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 […]

Renowned Manchester mosaic artist Mark Kennedy has benefitted from support from two leading brands in the tiling industry. JACKOBOARD® has had a long association with Mark Kennedy and has supplied him with backerboard for his past projects, including many in the city of Manchester and around Manchester City’s football ground. The JACKOBOARD® product has been especially useful […]

We are saddened to hear of the sudden loss of a great character and contributor to the tiling industry. Phil was 68 and born in Oldham. He started work straight from school for local tiling contractor J Duncan as an apprentice wall and floor tiler. During his apprenticeship term he was mentored by Bob Howard also […]

Topps Tiles has announced its Tile of the Year for 2021 – the stunning Zellica tile in a glossy bronze shade. 2020 has been a year full of unexpected twists and turns but there have been a few positives to come from such an extraordinary time. The main positive being that we’ve fallen back in […]

It has been reported that Brian Elkins, founder of On The Tiles in Millbrook, Southampton, has died, following a lengthy battle with Motor Neurone Disease. Brian was known for his mischievous sense of humour and his enjoyment of physics, craft and working with tools. This set him on a path working for MFI and Comet, […]

Richmond Ceramic are looking for additional tilers to undertake work on commercial projects and residential developments all around the UK. Richmond are in their tenth year of trading and have enjoyed rapid growth over the past couple of years, now working with some of the biggest names in development and construction. Directors Darren Richmond, Paul […]

According to press reports, redundancies are planned at Johnson Tiles, the UK’s last remaining volume tile producer. It has been reported that up to 60 jobs are at risk at the company. The GMB union has confirmed it has been in talks with management regarding the situation, and it is hoped that the majority of […]

Hard copies of TTA’s Tiling Guide can be obtained by contacting the TTA. The Guide is a 28-page A5 booklet, which includes help and support for tilers in their day-to-day work. It contains practical information on how to deal with key installation issues which most tilers will encounter in the course of their work. TTA’s […]

A Stoke-on-Trent manufacturer has teamed up with NHS Trusts around the UK to create bespoke memorial installations in their hospitals to commemorate the impact of Coronavirus on the country. The NHS Trusts’ Charities and digital ceramic printers, The Surface Design Studio, have launched the #BecauseYou project to create a community led legacy mural designed by […]

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 […]