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Save the Date! TTA Awards and The Tiling Show 2025 - From TTA

Save the Date! TTA Awards and The Tiling Show 2025 - From TTA TTA Awards and The Tiling Show are two of the biggest events in the UK tiling industry annual calendar, each year celebrating and showcasing the very best in our sector. They return to Hilton Birmingham Metropole on 6th June. For 2025, tickets to TTA Awards are now available, providing the opportunity to celebrate achievements alongside industry peers and enjoy a delicious three-course evening meal. The event will be followed once again by the Afterparty, which in 2025 returns bigger and better than before, sponsored by Progress Profiles. Individual tickets are priced at £225+VAT. Alternatively, there is a package deal for a table of 10 at £1,950+VAT, and a further...
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Which truly is the Number 1 Best Tile Adhesive Brand?

Since 2007 Tilers Forums started an annual best tile adhesive Poll and sent it out to the world to vote on, we then saved and shared the results each year. Except for a few years here and there more recently it did manage to pull off another poll each year, each time asking again; Best tile adhesive please? BAL Single Part Fast Flex Tile Adhesive Which tile adhesive was allowed in the poll? Any Wall or Floor Tile Adhesive. They always as for the "Most Used" so this sometime fell into the most used category because a tile fixer may have opted for their favourite brand had it been readily available or not overpriced. Professional tilers would often reply if this was the case, so we've kept and document all responses to all annual polls...
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ISG’s UK Operations Cease as Company Entered Into Administration - From TTA

ISG’s UK Operations Cease as Company Entered Into Administration - From TTA The operations of the UK’s sixth largest contractor ISG, with a £2.2 billion turnover, have ceased after the company applied to enter administration late afternoon on Thursday 19th September 2024. The impact will be felt by almost 2,500 employees and throughout the supply chain. The administrators, EY, have confirmed in a statement that no further work will be undertaken on existing contracts and all known creditors will be contacted in writing. With construction insolvencies at their highest level for over a decade, there are serious questions being raised about the industry’s business model. The firms that filed notices are: ISG Construction Limited, ISG...
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Topps Group Issues Statement on the CMA Review - From TTA

Topps Group Issues Statement on the CMA Review - From TTA On 19th August 2024, Topps Group announced that it had acquired the CTD Tiles brands, 30 stores, selected stock and all related intellectual property from CTD Tiles Limited (the “CTD Business”) acting by its administrators, James Lumb and Will Wright of Interpath Limited, for a consideration of £9 million (the “CTD Acquisition”). Topps Group notes that, further to its announcement of 2nd October 2024, the UK Competition and Markets Authority (the “CMA”) has now served an initial enforcement order under section 72(2) of the Enterprise Act 2002 (the “IEO”) on Topps Group in relation to the CTD Acquisition. An IEO is routinely applied in cases where the CMA reviews a completed...
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Stone Federation Issues Tribute Following the Passing of Chris Kelsey - From TTA

Stone Federation Issues Tribute Following the Passing of Chris Kelsey - From TTA Earlier this week Stone Federation Great Britain announced to members, with deep sadness and shock, the sudden passing of Chris Kelsey, Immediate Past President of Stone Federation and friend and colleague to so many in the tile and stone sectors. Chris was a longstanding supporter of the Federation and, as well as serving as Stone Federation President from 2021–2024, he was also Chair of the Interiors & Surface Materials Focus Group as well as an integral part of the creation and development of our Stone Academy, involved in writing many technical documents and speaker at countless CPDs and training courses. He was instrumental in researching and...
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Get Involved With Open Doors 2025 - From TTA

Get Involved With Open Doors 2025 - From TTA Open Doors takes young people and career changers behind the scenes to showcase the fantastic range of careers available in tiling and other construction industries, with hundreds of events expected to participate from Monday 17th–Saturday 22nd March 2025. All types of construction sites, as well as training and manufacturing facilities, depots, offices, and virtual reality will take part. Construction needs to recruit over 50,000 new entrants per year just to maintain current output, with staff shortages affecting multiple areas of the industry. Open Doors plays a vital role in contributing to the recruitment of the next generation. The event, delivered by Build UK in partnership with...
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TTA Visits Cersaie 2024 - From TTA

TTA Visits Cersaie 2024 - From TTA In September, The Tile Association visited Cersaie to see leading brands and decision makers in the Italian tile industry. The Tile Association would like to extend a heartfelt thank you to Confindustria Ceramica for their kind invitation. Cersaie 2024 received over 95,000 attendees with almost 50% international visitors. TTA members were impressed with the array of exhibitors across fifteen fully occupied pavilions. 606 companies exhibited, of which 332 from the ceramic tile sector, 91 from bathroom furnishings, 183 belonging to the sectors of installation, raw materials, new surfaces, service activities. The hub of Cersaie was ‘The Square’, a 1,000 sqm space including an auditorium for...
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2024 Triennial Awards Winners Announced - From TTA

2024 Triennial Awards Winners Announced - From TTA This year’s prestigious Triennial Awards were held at Vintners’ Hall in the City of London on 5th September 2024. The ceremony was attended by Alderman Professor Michael Mainelli, the Right Honourable, the Lord Mayor of London. Every three years the Worshipful Company of Tylers and Bricklayers holds its Triennial Awards competition to identify the buildings or structures within the area bounded by the M25 motorway which best demonstrate all-round excellence in the use of bricks, roof slates and tiles and wall and floor tiles. The winner of 2024 Wall and Floor Tiling Award was the project The Colonnade, College Road, Croydon, London. Architect Adam Nathaniel Furman’s design was...
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Construction Output is Estimated to Have Grown By 1.2% in 3 Months - From TTA

Construction Output is Estimated to Have Grown By 1.2% in 3 Months - From TTA The Office for National Statistics published estimates of construction output for July 2024 on 11th September. Monthly construction output is estimated to have decreased 0.4% in volume terms in July 2024; this follows an increase of 0.5% in June 2024. The decrease in monthly output came from falls in both new work (0.2%) and repair and maintenance (0.7%). At the sector level, monthly output fell in five out of the nine sectors in July 2024, with the main contributors to the monthly decrease coming from private commercial new work and private housing repair and maintenance, which fell by 2.4% and 1.7%, respectively. Construction output is estimated to have...
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Congratulations to the Latest Master Tile Fixer - Gary Walsh

Congratulations to the Latest Master Tile Fixer - From TTA The Tile Association’s Master Tile Fixer certification scheme was introduced to support TTA’s vision to ‘raise tile and tiling standards and enhance installation expertise and craftmanship’. The scheme certifies highly experienced and skilled independent tile fixers with the aim of promoting best practice and encouraging existing tiling professionals to strive for excellence. Congratulations to the latest Master Tile Fixer: Gary Walsh of GB Walsh Tiling Gary has over 35 years’ experience working with all types of stone, porcelain and ceramics. He is qualified with a Level 3 NVQ Diploma in Wall & Floor Tiling and regularly holds training seminars for the installation of...
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Historic, Striking Tiled Pub Achieves Listed Status - From TTA

Historic, Striking Tiled Pub Achieves Listed Status - From TTA A historic city centre pub, known for its “breathtaking” exterior adorned with glazed ceramic tiles, has been awarded listed status. The Craven Arms, located at the corner of Upper Gough Street and Blucher Street in Birmingham, was originally designed between 1906 and 1910, although a pub had existed on the site since at least the 1840s, according to Historic England. During this period, pubs were commonly established in industrial areas, alongside the development of factories and workers’ housing, the organisation explained. The Department for Culture, Media and Sport has granted the pub Grade II listed status, ensuring that special building consent is required before...
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TTA Supports Lighthouse Charity and Appoints Mental Health Ambassador - From TTA

TTA Supports Lighthouse Charity and Appoints Mental Health Ambassador - From TTA Every working day in the UK and Ireland, two construction workers take their own lives. Many more are struggling behind the scenes with the pressures they face, whether that’s financial, physical or often mental. In fact, stress, anxiety and depression account for 1 in 5 of all reported work-related illnesses. Paul Luff, Chairman of TTA Paul Luff, Chairman of TTA, is eager to face up to this problem: “After several hard-hitting conversations at various industry events earlier in the year, I believed that we as an association needed to be proactive and look for ways to offer guidance and support to our members. It was at one of these events where I spoke...
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Celebrate the Season With TTA’s Christmas Lunch - From TTA

Celebrate the Season With TTA’s Christmas Lunch - From TTA This year’s Christmas Lunch will take place at the elegant Brown’s Brasserie Old Jewry, London on 29th November from 12pm. Tickets are priced at £85+VAT for members, which includes a delicious three-course meal and half a bottle of wine. This popular event in TTA’s calendar is your perfect opportunity to unwind and connect with colleagues from across the industry in a relaxed, pre-Christmas setting. Tickets can be booked online at www.tiles.org.uk/tta-christmas-lunch/. As tickets are limited, please check remaining availability and secure your spot quickly to avoid disappointment. The post Celebrate the Season With TTA’s Christmas Lunch appeared first on The Tile...
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Grenfell Tower Inquiry Report Calls for Improved Building Safety Measures - From TTA

Grenfell Tower Inquiry Report Calls for Improved Building Safety Measures - From TTA On Wednesday 4th September, the final 1,700-page report of a six-year public inquiry into the Grenfell Tower fire was published. It addresses the course of events leading up to the devastating fire in 2017, causing 72 deaths and further casualties as well as becoming the deadliest structural fire in the United Kingdom since the 1988 Piper Alpha oil-platform disaster and the worst UK residential fire since the Blitz of World War II. The report concludes that the fire at Grenfell Tower was the “culmination of decades of failure by central government and other bodies in positions of responsibility in the construction industry to look carefully into the...
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Signs of Growth in Q2, Reports CPA - From TTA

Signs of Growth in Q2, Reports CPA - From TTA The health of the construction industry improved further in the second quarter of 2024, building from the stabilisation seen in Q1 to signs of modest growth emerging in the three months April to June, according to the Construction Products Association (CPA). Product manufacturers’ sales increased in the quarter, marking the first rise in two years for heavy side producers, whose products and materials typically feed into the early, structural build phases. SME contractors’ workloads were also reported to have increased, which follows two quarters of decline, albeit driven by a sole sector – repair, maintenance and improvement (RM&I). Workloads were reported to have still contracted in new...
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TTA Hosting Further Webinar Introducing 2024 British Standard Update Next Week - From TTA

TTA Hosting Further Webinar Introducing 2024 British Standard Update Next Week - From TTA Due to popular demand, The Tile Association is hosting an additional webinar introducing the latest revision to the British Standard covering floor and wall tiling. This will be hosted on Tuesday 3rd September 2024, 3–4pm. BS 5385 Part 3: 2024 was published on 30th May and introduces the following principal changes: BS 5385 Part 5: 2009 has been withdrawn. Information from this part of the British Standard has been incorporated into the revised Part 3. Definitions in the Standard have been greatly expanded and new illustrations are clearer and more consistent, improving clarity. For direct tiling onto plywood and other wood-based sheets or...
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The Tile Association Confirmed as Media Partners for InstallerSHOW 2025 - From TTA

The Tile Association Confirmed as Media Partners for InstallerSHOW 2025 - From TTA The Tile Association is pleased to once again be media partners for InstallerSHOW in 2025 (24th–26th June at NEC Birmingham). Whilst The Tile Association remains committed to independently hosting its own exhibition, The Tiling Show, in 2025 – with a focus on specialist tile fixers, contractors and specialist tile retailers and distributors – The Tile Association has reassured InstallerSHOW that it will support them with the promotional communications planned to launch the InstallerTILING section within InstallerSHOW. InstallerTILING aims to focus on multi-skilled tradespeople and is set to feature practical demonstrations, up-to-the-minute...
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53 out of 86 CTD Stores Will Remain Open

Stiles Limited gain Ipswich, Cricklewood, Chelmsford, Eastbourne, Aintree, Rochdale, Exeter, Plymouth, Basildon, Cambridge Central, Blackpool, Slough, Dundee, Stirling, Whetstone and Sutton Coldfield. Kajaria (india's largest tile manufacturer, apparently) gain Brierley Park, Chester, Colchester, Coventry, Croydon, Derby and Northampton. Joint administrators James Lumb and Will Wright from Interpath Advisory have reached agreements with the two companies, who will take ownership of the stores, as well as acquire their lock, stock and barrels. At risk of administration in early August, CTD Tiles started to seek a new buyer. Topps Group who recently acquired online tile outlets and tool suppliers in what now must be the greatest...
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At Risk of Administration CTD Tiles Now Seeks Buyer - From TTA

At Risk of Administration CTD Tiles Now Seeks Buyer - From TTA According to Sky News, CTD Tiles is on the brink of administration and reportedly filed a notice of intention to appoint administrators on Monday 5th August. This provides ten days of security to find a buyer before CTD Tiles officially heads into administration. The company was acquired by former Body Shop owner Aurelius in 2022 and now trades from 87 stores and employs about 400 people, sadly whose jobs are potentially at risk. https://www.tilersforums.com/threads/53-out-of-86-ctd-stores-will-remain-open.105673/ Discussions are said to have taken place between Aurelius and key stakeholders in recent months. The identity of prospective buyers is currently unclear...
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Government extends CE marking for construction products and commits to reform regulatory regime

Government extends CE marking for construction products and commits to reform regulatory regime - From TTA The Minister for Building Safety and Homelessness has announced an extension of the recognition of CE marking for construction products in Great Britain. This extension, and the longer-term future of CE/UKCA marking, is conditional on a commitment from the Government to system wide reform of the construction products regulatory regime. In summary this means that: – CE marking will be accepted past 30th June 2025 in Great Britain; – The Government has committed to system wide construction product regulatory reform; – UKCA marking will remain a valid and accepted regulatory mark; – The Government will explore the long-term future...
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Consultation Period Opens for Proposed Reforms to National Planning Policy Framework - From TTA

Consultation Period Opens for Proposed Reforms to National Planning Policy Framework - From TTA The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) has launched a consultation on proposed changes to the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) and other changes to the planning system. The consultation on changes to the NPPF covers the following: • Making the standard method for assessing housing needs mandatory; • Reversing other changes made to the NPPF in December 2023; • Implementing a new standard method and calculation; • Broadening the existing definition of brownfield land; • Identifying grey belt land within the Green Belt (grey belt land is a new term introduced by the Labour Party to refer to lower quality...
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TTA Urges Awareness on Updates to The British Standard For Wall & Floor Tiling - From TTA

TTA Urges Awareness on Updates to The British Standard For Wall & Floor Tiling - From TTA The latest revision to the British Standard covering floor and wall tiling includes a number of important changes, of which those working in the industry need to be aware. This Standard is a code of practice adhered to across the tiling industry promoted by The Tile Association and used in court tribunals to settle disputes. BS 5385 Part 3: 2024 was published on 30th May and introduces the following principal changes: BS 5385 Part 5: 2009 has been withdrawn. Information from this part of the British Standard has been incorporated into the revised Part 3. Definitions in the Standard have been greatly expanded and new illustrations are clearer...
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