Metro Supporting the flooring industry for 46 years
In the 46 years since conceiving the idea of pooling buying power to compete against...
UKSFA Interview
In conversation with UKSFA’s Cathie Clarke.
Cathie Clarke joined the UK Sustainable Flooring Alliance as CEO...
Likewise AGM
UK floorcoverings distributor Likewise Group held its annual general meeting (AGM) recently and the company...
Flooring group doubles profits in 2024
Wilsons Furnishers, the parent company of both Wilsons Carpets and Online Carpets, saw its profits...
Victoria announces £130m super senior facility
Victoria PLC, one of the UK’s largest flooring manufacturers, has announced it has reached agreement...
UK Consumer Confidence up two points in June to -18
GfK’s long-running Consumer Confidence Index increased by two points to -18 in June. Two measures...
Introducing… Mystery Shopper
The Stocklists is very excited to announce the debut of a new Mystery Shopper feature,...
The brilliant new Berber From Louis De Poortere
The traditional bi-coloured designs of Morocco’s Beni Ouarain tribe are the inspiration behind Berber, the...
Get the perfect Technique with LeoLine
Technique is the new cushion vinyl floor from LeoLine. From the striking terrazzo of Coronet...
NICF offers its support as the home of professionals working in the domestic flooring trade
The National Institute of Carpet and Floorlayers (NICF) is the home of professionals working in...
Contemporary Classics
Contemporary Classics is a phrase that might seem contradictory at first, yet it perfectly encapsulates...
The right foundation
Top quality flooring deserves proper subfloor preparation: not only for the aesthetics of an installation...
Jumpax by Unifloor: The Fast-Track Solution for Smoother, Smarter Subfloors
The Jumpax family by Unifloor is a fast-track floor preparation system designed to provide a...
The smart way to secure LVT: Pressure sensitive adhesives explained
Given customers’ high expectations for luxury vinyl tile (LVT) installations, it is worth taking the...
Credit where it’s due
In this article, independent flooring consultant Richard Renouf explains how a customer’s rights and obligations...
Why LVT is more in demand than ever – and what that means for your customers
Richard Allen, Sales Director at Karndean Designflooring, discusses the continued boom of the LVT category.Kitchens...
Furlong brings new designs and bestsellers to Harrogate
UK manufacturer, distributor and supplier, Furlong Flooring, looks forward to showcasing a fantastic line-up of...
Why you can’t miss The Flooring Show 2025
Step into the future of flooring at The Flooring Show 2025, the UK’s largest and...
TAI Explores Circular Innovation at IVC
Flanders Flooring Days, 2nd June – 5th June, saw visitors to IVC step into a...
Waterproof Floors in Every Flavour for All Project Interiors
Through Unilin Flooring’s wood, vinyl and laminate floors, project interiors benefit from a high-quality waterproof...
The Moduleo Villa Makes Itself Home at Flanders Flooring Days
Moduleo’s villa concept at Flanders Flooring Days took a journey through its product innovations, design...
Louis De Poortere Showcases New Ecorugs at INDX National Flooring Show
Showing the latest designs to be welcomed into the Ecorugs collection for the first time...
An Outlook on Social Housing
For over a decade, IVC Commercial has focused on vinyl flooring solutions that respond to...
Take Cushion Vinyl to the Max with LeoLine
Comfytex Deluxe Max is a brand-new collection from LeoLine, bringing unbeatable all-round performance and supreme...
A full range of adhesives for resilient flooring and tiles from Kerakoll
Kerakoll UK Ltd provides a comprehensive range of high-performance adhesives tailored to the flooring and...
Northampton Care Home gets a luxurious update with UltraFloor’s flooring solutions
Award-winning manufacturer, UltraFloor, were delighted to partner with Tricas Flooring to tackle an extensive 1500sqm...
DELIVERING COLOURFUL JOY AND DURABILITY, AT READING ‘KIDS QUARTER’
Armed with the design brief of transforming an underutilised storage room into a welcoming and...
F. Ball: Innovation and quality in adhesives
The continued success of F. Ball and Co. Ltd. is grounded in two things: innovation...
Chemique Adhesives: an introduction to artificial turf adhesives
CHEMIQUE Adhesives, a UK manufacturer of industrial adhesives, has developed a range of artificial turf...
LeoLine Gets a Lift with New Ranges
Keeping homes in style, LeoLine is releasing two brand new ranges to retailers across the...
Fast and Clean Luxury Vinyl Installs with Flex Pro Pure
Flex Pro Pure is the improved self-adhesive underlay from Unilin Flooring that makes it fast...
Universal Fibers: Bringing collaboration and creativity to CDW
Universal Fibers introduced solution-dyed nylon into the market in 1970 and began reusing post-industrial reclaim...
25 years on, Shaw Contract continues to close the loop
Shaw Contract is a commercial flooring manufacturer led by design optimists who see sustainability and...
‘Inspiration from nature drives our sustainable initiatives’
Paragon, a UK-based commercial carpet tile manufacturer in Yorkshire, prides itself on using the latest...
Parador: Flooring you can count on
When it comes to delivering quality flooring that stands the test of time, Parador says...
Pattern makes perfect: Milliken’s art of reuse
As a flooring manufacturer based in the North West England, Milliken prides itself on a...
Egger’s back with Flooring Collection 25+
At CDW, Egger, a global manufacturer of wood-panel products, spotlighted the Egger Flooring Collection 25+....
Reimagine the Traditional with Antiquarian by Louis De Poortere
Antiquarian is a collection of Ecorugs designs inspired by the rich and long heritage of...
Make School Cool With IVC Commercial
Schools and colleges need heavy duty flooring that can withstand bustling bell times and doubling...
Beauflor Expands Social Housing Flooring Options with Polaris
With a collection of 16 stylish wood plank designs, as well as the option for...
Abingdon Flooring Shakes Up Cushion Vinyl
Abingdon Flooring has strengthened its Simply Smooth cushion vinyl ranges with the extraordinary addition of...
UltraFloor excels at primary school renovation
UltraFloor, a leading brand in high-performance flooring solutions, has recently partnered with Tricas Flooring to...
Wilsons Underlays: Innovative underlays for every application
AT Wilsons Underlays, innovation and customer insight go hand-in-hand. As a manufacturer that supplies directly...
Kerakoll Group: Leading the way in sustainable construction with innovative products and green certifications
THE Kerakoll Group describes itself as a multinational company working in the construction industry, offering...
‘Easily find the tool you needwith Floorwise’
FLOORWISE has unveiled a new tools guide, cataloguing a carefully curated selection of tools and...
How to get properly fitted for ProKnee 0714 custom-fit kneepads
AFTER 33 years of customer feedback, ProKnee Corporation’s newest full length model kneepad is the...
Invictus: Revolutionizing home flooring with premium carpets and luxury vinyl tiles
INVICTUS, described as the established carpet and luxury vinyl flooring brand, will reportedly bring ‘amazing...
‘AkoTech: redefining surface protection in the flooring industry’
AS sustainability, durability, and cleanliness move to the forefront of flooring design, manufacturers face growing...
How Keir Starmer’s changes to net zero plans will affect tradespeople
KEIR Starmer has announced several reforms to the electric vehicle rules in line with the...
Labour’s housing ambitions: Can the government meet its 1.5 Million homes target?
Since Labour was elected, there’s been excited anticipation in the contract flooring industry. In a...
Flooring goes bright green as new CFA Guide to Sustainability 2025-26 hits digital shelves
EVER wondered where to find the best, most helpful sustainability advice for the flooring industry?...
Highest ever number of flooring retailers break £1m turnover in 2024
VAT and PAYE records from HM Revenue and Customs, compiled by The Furnishing Report, have...
Choosing the right vinyl adhesive: Expert tips for durable and precise flooring installations
Bespoke flooring installations often mean reproducing complex designs from various interlocking shapes of vinyl, large...
‘The new show for the flooring industry’
THIS year InstallerSHOW has expanded its ‘surface area’ flooring and tiling zone to ‘deliver an...
EGGER makes debut at InstallerSHOW
FOR the first time, wood-based materials manufacturer EGGER UK is exhibiting at this year’s InstallerSHOW,...
Styccobond F3 and expert techniques for long-lasting artificial grass installations
F BALL and Co’s Styccobond F3 has been used to install Premium Putt artificial grass...
Mapei to showcase solutions & sponsor fitter competition at InstallerSHOW
MAPEI is presenting a series of solutions for walls and floors at InstallerSHOW and will...
Quick-Step’s growth ambitions secured with €30m investment in‘world’s most advanced laminate press’
QUICK-STEP, which describes itself as the most renowned flooring brand of Unilin, has announced the...
Quick-Step website ‘hits the magic million’
WITH more than 1m visitors in 2024, the Quick-Step website is the online reference for...
Kids get cooking thanks to BAL
BAL has donated tiling products to help with a kitchen renovation at a Northamptonshire primary...
F Ball and Co appoints new retail representative
F BALL and Co has appointed Luca Nicotra as southern England retail representative, expanding its...
Strong growth for FFD with record number of exhibitors confirmed
BETWEEN 2-5 June 2025, Flanders will once again set the stage for Flanders Flooring Days....
‘Discover circular design with Louis De Poortere at FFD’
LOUIS De Poortere is exhibiting at The Hub for the Flanders Flooring Days between 2-5...
‘Look after your people’
An analysis of Nationwide Flooring which was founded in 2007 and is headquartered in Trafford...
Beauflor ‘gets creative’ at FFD
BEAUFLOR will relaunch its Create digital design concept at FFD.
Beauflor’s Create concept has, the company...
2025 Agm with build uk’s jo Fautley as keynote speaker
We would like to remind members that our Annual General Meeting is taking place on...
‘Immerse in innovation’ at Quick-Step during FFD
QUICK-STEP will inspire visitors at FFD with what it describes as an immersive audio visual...
‘Marvel at Moduleo during FFD’
WITH reported improvements to performance and fresh on-trend designs, the launch of the updated Moduleo...
2025 Golf Day at The Belfry
The CFA’s much-anticipated annual golf event returned to The Belfry in Sutton Coldfield on 24...
Aspire cushion vinyl ‘the centrepiece of Ideal Home Show’
LEOLINE’s ‘fresh and funky’ Aspire cushion vinyl made itself a star in the Secret Room,...
The green benefits of collaboration
Richard Catt introduces the CFA Guide to Sustainability with its theme of drivingsustainability through collaboration.
THE...
‘Moves made to circularity with Louis De Poortere at INDX’
LOUIS De Poortere exhibited at INDX National Flooring Show between 13-14 May, Solihull.INDX at Cranmore...
Dementia-friendly design for Salisbury District Hospital
A PACKAGE of Altro products has been used in the Imber Ward at Salisbury District...
Voco Hotel goes from ‘drab to fab’ with full floor refurbishment
ULTRAFLOOR, a manufacturer of high-performance subfloor preparation products, recently collaborated with the renowned flooring installation...
Install at endoscopy unit completed with Mapei
LEVELLING products and adhesives from Mapei have been used to complete a resilient floor installation...
GlobalData announces top M&A financial and legal advisers inconstruction sector for Q1 2025
GLOBALDATA has announced the latest financial and legal adviser league tables, which rank advisers by...
fHow high-performance subfloor prep and adhesives ensure long-lasting Floorcoverings
‘HIGH performance’ subfloor preparation products and adhesives from F Ball and Co have been used...
Why WerkMaster’s rasp redefines multi-disc sanding technology
In the following article entitled ‘The evolution of multi-disc technology’, Wayne Lee examines the difference...
Kelmore champions precision preparation with high-performance product range
KELMORE says it’s a company that understands the importance of correct preparation, as it knows...
Showroom-ready: F. Ball’s Stopgap 1600 delivers a flawless underfloor heating finish
Fitters from flooring retailer Carpets R Us, in Taunton, used F Ball and Co’s Stopgap...
Abingdon Flooring Shakes Up Cushion Vinyl
Abingdon Flooring has strengthened its Simply Smooth cushion vinyl ranges with the extraordinary addition of...
Make Work Easier With the Power of Pro-Screed
The Pro-Screed floor preparation range from floorwise is the easy way to start a fantastic...
Mapei’s rapid-set repair mortars speed up subfloor perfection
MAPEI’s range includes various smoothing underlayments developed to promote speed, an easy application and a...
How Kerakoll’s Proflow MVS Is changing subfloor preperation forever
ONE of the most important parts of installing a new floor is ensuring the subfloor...
Why skipping subfloor preparation is costing you more than you think
Mechanical subfloor preparation is one of the most critical stages in the success of any...
Bring the premium flooring touch to housing developments
Paul Webb explains how Unilin Flooring’s Quick-Step and Moduleo floors can achieve a uniquely tailored...
Luxury vinyl flooring the perfect match for private rental sector
If you’re looking to add a splash of high-quality appeal to a housing development you’re...
How sheet vinyl can address floorcoverings crisis in social housing
Jake Parks looks at the flooring crisis in social housing and suggests IVC Commercial’s housing...
How to choose the right flooring contractor: Key factors for quality, sustainability, and reliability
CHOOSING the right flooring contractor is a critical decision across public and private sectors, with...
UltraFloor excels at primary school renovation
UltraFloor, a leading brand in high-performance flooring solutions, has recently partnered with Tricas Flooring to...
Training can eradicate costly mistakes
In this archive advice column, Rob Eckersley explains how easily mistakes can happenif flooring professionals...
Beauflor sheet vinyl flooring: Affordable, durable solutions enhancing tenant wellbeing in social housing
BEAUFLOR says it manufactures affordable, durable and easy to maintain sheet vinyl floors that can...
Making training a class act
Shaun elaborates on inspiring the next generation and taking flooring careersinto the classroom.
Recently, there’s been...
Mapei to showcase solutions and sponsor fitter competition at The Installer Show 2025
Mapei will be presenting a series of solutions for walls and floors at The Installer...
Streamlined flooring solutions for housing developments: How Flooring Supplies UK supports large-scale projects
FLOORING Supplies UK says it specialises in providing high-quality flooring products and essential accessories tailored...
BAL waterproof 1C achieves EAD certification for NHBC-compliant tiling in wet areas
BAL Waterproof 1C, the one-coat ready-mixed waterproofing system from ‘the market-leaders in tiling solutions’, has...
CFA Guide to Sustainability 2025–2026 shows collaboration is key
The CFA Guide to Sustainability 2025–2026, the flooring industry’s definitive source for the latest information...
Carpet Recycling UK rebrands as the UK Sustainable Flooring Alliance (UKSFA)
TRADE body, Carpet Recycling UK (CRUK), has begun its official transition to the UK Sustainable...
BAL and ARDEX achieve gold standard for carbon reduction
ARDEX UK and Building Adhesives, part of the ARDEX Group UK, have achieved gold certification...
Karndean Flooring elevates Taylor Wimpey show-homes with timeless style and practicality
In a long-lasting partnership of 20 years, Karndean Designflooring and Taylor Wimpey have been creating...
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