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TTA member Leeds College of Building is the latest organisation to become a member of the Northern Powerhouse Partner Programme. As the UK’s only specialist further education construction college, the appointment is recognition of the contribution the education institution has made to the scheme. The Leeds-based college joins a network of more than 300 partners […]

BAL’s charity partner Cool Earth has warned about the devastating impact of forest fires sweeping through swathes of rainforest. Some 72,000 forest fires burned between January and August this year which is more than double the number recorded in the whole of 2013. More than 9,500 rainforest fires were observed burning in one week since […]

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 […]