With the first full month of post-Brexit figures in the books it was the infrastructure sector that experienced a decline, with the value of contracts for July decreasing to £1.5 billion, a drop of 20 per cent compared to June based on a three-month rolling average. According to the August edition of the Economic & Construction Market […]

The UK’s independent Centre for Retail Research has confirmed that the online retail sector is the main driver of growth in European retailing, achieving a growth rate of 18.6% in 2015 and an expected rate of 16.7% in 2016. By comparison, the annual growth rates for all types of retailing range between 1.5% and 3.5% […]

RAK Ceramics has established a new Contracts Team within its expanding Projects Department. The new team of six includes Scott Adams, Jess Paddock and Paul Midgley from within the company, and Ben Bryden, David Ralph-Bates and Mark Chatfield who joined RAK earlier this year. The team will work with RAK’s growing project portfolio, and tile […]

The TTA is sad to report that longstanding Association member Rogers Ceramics of Sussex is going into voluntary liquidation. The company, which has retail outlets in Haywards Heath and Crawley, cites continuing difficult trading conditions as the reason for closing the business. Rogers’ head office is in Crawley, where the company operates a 300 sq metre showroom, featuring […]

Results of the second State of Trade survey for 2016 show that whilst output from Build UK members rose before the EU referendum, there is uncertainty around future workloads following Brexit, with labour supply remaining a cause for concern. The latest Build UK survey, which was undertaken by Glenigan, reveals that industry capacity remains increasingly […]

The Tilezine website and email newsletter has a brand new look. Since its launch in 2010, Tilezine has become a key place to catch up on the latest news from the tiling industry. But a fresh new look and technical overhaul was long overdue. The new design style places Tilezine within the family of online products from the […]

British Ceramic Tile, the UK’s largest manufacturer of ceramic and glass tiles, has been supporting the next generation of textile designers with the sponsorship of a category in the final year show for students at Plymouth College of Art. The company was one of a few who sponsored the end-of-year show at the college. The […]

In a landmark asbestosis case, The Court of Appeal ruled on 29th July 2016 that asbestosis sufferers could be entitled to proportional compensation from as low as 2.3% from negligent employers, based upon the number of years worked. The historic ruling confirms that proportional compensation is applicable even if the employer’s overall contribution to the condition […]

The July edition of Barbour ABI’s Economic & Construction Market Review looks at the early impact of the EU referendum, which has sent a series of shocks through the economy. According to the reeview, however, the construction sector saw little effect of Brexit in June, with total contract values reaching £6.2 billion, the highest monthly figure […]