British Ceramic Tile’s reward scheme has been relaunched with a host of exciting offers, promotions and prizes in a move to make the scheme more attractive and beneficial to retail customers. After months of development, premium retailers can join the new and improved scheme, which now offers an enhanced user experience and a number of […]

Tile Mountain has strengthened its existing ties with Stoke City FC by becoming an Official Platinum Partner of the Club. As part of the agreement Tile Mountain will have naming rights on the East Stand at the bet365 Stadium for the next two seasons, while the firm’s branding will also appear on a wide variety […]

Norcros Adhesives is delighted to announce that it has extended its solus supply agreement with Barratt Homes for a further three years. Barratt Homes are the UK’s leading national housebuilder, and are currently building upwards of 17,500 new homes per year. The new agreement with Norcros follows on from five years in which the two […]

UltraTileFix, home to premium tile adhesives, grouts and levelling compounds, have created a variety of communication channels to help their customers access information in a way perfectly suited to them. The UltraTileFix website features product advice, technical and safety datasheets and a product calculator to help you work out exactly how many bags of product […]

Activity in the construction supply chain significantly picked up in the second quarter of 2018 as the industry began its catch-up of work lost due to delays related to Carillion and severe weather conditions in Q1, according to a survey of product manufacturers, contractors, civil engineers and SME builders by the Construction Products Association. The […]

Cheadle-based tile and bathroom specialist, Real Stone and Tile, has become the exclusive stockist for Roberto Cavalli tiles in the North West. Roberto Cavalli, the high end Italian designer, known for exotic prints and luxury products has chosen Real Stone and Tile as one of their exclusive retailers in the UK due to their outstanding […]

The Tile Association is undertaking a programme of independent testing of tiling products to ensure compliance to statutory requirements. Lack of compliance can lead to product failure and damage to the quality reputation of the tiling industry as a whole. TTA Board feels it is essential for the Association to carry out random audits of […]

Tile fixers working in the construction sector need to be aware that The Construction Skills Certification Scheme (CSCS) is putting up the price of the CSCS card from 1 September. The price will be rising to £36 inc VAT. CSCS says it had held the previous price for eight years, but that increasing costs had […]

The Construction Products Association expects the UK construction industry to suffer a fall in 2018, following five years of consecutive growth. The CPA’s Summer Forecasts anticipate growth for the whole of 2018 to fall 0.6%, before accelerating to 2.3% in 2019 and 1.9% in 2020, with house builders the primary drivers of growth for the […]

Along with the Construction Products Association, the Construction Industry Council and Build UK, the TTA sits on the Industry Response Group, set up by the Government after the Grenfell Tower Disaster. Following the publication of the Hackitt Report in June, Suzannah Nichol MBE, Chief Executive of Build UK said: “It is not surprising to see that […]