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TTA are delighted to announce that Lithofin UK will be the sponsor of The Tiling Show 2022 to be held on 24th June. The Tiling Show has grown, before its interruption by Covid-19, to be the no. 1 ‘must attend’ trade show for the tiling industry. This development will continue this year, greatly assisted by […]

TTA Awards celebration will return to the Hilton Birmingham Metropole, on 24th June this year. TTA is pleased to announce that the event will be hosted by Dominic Holland. An award-winning comedian, author, actor and broadcaster, Dominic Holland is one of the most popular corporate acts on the after-dinner circuit, and a star of British […]

Tiling apprentice Aaron Gillespie has won the Montgomery Award for Wall and Floor Tiling at this year’s Craft Awards, and Mark Exley, from W B Simpson & Sons, was awarded Master Craftsman – Wall and Floor Tiler. The Craft Awards were hosted by The Tylers and Bricklayers on 10th March 2022. Awards were presented in […]

The registration for SkillBuild 2022, the largest and longest-running construction skills competition in the UK, is open until 1st April 2022. SkillBuild is delivered by CITB and forms a part of WorldSkills UK, often dubbed the ‘Skills Olympics.’ The Regional Qualifiers run UK-wide, from April to June each year. SkillBuild covers a number of trades […]

Verona, one of the leading distributors of tiles, mosaics, outdoor porcelain and flooring, has enjoyed a successful show at this year’s kbb. The event, which is hosted at the NEC Birmingham every two years, is one of the most anticipated events in the kitchen, bedroom and bathroom (KBB) calendar and once again proved to be […]

UltraTile has played a part in the restoration of The White Swan – a pub based at the heart of Gressenhall Green, Norfolk. The Pub has had a history of over 250 years. When the doors sadly had to close in 2018, and with the threat of the land being redeveloped for housing, the local […]

Craven Dunnill Jackfield, the 150-year-old, leading producer of traditional wall and encaustic tiles, is marrying new technologies with traditional craft to provide unrivalled restoration service for original tiles. To support the trend of favouring restoration over modernisation and considered consumerism over fast fashion, Craven Dunnill Jackfield has developed new methods of tile preservation to allow […]

A Quantity Surveying student is proving that gender is no barrier as she plots out a long career in a male-dominated construction industry. Recent figures from national construction and development company Wates Group revealed that less than 15 per cent of the UK construction workforce is represented by women, and, according to industry publication New […]

Topps Tiles, the UK’s leading tile specialist, announces the acquisition of 60% of the issued share capital of Pro Tiler Ltd, an online specialist supplier of tiling-related consumables and equipment to trade customers. Pro Tiler is a recognised and respected brand within the tiling market which operates three online businesses. Pro Tiler has delivered rapid […]

The floor and wall tiles sector is a mature market which is dependent on both the residential and contract sectors. According to AMA Research, following a period of low growth pre-pandemic, influenced by poor consumer confidence and hesitant business investment following the 2016 Brexit vote, the floor and wall tiles market value dropped 9% in […]