Since his appointment as TTA Technical & Training Manager, Martin Pouncey has been hard at work delivering on The Tile Association’s vision of “Excellence in Tiling” for the industry. He is proving himself as a key asset to TTA’s goal of constantly improving the scope and quality of services offered to members. A core part […]

The winners of the SkillBuild National Final 2023 have been announced, after 78 construction trainees went head-to-head over three days. SkillBuild is delivered by the Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) and showcases some of the brightest talent in construction. The prestigious competition brings together highly skilled learners and apprentices to battle it out to be […]

On 12th January, UltraTile welcomed 23 members of the Tilers Community and hosted their biggest training day ever. Attendees began their External Tiling Academy Day by joining UltraTile’s Martin Pouncey for a morning of classroom learning. Martin, who has over 30 years of experience working in the tiling industry, took the tilers through the theory […]

TTA has introduced a revamped version of its popular Tiling Guide. Featuring the new TTA branding, this 28-page full-colour A5 booklet 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 […]

SkillBuild have announced the winners of the National Finals 2022, which took place at Edinburgh College on 15th to 17th November. SkillBuild, often dubbed the ‘Skills Olympics’, is delivered by the Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) in partnership with WorldSkills UK and offers a chance for trainees to compete to be crowned winner in their […]

TTA is to host a series of Technical Masterclasses. These are to be held at TTA HQ, The Mount, 43 Stafford Road, Stone, Staffs. ST15 0HG. The first three masterclasses will take place as follows: 30th June – Tiling to Heated Floors – presented by Martin Pouncey & Tony Barry 11th July – Tiling in Wetrooms – […]

Employers in England who have apprentices who commenced their employment between 1 October 2021 and 31 January 2022 are able to apply for £3,000 grant support. The apprenticeship needs to start between 1 October 2021 to 31 March 2022. Applications close on 15 May 2022. Payments are split into two instalments – the first of […]

TTA recently attended SkillBuild 2021 along with TTA members – Nicobond, Schlüter-Systems and BAL – who supported the competition with materials. SkillBuild is the largest multi-trade skills competition in the UK for construction trainees and apprentices which comprises a series of competitions. It sees the very best in a range of disciplines compete against each other to be […]

Following on from the success of last year’s ‘Love Our Colleges’ campaign, Leeds College of Building, a TTA associated training centre, is dedicating 18–22 October to Colleges Week 2021 and highlighting the incredible work colleges do.  During the national awareness campaign, Leeds College of Building will host its first face-to-face open event post-COVID-19 on Thursday 21 […]

Paul Doran, WorldSkills UK Training Manager and Lecturer, Southern Regional College, provides an update on WorldSkills preparation. The impact of Covid has not only played havoc with sporting fixtures around the world, the WorldSkills organising committee has also been forced to postpone the next ‘skills Olympics’. It will now take place in Shanghai in October […]