Leading tile distributor, Verona, has upgraded its website and online trade portal to better support customers, making the platform more user-friendly, while providing retailers with easier access to marketing materials and product information to enhance the sales experience online and in store. The business used unexpected downtime during the year to improve its digital services […]

Entries are open for the 2021 TTA Awards. So now is your chance to win a prestigious TTA Award – with all the kudos and the business benefits that winning or being shortlisted can bring.  Full information is available on the Awards website which is now live at www.ttaawards.com  and you can enter online from the website […]

Rovic Tiles, a major distributor of quality ceramic and porcelain tiles, has enlisted K8 Trader to support its continued expansion. The business will replace its existing business management software with the cloud-based ERP solution from Kerridge Commercial Systems (KCS) in the coming weeks, which it hopes will bring tangible benefits across the business. Julie Doe […]

A range of BAL tiling products are to feature in a new bathroom makeover show on Channel 5. GSA Bathrooms were approached in October by PI Productions to feature in a new show, Kitchens and Bathrooms: You Won’t Believe Your Eyes, hosted by Mark Miller of DIY SOS fame. A £23k bathroom renovation in Edinburgh, […]

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 […]