Outdoor tiles have never been more popular. With their ability to transform external spaces into something special and provide an ‘extra room’ outside the home, it’s no surprise that the industry is anticipating another year of demand for outdoor porcelain.  To coincide with summer renovations and consumer demand for garden scaping, Verona has launched a […]

Fifty years ago, Tileflair started trading with a small team of four people in one store. Passionate about being the best at what they did, they aimed to create a first-class experience for their customers. It was the same vision and desire to deliver top-class service that led the company to implement K8. The market-leading […]

We were deeply saddened to hear from Phil Gordon that his father, Jim Gordon, passed away on 30th January 2022, aged 84.  Jim was involved in the wet leisure industry for over 35 years. He was appointed as a SPATA representative on to the TTA Technical Working Group, which produced the TTA publication Design & Construction Process for […]

Feria Valencia, the organisers of Cevisama, which was due to run on 13 to 17 June in Valencia, Spain, have announced that it is being postponed until 27 February to 3 March 2023. They say that a “critical situation” in the ceramics sector makes it unfeasible to hold the fair this year. The Spanish show […]

Tiling apprentice Aaron Gillespie has won the Montgomery Award for Wall and Floor Tiling at this year’s Craft Awards, and Mark Exley, from W B Simpson & Sons, was awarded Master Craftsman – Wall and Floor Tiler. The Craft Awards were hosted by The Tylers and Bricklayers on 10th March 2022. Awards were presented in […]

The registration for SkillBuild 2022, the largest and longest-running construction skills competition in the UK, is open until 1st April 2022. SkillBuild is delivered by CITB and forms a part of WorldSkills UK, often dubbed the ‘Skills Olympics.’ The Regional Qualifiers run UK-wide, from April to June each year. SkillBuild covers a number of trades […]

UltraTile has played a part in the restoration of The White Swan – a pub based at the heart of Gressenhall Green, Norfolk. The Pub has had a history of over 250 years. When the doors sadly had to close in 2018, and with the threat of the land being redeveloped for housing, the local […]

A Quantity Surveying student is proving that gender is no barrier as she plots out a long career in a male-dominated construction industry. Recent figures from national construction and development company Wates Group revealed that less than 15 per cent of the UK construction workforce is represented by women, and, according to industry publication New […]

Topps Tiles, the UK’s leading tile specialist, announces the acquisition of 60% of the issued share capital of Pro Tiler Ltd, an online specialist supplier of tiling-related consumables and equipment to trade customers. Pro Tiler is a recognised and respected brand within the tiling market which operates three online businesses. Pro Tiler has delivered rapid […]

The floor and wall tiles sector is a mature market which is dependent on both the residential and contract sectors. According to AMA Research, following a period of low growth pre-pandemic, influenced by poor consumer confidence and hesitant business investment following the 2016 Brexit vote, the floor and wall tiles market value dropped 9% in […]