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

What do you do? That’s the question!

Multicategory flooring solutions at Radisson RED Liverpool

Gradus New Lunar carpet tiles are a big hit for Manchester office re-furb

Taking the risk out of adhesives

The green rebirth

B.I.G. powers Belgian cushion vinyl production plant with green energy andcuts CO2 emission by more than 88%

How main contractors can improve their flooring projects

Triton’s Platon Comfort’s damp proof underlay

Shiny happy people

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