The winning mosaic design in an international competition sponsored by Bostik and Artaic Innovative Mosaic was unveiled at MGM Grand Las Vegas Wet Republic recently. “Delta Waves” – the grand-prize winning 20x8ft backlit mosaic masterpiece – was permanently installed poolside in June. For months, mosaic enthusiasts worldwide submitted mosaic mural designs on the theme “The Essence of […]

Surface care solutions from FILA’s award-winning Green Line have been specified as part of an extensive tiling project at Cumbrian Homes’ exclusive Carleton Manor Park development. The project, by Penrith Tile Centre, includes porcelain and stone surfaces from Ca’ Pietra, Marshalls Tile and Stone Interiors and Verona. FILA Cleaner was used to carry out the […]

Market-leading tiling solutions provider Schlüter-Systems Ltd have made five new appointments to their sales and specification team in expansion bid, thanks to increased demand for its products and services. The new external recruits include David Carter, Steven Carter and Thomas Etheridge appointed to manage client relations. David Carter has joined as an Area Sales Consultant […]

With the first full month of post-Brexit figures in the books it was the infrastructure sector that experienced a decline, with the value of contracts for July decreasing to £1.5 billion, a drop of 20 per cent compared to June based on a three-month rolling average. According to the August edition of the Economic & Construction Market […]

The UK’s independent Centre for Retail Research has confirmed that the online retail sector is the main driver of growth in European retailing, achieving a growth rate of 18.6% in 2015 and an expected rate of 16.7% in 2016. By comparison, the annual growth rates for all types of retailing range between 1.5% and 3.5% […]

The fifteenth edition of the Tile of Spain Awards is now open for entries, welcoming project submissions from international architects, interior designers and architecture students. Projects can be located anywhere in the world, but must make significant use of Spanish ceramics and must have been completed between January 2014 and October 2016. The 2016 Tile […]