As Ireland moves to Phase 2 of its Roadmap for Reopening Society and Business, TileStyle, the country’s largest and most successful tile retailer, looks forward with confidence to its future under the ‘new normal’. The most important development that has taken place in the latest phase of the reopening has been that customers have been […]

N&C have been in a unique position to design and manufacture professional protective sneeze screens with a quick turnaround.  The company is at the forefront of UK glass production, with a processing production plant in London, with GAI-certified in-house specialists of architectural ironmongery. They are already leading manufacturers and distributors of shower screens and carer PETG […]

TTA has been working hard during the COVID-19 crisis to support its members and the wider industry. We have continued to provide support for the industry, flagging up Government guidance and information about the latest support programmes, as they have been launched. We are also lobbying on behalf of the industry via our partners at […]

Italian ceramic companies are now restarting their kilns after a five-week production shutdown, according to Ceramic World Web. The go-ahead reflects a new stance from the Italian Government, which now considers all export-orientated companies to be businesses of strategic importance and therefore entitled to resume production, after notifying the relevant authorities. The restart includes not just the […]

Tile distributor Verona has pledged to provide all staff with free portable hand sanitisers when the business reopens and has extended this offer to customers who place an order. The business, which was quick to react to the current national crisis, safeguarding its staff and customers by closing its doors before full lockdown was introduced, […]

Stephen Westley, who has run the Kemtile hygienic flooring business with co-director Jamie Cook, for over 40 years, is retiring and moving to an ad hoc consultancy position from this month. The move follows the acquisition of Kemtile by US-based RPM Performance Coatings Group 18 months ago. Stephen’s role will be shared going forward. Chris Cloherty […]

“Our members, our industry and our whole country face an unprecedented and concerning situation due to the coronavirus pandemic.  Whether you are a tiler, a manufacturer or distributor, we are all in this together and we will get through it if we work together. At TTA we are playing our part, supporting our members, whether […]

Surrey-based tiling contractor Sims & Bostock have announced the passing of Cliff Sims. Cliff died at the age of 85 on 3 April, after contracting COVID-19. Cliff started work in the tile industry in 1950 when he was 16, working for Minton Hollins, moving from Stoke on Trent to London. At the age of 21 he […]

Cardiff & Vale College in Wales has been approved as a TTA Centre of Excellence. As the only college in Wales to offer Wall & Floor Tiling courses, the College occupies a unique position within the Welsh tiling and construction sector. High quality training is of great importance and TTA is therefore proud to recognise […]

TTA is lobbying for the removal of EU Anti-Dumping Duties (ADD) levied on the imports of wall and floor tiles from the People’s Republic of China. It has written to the Department for International Trade, saying these are anti-competitive barriers to trade which serve no purpose in a post-Brexit economy. The current EU duty, known […]