A mosaic decorated life-sized Highland cow bench has raised £3,600 for the Scottish Charity Air Ambulance. “Sweetie Annie” – designed by mosaic artist Katy Galbraith – was part of a Highland Cow art trail in the Perthshire town of Crieff. Eleven of the Crieff cowches were placed around the Strathearn town by Crieff Succeeds this […]

For 2020 The Tiling Show is back bigger and better than ever before. TTA has acted on feedback from exhibitors and visitors, meaning The Tiling Show – to be held on Friday 27 March from 10am to 4pm – will undoubtedly be the best ever. To give the event the space to breathe that you […]

Barry Slawson, Managing Director and founder of Nottingham-based East Midlands Ceramics (EMC Tiles), is celebrating forty years in business with a new role as Group Company Chairman – and the appointment of three sons as directors. This creates a pathway for a new management structure to take the helm at an exciting time for the […]

LATICRETE International has acquired BENFER SCHOMBURG S.R.L. BENFER is a leading producer of adhesives and sealants for ceramic and natural stone floor and wall coverings, with an impressive track record of growth. The general management of the company will continue under the direction of Giorgio Cocchi, previous owner of BENFER, with the support of Eddy […]

The TTA Awards 2020 will take place on Friday 27 March at The Hilton Birmingham Metropole. Confirmed Gold sponsors for the coming Awards are Jackoboard, Mapei, Norcros Adhesives, Palace Chemicals, PCS, Tilemaster Adhesives, Trimline Group and UltraTileFix. CITB and Lithofin are Silver sponsors. The deadline for submitting entries is 31 December 2019 and all 16 […]

Al-Murad Tiles has acquired all intellectual property including up to 5,000 tile designs, the website and customer and trade portfolio of BCT Tiles, which went into administration in January. Asif Badat, Al-Murad’s Operations Manager, told Tilezine that the acquisition gives his company an important new strength and source of diversification at a time when Al-Murad […]

Nicobond and RUBI are partnering to host a series of innovative and informative tiling solutions events. The events are free to attend and will consist of a morning full of unbeatable on-the-day, crazy prices, as well as product demonstrations so that participants can test the handling, applications and usability of a range of products that […]

Featuring more than 500m2 of tiling on three floors and seven bathrooms, The Gart is a fabulous example of a high quality, modern tiling, completed despite a challenging design brief from the project’s artist owner. Tiling in the property took more than a year and was completed by Wesley Geraghty from Atlas Tiling contractors. An […]

Tile wholesaling is ripe for modernisation and lacks a model like Tool Station or Screwfix. So says Mo Iqbal, chairman of Tile Mountain, as he unveils expansion plans and also proposals for a new trade format to be launched in the near future. Tile Mountain is now the largest privately-owned tile retailer in the UK, […]

Norcros Adhesives, the manufacturer of a wide range of preparation, fixing and finishing products for tiling and flooring installation, announces the launch of Norcros Adi Flex S2 Additive, a polymer liquid adhesive enhancer.  This is a strategic addition to the Norcros Adhesives product range which can be added to an S1-classified cementitious adhesive to bring […]