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Following her promotion to UK Head of Customer Services in 2021, Stacey has successfully integrated customer service and order management teams at Building Adhesives Ltd in Stoke-on-Trent and ARDEX UK in Haverhill, while facing major raw materials shortages, COVID restrictions and force majeures. Despite these challenging conditions, she has helped deliver record orders for customers […]

Through a mix of hard work and training, Adrian O’Clements of A&L Tiling has refined his skills over the years to become one of the country’s top large format tile fixers. Always with a ‘hands-on’ approach, he relishes the technical challenges involved with large format tiles, and also the satisfaction he gets from delivering an […]

Alfie Hill won Trainee Tile Fixer of the Year and also won a prize donated by Pro Tiler Tools. Alfie joined WB Simpson & Sons (Midlands) Ltd in 2020 as an apprentice tiler, where he quickly showed he was a keen and adaptable learner. The company has been confident enough in his ability to use […]

TTA members have once again visited Spain on a highly successful trip hosted by ASCER (The Spanish Ceramic Tile Manufacturers’ Association) and the Castellón Chamber of Commerce.  The four-day trip in May was based in Castellón, and once again was fully funded, apart from one evening meal, through the generosity of the Spanish hosts. Members of […]

If the number of sponsors is any guide, this year’s could certainly be the most successful TTA Awards ever. TTA is happy to announce that Warmup has signed as the latest Gold Sponsor. This makes it a totally unprecedented 15 Gold sponsors this year! Such a high level of support for the Awards and for […]

The internationally renowned Bee Centre in Chorley Lancashire, is strengthening its Community Bee Breeding Programme with the support of JACKON UK. JACKON UK is committed to sustainability in both the manufacturing and use of its products, which can dramatically reduce energy requirements in buildings. This is why the company has chosen to support the Bee […]

A full Mapei system forms part of the new Braywick Leisure Centre – a £33 million state-of-the-art facility designed by Plymouth-based BRL Architects. The new iconic Centre in Maidenhead replaces the Magnet Leisure Centre; it combines recreational, leisure and cultural facilities on a larger footprint, whilst using 70% less energy.  The project was delivered by Wates […]

The Tiling Show looks set to be a great success – and a visit is a must! The Show will take place on 24 June in the Hilton Birmingham Metropole – the same venue as TTA Awards, which will be held in the evening.  There is a new sponsor this year, Lithofin UK, to whom […]

TTA is to host a series of Technical Masterclasses. These are to be held at TTA HQ, The Mount, 43 Stafford Road, Stone, Staffs. ST15 0HG. The first three masterclasses will take place as follows: 30th June – Tiling to Heated Floors – presented by Martin Pouncey & Tony Barry 11th July – Tiling in Wetrooms – […]

Mapei has introduced 12 new colours to its Ultracolor Plus range, as well a new range of epoxy grouts – Kerapoxy Easy Design – and a supporting Mapei Grout app, to aid specification and colour-matching. The 12 new Ultracolor Plus shades reflect the latest ceramic colour trends and join existing colours within the range. Mapei’s […]