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In August, the value of all construction contract awards, according to Barbour ABI data, was £4.9 billion based on a three month rolling average. This is a decrease of 5.6% on July, and annual comparisons show that this is also a decrease of 18.7% when compared to August 2018. In the three month period ending […]

Al-Murad Tiles has acquired all intellectual property including up to 5,000 tile designs, the website and customer and trade portfolio of BCT Tiles, which went into administration in January. Asif Badat, Al-Murad’s Operations Manager, told Tilezine that the acquisition gives his company an important new strength and source of diversification at a time when Al-Murad […]

All 16 TTA Award categories are now open for entry at the Awards website www.ttaawards.com. Winning a TTA Award is the biggest accolade that it is possible to win in the tiling industry, bestowing kudos and acclaim on to the winners, which lasts for years. As previous winners have discovered, winning a TTA Award can have […]

Stoke-on-Trent based tile retailer Tile Mountain is introducing the Minimum Living Wage for all its employees from 1 September 2019.  The move comes as a result of the firm’s commitment to continually invest in its workforce as part of a rapid growth strategy which has seen the Tile Mountain Group acquire a number of other tile […]

Nicobond and RUBI are partnering to host a series of innovative and informative tiling solutions events. The events are free to attend and will consist of a morning full of unbeatable on-the-day, crazy prices, as well as product demonstrations so that participants can test the handling, applications and usability of a range of products that […]

Featuring more than 500m2 of tiling on three floors and seven bathrooms, The Gart is a fabulous example of a high quality, modern tiling, completed despite a challenging design brief from the project’s artist owner. Tiling in the property took more than a year and was completed by Wesley Geraghty from Atlas Tiling contractors. An […]

Euxton Tile Supplies Ltd has announced that it acquired the stock of Marshalls’ Tile and Stone Interiors (“TSI”) business from Marshalls Mono Limited on 8 July 2019. Marshalls announced recently that it was withdrawing from its activity in the tile and stone interiors marketplace to focus on growth in its core products and markets. Julian […]

Following the success of its first training course for Large Format Wall & Floor Tile and Panel Installation, held at its HQ in Stone, Staffordshire in April, TTA is now announcing the details of its second course. This is being organised in collaboration with Raimondi S.p.A. and will be held at Building Adhesives Ltd, Longton […]

Protection of the natural environment has always been top of the list of priorities for Norcros Adhesives – that is how the company has three times won the TTA Award for Best Environmental Initiative. Now one company employee has gone one step further, using his skills and experience as a scuba diver to assist with […]

BAL has helped an Uxbridge school celebrate its 150th anniversary by providing fixing materials for a special tiled mural. The large mural on the side of the school features a tree made up of handprints from every one of the 250 plus pupils and staff. The mural was presented during an afternoon celebration with families of […]