TTA charted new territory last week, by holding its Awards celebration and presentations using a virtual online format. Although very different from a normal event – it was originally due to take place in Birmingham back in March – the online Awards have been hailed as a success. Awards were presented in all categories and […]

Richard Friebe started his tiling career 45 years ago on a summer vacation job with an established Coventry tiling company, called Layrite. As a poverty-stricken student (his description!), his first experience of the wonderful world of work was unloading a flatbed lorry laden with loose, unboxed quarry pavings. He did return to his PE teacher […]

John Simons has won the Tile Fixer of the year Award. John has been in the business for over three decades, but he says that he is still learning as the industry evolves. For example the growth in the size of tiles, with large format panels now becoming increasingly popular has meant learning new techniques. […]

BAL is currently recruiting for its Training and Technical Support Team in the Midlands region.  The main purpose of the role will be to promote, train and provide technical support to current and potential customers in the correct usage of the company’s range of specialist tile fixing products. To carry out product training and demonstration […]

TTA is very grateful to all the Gold sponsors of the TTA Awards 2020. Despite the fact that our Awards celebration – at 2pm on Friday 16 October – is a little different this year, since it is an online event, we are determined that all our sponsors gain as much benefit as usual from […]

Specialist investment group, Coverings Ltd., announced on Thursday 1 October that it had concluded a deal with Travis Perkins plc to acquire retailer Tile Giant. The deal agrees the financial acquisition of Tile Giant, with Coverings Ltd. set to own a 100 percent stake of the business. A bold move in challenging times, this acquisition […]

The results of the 2020 TTA Awards will be announced on 16 October – not long to wait! The event will be going ahead in a digital format – please keep an eye on the Awards website at www.ttaawards.com for full information, and also check out TTA Awards social media on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn and Instagram. We […]

TTA is delighted to announce that Verona is making a powerful statement of support for the future of the annual TTA Awards by coming forward as the first Gold sponsor for next year. With the support of the industry, TTA is confident that the Awards will once again recognise excellence and achievement in our industry […]

British tile manufacturer, Johnson Tiles, has appointed Rich Kelsall to the newly created role of Marketing Director. The creation of the new role reflects the company’s renewed focus on taking key messages surrounding its UK heritage and strong environmental and service credentials to market. With over 15 years of industry experience and a Business Studies […]

Specialist ceramic tile production has continued throughout lockdown at Craven Dunnill Jackfield, with its highly skilled team of craftsmen remaining hard at work, handmaking decorative ceramics for ongoing projects in Saudi Arabia, USA, Uruguay, and the UK. The appetite for British ceramic handcraft appears only to be growing, despite the current trading challenges. This complements […]