The Contract Flooring Association Blog

Floorlayer Apprenticeships Scotland - City of Glasgow College update


Funding Crisis - Supporting the Continuation of Flooring Apprenticeship Delivery in Scotland

Funding Crisis - Supporting the Continuation of Flooring Apprenticeship Delivery in Scotland


Entries now open for the 2023 Recofloor awards

Recofloor and its founders, Polyflor and Altro, are delighted to invite you to enter the Recofloor Awards to celebrate your commitment and participation within the scheme during 2022.


Industrial Energy Transformation Fund (IETF)

Industrial Energy Transformation Fund (IETF) holding stakeholder clinics, industry events and Virtual Technology Marketplace for businesses for new £70 million competition


Recofloor, stick em up!

Recofloor, stick 'em up!


Recofloor Summer Promotion

Recofloor Summer Promotion


General & Technical Announces Retirement Of Tommy Gaunt

General & Technical Announces Retirement Of Tommy Gaunt


DESIGNER CONTRACTS ‘TEAM MASSIVE’ TO CONQUER THREE PEAKS FOR CHARITY

Eight employees from Designer Contracts, the UK’s largest flooring contractor, are in training for a charity challenge to conquer the famous Yorkshire Three Peaks.


CFA Golf Day - The Belfry - 21 April 2022

CFA Golf Day at The Belfry, Sutton Coldfield. 21 April 2022.


Garry Bateman awarded Honorary Life Member of the CFA

Garry Bateman awarded Honorary Life Member of the CFA


Recofloor launch new website

Recofloor launch new website


Textile flooring manufacturers drive sustainability through Carpet Recycling UK

Carpet Recycling UK recognised a clear change in attitudes towards sustainable solutions for textile flooring waste from key decision-makers at the 2021 Harrogate Flooring Show.


Jess Wells The Preparation Group

The first woman to achieve a highly specialised industry NVQ qualification.


CFA Supports International Flooring Sustainability Initiative

The CFA is very active in the field of sustainability and has recently confirmed its latest initiative, the CFA is supporting the international CISUFLO project, with which it will be engaging over the next four years.


Recofloor Awards 2021

Recofloor have announced the winners of the Recofloor Awards 2021! Congratulations to the victors of all the main categories as well as the Gold, Silver and Bronze awards.


Carpet Recycling UK membership ‘is worth its weight in gold’

Carpet Recycling UK membership ‘is worth its weight in gold’ according to one award winner who says it has contributed to their sustainability goals and helped to achieve annual savings of up to £170,000 a year on disposal costs.


Tate Modern Donates Quality Carpet to Charity Emmaus Greenwich

Instead of the carpet going to waste once it was no longer needed, Carpet Recycling UK (CRUK) actively looked for a new home for it and it was gifted to the Emmaus Greenwich community and given a new lease of life as bedroom carpet.


Uzin Utz UK sponsor UHCW Christmas Charity T-shirts

Following fundraising attempts over the summer Uzin Utz UK Ltd will continue to support the University Hospitals Coventry & Warwickshire (UHCW) Charity by sponsoring the UHCW Christmas Charity T-shirts.


Designer Contracts are Fundraising for Ashgate Hospice

Ashgate Hospice provide specialist care to patients with life-limiting illness and their ability to raise funds through the Coronavirus pandemic has been hugely impacted.


Keeping in touch via ZOOM meetings in 2020

One of the challenges that we all face in Covid times in how we manage to keep in touch with colleagues both within our companies and across the wider industry.