The Tile Association holds its next technical seminar on 1st November at its Staffordshire headquarters. There will be three topics on the agenda: Slip Resistance of Hard Flooring Tiling to Calcium Sulfate Screeds Update to BS5385 on Wall & Floor Tiling. Following the morning’s seminars a buffet lunch will be provided for participants. The cost […]

At the Saint-Gobain Technical Academy in Flitwick, Bedfordshire, Weber’s training programmes embrace all categories in the company’s diverse product range. This includes External Wall Insulation (EWI), monocouche through-coloured renders, tile fixing, technical mortars and flooring systems. Courses can be designed to meet product-specific requirements, or to suit different levels of experience and skills. Many one-day […]

Leading UK tile manufacturer Johnson Tiles has lent its support to the WorldSkills UK Squad, currently preparing for the 44th WorldSkills Competition to be held at the Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre in October 2017. The competition celebrates the best emerging talent in 50 different skills, inviting young people from 75 member countries and regions […]

TTA member businesses have been urged to support the young fixers who are training for the WorldSkills competition in Abu Dhabi in 2017. The three competitors for the wall and floor tiling UK squad are Jack Radford from New College, Nottingham, and Kieran Magee and Armondas Tamulis from Northern Ireland’s Southern Regional College. The TTA […]

Surface care specialist FILA recently hosted its first Marble Roadshow, in partnership with Cosmave, Confindustria Marmomacchine and Video Marmoteca. The event was hosted in June at Musa — the Virtual Museum of Sculpture and Architecture of Pietrasanta (LU). Marble manufacturers, architects, interior designers and teams from specialist laboratories attended the roadshow, with content focused on […]

Norcros Adhesives is aiming to meet tiling industry demand for training with the opening of its new ‘Skills Centre’. Located in a redeveloped area of its factory complex at Tunstall, Stoke-on-Trent, the company’s new facility is set to become an important resource for companies in the tiling sector, as the company sets out to deliver […]