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So what’s your first job when you come back to work, refreshed and reinvigorated, after the Christmas and New year holiday break? Yes of course, get your TTA Award entry submitted! Entries will open early in January, giving you your chance to win a prestigious TTA Award. Just think of all the kudos that winning, […]

Verona has launched a series of brand boosting initiatives as it celebrates two decades in the tile industry. The company, which began by selling stone and mosaics to independent customers, is now claimed to be the UK’s largest tile distributor, supplying ceramic and porcelain tiles across various markets. Led by Adrian Hinchliffe, the business has […]

TTA is delighted to be able to announce that it now has nine Gold sponsors who have committed to support the 2022 TTA awards. PCS, Shackerley & Topps Tiles are the latest three brands to sign up. PCS are a UK-based manufacturer of high-performance construction products that are thermally insulating, lightweight and waterproof. The company’s […]

Stoke-based tile and bathroom company, Hyde Park Tiles, have transferred their business software to K8 Trader by Kerridge Commercial Systems (KCS). A family business with stores in two locations, Hyde Park Tiles offer a tailored range of products to meet the tastes of an ever-changing market. When Hyde Park Tiles’ incumbent software provider announced it […]

Parkside and Strata Managing Director Dan Little has produced a whitepaper entitled: ‘How Sector Innovation Can Support a Sustainable Future’. In the document Dan asks what the wall and floor specification market can do to support the urgent need to halt climate change. The world has recently attempted to answer this question at the COP26 […]

Norcros Adhesives has been involved in a project to construct a new development of houses and holiday lets in the popular seaside town of Whitstable, Kent. The project consists of seven houses for private sale and eight holiday lets. All are designed according to the local style to fit in with surrounding buildings and are […]

Verona has just unveiled a new lookbook, which champions the key trends set to sweep through homes this next season.  A new initiative for the brand, the lookbook has been designed to position Verona as a trend-led distributor, bringing retailers and their customers the very latest style directions and fashion-forward looks. Packed full of inspiration […]

Ceramicworldweb.it is reporting that preliminary figures published by Confindustria Ceramica and Prometeia show a strong recovery in the Italian tile industry. (Confindustria is the Italian Chamber of Commerce and Prometeia is an economic research organisation based in Milan). They say that the Italian ceramic tile industry grew back during 2021 and ended up surpassing pre-pandemic […]

TTA recently attended SkillBuild 2021 along with TTA members – Nicobond, Schlüter-Systems and BAL – who supported the competition with materials. SkillBuild is the largest multi-trade skills competition in the UK for construction trainees and apprentices which comprises a series of competitions. It sees the very best in a range of disciplines compete against each other to be […]

TTA recently held a UKCA marking seminar at its HQ in Stone, hosted by Lorna Williams – Executive Officer and General Secretary of BASA, and a recognised authority on this topic. The seminar was extremely helpful and answered many of the queries of TTA members.  Industry is increasingly concerned about the implications of the new UKCA marking system introduced as a result […]