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All about stains, spots and shading

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Underlay

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TELENZO TRADE

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42,43 52,60

Carpet Company Directory

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NICF

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MERRYFIELD

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MATTY’S

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Buying Groups

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Wool Fibre Page

A checklist of natural fibre characteristics

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Classified advertising.......................................................................... page 66,67 carpets/rugs/tiles woods/laminates/smooths fibres underlay accessories/services/organisations wholesalers/distributors adhesives

Woolsafe: the carpet care guide How to protect and clean wool carpets

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FlooringNews starts on page 33

September 21 - 23, 2014

Show preview Part 1 Event overview Exhibitor list

page 45-60 page 46 page 47

Harrogate is back on form as the trade’s foremost forum. The biggest show for years will feature the leading brands.

Wool showcase

Campaign for Wool majors on Harrogate page 58-59

140+ exhibitors, including the return of the UK’s top carpet manufacturers, adding to the seminars, demos and networking.

Very velvet

New flagship velvet by Lous de Poortere page 33

Relishing recycling

Looking to lead

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Strong support for annual conference page 38

Dennis Flowers looks at the latest page 62-63

V&A revival

Ryalux re-launch of iconic twist page 42-43

On Le Tour with Quick-Step

Laminate leader sprints to the finish page 61 3

Flooring Factsheet Adhesives

Flooring factsheet Wool fibre Benefits of Wool Carpet

SAFE

Practical Strong and Resilient – Wool carpet will provide superior performance over many years as it can offer unique resilience and long lasting durability. The natural crimp of wool offers valuable ‘bounce-back’ so that pile compression is resisted and the effects of tracking and shading are reduced – maintaining good appearance over many years.

DURABLE EASYCARE

Easy care – Wool is a natural fibre that has an inbuilt resistance to soiling due to its natural oils and its outer surface of microscopic scales and as a result additional anti-soil treatments are not necessary. Simply vacuuming the carpet will keep it looking good and whilst wool initially repels spills, prompt and complete blotting with white paper towels or an absorbent cloth is advised and will address many household spillages.

Comfort

COMFORT

Soft and Warm – Wool carpet adds luxurious underfoot comfort and warmth to the home and acts as an insulator improving heat retention and energy efficiency. Peace and Quiet – Wool carpet absorbs sound and cushions the home against echo and room to room noise transfer.

Safety

The Best Carpet Wool Wool carpets have a historic reputation for quality because as a fibre it is known to withstand pressure and have excellent appearance retention properties. The best wool for carpet production is ‘strong’ wool and this is grown on sheep breeds found in Britain and New Zealand. Most carpets will contain both British Wool and New Zealand Wool because British Wool is more bulky and resilient and offers texture and unique heathery shades to carpet, whilst New Zealand wool is softer and whiter and particularly good for plain, lighter shaded ranges. Combining the two within a blend for carpet yarn gives manufacturers the perfect qualities for carpet. Wool has yet to be matched by any man-made fibre; it has superior strength and does not need other fibres to improve its performance. However manufacturers choose to use synthetic fibres within the yarn blend for a number of reasons. These include fibre flexibility, dyeing, heat setting, stain resistance, durability and cost. These wool rich compositions offer industry standard carpets which will perform well in the home.

100% wool or 80/20 – 80/10/10 wool rich

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Fire Retardant – Wool is naturally fire resistant, has a slow ignition rate and tests show that it is self extinguishing within seconds. It meets many safety regulations without additional treatments and is favoured in contract locations for this reason. Fall Friendly – Carpet cushions and so provides a softer floor which protects against serious injury in falls by the very young or the elderly.

Internal Environment Indoor Environment – As a natural ‘smart’ fibre with a complex physical and chemical structure, wool helps to create a balanced atmosphere in the home. It breathes and absorbs humidity in the air, releasing it when the atmosphere becomes dry and helps improve air quality by absorbing airborne toxins in indoor air. Anti–allergy – The minute scales on the fibre’s surface will hold fine dust until vacuumed which helps to reduce floating particulate in the atmosphere. Wool does not give off harmful emissions or promote the growth of bacteria and wool is not a food source for dust mites.

Eco/Environmental Natural and Sustainable – Grown on sheep, which graze freely, wool is both 100% natural and fully sustainable. As shearing is a necessary part of animal husbandry this means that every year there is a fresh supply of wool available for the carpet manufacturing industry. Energy Efficient – Wool is energy efficient in the home and also in carpet production. Biodegradable – Wool fibre is biodegradable in soil and will produce nitrogen, sulphur, carbon dioxide and water which are all plant nutrients. Environmentally Assessed – Wool is an environmentally responsible fibre that has been measured in terms of its ecological impact. A Life Cycle Analysis study carried out by Leeds University to ISO 14040 standard for British Wool concludes that it compares favourably when measured against man-made fibres. 5

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Flooring factsheet Buying Groups Pick the right one How to decide whether to join a buying group – and which one…

• Evaluate all buying groups as they all work differently • Talk to the main marketing contact and/or a member

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of the committee

Why join? Buying groups have been a highly successful feature of the floor retailing scene in the last decade or so, giving independents the extra edge they need to compete effectively with the retail park chains. More than 1000 retailers are now members of one of the several buying groups which operate in our sector and the numbers are slowly, but steadily growing.

• Get a list of members and call up two or three for a ‘real-world’ view

• Establish your territorial exclusivity – where’s the next nearest member of each buying group

• Ensure you understand the financial arrangements,

any fees that would relate to your membership, how the bills are paid and whether your fees are refundable if it doesn’t work out. Ask the buying group for a consultation to estimate your potential savings

While the benefits of bulk buying power are self-evident, the resistance to the buying group concept among nonmembers appears to be centred on fears of surrendering some control to a committee – and most particularly compromising long-established relationships and negotiated terms with current suppliers.

• Review all the extra benefits and services to see

The bottom line is the bottom line. A retailer selling across a broad range of products is likely to improve margins within a buying group – but you don’t need a leap of faith to join up. Ask the buying groups for answers...

flexibility to run your business the way you want

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what you would actually use

• Check out the product ranges offered including the own-label options and the UK/European mix

• Ensure you understand any rules that may limit your

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Key benefits Increase margins • Group purchases to get beneficial rates • Rebates • Exclusive higher-margin products • Special promotions One of the key reasons to join a buying group is to benefit from the discounts they negotiate as a bulk buyer from manufacturers. The way discounts and rebates are passed on to members varies between groups so make sure it’s absolutely clear how this will be done. You’ll need to work out how this compares with discounts you have already negotiated locally with preferred suppliers. Access professional services • Business and financial services • IT and internet support • Training and workshops • Professional bodies Some buying groups offer an excellent range of other services which may be valuable to your business. Financial services include invoice factoring, credit, loans and insurance. Some of the more sophisticated groups offering marketing packages, software systems to help you run your business operations and customised websites ready to use. Relationships with professional and training organisations can also offer discounts. 8

Increase sales • Best of both worlds’ proposition • Wider ranges and exclusive products • POS, displays and merchandising support Your customers will like the proposition that you are independent but with the buying power of a group – this gives them (and you) the ‘best of both worlds’ with personal service and competitive pricing. Most groups will also offer you ‘own label’ ranges and support with pointof-sale, merchandising and displays. Central stockholding may also be on offer. Network with other independents

• Members-only exhibitions with preferred manufacturers • Regular meetings and supplier presentations • Regional workshops • Helpline A lot of retailers enjoy the buying group environment of being independent but not alone out there on the High Street. Groups hold regular meetings and some have their own trade shows, regional meetings and workshops to help you develop your business. The network gives you someone to call when you need advice on, for example, an unusual installation, a technical consumer complaint, legal issue or business dilemma.

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www.smg-group.co.uk Contact: Mike Symonds Tel: 0118 932 3832 info@smg-group.co.uk

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Flooring factsheet Underlay In a tight market for margins, underlay for carpet and laminate flooring offers retailers one of the best opportunities to add value to every sale – with good profitability, trade-up potential once benefits are understood and high satisfaction levels with customers.

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But 50% of carpet is still sold without new underlay!

Retailers should create an assumption that new underlay is always required, the only decision is which type. It’s also a good target-setter for sales staff. Setting up in-store demonstrations so customers can walk on samples with different grades of underlay and feel the difference has shown excellent results – some manufacturers offer point-of-sale units. www.numa-online.co.uk

Benefits

Types

Good underlay will... • Improve underfoot comfort • Increase appearance retention, reducing flattening • Absorb the pressure of foot traffic and reduce wear • Improve thermal insulation and warmth • Increase sound insulation • Smooth out sub-floor imperfections • Last the lifetime of the carpet

Sponge rubber The market’s most popular underlay is available in flat or waffle patterns in a wide range of weights for different applications. It performs well for comfort and has a durable spring retention. PU (polyurethane) foam PU foam is a relative newcomer to the market, typically made from recycled foam offcuts. The foam provides excellent comfort and performance levels with lots of thickness options and densities – and its light weight helps handling. The product can be re-cycled again after use. Crumb rubber Flat and dense, crumb rubber is good for heavy footfall - offering maximum protection but a little less comfort (and very good over stair nosings). Laminate underlay There’s still an opportunity to sell underlay with laminate flooring, improving the acoustic performance of the floor and helping the boards float above any imperfections in the sub-surface. Combination A rubber crumb base with a felt top layer offers a good combination of protection, durability and comfort. It also allows carpet with seaming to bed into the top felt. Underfloor heating underlay Always ask if there is underfloor heating. Most manufacturers offer specialised products. Underlay and carpet with a combined tog rating up to 2.5 can be used – which means the underlay would normally have a tog rating of 1.0. Felt This traditional (but environmentally friendly) underlay is made from recycled fibres – wool, jute and synthetic – to create a firm, dense pad with excellent thermal insulation. Still a very popular choice among contractors when stretch fitting woven carpets. Pre-tackified underlay A self-adhesive single stick underlay in both needlefelt and PU. A removable system for heavy use when comfort is desired.

Poor or old underlay will... • Feel hard and unwelcoming • Reduce carpet life • Cause wrinkling and premature wear spots • Cause carpet fibres to break down more quickly • Not meet British Standards How thick? A maximum of 12mm is recommended (working with gripper will be difficult thereafter) but rooms with heavy traffic will need a thinner, denser pad. The combination of thickness and density is all important as a thick underlay with low density may not perform well. Typically, the thicker the underlay, the better quality it will need to be – 11mm is often used for luxury installations with 9mm and 7mm the common domestic thickness.

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Flooring factsheet Carpet trouble-shooter

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Fading on Wool Carpets made from wool can and do fade in use. The degree of fade can vary depending on the colour chosen and the local conditions to which the carpet is subjected. Fading can be caused by exposure to ultra violet light which is found in daylight, but is accelerated when sunlight shines directly onto the carpet. This has the effect of lightening or “Bleaching” the colour just as exposure to sunlight will lighten human hair. Wool is after all animal hair. Protection should be given to carpets exposed to such conditions just as you would protect other furniture or fabrics. A complaint on fading would be considered justified if it failed to meet the required shade standard when tested to the British Standard BS1006 (1990).

Soiling Soiling is usually the result of some local condition to which the carpet has been subjected to, or maintenance, or lack of maintenance programme. There is nothing we as manufacturers can do to prevent soiling in use. There are several types of soiling which are quite common:

Colour matching Carpets are produced in batches - known as creels - and usually each batch produces between 500m2 - 3000m2 in a single width, depending on the creel size. Whilst the recipe used by the dyer remains constant, and is followed to the letter, in each separate production the colour reproduction will vary from batch to batch. However production is matched back to the original or master sample to ensure that the colour remains ‘within a commercial tolerance’. This process if not an exact science and a commercial tolerance is subjective but nevertheless is usually the professional judgement of the head dyer based on his/her experience. A greater level of tolerance is required on blended colours (Heathers etc). To ensure perfect colour matching it is advisable that a single width be used in any installation requiring exact colour matching. N.B. Carpets which are laid with the pile travelling in different directions, even though they be from the same batch will appear not to match. For further information please check with the manufacturers recommendations.

Sprouting Occasionally an odd tuft or two can work its way to the surface and stand proud of the rest of the pile. This is probably due to one end of the tuft being longer than the other i.e. J shaped tuft instead of V shaped. Remedial action merely requires that the offending tufts be scissor trimmed level with the rest of the pile. They should never be pulled out. 10

Spillages - Liquids such as soft drinks, cordials or any drink which contains sugar, particularly hot drinks, is likely to leave a stain. In such instances, professional help should be sought. Shampoo - if incorrectly applied, can leave sticky soap residues in the fibres which can result in the soiling reappearing quite rapidly. Dust - which is carried on draughts can soil carpets in various ways, apart from the obvious soiled edges, at gaping skirting boards for instance, dark lines appearing on surface might suggest airborne dust vacuum-drawn through poorly fitted floorboards. Sometimes the shape of floorboards can be seen quite clearly. Air borne dust sometimes shows itself as spots on the carpet, this is due to the air carried on a draught under the carpet escaping through minute holes both in the underlay and the carpet, leaving dust deposited on the pile much like a filter action. In such installations, the use of a lining paper is essential as a preventative measure. It is the responsibility of the retailer to advise the consumer when the carpet is measured of any poorly fitting doors, skirtings, or floorboards and the consumers responsibility to ensure any remedial work to seal draughts, is carried out before the carpet is fitted, if a resulting complaint is to be avoided.

Static Carpets do not produce static but like other household fabrics and objects have the capacity to store it. Static is caused by the build up of static electricity upon personnel in a dry environment and is discharged when a person makes contact with an object which can conduct electricity (i.e. door handle or filing cabinets, etc). The static charges will vary in intensity depending upon the individual, air humidity and the contact materials. Static is more usually associated with synthetic materials as they do not retain moisture very well but it can and does occur with wool in very dry room conditions. Preventative measures include the introduction of moisture into the room or in situ carpet treatment.

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Flattening

Shedding

Flattening will occur as a result of traffic which eventually flattens the pile particularly in the main areas of use.

All cut pile carpets will lose short fibre, which is created during production when spun yarn is cut for tuft formation. These fibres fall onto the surface of the pile and appear as ‘fluff’.

All pile fabrics will flatten to greater or lesser degree dependant on the amount of traffic to which it is subjected and the construction (tuft density/pile fibre/height/weight) of the product concerned.

The effect varies with yarn type and may be removed without detrimental effect upon the carpet by vacuum cleaning. This excess fibre is only a small fraction of the total fibre contained in the carpet.

Shading

Indentations

Shading occurs because the pile of the carpet has become crushed, flattened or brushed in a different direction to the natural lie of the pile whilst in situ. This causes light reflection at differing angles resulting in the creation of light and dark patches on the carpet. This will occur on all pile fabrics but can be more noticeable on plainer carpets because the shadows created by pile pressure will not be disguised by a heavy pattern or design.

When a carpet is subjected to a heavy point load, such as under the legs of furniture, it is unreasonable to expect the carpet not to indent. Usually, the longer the load is in place, the longer will be the time for the pile to recover. In the case of very heavy loads in place for a considerable time, the recovery time can be very considerable.

Pile Reversal Like shading, this occurs when the pile or nap of the carpet changes direction and thus reflects light at different angles showing the effects of shading which can become permanent. It is also described as ‘watermarking’. This can happen to every carpet construction be it Axminster, Wilton, Tufted, Hand Woven, Persian, Chinese, Indian or even Coir Matting. Like shading it can be more apparent on plain carpet because heavy patterns can disguise the effects. It can occur quite quickly after installation. A tremendous amount of research has been carried out over many years by many institutes to determine the cause of this phenomenon but none of it has proved conclusive.

It must be remembered that it is not only the pile of the carpet that becomes indented. The underlay will also indent and the backing of the carpet may also distort into the indentation in the underlay. Some underlay’s will recover well and some less well depending upon their composition, thickness, density etc. The use of cups below furniture legs can spread the load and the net result is a larger area of less deeply indented carpet. The ability of a carpet to recover from a heavy static load can be measured in the laboratory, using the test method described in BS 4939 and many manufacturers will have data on this aspect of carpet performance. In this test the carpet is loaded for 24 hours and the degree of recovery is measured after 1 hour and 24 hours. Since there are so many different underlay’s however, it is very rare for the recovery from a heavy static load to be evaluated on carpet and underlay.

There is no commonly known manufacturing process which can cause or cure this phenomenon and therefore it is not a manufacturing fault. For further information please check with individual manufacturers recommendations.

Often normal maintenance (vacuum cleaning with a rotating brush machine) will speed up recovery but in the case of serious indentations the use of an iron and damp cloth or a steam iron together with a blunt darning needle to carefully tease up the pile can be beneficial. Care must be take not to over wet the carpet, of course.

Pulling Loops

Samples

Pulled loops occur only in looped pile carpet where one or more loops in the continuous pile is pulled through the primary backing of the carpet. This is usually due to some local condition, possibly some sharp object which has caught in a loop in situ and has resulted in a pull. Pulled loops are easily dealt with by trimming the offending end level with the rest of the pile. They should not be left as this could result in further loops being pulled and developing into a ladder.

The samples held by individual retailers may not be from the same batch as current production and therefore should be used as a guide and not an exact colour match.

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Installation Telephone National Institute of Carpet Fitters (NICF) for further information – 0115 958 3077.

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01274 655694 01562 829966 01264 335111

Bizspoke Custom Carpets Be Tw W

0121 550 5788 01297 32244 +32 56783250

Be Tu Tw W office@brontecarpets.co.uk www.brontecarpets.co.uk

01562 825952

Burmatex Tu Cavalier Carpets Ltd Ax Be Tu Tw W Ww

Edel Telenzo Carpets Ltd Tu Tw W sales@edeltelenzocarpets.co.uk www.edeltelenzocarpets.co.uk

01422 374 417

01924 262525 Enterprise Weaving Co Be Ww

01562 745030

01254 268000

+32 56 62 2211

020 8800 0740

Christy Carpets Tu

019078 308777

Fells Carpets

Clarendon Carpets Tw

01675 433066

Classis Carpets Tu W Ww

0870 020 1725

Condor Carpets BV Tu

Ww cummings@btinternet.com www.fellscarpets.co.uk Fletco Taepper A/S Tu W

01977 662211

+45 96 60 3000

+31 38 4778911

+31 383 861 060

Flock-living Limited

Cormar Carpets Ltd +32 56 23 54 10

Tu Tw W info@cormarcarpets.co.uk www.cormarcarpets.co.uk

01204 881 234

01924 488882 Couristan Carpets Ax Tu W Ww

800 223 6186

BMK

0113 380 5333

Craigie Carpets Be

01294 558400

Bond Worth Ltd Ax

01562 745000

Creative Carpets Ltd Be Tu Tw W

0116 284 1455

+32 55 335211

01282 862 736

020 7823 3040

Edel Telenzo’s Bakerloo

Domo Floorcovering Pr Tu Tw

Bronte Carpets Ltd

Blenheim Carpets Ax Be Tw W Ww

Brintons Ax Tu Tw W Ww

0844 9151000

01422 330261

Belvedere Carpets

BIC Carpets Be Tw W

01562 828200 www.brockway.co.uk

Dan-Floor UK W

E & WE Carpets W

Belvedere Carpets

Betap Tufting BV Tu Tw W

Tw W sales@brockway.co.uk

01737 830301

01422 431100

Beaulieu International Group Be Pr Tu Tw +32 56 67 66 11

Tu W sales@belvederecarpets.co.uk www.belvederecarpets.co.uk

Brockway Carpets Ltd

Custom Carpet Company Ax Be Tu Tw W Ww

0800 505055

Creatuft Carpets Tu W

Mohawk’s Cherbourg Check

+32 56 35 4444

Tu Wa info@flock-living.com www.flock-living.com

+44 (0)20 8440 8777

Firth Carpets & Flooring Be Pr Tu Tw W Ww

01484 721529

Furlong Flooring Tw W enquiries@furlongcentral.co.uk www.furlongflooring.co.uk

01772 696 787

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01827 831525

Master Weaver W Ww

01562 754 382

Tasibel NV Tw

Gaskell Mackay Carpets Ltd Ax Tu Tw W

01429 892525

Mayfield Carpets Tu Tw W

01706 639 866

The Grosvenor Wilton Co W Ww

01562 701456

Georgian Carpets Tu Tw W

01827 831430

MID NL Be

The Sultana Carpet Co Ax

01299 822300

The Wilton Carpet Co Ax W Ww

0845 296 8850

Thomas Witter UK Ltd Tu Tw

0870 1128318

Godfrey Hirst (GB) Ltd Tu Halbmond Teppichwerke Be Pr Tu Heckmondwike FB

0800 526696

+31 38 851 8700

Modulyss Be Tu Tw Pr

+32 52 457211

+49 037 421 420 01924 410544

Timzo Tufting Industry BV Tu

Mohawk Europe

ITC Be Pr Tw Tu

0032 51 424 411

John Lanham Watts Carpets Ax Tw Ww John Evans Ltd Ax Tu Tw W

01937 588511

+32 52 499600

marinagooch@mohawkeurope.com www.mohawkinternational.com

01480 479830 01480 471304

Mr Tomkinson Tw Ww

01827 831 450

Ossfloor UK

01675 433031

+31 38 385 4477

Tisca Tiara Tu Ww

07860 911748

Trendy Tuft Designs Be Tu Tw W

01274 855080

Ulster Carpets Ax Be Tu Tw W Ww

02838 334433

United Carpets & Beds Tw W Ww

01709 732 666

Victoria Carpets Tu Tw W Ww

01562 749300

Vorwerk

08700 104484

Westex Carpets Tu

01274 861334

Weston Hammer W

0845 644 9090

Whitestone Weavers Ltd Ax Be Tu Tw W Ww

01429 892555

Wilkies Carpets Tw

0113 307 9955

07850 935301

Joseph Hamilton & Seaton W Kingsmead Carpets Tu Tw W

01827 831400 01827 831 424

Penthouse Carpets Tu Tw W

01706 341231

Phoenox Textiles Pr Tu

01484 863227

Pownall Carpets Tw W

Lano NV Ax Pr Tu Tw W Ww marketing@lano.be www.lano.com

+32 56 65 4300

Roger Vanden Berghe.NV Tu Ww

Le Tissage d'Arcade Ax Ww

+32 05685 4747

Ryalux Carpets Ltd Be Tu Tw W

Lecaflor Ltd Ax Be Pr Tu Tw W Ww

0800 78 33 712

Sans Frontieres Ltd Be Pr Tu Tw W Ww

Leigh Spinners Ltd Tw

01942 673232

Louis de Poortere W

+32 56 393 386

0845 6528811

+32 56 73 57 11

0845 652 8811

0844 5611977

Shaw Home Foundations Tu

01675 433 501

Signature Carpets Be Tu W

01422 845075

Woodward Grosvenor Ax Tu Tw W Ww

0800 526696

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01388 664101

TAT Carpet

07976 607657

Wool Classics Tu Ww

Manx Carpets Tw W

01827 831 434

Tapibel NV Pr Tu Tw

01623 481 221

Woven Carpets of Kidderminster W 01299 827477

Bronte’s Cream Shagpile

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Cormar’s Sensation Twist

0207 349 1560

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The Stocklists Wholesale Distribution Directory National Mercado Leeds 0113 3802900 sales@mercado.co.uk www.mercado.co.uk

Fells Carpets Goole 01977 662211

sales@fellscarpets.co.uk www.fellscarpets.co.uk

North East Carpet & Flooring Gateshead 0191 482 7373 gateshead@carpetandflooring.co.uk www.carpetandflooring.co.uk Fells Carpets Goole

01977 662211

sales@fellscarpets.co.uk www.fellscarpets.co.uk Floorwise (North East) Ltd Birtley - see Floorwise p16

North West A&A Carpets Manchester 01204 701188 sales@aandacarpets.co.uk www.aandacarpets.co.uk D. M. Miller Ltd Manchester 0161 205 9949 dm.miller@btconnect.com www.dmmillerltd.spaces.lives.com Fells Carpets Goole

01977 662211

sales@fellscarpets.co.uk www.fellscarpets.co.uk Green Tree Distribution Stone, Staffordshire 01785 818005 kevin@greentreedistribution.co.uk Lee Floorstok Ltd Liverpool - see Floorwise p16

Lee Floorstok Ltd Manchester - see Floorwise p16

MCA Floorwise Ltd Morecambe see Floorwise p16 Millbrook Carpets Darwen 01254 703999 millbrookcarpets@live.co.uk Carpet & Flooring Manchester 0161 786 6800 manchester@carpetandflooring.co.uk www.carpetandflooring.co.uk

Midlands Birch Distribution Sheffield - see Floorwise p16 Birch Distribution Leeds - see Floorwise p16 Birch Distribution Hull - see Floorwise p16 Cornerstone Flooring Doncaster - see Floorwise p16 Carpet & Flooring Birmingham 0121 421 9131 birmingham@ carpetandflooring.co.uk www.carpetandflooring.co.uk DMS Flooring Supplies Northampton 0845 643 5601 dmsnorthampton@dmsflooringsupplies.co.uk Floorwise D & J Ltd Southam - see Floorwise p16 Green Tree Distribution Stone, Staffordshire 01785 818005 kevin@greentreedistribution.co.uk J J Wholesale & Distribution Ltd Birmingham 0121 765 4994 jjwholesale@gmx.com Mattyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Wholesale Carpets Birmingham 0121 359 2001 sales@mattys.co.uk See page 26 for details

STS Flooring Distributors Watford 08454 342000 sales@stsflooring.co.uk www.stsflooring.com Woodall Brothers Ltd Shrewsbury - see Floorwise p16

East Beds Flooring Bedford 01234 341234 sales@bedsflooring.co.uk www.bedsflooring.co.uk Faithfull Floorcovering Suffolk 01473 822341 sales@faithfulls.co.uk www.faithfulls.co.uk Salesmark Ltd St Neots STS Flooring Distributors Cambridge Tel: 01954 781142 sales@stsflooring.co.uk www.stsflooring.com

South East Acorn Carpet Accessories Bromley, Kent - see Floorwise p16 Ashmount Flooring Supplies Ltd Tottenham 0208 808 2158 sales@ashmountflooring.co.uk www.ashmountflooring.co.uk Beds Flooring Bedford 01234 341234 sales@bedsflooring.co.uk www.bedsflooring.co.uk Carpet & Flooring Bow 020 8525 5691 bow@carpetandflooring.co.uk www.carpetandflooring.co.uk Carpet & Flooring Camberley 01276 672100 camberley@carpetandflooring.co.uk www.carpetandflooring.co.uk

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The Stocklists Wholesale Distribution Directory Carpet & Flooring Colindale 020 7127 6770 colindale@carpetandflooring.co.uk www.carpetandflooring.co.uk

Potts & Ward, Woodcocks Ltd Brighton 01273 557211 pwwflooring@fastnet.co.uk www.pwwflooring.co.uk

Clifford Floors Strood 01634 285900 sales@clifford.uk.com

Rackhams London 020 8531 9225 sales@rackhamsltd.co.uk www.rackhamsltd.co.uk See page 27 for details

Culpeck Strood 01634 299000 sales@culpeck.uk.com

Salesmark Lancing - see Floorwise p16

Columbia Flooring Middlesex 020 8443 3322 sales@columbiaflooring.co.uk www.columbiaflooring.co.uk See page 23 for details

Solent Wholesale Carpet West Sussex 01243 774623 sales@solentwholesale.co.uk www.solentwholesale.co.uk See page 28 for details

DMS Flooring Supplies Hemel Hempstead 0845 643 5344 dmshemel@dmsflooringsupplies.co.uk

STS Flooring Distributors Orpington/Croydon 0845 434 1000 sales@stsflooring.co.uk www.stsflooring.com

DMS Flooring Supplies Milton Keynes 0845 643 5320 dmslaser@dmsflooringsupplies.co.uk Faithfulls Service Centre Kent 01322 285001 Faithfulls Service Centre Walthamstow 0208 498 3040 sales.walthamstow@faithfulls.co.uk Faithfull Floorcovering Suffolk 01473 822341 sales@faithfulls.co.uk www.faithfulls.co.uk Kent Flooring Supplies Ltd Chatham 01634 668668 sales@kentflooring.co.uk www.kentflooring.co.uk Littner Hampton London 020 8520 8474 littnerhampton@aol.com www.littnerhamptoncarpets.co.uk

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Trade Carpet London Wimbledon 0208 247 3891 sales@tradecarpet.com www.tradecarpet.com

South West BL Flooring Supplies Bristol - see Floorwise p16 BL Flooring Supplies Gloucester - see Floorwise p16 Carpet & Flooring Bristol 0117 316 0555 bristol@carpetandflooring.co.uk www.carpetandflooring.co.uk Fitwell Flooring Ltd Redruth - see Floorwise p16 Fitwell Flooring Ltd Newton Abott - see Floorwise p16 Solent Wholesale Carpet West Sussex 01243 774623 sales@solentwholesale.co.uk www.solentwholesale.co.uk See page 28 for details

STS Flooring Distributors Thame (Oxford) 01844 213555 sales@stsflooring.co.uk www.stsflooring.com

Scotland Carpet & Flooring Aberden 01224 546730 aberdeen@carpetandflooring.co.uk www.carpetandflooring.co.uk Carpet & Flooring Glasgow 0141 427 8456 glasgow@carpetandflooring.co.uk www.carpetandflooring.co.uk Headlam Scotland North Lanarkshire 01698 831 000 sales@headlamscotland.co.uk www.headlamscotland.co.uk MCD Scotland Uddingston Glasgow 01698 808000 mcdscotland@mcd.co.uk www.mcdscotland.co.uk Neil Smith Ltd Glasgow - see Floorwise p16

Wales Carpet & Flooring Cardiff 0117 316 0555 cardiff@carpetandflooring.co.uk www.carpetandflooring.co.uk Mattyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Wholesale Carpets Birmingham 0121 359 2001 sales@mattys.co.uk See page 26 for details

Ireland Provincial Floorcoverings Ltd Dublin - see Floorwise p16 Provincial Floorcoverings Ltd Belfast - see Floorwise p16 Provincial Floorcoverings Ltd Limerick - see Floorwise p16 15

FOR ALL YOUR BESPOKE CONTRACT ENQUIRIES CONTACT BARRY CARRIGAN ON 07973 613 075 Bespoke Axminster, Axminster, for more information please visit our website, www.bondworth.co.uk Townshend Works, Puxton Lane, Kidderminster, Worcestershire, DY11 5DF T+44(0)1562 745000 F+44(0)1562 732827

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Look for the Buttery

Top marks with DISTINCTION This luxuriously textured yet affordable carpet, offers unparalleled comfort and softness underfoot. Distinction means you can pass the consumer test with flying colours as this brand new range offers the first chance to sample an exciting new palette of colours that will be the centre of future ranges. Building on the success of the established Santorini collection, Distinction offers a heavier weight tradeup opportunity with a smart 50oz, 2 ply Stainaway polypropylene carpet in four and five metre widths. This cut pile carpet will enhance any home and even

inspire the consumers décor planning around the floor. Combining top performance backed by a 20 year stainaway warranty and a 20 year wear guarantee. Seven of the fourteen colour options are brand new to Associated Weavers and make Distinction distinctively different in choice and consumer appeal. Be one of the first to make your mark with Distinction ask your Associated Weavers sales manager for samples today.

New colours. New Sales.

Associated Weavers Sales: 01422 431100 Email: salesuk@awe.be

Fashion trends are ever evolving and each year we see new fashion colours that often do not transfer to the floor. Associated Weavers like to give its best selling core ranges a ‘fashion update’ every two years. Not only do we introduce the new exciting colour trends of the day but also dispense with the colours of yesterday. It also gives us the opportunity to refresh tired hard worked sampling to give that new and exciting come and buy me look and feel. Look out for the new Associated Weavers fashion updates so far this year. Tuftex Twist, Everest Twist , Santorini and Temptation have all had the fashion make over and are now available to buy. As well as the colour trends of 2015 these ranges are all part of our Stainaway warranty programme giving more reasons to be the choice of todays fashion conscious buyer.

Next Day Sampling Service

Available on all ranges for Associated Weavers direct accounts

With total room make-overs becoming more and more popular our next day sampling service is being used by even more Associated Weavers retailers. • Next day delivery by 1 st class post on all orders received by 2.00pm.

• Up to four 10cm x 10cm samples are labelled with your range name and colour. • Details of your store are sent with the samples for the customer to return and make a purchase. • Helping your customer select their carpet and match fabrics, paint and wall coverings. Please use the following contact details: Email: samplesbypost@associatedweavers.co.uk Fax: 01422 431107

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YEARS BROCKWAY is celebrating 50 glorious years of designing and producing beautiful carpets. We’re immensely proud of our heritage of British craftsmanship, manufacturing premium quality carpets in our own factory in the traditional carpet town of Kidderminster. Since 1964, we’ve evolved to become the success story that Brockway is today. It’s what makes us proud to put our name to our products and what continues to inspire us. Our dedicated workforce harnesses the skills of generations of carpet makers passed down through the years. 8LI VIWYPX MW PSZMRKP] LERH ½RMWLIH GEVTIXW GVIEXIH [MXL XLI PEXIWX IRZMVSRQIRXEPP] E[EVI XIGLRSPSK] ERH XLI ½RIWX VE[ QEXIVMEPW 3YV ZEPYIW SJ UYEPMX] MRRSZEXMSR ERH GYWXSQIV WIVZMGI QIER [I´VI RS[ ½VQP] focused on the future, with exciting developments underway. We’d like to thank you for being part of our journey and supporting us through the decades.

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MARK DOWSON M: 07980 786264 MERSEYSIDE, WIRRAL & N. WALES m.dowson@furlongflooring.co.uk

PAUL LOVELL M: 07816 217549 NORFOLK, SUFFOLK & CAMBS

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CRAIG MELLING M: 07970 269730 CUMBRIA, CHESHIRE & FYLDE COAST

IAN ROBERTSON M: 07816 217563 E & WEST SUSSEX

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ALAN CAIRNIE M: 07976 311434 EAST SCOTLAND alan.cairnie@furlongflooring.co.uk

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SIMON BROWN M: 07816 217550 MIDDLESEX, W. LONDON, BERKSHIRE simonbrown@furlongflooringltd.co.uk

RAY ANDREW M: 07973 719801 EAST LANCS/W.YORKS

RAYMOND SMITH M: 07816 217565 ESSEX

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DES BEST M: 07968 828516 NORTH EAST/EAST COAST des.best@furlongflooring.co.uk

DARREN SPENDIFF M: 07791 890861 KENT

REG SYKES M: 07973 403450 SOUTH YORKSHIRE reg.sykes@furlongflooring.co.uk

DAREN STEDMAN M: 07816 217548 N, N W & E LONDON, HERTFORDSHIRE

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COMPOSITION

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John Lanham Watts Carpets Ltd Wool Loft House, Sandbeck Way, Wetherby. LS22 7DN Email: sales@jlwcarpets.com Web: www.jlwcarpets.com Tel: 01937 588511 Fax: 01937 588557

John Lanham Watts Current Ranges Castle Howard Richmond Court Kirkham Abbey Bayton House Bedale Duchy Duncombe Park Raby Park Moortown Harrogate Velvet Wool Loft Velvet Wool Loft Weave Wool Loft Designer

4m 4m 4m 4m 4m 4m 3.66m 3.66m 3.66m 4m 4m & 5m 4m & 5m 4m & 5m

10 Row Axminster 10 Row Axminster 9 Row Axminster 9 Row Axminster 8 Row Axminster 8 Row Axminster 9 Row Axminster 7 Row Axminster 8 Row Axminster Velvet 100+ Colours Chunky Wool Loop Quality 80/20 Twist

Goodacre Current Ranges Lakeland Tones Lakeland Charm Lakeland Heathers Naturally Herdwick Royal Coniston Royal Cumberland

3.66m 3.66m 3.66m 3.66m 3.66m 3.66m

8.5 Row Axminster 8.5 Row Axminster 8.5 Row Axminster 9 Row Axminster 7 Row Axminster 8 Row Axminster

BESPOKE CARPETS

John Lanham Watts carpets would be happy to submit a price for any bespoke carpet project. We can provide a completely bespoke Axminster in terms of any design and any colour from as little as 100 sqm. We are also happy to price for any hand tufted requirement. We can help you with design work and can prepare Kibby trials for your consumerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s consideration. We also have stock of Moortown Contract Rated Axminster (pictured above) where timing and budgets are constrained. Available in rolls and cuts.

Please contact us at sales@jlwcarpets.com

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FlooringNews Looking to lead

Brockway Carpets has announced the appointment of Shaun Lewis as sales director to support the company’s continuous expansion plans in the UK and global markets.

After heading up sales at Victoria Carpets for 13 years and a long history in the industry, Shaun brings outstanding carpet retail and commercial experience at an important time in Brockway’s future. Leading a 13-strong salesforce, Shaun will be responsible for driving sales under an ambitious product development programme at Brockway in the high-end, domestic and contract flooring market sectors. Joining Brockway is an exciting proposition explained Shaun. He said: “This is such an exciting time in the development of the Brockway brand. It’s a brilliant company with a huge amount of potential - some use the term ‘sleeping giant’ - and it’s one I’ve respected for many years. “With a host of new products on the horizon, there’s a very strong development programme which I’m very much looking forward to supporting. I’m genuinely excited to be being part of Brockway’s future.” Managing director Charles Annable is delighted to have Shaun on board. He said: ”Appointing a sales director of Shaun’s tremendous calibre and experience will further strengthen our sales team. “His arrival is timely as we’re poised to unveil innovative new developments within our hero ranges. There is a great opportunity for us to take a lead in premium quality, beautiful carpets, and further consolidate our market position as a brand leader.

Very velvet

The stunning Richelieu Velours collection from Louis de Poortere is the true heir to the velvet carpet crown, offering beautiful colour clarity and underfoot luxury in a quality woven wilton construction for over 50 years.

The flagship of the Louis de Poortere collection, Richelieu is woven from 100% pure new wool to give the colours true depth and to allow even the lightest of tones to have a pureness and lucidity that is hard to better. Available in 42 colours, the collection includes a substantial group of neutrals, as well as standout shades such as a zingy orange, lime green, rich red, aqua and black. There are few luxurious wool velour collections that offer such scope.

“Indeed, we welcome Shaun to this pivotal position within Brockway and I look forward to working with him.” Brockway has been designing and producing premium quality carpets in Kidderminster since 1964. As a family-run business, Brockway’s 100-strong skilled workforce combines real craftsmanship with the latest environmentally-aware technology and the finest raw materials to create innovative, luxurious carpets for domestic and commercial markets in the UK and overseas. T 01562 828200 www.brockway.co.uk

Woven in a 4.57m width, with the top 10 colours also available in a super-wide 5.5m width, Richelieu Velours uses a two-ply yarn to give extra resilience and a superior finish that gives that unmistakable velvet-like quality only created by carpets woven to exacting standards. “The Richelieu collection has often been imitated but never bettered,” explains Alan Russell, Louis de Poortere. “A true jewel in the collection, the carpet offers homes something individual, distinctive, of true quality and that lives up to Louis de Poortere’ status as one of carpet’s great manufacturers. It really is among the most beautiful of carpets and with such a great range of colours, one that is sure to retain its crown for years to come.” Louis de Poortere also offers the top 10 colours of Richelieu under its Best Service programme. This commitment to reduce lead times, ensures that availability is never an issue, keeping the collection in-line with the shorter delivery times of less labour intensive tufted carpets. In addition, the Tailor Made rug service allows the customer to create a dramatic area rug finished with a choice of luxurious quality bindings. T 01505 615663 www.louisdepoortere.com

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Fine Fusion

T&R Floor Covering Distributors has introduced a stunning new range of resilient floors. The new Fusion Flooring range includes 15 wood and stone effect designs that are suitable for both heavy-traffic commercial and domestic installation.

As well as providing a stunning, authentic surface finish, the floors also provide R10 slip resistance and a host of environmental benefits; they comprise on average 40% recycled content, are low VOC, 100% recyclable and have an A+ Generic BRE rating. Fusion Flooring’s Wood Collection includes 11 wood plank designs, spanning from Royal White Oak to deep-toned Willow Brown Oak and measuring 184.2 x 1219.2mm. The Stone Collection includes four designs: Ivory Limestone, Organic Fossilstone, Urban Concrete and Black Riven Slate, each measuring 457.2 x 457.2mm. All floors feature a bevel effect on all four sides, which adds depth and detail to the finished look. To add further definition, Fusion Grouting, Marquetry or Feature Strips can be laid between the square tiles or planks. All Fusion Floors are offered with a 10-year commercial guarantee and a 15-year domestic guarantee. They are available from extensive T&R stock - for standard two-day delivery or next day, by request - alongside a wide variety of accessories, including screeds, adhesives, tools and workwear. T 0115 925 7711

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Simple samples

Keeping those precious sample books and displays in order is vital in impressing customers, but the temptation to send customers away with a ‘loaned’ sample can often be too much to bear and your displays and POS never quite recover.

Now thanks to Leoline and its free and fast sample service, you’ll never have to disturb another book, display or lectern again, at least not when it comes to choosing stylish and great value cushion flooring for everywhere in the home. Sending your customers away with a feeling they’ve been really looked after has just become much easier too. Log on to www.leoline.co.uk, fill, swap and delete up to three samples in your basket, enter details into the simple to use form, submit and the chosen samples will already be on their journey to your customer’s doorstep. A great way to add value to your service, while maintaining the integrity of displays and books for future customers, the sample service is completely free to use. “Today’s purchaser is focused on the experience they receive in-store and this is no different for those on the hunt for new flooring. In fact, with the considerable financial outlay flooring brings, customers can be quite particular and so we setup the Leoline sample service to take some of the pressure away from our retailers,” says Victoria Hemelaer, product manager for Leoline. “As one of the UK’s biggest names in cushion flooring, we want our customers to enjoy their purchase process and the sample service helps make this so.” As retailers begin the build up to one of the key selling periods for the year, Leoline is building sample stocks of its ranges to satisfy as many sample requests as possible, anticipating heightened interest from right across the UK. T 0800 032 3970 34 August 2014

Trading on success Already a major supplier to the domestic market, UK Flooring Direct has launched a new range of offers and services exclusively for Trade Customers to meet growing demand from the industry.

UK Flooring Direct has the largest on site stock holding of flooring products in the UK. This allows them to offer prices that competitors find difficult to match. They’re taking full advantage of this position to attract Trade Customers by offering exclusive trade discounts across their extensive range of flooring. In addition, Trade Customers will receive even more substantial discounts when they buy their flooring in bulk. It’s not just prices that have been tightened for the company’s move toward Trade Customers; they are offering exclusive services too. This includes a faster delivery service (now down to less than 24 hours) and access to an unlimited free sample service. “No one can compete with the service we provide for our Trade Customers at UK Flooring Direct. My company has the lowest prices on the highest quality flooring ranges you will find anywhere in the UK,” said Jason Ashby, managing Director at UK Flooring Direct. To oversee this new range of offers and services, UK Flooring Direct has introduced a new dedicated Trade Team. Mr Ashby explains, “they’ll be on hand to provide the fast, effective service you need. I want you to feel that you can rely on our Trade Team to always find you the best deal to meet your requirements, so you can focus on your customers’ needs and make your business thrive.” These bold offers show a serious commitment on the part of the flooring firm to provide a unique and generous trade service. To find out how their offers could help your business, visit http://www.ukflooringdirect.co.uk/info/trade-customers/ T 0844 327 0000 www.ukflooringdirect.co.uk

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Lucky thirteenth

Kährs’ entire range of wood floors has been voted ‘Hardwood Flooring Product of the Year’ for the thirteenth time, in the 2014 CFJ/CFA Flooring Industry Awards.

Sponsored jointly by the Contract Flooring Association and Contract Flooring Journal, the annual awards include 17 categories, with votes for winners registered in an independent CFJ readers’ ballot. The prestigious accolade was presented at a luncheon hosted at Blenheim Palace in Oxfordshire, which was attended by 50 leading industry figures. Renowned for its quality and performance, Kährs wood flooring range offers over 140 different design options, in numerous wood species and patterns; many featuring on-trend coloured finishes and stunning surface treatments. All floors feature Kährs multi-layered construction, based on the original ‘parquet’ design invented and patented by Kährs in 1941. As well as providing greater stability, the construction method also uses resources in the most nature-friendly way. During installation, Kährs glueless Woodloc joint promotes speed and accuracy, and eliminates gapping throughout the lifetime of the floor. New designs for 2014 include additions to Kährs’ Classic Nouveau and Artisan Collections, in ontrend white, grey and deep-toned chocolate hues. All floors feature a variety of handcrafted finishing treatments – including handscraping, brushing, sawing and bevelled edges. T 023 9245 3045

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As Autumn fast approaches and homeowners thoughts begin to return to the inside rather than outside, Avenue’s fast and simple sample facility is a great way to show that you can offer high levels of service, even before the purchase.

With online access to Avenue’s inspiring design-led collections of cushion flooring you can keep your sample books in order for the next customer, while making sure that everyone leaves the store with a sample of their chosen floor already on its way - with up to three samples sent completely free of charge to your customers’ doorstep. “The Avenue sample service has been designed to be incredibly easy to use, no matter how familiar you are with computers, so that everyone can enjoy its benefits,” comments Victoria Hemelaer, product manager for Avenue. “We’ve also made it completely free of charge to use, as we believe that homeowners are more demanding than ever before and expect this high service level from independent flooring retailers that are at the heart of Avenue.” The sample service can be quickly accessed through the main site, www.avenuefloors.co.uk, and samples can be swopped or removed from the basket quickly. Enter the customer’s details in the easy to use form and the rest is done from Avenue’s distribution facility. Samples are quickly despatched, with a welcoming letter explaining the Avenue philosophy. If you are a retailer looking for an advantage at one of the busiest selling periods of the year, then www.avenuefloors.co.uk is the place to visit to begin your journey into great value and service with one of cushion flooring’s hottest brands. T 0800 032 3970

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Balta’s big hitter

The latest carpet collection from Balta Broadloom to pack a punch is Big Hit, a knockout range of chunky loop styles from the manufacturer’s StainSafe corner. Available in four styles designed to bring retailers a range that is sure to dazzle, Big Hit is presented in a powerful folder that punches well above its weight. In a striking yellow with bold graphics that truly stands out, the Big Hit folder can be hung next to the rolls for maximum impact. Ace, Eagle, Goal and Strike use the everyday performance of Balta Broadloom’s 100% polypropylene StainSafe yarn to hit stains hard. Equipped with the Texflor felt backing to give a real spring to the step, carpets from the Big Hit collection make for a range that pulls no punches. Retailers can pull up a ringside seat as the Big Hit collection comes out fighting, pound-for-pound delivering some of the best value around: “The Big Hit collection is designed to go the distance,” explains Geert Vanden Bossche, marketing director. “With a range of looks, including heather and berber-effects, and in a palette of natural shades that will work no matter what the décor, this collection is a great go-to option for retailers that never throw in the towel.”

Backed by Balta’s 10-year Stain Safe warranty and with the ability to be cleaned with a diluted bleach solution, the Big Hit collection is real carpet heavyweight and for those looking for carpet that’s big on value, the gloves are off! T +32 56 62 22 11 www.baltagroup.com 36 August 2014

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Relishing recycling

Inspiration for manufacturers to design new carpet products for recycling or reuse at end of life was a key theme at Carpet Recycling UK’s sixth Annual Conference, held in Birmingham in June.

Record attendances for the 2014 event saw delegates relishing networking opportunities at the pre-conference dinner, sponsored for the third year running by Invista, manufacturers of Antron Carpet Fibres, followed by the conference itself focussing on resources for the Circular Economy.

Outstanding achievement – Laurance Bird.

Almost 100 delegates attended from a wide range of different sectors, including representatives from the waste management and retail sectors, plus contractors and those interested in becoming carpet recyclers. For the first time, CRUK’s annual conference featured an awards ceremony recognising the innovation and achievements of members, both individuals and organisations, who have made important contributions to the sector. Winners and Highly Commended runners-up in four categories were: Innovation in Recycling – Desso Ltd (winner) and Anglo Recycling Technology; Take Back Partner of the Year – Anglo Recycling Technology (winner) and Abingdon Flooring; Re-Use Member of the Year – Greenstream Flooring CIC (winner) and Carpet Tile Recycling; Recycling Champion – Tony Winder, owner of Winder Carpets Ltd (winner) and Mike Collins, Operations Manager at Abingdon Flooring; Outstanding Achievement – Laurance Bird. “Given the quality of nominations was so high, this made choosing the winners a difficult task for our judges,” commented CRUK Director Laurance Bird. “Having exceeded our 25% landfill diversion target two years early, it was the right time to celebrate the achievements of those who have made real advancements in carpet recycling and re-use. CRUK is now well-established enough to host an annual awards ceremony. Congratulations to everyone!” Keen interest was shown in presentations from CRUK manufacturing members Abingdon Flooring, Forbo (material recovery) and Milliken (sustainability progress) who shared their expertise and achievements to date in increasing the sustainability of their products. T 0161 440 8325 www.carpetrecyclinguk.com

Bob Peoples presenting the Recycling Champion Award to Tony Winder, Winder Carpets

Apollo has lift off

Cormar Carpets has lift off with a brand new carpet collection that is simply out of this world!

Apollo Plus is made from the same easy clean 100% Excellon fibre as Apollo but is tufted on 1/10th gauge machinery for a finer, denser pile. It also has an increased pile weight and an extended stain warranty from five to 10 years. As with the existing Easy Clean collection, Apollo Plus uses the popular Excellon two-fold yarn and is available in four and five metre widths. It comes in a choice of 15 best selling plain and heather shades. “We have had a great reaction to this range, since launching at the Buying Group Show in May,” said David Cormack, marketing director of Cormar Carpets. “With the housing market starting to lift, the timing of Apollo Plus is just right. And it fits into so many markets - offering great value for money, stain resistance, appealing to the ‘new homes’ market, as well as being an ideal choice for bedrooms. “In line with other members of Cormar’s easy clean family of products, Apollo Plus is a bleach cleanable and stain resistant carpet. It remains an entry level carpet range that is designed for families setting up home or on a restricted budget. ” All Cormar’s stain resistant polypropylene carpets, as well as it’s wool twists and wool loops are produced on site at its Lancashire mills and distributed in the UK and Eire via its own delivery fleet. T 01756 795374

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The British Wool column British Wool education will start young with new website A new British Wool educational website has been launched by the British Wool Marketing Board (BWMB) aimed at giving school age children an opportunity to learn more about wool, where it comes from and why it is good. Developed hand in hand with a well-known educational website company, the emphasis is on making the subject fun, informative and easily accessible. The BWMB has always engaged with schools and colleges but in recent years due to the way that primary schools have to meet rigid curriculums, they found that the subject of wool was confined to art and craft lessons. Learning about wool on www.BritishWoolLearning.com Enquiries to the BWMB head office in Bradford showed that schools generally wanted things to do with wool rather than encouraging the learning about wool and why it is good. On further investigation with teachers it seemed that there was no real place for the subject within the key stages of the primary curriculum. Developing this new website has enabled the sheep farmer owned organisation to tailor the subject to fit in with the schools. “We felt that with over 50,000 sheep farms in the UK and up to 30 million kilos of wool available annually, we needed to be engaging with young people about wool,” said Tim Booth, Marketing Manager. “By simply adapting our approach we are able to introduce sheep and wool in to maths, science and geography. Primary school teachers will find this a very good package with plenty of lesson plans, quizzes, fact sheets and projects for the children to engage with.” The website - BritishWoolLearning.com has been developed with teachers, is fully interactive making it perfect for use on whiteboards, computers and tablets and offers resources to promote better understanding of the whole British Wool story from the sheep in the field to the finished product. Mr Booth added: “Ultimately, children are the future consumers - they need to grow up with the knowledge that real home grown wool is the best choice in lots of ways.”

Campaign for Wool Interiors Collection Exhibition

British Wool team fly the wool flag on the Wool Ride

The Campaign for Wool Interiors Collection will be launched as an exhibition in October as part of the fifth anniversary celebrations of HRH The Prince of Wales’ Campaign for Wool. Consisting of about fifty individual wool interior items of different styles, this broad range of fabrics, flooring, furnishings, lifestyle and art has been selected from manufacturers and retail brands to show the wonderful story of Photography by wool in interiors. Chris Everard “Our ambition is to bring together a tribute to the wool industry with its abundance of design talent and amazing production skills. This exhibition offers a feast for the textile lover with plenty of design creativity and industry skill on show. Ultimately, it is a mere snapshot of the story that wool offers to interiors but it highlights how wool is the superior natural fibre of the future,” said Bridgette Kelly. The Collection, featuring many British Wool items, will be on display during Wool Week - 5th-12th October at the iconic Southwark Cathedral, London.

A cycle ride around London wearing wool is the start event of this year’s Wool Week activity and British Wool were one of the first teams to put their name forward. The ambition of this woolly event is to Sign up for the Wool Ride encourage representatives from across the wool industry, from sheep farmers to carpet fitters to take up the opportunity to promote real wool in London on 5th October. “We will be joining the fun, and show how fantastic British Wool can perform!” commented Tim Booth, marketing manager. “I hope that we can encourage a few more of our industry colleagues to get on their bikes too!” Signing up for the Wool Ride can be done at www.campaignforwool.org

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The big brands bounce back! “The Harrogate Show represents everything that is positive about our industry” Martin Peace of Abingdon Carpets

“The Flooring Show is an ideal opportunity for manufacturers, contractors and retailers alike to come together and support our industry. ”

Lots of value and it’s free - what do you have to lose! The exhibition, conference/seminar programme, demonstrations and networking opportunities are all completely free of charge to trade participants. Free parking at the venue’s underground car park is open to all visitors for all three days on a first come first served basis, and there will be free internet access throughout.

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The leading brands in the business have flocked back to The Flooring Show in Harrogate to deliver an event that will have many more exhibitors than in several recent years. The vote of confidence in the national show is a major success for the organisers who have developed the show with a series of smart initiatives to help retailers, contractors and installers grow their business. There was concern in 2012 and 2013 that some major manufacturers were staying away but the trend has been dramatically reversed this year with a flood of big brands taking place at the three-day event in September. The leading line up in carpet exhibitors now includes: Abingdon, Adam, Axminster, Beaulieu, Brintons, Brockway, Bronte, Cavalier, Condor, Cormar, Crown, Edel Telenzo, F&X, Furlong, H&V, Kingsmead, Lano, Manx and Ulster. Other big brands include Ardex, Ball & Young, Earthwerks, F Ball, Green Tree, Novostrat, Interfloor, Stairrods and Woolsafe. Buying groups are represented by ACG, Carpet 1st and SMG. In all, over 140 exhibitors will be on show. “It is almost a case of ‘build it and they will come’,” says event organiser Paul Stott. “We knew if we concentrated on delivering the first class event, the flooring industry would support us and that has happened in ever greater numbers. Now everybody who is anybody is going to be there in 2014 to make it an unmissable occasion for business development and networking.” “The Harrogate Show represents everything that is positive about our industry,” said Martin Peace of Abingdon Carpets. “It¹s the perfect springboard for the new selling season, a chance to get a reaction to new ranges and developments and a chance to mix with customers old and new in one of everyone’s favourite social spots, the gorgeous town of Harrogate itself!” The Flooring Show, Harrogate opens on Sunday, September 21 until September 23. See the next nine pages of information and previews from leading exhibitors.

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The Demo Zone This year there will be two demo zones! • Zone 1 is focused on sub-floors and tools • Zone 2 covers installation and finishing Don't miss the comprehensive three day programme, spearheaded as always by the CFA / FITA / NICF. See the full schedule at: www.theflooringshow.com

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2014 highlights

The Flooring Show, Harrogate, is the only national flooring event which is open to all and represents an unrivalled networking opportunity for the trade.

The Wool Trends Centre: The Campaign for Wool and British Wool Marketing Board will put on a major celebration of wool carpet, to place wool at centre stage at this year’s show! A special pavilion in Hall C will be supported by the industry’s leading carpet brands - Adam Carpets, Axminster Carpets, Brintons, Brockway Carpets, Bronte Carpets, Cavalier Carpets and Ulster Carpets - all officially participating in the exhibition. An 8-page special Wool Trends supplement appearing in Homes & Garden magazine will form part of the overall wool promotion, and this will be given out to each visitor to the show.

• Abingdon Flooring • ACG • Acvila Group • Adam Carpets • Ambassador Antalis Packaging • Anbo International • Anji YIKE Decoration Material Technology Co • Ardex UK • AT Industries • Axminster Carpets • Ball & Young • Barnscroft of Devon • Beaulieu International • Bembe • Betap Tufting • BGP Trading • BMK • Brintons Carpets • British Ceramic Tile • British Wool Marketing Board • Brockway Carpets • Bronte Carpets • Callavi • Canadia Wood • Carpet 1st • Carpet Gripper Direct • Carpet Recycling UK • Cavalier Carpets • Central Flooring • Classis Carpets & Rugs • Computers for Flooring • Condor Carpets • Contract Flooring Assoc. • Contract Flooring Journal • Coralie Flooring • Cormar Carpets • CPS Labels • Crown Floors • Curtis Wool Direct • Cybergold • Darekaou Decorative Materials • Dunhua Shengda Ind. • Earthwerks / Swiff-Train • Edel Telenzo Carpets Ltd • Elegant Plastics

• ETC Rugs • F Ball & Co • F&X Carpets • Fair Packaging • Fells • Festool • Flooring Industry Training Association • Floorskills Training Centre • Foshan Nanhai • FOXI • Furlong Flooring • Gaskell Wool Rich • Gekko Industries • General Finishes • Graboplast • Green Tree Distribution • H&V Carpets • Haldon Thompson • Halls Flooring • Hanson Plywood • Huzhou Xinfeng Wood Plastic Composite • Interface (Trends Hub floor supplier) • Interfloor • Interiors Monthly • Jewel Blade • Jiangsu Beier • Jiangsu Kentier Wood Co Ltd • Jiangsu Ougang Changsheng Decorative Materials • Karpet King • Kenburn Waste Management • Kersaint Cobb • Kervanci Iplik • Kingsmead • KJC Flooring • Lano • Leica Geosystems • Lifestyle Floors • Manx Carpets • Master Weaver • Masterpiece Systems • Maxzara (UK) • Mayne Computer Technology • Measure By RFMS • Mercado

• Merryfield • Millennium Weavers Europe • Mr Tomkinson • Demo Area - Hall B & Hall M National Institute of Carpet and Floorlayers • Nonwoven • Novostrat • Oriental Weavers • Ornate Carpets • Packexe • Personna • Plantation Rugs • Primatech • QA Flooring • Rama Carpets • Rawson • RFMS Inc. dba RFMS • Rylands Flooring Distributors • Sebo • Serdim Hali • Smart Grass • SMG Group • Spotnails • Stairrods (UK) • Stroolmount • The Stocklists • Tomorrow's Flooring • Tramex • Tupler OY • Ulster Carpets • Unilin Distribution • Viligno • Wharncliffe • Wilkies Carpets • WoolSafe • WTC Workwear • Xi'an Xiangsen Carpet Material Co • XPS Foam • YTD • Zhangjiagang Yihua Plastic Co., Ltd. • Zhengzhou Jinpeng Underlay Manufacture Co., Ltd"

The wool brands will all surround a stunning Homes & Gardens ‘Wool Inspirations’ room set, and be supported by seminars running on each day of the event. The Trends Hub will push the boundaries in terms of how exciting interiors and flooring can be. On display will be inspirational examples of cutting edge flooring materials and designs from around the world. This will be an area visitors to the show can claim to sit, relax, work, meet, connect and build a lasting community that will come to see the Trends Hub as a focus of future shows. Your very own ‘Lounge of Inspiration’! Business Enrichment Theatre: the fascinating seminar programme will run throughout the three days of the show in the Business Enrichment Theatre, and will include important topics such as taking your retail business online; staff engagement; making the best use of social media as a marketing tool; collaboration between manufacturer and the high street; key interior and residential design trends; big data and independent retail, and much more. One of the keynote speakers is Carl Hopkins - of Channel 4 'Secret Millionaire' fame - who will be giving his top 10 PR tips. The Wool Story: The Curtis Wool feature area in Hall C will show the process of turning fleeces into carpets, with demonstrations and explanations from scientists extolling the benefits of using wool. It will feature an installation consisting of two huge hanks of wool: one will be reminiscent of waterfalls in its frothiness, and the other will become its shadow and be reminiscent of peat from the Yorkshire Moorlands. Both will be centrally suspended and celebrate the beauty of wool. This will be a fascinating and informative area of the show and an ideal base for retailers to learn how to sell the benefits of wool carpets. College Competition: New for 2014 - the Floor Covering Apprentice of the Year Skills Competition will take place at the Show!

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Interfloor hard sell

Interfloor will be presenting their new range of Meister hard flooring at the Flooring Show in Harrogate. Their range of Laminate and Nadura flooring was launched through John Lewis in February and is now available to independent retailers and contractors. With 42 decors across seven products the Meister range, from one of Germany’s leading hard flooring manufacturers, offers innovative designs, unique products and outstanding marketing support. Meister is a high quality German brand that is new to the UK. The range includes innovative products including narrow and wider planks, two metre long planks, products with a non repeat décor, and the remarkable new super hard-wearing Nadura range with its lifetime warranty. In addition Interfloor is providing a dedicated 60 page catalogue, POS stands, accessory sample boards and a consumer sampling service. The full range of laminate and accessories are stocked and shipped together from the UK, by Interfloor, and the range is supported by their nationwide sales team. Interfloor will also be featuring some exciting new underlays from their market leading portfolio of Tredaire and Duralay products. They will also be featuring their expanded range of floor edgings and their latest POS to support retailers in store. Hall B Stand 16 • T 01706 213131 www.interfloor.com

British Wool inspiring trends H&V Carpets on a roll

Belgium carpet manufacturer H&V Carpets will launch several new ranges to complement their existing product portfolio. The range includes polypropylene saxonies, structured loops and twists. H&V supply a full roll-only, carpet service across the U.K. with delivery within five working days from receipt of order. Come and visit their stand M1 to browse through the extensive product range including Garda Stripe, colour 80, pictured below. Hall M Stand 1 • T 07813 714498

The Campaign for Wool and British Wool Marketing Board will put on a major celebration of wool carpet at this year’s Flooring Show in Harrogate. A special area entitled the Wool Trends Centre will be supported by the industry’s leading carpet brands - Adam Carpets, Axminster Carpets, Brintons, Brockway Carpets, Bronte Carpets, Cavalier Carpets and Ulster Carpets are all officially participating in the event. A promotional feature in Homes & Garden magazine will be part of the wool promotion and participating brands will include Whitestone Weavers, Roger Oates, Kingsmead Carpets, Crucial Trading, Cormar, Brintons, Axminster Carpets, Alternative Flooring and Adam Carpets. This 8-page special Wool Trends supplement will be given out to each visitor of the show. The wool brands will all surround a stunning Homes & Gardens ‘Wool Inspirations’ room-set styled area that will be a major focus for The Flooring Show. The British Wool Marketing Board (BWMB) and the Campaign for Wool will bring a wool educational focus to the event - offering retailers solid information on the wool story and providing assets to assist in promoting and selling wool carpet in-store. Tim Booth, BWMB comments: “Our aim is to provide the UK retailer with the knowledge and tools to promote the added values of real wool and show how it is the best choice on many levels for the home.” Wool Seminars - are programmed on every day - cleaning and care and up-selling to wool will feature and a special guest event from Homes & Garden will focus on their Interior Trends Research and will be hosted by Giles Kime, Editor-in-Chief of the UK’s longest established interiors magazine. Hall C Stand 40 • T 01274 688666 www.britishwool.org.uk

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MasterPiece smart affordability

Stairrods easy does it

Stairrods UK will preview their new Easy Chocks and Easy Wedges at the Harrogate show this year. John Raine, Director of Stairrods has yet again invented a simple but effective product that will ultimately save time when fitting Singles or DoubleZ and fitters come across problems with thicker underlays. The Easy Wedge is 3mm thick for deep underlays, enabling fitters to wedge up singles. Whilst the Easy Chock is designed for the DoubleZ, this is also 3mm thick and enables them to be chocked up to DoubleZ. Both products can double up to 6mm for thicker carpets. The Chocks and Wedges will be free when ordering Stairrods’ Premier Trims and will only cost pennies when ordering separately - ultimately eliminating the need to stock raised base profiles. As the trims are solid brass, fewer Wedges or Chocks are needed compared to inferior aluminium products which require double the quantity. Hall B Stand 26 • T 01207 591176

The MasterPiece Base version is a highly affordable and simple to use measuring, planning and quantification system. Margins are improved by tighter plans and an accurate figure for underlay. For additional time saving, you can draw straight onto a tablet as you walk from room to room. A retailer with more than one site can arrange that files are automatically synchronized to give access to all jobs from all MasterPiece installations. Additional capabilities can be readily added, for instance accurate tile planning, including Karndean & Amtico product sets. Retailers with a commercial arm can benefit from tracing round PDF/CAD floor plans which greatly speeds the take-off of measurements. The ‘whole rolls’ autoplanner reduces wastage to enable more competitive quotes. The module for automated costing, invoicing and fitting sheets is configured for your individual business, including rules for how you cost HSL’s and apply minimum charges. You no longer have to write up estimates; these and invoices can be emailed directly to the customer. The information pack for the fitter can be printed in one action. Some customers purchase MasterPiece primarily to bring all information together with rapid access for all jobs, small and large, recent and historic. You no longer need to search the roof or basement for that job from two years ago. All these capabilities work seamlessly together and allow a higher work rate from existing personnel with fewer mistakes. Hall C Stand 51 • T 01737 355831 www.masterpiece-system.com

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Crown Floors royal jewels

The Flooring Show will once again see its jewel in the crown, as one of the UK’s most exciting carpet brands once again descends on the halls of the Harrogate International Centre. Crown Floors will make the Flooring Show one to remember for visiting retailers as it shows its new compact lecterns that deliver all the power of the royal blue and gold brand, as well as promoting its Loyalty Club. With several introductions for 2014, the Crown Floors portfolio is the strongest it has ever been and offers retailers an excellent group; ranging from wool loops, through to coordinated stripe and plain colours, shag piles and a purposeful range of easy care twists. The lecterns are available on all new for 2014 collections – Parkland, Wilton House, Sheringham - and the existing Roseland, Penrose and Alderley Edge ranges. Offering great levels of flexibility, a single range housed on each lectern with space is given to large feeler swatches of all colours backed by a header board showing striking lifestyle images and key selling points. The Crown Floors Loyalty Club is an incentive designed to reward retailers for every metre of Crown carpet sold and offers the chance to access hundreds of great gifts, from big brand consumer electronics through to nights out, golf breaks and more. Designed to be simple to access, the Loyalty Club is a great perk that shows the levels of service on offer from the brand. “With a perfect range of carpets, great looking point of the sale and the rewards on offer from the Loyalty Club, our brand is going from strength to strength on the independent flooring retailer scene,” says James Caldwell, sales coordinator, Crown Floors. “And as always, the Flooring Show provides an ideal opportunity to bring our existing visiting retailers up to speed and introduce new retailers to the brand. We’ll also be introducing a new roll line in five colours at a highly competitive price point, so a visit to our stand is highly recommended.” Hall A Stand 1 • 0800 0773301

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Lano Carpets beauty in breadth

With a powerful array of carpets ranging from great value tufted polypropylene through to beautiful woven wool, Lano Carpets will be exhibiting at The Flooring Show, keeping visiting retailers up-to-date with updates and new launches. In a strong, durable and exceptionally luxurious 75oz quality, the new Divine Twist brings a beautiful assortment of grey and beige shades to the Easy Care collection. The range will prove to be a star attraction, joining the impervious 30oz Forum IB and 30oz Xtra Twist as new launches for this year’s show. Lano Carpets will also showcase a new Venice collection, featuring exquisite patterns recreated with pinpoint precision on the manufacturer’s advanced Wilton looms. Another highlight will be the recently launched ‘Rugs & Runners’ collection, including the Imperial rug range that captures the trend for aged effects in a range of traditional designs given a worn quality. In updates revealed at The Flooring Show, the perennial favourite of Fairfield Supreme and the combined plain and stripe colourways of Fairfield Creations have been reinvigorated with brand new colours perfect for today’s latest interior trends and Xtra-Twist developments will also be on display. Hall M Stand 19 • T 00800 5266 5266 www.lano.com

Woolsafe shaking it up

The WoolSafe Organisation is looking forward to another action packed Harrogate where it will showcase exciting new initiatives as it once again sets to invigorate the carpet care industry. Following on from last year’s buzz about the acclaimed Carpet Stain Cleaning Guide smartphone app, WoolSafe will be demonstrating their new website and also revealing details of an exciting new green initiative and a cleaning product testing programme - CleanSeal. To satisfy increasing demand for carpet care products that are both effective and safe for the environment, WoolSafe has teamed up with Enco Global Testing Services (EGTS) to develop an environmental testing and certification standard for carpet and upholstery cleaning products. With the powerful combination of WoolSafe’s in-house testing and EGTS’s dedicated environmental analysis and evaluation, the initiative aims to boost availability and use of green carpet care products suitable for use on all types of carpet fibre. The CleanSeal mark is instrumental in the progression of this green initiative, representing a new testing protocol and performance standard for cleaning products, setting out all the important performance requirements that cleaning agents for synthetic carpets and furnishing fabrics must meet prior to submission for environmental testing by EGTS. The CleanSeal programme is operated and underwritten by The WoolSafe Organisation, with the organisation’s global reputation ensuring the programme’s credibility. “This year’s Flooring Show promises to be an exceptionally busy one for us as we look to shake up the carpet care industry,” says Steve Bakker, marketing manager, WoolSafe. “With carpet owners and suppliers ever more concerned with their environmental impact the launch of EGTS environmental testing and the CleanSeal mark come at a turning point in the carpet care sector. The global reach of our organisations promises that carpet manufacturers and retailers will soon have a wide range of eco-friendly carpet care products they can recommend for use on any carpet and in every continent. Hall A Stand 33 • T 01943 850 817 www.woolsafe.org

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ACG the group for growth

The Associated Carpet Group is the fastest carpet and flooring buying group in the UK with over 260 fiercely independent retailers as members. Keeping it simple at ACG is the key. If you buy from our list of preferred suppliers we can guarantee you will attract additional trading benefits by being a member of ACG. The benefits will include preferential buying prices - annual rebates - promotions, professional marketing and own label support as well big savings with merchant banking. On their stand, ACG will be delighted to present the business case for joining the Group as retailers have nothing lose but a real opportunity to build up their profits. Hall C Stand 32 • T 01942 825520 www.smartercarpets.com

Manx sumptious style

Manx has a variety of new and exciting products to suit any room setting, including their new Natural Shades Plain Twist a luxurious twist pile offering a rewarding underfoot experience. There are 13 contemporary colours to work with to suit any style of décor and while the carpet is sumptuous when laid purely on its own, there is a potential to mix and match with the popular Natural Shades loop pile range to create an area of interest. Also on show will be the trendy new stripe range Carnaby. Let your imagination run wild with Carnaby multi-width stripe available in 1m, 4m and 5metre width, an ideal choice that is cost effective and a more economical range for narrow areas. With 10 stunning colours from light creams to seductive reds the Carnaby range is sure to suit any décor. Hall C Stand 10 • T 01827 831434 www.manxcarpets.co.uk

NICF fit with purpose

The NICF will have an increased presence at The Flooring Show this year with Ian James (NICF President) conducting fitting demonstrations on behalf of FITA in the FITA demo zones, along with other NICF Master Fitters Steve Ramsden, Tim Nicholas and Scott Carter-Dowding. There are demos taking place over all three days of the show in Hall B and Hall M. The NICF stand will be in its usual location, next to the demo zone in Hall B and this year it will be manned by Dan Evans - Dan is a Master Fitter and is also an NICF Council member. A competition will be run again this year which will be based on vinyl. So, come along have a chat with Dan, have a go at the competition and also watch some demonstrations in the demo zone. You can also join them for a drink in the evening check out Facebook and Twitter where details will be posted. NICF - Zone 1 – Hall B - Subfloor / Tool Demos • T 0115 9583077

Cormar Carpets building on success

At this year’s Flooring Show in Harrogate, Cormar Carpets will unveil the latest additions to its portfolio of successful carpet collections. As one of the UK’s leading independent tufted carpet manufacturers, Cormar will be showcasing its latest 100% polypropylene range - Apollo Plus – a sister collection to Apollo with a finer, denser pile, an increased pile weight and an extended stain warranty from five to 10 years. After enjoying a successful year, including winning the Flooring One Award for the 10th year, Cormar will also introduce two new qualities as well as featuring its full range of in-store display options and point of sale material. Stand visitors will also get the chance to see new additions to its successful online portal system. All Cormar’s stain resistant polypropylene carpets, wool twists and wool loop carpets are produced on site at its Lancashire mills and distributed in the UK and Eire via its own delivery fleet. Hall A Stand 17/18 T 01756 795374 www.cormarcarpets.co.uk

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Barnscroft hide and seek

Barnscroft of Devon, the trade supplier of Sheepskin and Cowhide products, are delighted to announce that they will be exhibiting at The Flooring Show Harrogate this year. Set up by Steve Upperton, former Sales Director of Axminster Carpets, Barnscroft of Devon has responded to the industry's demand for sheepskin and cowhide products by sourcing and stocking the widest range of quality animal skin products in the market. Sheepskins Barnscroft have an extensive range of products in stock. British sheepskins tanned in Devon and New Zealand sheepskins in a wide selection of colours and sizes including single, doubles, quads, sextos and octos. Also available are a wide choice of British rare breed sheepskins and a stocked range of unique sheepskin Mosaics rugs in contemporary and classic designs. Cowhides - Cowhides are also highly fashionable and Barnscroft imports the finest quality skins from both Europe and Brazil in Black and White, Brown and White and more exotic brindles. Barnscroft are launching a fabulous range of Cowhide mosaic rugs at The Flooring Show using the finest extra thick European hides in 286 different designs which are custom sewn to exact dimensions for delivery within 3 weeks. Steve Upperton, the founder of Barnscroft, is very excited to be exhibiting at the flooring show again. “We are absolutely thrilled to have a stand at Harrogate this year, there is a real revival in the Exhibition and we feel it is the perfect place to show our gorgeous products to existing and new customers. Feedback from the trade tells us that it is difficult to buy real quality sheepskins and cowhides and this is a great opportunity to show them where to come!” Hall C Stand 19 • T 01404 851152

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F. Ball and Co. Ltd., will be shining a spotlight on its range of high performance flooring products at the 2014 Harrogate Flooring Show, including the award-winning Stopgap 1200 Pro, as well as launching an exciting new fast-track system that is not to be missed. A selection of F. Ball products will be demonstrated in the FITA Demo Zone, in Hall B, throughout the exhibition. The demonstrations will offer flooring contractors their first opportunity to see products from F. Ball's new fast-track system in action, which is sure to be a highlight of The Flooring Show. F. Ball will be celebrating the fifth anniversary of the company's Loyalty Card by giving away 60 tickets for a free Sunday lunch at the exhibition, exclusively for loyalty card members, followed by a drinks reception with the F. Ball team after the show closes on Sunday evening. The Loyalty Card scheme, which rewards flooring contractors for their loyalty to F. Ball products, is free to join, open to all professional flooring contractors, and provides a wide range of exclusive benefits for contractors regularly using F. Ball products. Since the Loyalty Card was launched, F. Ball has paid out over £1 million in cashback to members. Commenting on attending The Flooring Show, Richard Harris, F. Ball Marketing Manager, said: “We are once again looking forward to The Flooring Show in Harrogate. The exhibition offers a chance for us to meet and thank the contractors who have made our Loyalty Card such a success, as well as introducing them to our latest fast-track products. “The Flooring Show is an opportunity for manufacturers, contractors and retailers alike to come together and support our industry. This year’s show will be the ideal place to showcase our newest innovations, and to celebrate the success of our products in 2014,” he said. Hall B Stand 1 • T 01538 361 633 www.f-ball.co.uk

Cavalier Carpets distinctive design

Cavalier will be returning to Harrogate this year as part of the British Pavillion. As last year, the Cavalier stand will feature their distinctive point of sale collection with the addition of a new ‘Slim Line - Design a Drum’ tombola unit. New products on show will include ‘Gemini’, the latest addition to the ‘Couture Collection’. There is an addition to their successful ‘Stain-less’ range of easy care stain resistant polypropylene carpets with ‘Distinctions’ (pictured) taking pride of place, offering three qualities to suit all budgets, available in 11 popular colourways. Hall C Stand 5 • T 01254 268 000 www.cavaliercarpets.co.uk

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Choice... There are over sixty different sheep breeds in the UK which provide more choice in natural shade and texture than any other country in the world.

Appearance... The inherently robust structure will not be crushed and it will perform for many years while keeping good appearance.

Reliabilityy... Sheep that graze the hills and lowlands of the United Kingdom offer the strongest and most durable natural carpet wool in the world.

Performance... British tish Wool Wool is chosen by leading manufacturers, architects, designers and commercial buyers and is used in residential, contract and commercial locations all over the world.

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Wool Takes Centre Stage at The Flooring Show in Harrogate The Campaign for Wool and British Wool Marketing Board have made a major investment in wool promotion. Read on to find out more...

A celebration of wool carpet will be at the centre of The Flooring Show in Harrogate this year with an exciting promotion brought to the event by the British Wool Marketing Board and The Campaign for Wool. At the heart of the activity will be a special area entitled the ‘Wool Trends Centre’ which is supported by the industry’s leading carpet brands - Adam Carpets, Axminster Carpets, Brockway Carpets, Bronte Carpets, Brintons, Cavalier Carpets and Ulster Carpets are all participating in the event. Each brand will have their own product booth and will bring their latest wool introductions to the event. The Campaign for Wool and British Wool are keen to make this activity part of a much bigger programme that reaches out to the consumer and design community and to really stimulate interest in the superior benefits of wool flooring. A promotional feature in the October issue of one of the UK’s leading interiors publications - Homes & Garden magazine - will be part of the wool promotion. Participating brands in the supplement will include Whitestone Weavers, Ulster Carpets, Roger Oates, Kingsmead Carpets, Cormar Carpets, Crucial Trading, Brintons, Axminster Carpets, Alternative Flooring and Adam Carpets. This 8-page special Wool Trends feature will be given out to each visitor of the show.

Image courtesy of Gaskell Wool Rich

In an exciting move a stunning Homes & Gardens ‘Wool Inspirations’ room-set styled area will feature in the Wool Trends area, this will be surrounded by the wool brand booths and will be a major focus for the event. “We are delighted to bring Homes & Gardens to The Flooring Show as part of our promotion. This area will be a very exciting addition to this show and we hope retailers will be inspired by the creativity on display,” Bridgette Kelly of the Campaign for Wool said. The British Wool Marketing Board will bring a wool educational focus to the event - offering retailers solid information on the wool story and providing POS assets to assist in promoting and selling wool carpet in-store. “Our aim is to provide the UK retailer with the knowledge and tools to promote the assets of real wool and show how it is the best choice on many levels for the home,” Tim Booth, marketing manager at BWMB said.

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Image courtesy of Kingsmead Carpets

“There is so much added value in a British Wool carpet. It is reliable, robust, resilient and a consistent performer on all levels.” British Wool produced from the sheep of British sheep farmers is what the BWMB are all about. It collects, grades and sells the wool of approximately 50,000 sheep farmers and it is predominantly used in carpets and rugs.

highlight its activity across the world will also make an appearance inside at wool carpet partners in other areas of the event.

“There is so much added value in a British Wool carpet. It is reliable, robust, resilient and a consistent performer on all levels. It is perfect for busy areas, halls, stairs, living rooms, as it is excellent at resisting pressure and tracking. We intend to ensure retailers know that. Our full team will be there to answer any questions.”

Wool Seminars - are programmed on all three days - cleaning and care and selling wool benefits will be highlighted to help retailers deal with any queries from customers.

There will also be sheep inside and outside so that there is no mistaking the natural origin of the wool story! The BWMB will bring a flock of British sheep to graze at the front of the Conference Centre in association with the NSA - the National Sheep Association. “British sheep farmers are totally dedicated to their role and they provide the funding for all our promotional activities. We want to remind people that real wool is natural and truly sustainable as British sheep provide a fresh supply of locally grown wool every year. Come along and watch wool grow!” says Tim Booth. The vibrant neon flock of sheep that the Campaign for Wool has used to

Image courtesy of Ulster Carpets

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“Our neon sheep are great and very popular, they usually make people smile, so we are bringing them along too!”

The star event - The Homes & Gardens wool seminar will focus on the magazine’s recent Interior Trends Research and will be hosted by Giles Kime, Editor-in-Chief. “These ‘Wool Trends’ promotions are about inspiring and educating both trade and consumers and this will be done in partnership with the industry. It is a focused and integrated programme that significantly has the backing of major brands and buying groups. Wool will be at the heart of this long standing trade show again - this is great news for The Flooring Show and great news for the flooring retailer,” Bridgette Kelly of the Campaign for Wool said. Find ‘Wool Trends’ in Hall C, the sheep will be everywhere! T 01274 688666 www.britishwool.org.uk www.campaignforwool.org

Image courtesy of Adam Carpets

Image courtesy of Brintons Carpets

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FITA top techniques from the team

It’s ‘The Flooring Show’ time again in Harrogate, and FITA will have an even greater presence at the event, with teams working across two separate demonstration zones. The FITA team will be demonstrating best practice for preparing, laying, repairing and caring for floor coverings, including carpet, vinyl and laminate. The demonstration teams, who are all qualified NICF Master Fitters, will be showcasing a range of techniques including, specialist sub-floor preparation, moisture measurement and equipment, tools for floor-laying, fitting carpet, domestic vinyl and cap and cove welding. On display will be the latest tools and materials from their sponsors, which will be used throughout the demonstrations. The stands will be manned across the three days with a rolling programme running throughout. FITA - Zone 2 – Hall M - Floor Finishes Demos • T 0115 950 6836

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Classis innovation for floors

As one of the fastest growing suppliers of machine made tufted and wilton carpets and rugs in the UK market, Classis will once again surprise visitors with plenty of new and exciting products at this years’ Harrogate Show, in the Holiday Inn. In an industry first, Classis will unveil a unique and innovative tuft range and a 26-color wilton collection at the Show! The company will be featuring its brand new range luxury soft touch saxony & twist with “a differentiating color bank”. Thanks to the great success of Jewel and Impression ranges, Classis have announced that coordinating Jewel Stripes will be launched at Harrogate. The star performer twist collections of 2014, Emerald, Amber and Sapphire will be extended by trendy 3-color polypropylene yarns! With new exclusive woven wilton ranges, Classis will continue to be the right place for people looking for a patterned carpet, ranging from 1.5 million points luxurious soft touch wiltons (available in 4 & 5m widths) to exciting budget/volume wiltons inspired by trendy motifs and excellent colorbank. Harewood Suite, Holiday Inn T + 32 15 42 3151 www.classiscarpets.com

Customers will never look at flooring products the same way again...

Come and see for yourself on Stand A3 at Harrogate

The screen-age lectern - coming soon!

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Vizifloor is an interactive screen display system which will allow customers to select flooring products by range and colour and see them in a realistic roomset or in photos of their own home or commercial location. To be available on POS units, showroom screens and PCs, iPads, websites and smartphones - anywhere and anytime it’s needed - but always linked back to the retailer who will control their customer’s access. No longer will you hear: “I can’t imagine what this will look like in my house.” Customers can be more courageous with colours, decors and patterns - and more confident buying higher margin products - so you can be more ambitious in up-selling.

Watch the movie Check out the 3-minute video demonstration at: www.vizifloor.com

Be the first savvy store in your area - register your interest now (no obligation) at www.vizifloor.com for a launch discount of 15%.

Vizifloor is a collaborative venture across the UK flooring industry organised by The Stocklists and to be funded by annual subscriptions from manufacturers, suppliers and retailers.

For more information, contact David Spragg - davidspragg@thestocklists.com or 01845 576101 from The Stocklists

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Flower on Flooring The tools of the flooring trade Every tradesperson knows how important it is to have the correct tools in order to achieve a top quality, professional result and this is also highly relevant to the flooring sector.

The Tramex flooring inspection kit in action

Cutting accounts for a major percentage of activities carried out by flooring fitters and Personna has used its experienced gained over more than a century in the manufacture of quality blades to design a new product for our sector. Personna blade lasts 50% longer

Tramex has a new line of flooring inspection kits featuring the CMEX II digital concrete moisture meter for instant and nondestructive testing of concrete and other floor screeds, including the reusable Hygro-i Relative Humidity probes for testing relative humidity, temperature and dew point in the environment, or performing in situ and hood tests of concrete slabs to international standards BS 8201, 8203, 5325 and ASTM F2170, F2420.

The company has launched its flooring blade with a special, threefaced edge and states that it consistently lasts at least 50% longer than other similar products. Following tests carried out with carpet fitters it has received reports that an entire house can be fitted out with a single blade. Designed and manufactured in the USA, Personna explains these represent “excellent value as every blade achieves the same high standard of performance”. The company has a range of carpet fitting and floor preparation tools, including a dolphin-style carpet fitters¹ knife and a range of floor scrapers, single edge blades and knives.

Heavy-duty pin-probes allow the user to measure the moisture content in wood and an infrared surface thermometer and calibration check salts are included in the kit, which comes in a protective, heavy-duty, foam-lined carrying case. The kits are designed to ensure the concrete floor has reached sufficient dryness to accept adhesives, resilient floor coverings and equilibrated hardwood flooring and identify moisture related problems to determine when sealants are required. Tramex states its instruments and kits are an essential part of a flooring contractor¹s toolbox. Floorwise reports a philosophy of freedom of movement and respect for anatomical function has helped to create the ideal pair of kneepads, now available from its UK stockists.

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The Medical Knee Pads come in one standard size and are designed to provide freedom of movement thanks to an ergonomic shape and fastening system on the lower leg which provides easier movement and the ability to be worn without discomfort for long periods of time, protecting the knee with a cushioning effect through polyurethane foam. Any pressure exerted on the knee is distributed throughout the pad due to the orthopedically and ergonomically designed moulding that also helps to alleviate bruising on shinbones. “We’ve introduced these Medical Knee Pads as an answer to poorly thought-out trouser insert or knee-strap style pads,” says Richard Bailey, Floorwise managing director. “The response we have received from fitters has been superb, with many citing new found levels of comfort far above any previous pads they have used.” The Rolli from Janser is designed to makes light work of unrolling heavy lino or vinyl rolls, on site or in the warehouse. The Rolli features steel rollers on premium quality bearings, and copes with loads of up to 350kg. The company states that the great advantage of the units is that they are so portable, weighing just 4.2kg each, they can easily be stored on the van and then positioned on site as required. “A simple but highly effective system to make life so much easier,” states Janser. Merryfield specialises in the manufacture of a wide range of floor covering machinery to the carpet, vinyl, contract flooring and artificial grass sectors and states its bespoke designs are frequently updated to cover the demands of our innovative industry.

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“Wholesale, retail and manufacturers benefit from the technical expertise of our design team covering any cutting, measuring or slitting operations with machines that are designed to make your life easier and more efficient.” “Wholesale, retail and manufacturers benefit from the technical expertise of our design team covering any cutting, measuring or slitting operations with machines that are designed to make your life easier and more efficient,” the company states. Safety is paramount in its designs, which incorporate the latest technology to automate cutting and measuring operations, from a simple cross cut to a fully automated select and despatch operation. Jewel Blade reports it has designed and manufactured its XL Premium Range utility knife and flooring range to the highest of industry standards using a 1.25% carbon steel, in keeping with Sheffield¹s reputation for producing the finest cutting edge products. In addition to this, the XL Premium Gold also features a Titanium Nitride coating which can increase the cutting performance during installation by up to eight times when compared with other conventional products. This premium product increases the longevity and durability of the blades, the company states, whilst also reducing blade drag and sustaining a high quality performance with enhanced slip factor when cutting through the toughest of materials, allowing the fitter to achieve more with less.

For more information: Floorwise T 01509 673974 Janser Roll T 0121 561 588 Tramex Flooring T 00353 12823688 Personna T 01623 412520

www.floorwise.co.uk www.janser-uk.com www.tramex.ie www.personna.co.uk

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Charity achievement

Designer Contracts has been admitted as Corporate Members of the Furniture Makers’ Company – the furnishing industry’s charity.

As corporate members, Designer Contracts will help to support education, training and welfare within the industry. Corporate membership is offered to significant companies within the sector to directly participate in the industry’s principle charity. Said Peter Kelsey (pictured right), managing director of Designer Contracts: “We are delighted to have been named as corporate members within the Furniture Makers Company. “The recognition is one of a number of achievements that we have had so far this year, which include being named as a finalist in the Housebuilder Product Awards for our forward thinking carpet recycling scheme.” Designer Contracts is the largest flooring contractor in the UK, supplying and fitting carpets and hard flooring nationwide. As well as floorcoverings, the company provides a curtain and blind making service, furniture and lighting packs and also has a show home design division. T 01246 599693 www.designercontracts.com

Green screen

Green Tree Distribution has successfully launched its new trade commerce website, redefining its digital presence as part of its expansion plans. The website can be found at www.greentreedistribution.co.uk.

The new website, developed by leading ecommerce agency Visualsoft, will propel Green Tree Distribution to new horizons in trade and customer service. It will showcase the latest products and services available from Green Tree, as well as company news and developments. By registering for a trade account, companies and independent traders will have exclusive access to product ranges and prices. Customers will also be privileged to deals and discounts only available to them. With the development of the trade website, Green Tree Distribution once again elevates itself against its competitors as a leading UK flooring distributor, with the focus being on customer service and satisfaction. Kevin Lapthorn, Managing Director, comments: “The launch of the new trade website is another development in reaching out to our customers, providing them with 24/7 access to our products and services, as well as company news and developments.The website is a celebration of what we have to offer, and we expect it to lead to customer acquisitions.” Green Tree Distribution is a leading UK distributor in laminate and wood flooring, and accessories.The company also offers the popular White Glove Delivery Service, delivering on behalf of retailers directly to their customers. T 01785 719498

Carpetright challenges

Carpetright has seen its losses widen in a year it described as a “challenging time” for the group.

Its pre-tax loss for the 52 weeks to 26 April was £7.2m, compared to a £5.1m loss the previous year, while total sales fell 2.2% across the group. Carpetright said “significant sales volatility” in the UK and “extremely difficult trading conditions” in the Netherlands, had hurt its performance. In the UK, the flooring chain said it had refurbished 89 of its stores over the past year, aiming to give them a “more contemporary feel, in which it is easier for customers to shop”. It also cut its total number of stores by 6 to 472 in total. The company warned that it assumes it will continue to trade in a “subdued retail environment” in the UK until the economic recovery was firmly established. The firm, which has issued three profit warnings over the last year, also said it was continuing to search for a new chairman. It said Lord Harris would remain as chair until a successor had been found, and may remain on the board thereafter. Most recently, deputy chairman Shiela Noakes has announced she will retire in September.

www.greentreedistribution.co.uk

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Quick-Step goes on Tour

International flooring manufacturer Quick-Step demonstrated its own speed and flair at the launch of its latest products on the Mall in London just moments before the riders it sponsers powered past to the London finish line of the Tour de France.

The Omega Pharma Quick-Step team is one of the world’s leading pro cycling squads with a track record of success - 63 victories in international events in 2013 - and with top British athlete Mark Cavendish at the head of its team. Cavendish crashed out in Le Grand Départ, the Yorkshire start of the Tour de France, but the team has been racking up success in the later continental stages of the iconic event. So the excitement around the UK’s involvement in the Tour provided the perfect platform for a product showcase of the latest in laminates, hardwood and LVT organised for the interiors magazine journalists and flooring industry press at Carlton Terrace on the Mall in July. Star of the day was Quick-Step’s new Impressive Ultra collection which will live up to its name as the most water resistant laminate on the market when it is launched in the UK in September and so is set to be a major success in kitchen and bathroom installations. Quick-Step was the first to develop a technology that coats the joints with a unique protective layer called Hydroseal which prevents water penetration. Thanks to new technology, not only is the colour of the decor continued into the join but also the variations in pattern to deliver maximum realism. The 16 new patterns for Impressive Ultra floors reflect the increasing popularity of distressed, sawn and ‘scraped’ surfaces as well as latest trends in matt and semi-gloss oak finishes that sell strongly in the UK market. For the more adventurous, style statement decors in white, burned black and ‘warm’ concrete make a distinctive difference. T +32 56 675211 www.quick-step.co.uk

Quick-Step’s Water resistant laminate oak decor IMU 1847

Yellow Leeds!

The yellow jersey marks shows who leads in the Tour de France. The yellow carpet marked out who’s winning on the ground in Leeds! The start of the first stage of the Tour de France was hosted by Leeds and the town hall was decorated for the occasion including 300m2 of a striking yellow carpet across its steps supplied by local ports surface specialist Playrite. F Ball adhesives glued it down and Mercado of Leeds provided the film to protect the carpet prior to the start of the event. “This is a ‘once-in-a-lifetime’ event and a great chance for locally-based manufacturers to showcase what we do,” said Mandy Greenwood of Playrite.

Possibly the only carpet that has ever been seen from space! A Yorkshire welcome for the Tour de France.

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