Flooring News

  • Carpet for hospitality venues (28/6/11)
    28 June 2011
    Hard surfaces have certainly played a bigger part in hospitality venues over recent years, gaining in popularity thanks to the fashion for a minimalist approach to floors and interior decor, but as the limitations of these floorcoverings are realised...
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  • Why to carpet your baby's room (28/6/11)
    28 June 2011
    Carpeting your baby's room means you will increase the sound insulation and energy saving of the room. A good pile carpet will also provide more comfort and less pressure on gentle joints for crawlers, toddling feet and will protect your baby from ge...
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  • Recycling firms multiply (28/6/11)
    28 June 2011
    Recofloor, the UK's vinyl flooring recycling program managed by Axion consulting and founded and funded by Altro and Polyflor, has 20 new members from the independent floorcovering distributors association. These 20 distributors have added another 32...
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  • Parents flexible working (28/6/11)
    28 June 2011
    Parents of children under 18 are now entitled to request flexible working, following changes in April. Statutory sick pay has also been increased to £81.60 a week....
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  • Manager of remland wins an ipad 2 (28/6/11)
    28 June 2011
    Trevor Ballard (manager of remland carpets) has won an ipad 2 through f.ball and co. by spotting a tube of glue on their website. He received his ipad 2 by delivery so he didn’t have to make any effort to win the ipad 2, all he had to do was spot t...
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  • Patterns are back (28/6/11)
    28 June 2011
    Patterned carpets are back in fashion in traditional British houses. It's hard to find a nice patterned carpet. Stripy carpets are quite in fashion and they will go in contemporary and traditional house interiors. Choosing a patterned carpet takes a ...
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  • Fewer are going bust (22/06/11)
    22 June 2011
    Fewer people were declared insolvent in England and Wales in the first three months of 2011, although experts predict a rise later this year. There were 30,162 personal insolvencies in the quarter, down 1.7%on the previous three months. The insolvenc...
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  • New LVT market survey (22/06/11)
    22 June 2011
    New luxury vinyl tile market research has been published by flooring research specialist leading edge following reports in 2006 and 2008. It includes market growth forecasts, market share by brand, market size by design type, and specification market...
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  • Laminate claim refuted (22/06/11)
    22 June 2011
    The manufacturer of a new wood fibre technology comprising a powdered mixture containing sawdust, binding agents and other additives, applied to a core and printed believes it will replace laminate flooring within 10 years. The claim has been dismiss...
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